CO7 9AR

Wivenhoe · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Local authority
Colchester
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO7 9AS 69 m
CO7 9AY 94 m
CO7 9AT 111 m
CO7 9AP 153 m
CO7 9FL 176 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 9AR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 9
Latitude
51.859973
Longitude
0.956625
British National Grid easting
603,686
British National Grid northing
222,063

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Wivenhoe · E05010843
Parish or community
E04004010
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110417
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 017C · E01021738
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 017 · E02004522

Postcode source versions

Explore CO7

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Beech Avenue, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9AR 1 September 2023 £650,000
7, Beech Avenue, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9AR 16 June 2021 £475,000
10, Beech Avenue, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9AR 15 February 2019 £386,550

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
23
Secondary
2
  1. Broomgrove Infant School

    Community school

    913 m
  2. Broomgrove Junior School

    Community school

    913 m
  3. Millfields Primary School

    Foundation school

    958 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
443
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 166
  • Shoplifting 114
  • Criminal damage and arson 36
  • Vehicle crime 29
  • Other theft 25

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
41

21 female, 20 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
3.2
CO7 9 residents
7,617

Age bands in CO7 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

1,125 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

748 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.4%

1,577 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

2,045 residents

Age 65 and over
25.3%

1,857 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO7 9 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
92.9%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
92.9%
Gigabit-capable
92.9%
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

5

within 5 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81028

    539 m

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    835 m

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    4.4 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    4.7 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Co-op

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.1 miles
  • Co-op

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.1 miles
  • Rosabelle Avenue

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.2 miles
  • Rosabelle Avenue

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.2 miles
  • Queens Road

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 017C, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,327 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £650,000 from 1 recorded sale in CO7 9AR. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Colchester is £298,003 in June 2026, down 0.3% year on year.

Schools

27 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 2 secondary schools. Broomgrove Infant School is the nearest published school at 913 m.

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

Recorded crime

443 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 166 events.

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