Rural North · Colchester · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcode| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Old School House, School Lane, Dedham, Colchester, CO7 6HF | 27 January 2017 | £720,000 |
| Old Post House, School Lane, Dedham, Colchester, CO7 6HF | 29 January 2016 | £580,000 |
| Albany House, School Lane, Dedham, Colchester, CO7 6HF | 12 September 1997 | £365,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Dedham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
Stratford St Mary Primary School
Community school
East Bergholt Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
7 female, 2 male
874 residents
559 residents
992 residents
1,913 residents
1,732 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO7 6 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.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
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.
4
within 5 km
CONSTABLE COUNTRY MP, HEATH ROAD, EAST BERGHOLT, COLCHESTER, CO7 6RT
ODS code D83001
3.2 km
DOCTORS SURGERY, DEDHAM ROAD, ARDLEIGH, COLCHESTER, CO7 7LD
ODS code F81044
3.5 km
2 EDGEFIELD AVENUE, LAWFORD, MANNINGTREE, CO11 2HD
ODS code F81633
4.4 km
STATION ROAD, MANNINGTREE, CO11 1AA
ODS code F81757
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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
The Marlborough Head
BCT · Dedham
The Marlborough Head
BCT · Dedham
Forge Street
BCT · Dedham
Forge Street
BCT · Dedham
Kiln Cottages
BCT · Dedham
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 001B, 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
21,826 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
10 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 2 secondary schools. Dedham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 647 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
57 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 19 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.