CO7 7WQ

Alresford & Elmstead · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Tendring
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO7 7UZ 122 m
CO7 7TR 739 m
CO7 7UX 747 m
CO7 7XA 809 m
CO7 7TS 850 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 7WQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 February 2003
Terminated
1 March 2004
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 7
Latitude
51.904119
Longitude
1.024023
British National Grid easting
608,122
British National Grid northing
227,162

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
E00112044
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
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. St George's Church of England Primary School, Great Bromley

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.0 km
  2. Elmstead Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.1 km
  3. Market Field School

    Academy special converter

    3.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Other crime 2
  • Other theft 2
  • Vehicle crime 2

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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE ARDLEIGH SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81044

    3.7 km

  • LAWFORD SURGERY

    2 EDGEFIELD AVENUE, LAWFORD, MANNINGTREE, CO11 2HD

    ODS code F81633

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Morebarn Rd

    BCT · Great Bromley

    0.5 miles
  • Morebarn Rd

    BCT · Great Bromley

    0.5 miles
  • Great Bromley School

    BCT · Great Bromley

    0.7 miles
  • Great Bromley School

    BCT · Great Bromley

    0.7 miles
  • Cross Inn

    BCT · Ardleigh

    0.8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. St George's Church of England Primary School, Great Bromley is the nearest published school at 0.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

22 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.

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