CO7 7AD

Alresford & Elmstead · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Local authority
Tendring
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO7 7AA 23 m
CO7 7AF 64 m
CO7 7AG 69 m
CO7 7AE 76 m
CO7 7ET 137 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 7AD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 7
Latitude
51.880660
Longitude
0.996362
British National Grid easting
606,327
British National Grid northing
224,475

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Parish or community
E04004093
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00112034
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 005D · E01022052
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 005 · E02004577

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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23 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Sage Villas, Elmstead, Colchester, CO7 7AD 20 December 2024 £212,000
Park House, Clacton Road, Elmstead, Colchester, CO7 7AD 20 April 2023 £320,000
Cranford House, Clacton Road, Elmstead, Colchester, CO7 7AD 9 December 2022 £425,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
13
Secondary
1
  1. Market Field School

    Academy special converter

    137 m
  2. Elmstead Primary School

    Academy converter

    631 m
  3. St George's Church of England Primary School, Great Bromley

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
111
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 48
  • Anti social behaviour 14
  • Criminal damage and arson 11
  • Other theft 10
  • Public order 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
19

9 female, 10 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
3.8
CO7 7 residents
5,923

Age bands in CO7 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

901 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

557 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.1%

1,178 residents

Age 45 to 64
32%

1,876 residents

Age 65 and over
23.1%

1,356 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO7 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

NHS ODS

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81028

    3.7 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    4.4 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

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

Nearby transport

  • Chapel Ln

    BCT · Elmstead Market

    0.0 miles
  • Chapel Ln

    BCT · Elmstead Market

    0.0 miles
  • Elmstead Market

    BCT · Elmstead Market

    0.2 miles
  • Elmstead Market

    BCT · Elmstead Market

    0.2 miles
  • Oatlands

    BCT · Elmstead Market

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 005D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,485 of 33,755

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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £320,000 from 3 recorded sales in CO7 7AD. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Tendring is £261,717 in June 2026, up 2.6% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

16 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 1 secondary schools. Market Field School is the nearest published school at 137 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

111 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 48 events.

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