CO7 8WE

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 8BX 53 m
CO7 8BY 55 m
CO7 8BU 68 m
CO7 8AA 81 m
CO7 8BW 123 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 8WE
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 August 2009
Terminated
1 September 2010
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 8
Latitude
51.854197
Longitude
0.997188
British National Grid easting
606,505
British National Grid northing
221,535

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
E00188154
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 009A · E01021967
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 009 · E02004581

Postcode source versions

Explore CO7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
10
Secondary
1
  1. Alresford Primary School

    Community school

    452 m
  2. Millfields Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.9 km
  3. Market Field School

    Academy special converter

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
136
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 72
  • Public order 9
  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Other theft 8
  • Vehicle crime 8

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 straight-line

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81028

    2.5 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    3.6 km

  • GREAT BENTLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81021

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Alresford (Essex) Rail Station

    RLY · Alresford

    0.0 miles
  • Alresford (Essex) Rail Station

    RSE · Alresford

    0.0 miles
  • Orchard Rd

    BCT · Alresford

    0.1 miles
  • Orchard Rd

    BCT · Alresford

    0.1 miles
  • The Pointer

    BCT · Alresford

    0.1 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

Schools

13 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. Alresford Primary School is the nearest published school at 452 m.

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

Recorded crime

136 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 72 events.

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