CO7 6PA

Brett Vale · Babergh · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Local authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO7 6PD 189 m
CO7 6PW 515 m
CO7 6NA 753 m
CO7 6LS 773 m
CO7 6FH 783 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 6PA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 6
Latitude
51.978676
Longitude
0.990684
British National Grid easting
605,488
British National Grid northing
235,357

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Babergh · E07000200
Parish or community
E04009127
Westminster constituency
South Suffolk · E14001494
Output area
E00152400
Lower layer super output area
Babergh 010G · E01029905
Middle layer super output area
Babergh 010 · E02006236

Postcode source versions

Explore CO7

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Old School Cottage, Ipswich Road, Stratford St Mary, Colchester, CO7 6PA 5 September 2025 £720,000
Old School Cottage, Ipswich Road, Stratford St Mary, Colchester, CO7 6PA 26 April 2017 £465,000
Old School Cottage, Ipswich Road, Stratford St Mary, Colchester, CO7 6PA 19 December 2003 £223,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. East Bergholt Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.4 km
  2. Stratford St Mary Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km
  3. East Bergholt High School

    Academy converter

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
74
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 38
  • Anti social behaviour 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8
  • Other theft 4
  • Vehicle crime 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

6 female, 5 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.2
CO7 6 residents
6,011

Age bands in CO7 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

874 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

559 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.3%

992 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.5%

1,913 residents

Age 65 and over
28.5%

1,732 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

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

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
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

  • CONSTABLE COUNTRY RURAL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CONSTABLE COUNTRY MP, HEATH ROAD, EAST BERGHOLT, COLCHESTER, CO7 6RT

    ODS code D83001

    2.4 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.

Nearby transport

  • St Marys

    BCT · Stratford St Mary

    0.5 miles
  • St Marys

    BCT · Stratford St Mary

    0.5 miles
  • Stratford Hall

    BCT · Stratford St Mary

    0.5 miles
  • Anchor

    BCT · Stratford St Mary

    0.8 miles
  • Anchor

    BCT · Stratford St Mary

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Babergh 010G, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,653 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 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

Property market

The five-year median is £720,000 from 1 recorded sale in CO7 6PA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Babergh is £328,612 in June 2026, up 1.9% year on year.

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. East Bergholt Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

74 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 38 events.

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