CO7 8BE

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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO7 8BB 323 m
CO7 8AZ 581 m
CO7 8BG 1.1 km
CO7 8AX 1.2 km
CO7 8BL 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 8BE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 8
Latitude
51.840210
Longitude
0.990175
British National Grid easting
606,086
British National Grid northing
219,960

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Parish or community
E04004088
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00111579
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 009A · E01021967
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 009 · E02004581

Postcode source versions

Explore CO7

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Creek Lodge, Ford Lane, Alresford, Colchester, CO7 8BE 18 October 2013 £865,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Alresford Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km
  2. Millfields Primary School

    Foundation school

    2.6 km
  3. Colne Community School

    Academy converter

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
57
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 26
  • Anti social behaviour 6
  • Burglary 5
  • Other theft 3
  • Public order 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

2 female, 3 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.5
CO7 8 residents
6,791

Age bands in CO7 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

1,026 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

614 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.9%

1,398 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.7%

1,853 residents

Age 65 and over
27%

1,809 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO7 8 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+
0%
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

3

within 5 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81028

    2.7 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    3.7 km

  • COLNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    40 STATION ROAD, BRIGHTLINGSEA, COLCHESTER, CO7 0DT

    ODS code F81116

    4.0 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

  • Wivenhoe Road

    BCT · Alresford

    0.9 miles
  • Wivenhoe Road

    BCT · Alresford

    0.9 miles
  • The Pointer

    BCT · Alresford

    0.9 miles
  • The Pointer

    BCT · Alresford

    0.9 miles
  • Alresford (Essex) Rail Station

    RSE · Alresford

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 009A, 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

21,499 of 33,755

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

10 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Alresford Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

57 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 26 events.

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