CO7 8JY

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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO7 8JR 50 m
CO7 8FG 98 m
CO7 8HL 101 m
CO7 8GB 143 m
CO7 8JN 155 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 8JY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 April 1987
Terminated
1 December 1990
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 8
Latitude
51.841208
Longitude
1.035456
British National Grid easting
609,200
British National Grid northing
220,200

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Parish or community
E04004111
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00112048
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
5
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. Great Bentley Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.3 km
  2. Colne Community School

    Academy converter

    2.5 km
  3. Alresford Primary School

    Community school

    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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • GREAT BENTLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81021

    2.5 km

  • COLNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    40 STATION ROAD, BRIGHTLINGSEA, COLCHESTER, CO7 0DT

    ODS code F81116

    3.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Post Office

    BCT · Thorrington

    0.1 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Thorrington

    0.1 miles
  • Thorrington Cross

    BCT · Thorrington

    0.3 miles
  • Thorrington Cross

    BCT · Thorrington

    0.3 miles
  • Brightlingsea Road

    BCT · Thorrington

    0.3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Great Bentley 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.