CO7 0SB

Brightlingsea · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Tendring
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO7 0SA 913 m
CO7 8BA 1.0 km
CO7 0RZ 1.1 km
CO7 0GG 1.1 km
CO7 8BB 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 0SB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 0
Latitude
51.829096
Longitude
0.999266
British National Grid easting
606,763
British National Grid northing
218,750

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Parish or community
E04004092
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00111661
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 009B · E01021983
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 009 · E02004581

Postcode source versions

Explore CO7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Colne Community School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km
  2. Alresford Primary School

    Community school

    2.4 km
  3. Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
15
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 4
  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Drugs 3
  • Burglary 1
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

4 female, 3 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.8
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+
85.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
71.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
71.4%
Gigabit-capable
71.4%
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

3

within 5 km

  • COLNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    40 STATION ROAD, BRIGHTLINGSEA, COLCHESTER, CO7 0DT

    ODS code F81116

    2.6 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

    WIVENHOE MEDICAL CENTRE, PHILLIP ROAD, WIVENHOE, COLCHESTER, CO7 9BA

    ODS code F81028

    4.0 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    4.9 km

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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Brightlingsea Hall

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.7 miles
  • Brightlingsea Hall

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.7 miles
  • Samsons Corner

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.8 miles
  • Samsons Corner

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.8 miles
  • Gatehouse Farm

    BCT · Thorrington

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 009B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,711 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
9 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

6 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Colne Community School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

15 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 4 events.

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