CO7 7EE

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 7DZ 56 m
CO7 7YH 89 m
CO7 7YJ 129 m
CO7 7EA 144 m
CO7 7EL 144 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 7EE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 7
Latitude
51.881795
Longitude
0.992427
British National Grid easting
606,051
British National Grid northing
224,590

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
E00112036
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 005D · E01022052
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 005 · E02004577

Postcode source versions

Explore CO7

21 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Winton, Colchester Road, Elmstead, Colchester, CO7 7EE 4 December 2025 £680,000
Shamal, Colchester Road, Elmstead, Colchester, CO7 7EE 2 May 2025 £355,000
Heathlands, Colchester Road, Elmstead, Colchester, CO7 7EE 19 July 2024 £350,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
15
Secondary
1
  1. Market Field School

    Academy special converter

    276 m
  2. Elmstead Primary School

    Academy converter

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

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
108
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
  • Burglary 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
48

26 female, 22 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
3.2
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 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO7 7 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
95.2%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
95.2%
Gigabit-capable
95.2%
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

2

within 5 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81028

    3.6 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    4.2 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Oatlands

    BCT · Elmstead Market

    0.1 miles
  • Chapel Ln

    BCT · Elmstead Market

    0.1 miles
  • Chapel Ln

    BCT · Elmstead Market

    0.1 miles
  • Oatlands

    BCT · Elmstead Market

    0.2 miles
  • Elmstead Market

    BCT · Elmstead Market

    0.4 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
2
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 £352,500 from 4 recorded sales in CO7 7EE. 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

18 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 1 secondary schools. Market Field School is the nearest published school at 276 m.

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

Recorded crime

108 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9 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.