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CO7 0PQ

Brightlingsea · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
Brightlingsea
Local authority
Tendring
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO7 0PP 79 m
CO7 0JF 80 m
CO7 0QQ 126 m
CO7 0QG 132 m
CO7 0PW 134 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 0PQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 0
Latitude
51.816733
Longitude
1.024014
British National Grid easting
608,525
British National Grid northing
217,446

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Electoral ward
Brightlingsea · E05011935
Parish or community
E04004092
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00111640
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 011A · E01021979
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 011 · E02004583

Postcode source versions

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Property

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7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, New Park Gardens, Brightlingsea, Colchester, CO7 0PQ 4 September 2009 £220,000
4, New Park Gardens, Brightlingsea, Colchester, CO7 0PQ 27 January 2006 £249,995
5, New Park Gardens, Brightlingsea, Colchester, CO7 0PQ 7 June 2002 £140,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
1

  1. Colne Community School

    Academy converter

    462 m

  2. Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    523 m

  3. Alresford Primary School

    Community school

    4.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
438
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 230
  • Other theft 34
  • Criminal damage and arson 32
  • Anti social behaviour 29
  • Public order 28

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

5 female, 3 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
1.6
CO7 0 residents
8,680

Age bands in CO7 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

1,288 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

808 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.2%

1,664 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

2,494 residents

Age 65 and over
27.9%

2,424 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO7 0 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • COLNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    40 STATION ROAD, BRIGHTLINGSEA, COLCHESTER, CO7 0DT

    ODS code F81116

    784 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Lodge Road

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.1 miles

  • Lodge Road

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.1 miles

  • Samson's Road

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.2 miles

  • Colne School

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.2 miles

  • Bateman Road

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 011A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,939 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
9 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Colne Community School is the nearest published school at 462 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

438 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 230 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.