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CO7 5AN

Brightlingsea · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Brightlingsea
Local authority
Tendring
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO7 0AA 0 m
CO7 5AQ 0 m
CO7 5AR 0 m
CO7 5BA 0 m
CO7 8WG 0 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 5AN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 5
Latitude
51.811539
Longitude
1.024914
British National Grid easting
608,611
British National Grid northing
216,871

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
E00111653
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 011D · E01021982
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 011 · E02004583

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
1

  1. Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    236 m

  2. Colne Community School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

  3. St Osyth Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
486
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 258
  • Other theft 39
  • Anti social behaviour 36
  • Criminal damage and arson 33
  • Public order 31

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
Postcode sector residents
Not available

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 not available.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • COLNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    40 STATION ROAD, BRIGHTLINGSEA, COLCHESTER, CO7 0DT

    ODS code F81116

    300 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Victoria Place

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.0 miles

  • Victoria Place

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.1 miles

  • Station Road

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.2 miles

  • Station Road

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.2 miles

  • Lower Park Road

    BCT · Brightlingsea

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 011D, 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

10,889 of 33,755

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

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 236 m.

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

Recorded crime

486 published events cover 12 months, averaging 40.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 258 events.

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