CO7 7QY

Rural North · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO7 7QR 188 m
CO4 9TF 308 m
CO7 7QZ 320 m
CO7 7QT 329 m
CO4 9TD 376 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 7QY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 7
Latitude
51.923193
Longitude
0.937479
British National Grid easting
602,084
British National Grid northing
229,039

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Parish or community
E04003994
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110004
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 001A · E01021655
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 001 · E02004506

Postcode source versions

Explore CO7

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Ramada Hotel, Old Ipswich Road, Ardleigh, Colchester, CO7 7QY 10 June 2019 £1,455,456
Ramada Hotel, Old Ipswich Road, Ardleigh, Colchester, CO7 7QY 17 December 2015 £1,376,697

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
22
Secondary
4
  1. Brinkley Grove Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.5 km
  2. The Gilberd School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km
  3. The Trinity School

    Free schools

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
554
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 282
  • Criminal damage and arson 52
  • Public order 48
  • Anti social behaviour 44
  • Other theft 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

0 female, 1 male

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

This postcode contained 0% 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

8

within 5 km

  • BLUEBELL SURGERY

    BLUEBELL RESOURCE CENTRE, JACK ANDREWS DRIVE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9YN

    ODS code F81746

    1.3 km

  • HIGHWOODS SURGERY

    HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR

    ODS code F81679

    1.9 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

    THE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, TURNER ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO4 5JR

    ODS code Y02646

    3.0 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

    47 MILL ROAD, MILE END, COLCHESTER, CO4 5LE

    ODS code F81636

    3.1 km

  • THE ARDLEIGH SURGERY

    DOCTORS SURGERY, DEDHAM ROAD, ARDLEIGH, COLCHESTER, CO7 7LD

    ODS code F81044

    3.3 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    4.2 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    4.2 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    4.9 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Balkerne Gate

    BCT · Ardleigh

    0.2 miles
  • Balkerne Gate

    BCT · Ardleigh

    0.3 miles
  • Business Centre

    BCT · Severalls Park

    0.4 miles
  • Business Centre

    BCT · Severalls Park

    0.4 miles
  • Crown Gate

    BCT · Colchester

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 001A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,528 of 33,755

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

31 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 4 secondary schools. Brinkley Grove Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

554 published events cover 12 months, averaging 46.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 282 events.

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