CO7 7JP

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 7JJ 129 m
CO7 7JR 135 m
CO7 7JN 184 m
CO7 7JS 189 m
CO7 7JT 243 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 7JP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 7
Latitude
51.878999
Longitude
1.036941
British National Grid easting
609,127
British National Grid northing
224,406

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Parish or community
E04004097
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00112045
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 005C · E01022051
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 005 · E02004577

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Maple Cottage, Brundells Road, Great Bromley, Colchester, CO7 7JP 22 April 2021 £447,500
Maple Cottage, Brundells Road, Great Bromley, Colchester, CO7 7JP 12 November 2004 £300,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. St George's Church of England Primary School, Great Bromley

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.9 km
  2. Market Field School

    Academy special converter

    2.9 km
  3. Elmstead Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
114
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 70
  • Criminal damage and arson 14
  • Vehicle crime 11
  • Drugs 4
  • Burglary 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

0 female, 4 male

Postcode households
2
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.

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

1

within 5 km

  • GREAT BENTLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81021

    3.2 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 Lane

    BCT · Frating

    0.1 miles
  • Chapel Lane

    BCT · Frating

    0.2 miles
  • Stables

    BCT · Hare Green

    0.2 miles
  • Stables

    BCT · Hare Green

    0.2 miles
  • The Old Courthouse

    BCT · Hare Green

    0.3 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

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

Schools

Published establishments

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. St George's Church of England Primary School, Great Bromley is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

114 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.5 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.