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CO7 8BJ

Alresford & Elmstead · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
Alresford & Elmstead
Local authority
Tendring
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO7 8AP 54 m
CO7 8BD 240 m
CO7 8AD 400 m
CO7 8AF 514 m
CO7 8AE 563 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 8BJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2023
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 8
Latitude
51.851523
Longitude
1.011708
British National Grid easting
607,517
British National Grid northing
221,279

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
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

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Property

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Franceska Gardens, Alresford, Colchester, CO7 8BJ 31 March 2025 £590,000
5, Franceska Gardens, Alresford, Colchester, CO7 8BJ 21 January 2025 £358,817
4, Franceska Gardens, Alresford, Colchester, CO7 8BJ 21 January 2025 £385,359

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
10
Secondary
1

  1. Alresford Primary School

    Community school

    872 m

  2. Millfields Primary School

    Foundation school

    3.0 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
150
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 81
  • Vehicle crime 10
  • Other theft 9
  • Public order 9
  • Anti social behaviour 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

4

within 5 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81028

    3.5 km

  • GREAT BENTLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81021

    3.6 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    4.6 km

  • COLNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    40 STATION ROAD, BRIGHTLINGSEA, COLCHESTER, CO7 0DT

    ODS code F81116

    4.7 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

  • Brook Farm

    BCT · Alresford

    0.2 miles

  • St Osyth Road

    BCT · Alresford

    0.2 miles

  • Brook Farm

    BCT · Alresford

    0.3 miles

  • St Osyth Road

    BCT · Alresford

    0.3 miles

  • Coach Road Corner

    BCT · Alresford

    0.4 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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £590,000 from 5 recorded sales in CO7 8BJ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Tendring is £261,717 in June 2026, up 2.6% year on year.

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. Alresford Primary School is the nearest published school at 872 m.

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

Recorded crime

150 published events cover 12 months, averaging 12.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 81 events.

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