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CO7 7ER

Alresford & Elmstead · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Alresford & Elmstead
Local authority
Tendring
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO7 7EJ 413 m
CO7 7AU 418 m
CO7 7ES 425 m
CO7 7GX 451 m
CO7 7EH 458 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 7ER
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 7
Latitude
51.879354
Longitude
0.983357
British National Grid easting
605,438
British National Grid northing
224,293

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Electoral ward
Alresford & Elmstead · E05011932
Parish or community
E04004093
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00112035
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 005C · E01022051
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 005 · E02004577

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
17
Secondary
1

  1. Market Field School

    Academy special converter

    796 m

  2. Elmstead Primary School

    Academy converter

    800 m

  3. Broomgrove Infant School

    Community school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
132
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 63
  • Anti social behaviour 15
  • Criminal damage and arson 14
  • Other theft 10
  • Public order 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.0
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 0.1% 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+
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

2

within 5 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81028

    3.0 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    3.6 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

  • Blossomwood Farm

    BCT · Elmstead Market

    0.2 miles

  • Oatlands

    BCT · Elmstead Market

    0.2 miles

  • Oatlands

    BCT · Elmstead Market

    0.3 miles

  • Blossomwood Farm

    BCT · Elmstead Market

    0.3 miles

  • Chapel Ln

    BCT · Elmstead Market

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 005C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,397 of 33,755

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

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 1 secondary schools. Market Field School is the nearest published school at 796 m.

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

Recorded crime

132 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 63 events.

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