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CO7 8FF

Alresford & Elmstead · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 8JD 64 m
CO7 8JG 191 m
CO7 8JH 248 m
CO7 8FE 353 m
CO7 8JA 388 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 8FF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2011
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 8
Latitude
51.842180
Longitude
1.028450
British National Grid easting
608,713
British National Grid northing
220,288

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
E04004111
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00112047
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 009D · E01022053
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 009 · E02004581

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
4
Secondary
1

  1. Alresford Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km

  2. Colne Community School

    Academy converter

    2.5 km

  3. Great Bentley Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
39
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 24
  • Vehicle crime 5
  • Drugs 2
  • Other crime 2
  • Other theft 2

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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • GREAT BENTLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81021

    2.8 km

  • COLNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    40 STATION ROAD, BRIGHTLINGSEA, COLCHESTER, CO7 0DT

    ODS code F81116

    3.6 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81028

    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

  • Brightlingsea Road

    BCT · Thorrington

    0.0 miles

  • Thorrington Cross

    BCT · Thorrington

    0.0 miles

  • Thorrington Cross

    BCT · Thorrington

    0.0 miles

  • Brightlingsea Road

    BCT · Thorrington

    0.0 miles

  • Thors Farm

    BCT · Thorrington

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 009D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,744 of 33,755

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

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Alresford Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

39 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 24 events.

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