CO7 7DL

The Bentleys & Frating · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO7 7FS 58 m
CO7 7FU 106 m
CO7 7GA 120 m
CO7 7FT 121 m
CO7 7FQ 160 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 7DL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 September 2025
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 7
Latitude
51.871062
Longitude
1.039864
British National Grid easting
609,365
British National Grid northing
223,532

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Parish or community
E04004094
Westminster constituency
Clacton · E14001174
Output area
E00112042
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 009D · E01022053
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 009 · E02004581

Postcode source versions

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
A Smith Great Bentley Ltd, Clacton Road, Frating, Colchester, CO7 7DL 27 August 2021 £4,000,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
5
Secondary
0
  1. Great Bentley Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.7 km
  2. St George's Church of England Primary School, Great Bromley

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.8 km
  3. Market Field School

    Academy special converter

    3.2 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 70
  • Criminal damage and arson 13
  • Vehicle crime 9
  • Drugs 4
  • Burglary 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • GREAT BENTLEY SURGERY

    THE HOLLIES, THE GREEN, GREAT BENTLEY, COLCHESTER, CO7 8PJ

    ODS code F81021

    2.4 km

Nearby transport

  • The Kings Arms

    BCT · Frating

    0.2 miles
  • The Kings Arms

    BCT · Frating

    0.2 miles
  • The Kings Arms

    BCT · Frating

    0.2 miles
  • Colchester Road

    BCT · Frating

    0.2 miles
  • Colchester Road

    BCT · Frating

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 009D, 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

18,744 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
5 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 £4,000,000 from 1 recorded sale in CO7 7DL. 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

6 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Great Bentley Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

111 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 70 events.

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