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CO7 9DS

Wivenhoe · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
Wivenhoe
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO7 9DU 39 m
CO7 9DR 51 m
CO7 9BS 53 m
CO7 9DL 60 m
CO7 9DQ 66 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 9DS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 9
Latitude
51.854952
Longitude
0.960638
British National Grid easting
603,985
British National Grid northing
221,516

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
E00110423
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 017C · E01021738
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 017 · E02004522

Postcode source versions

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Property

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27 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Brook Street, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9DS 19 December 2022 £307,500
9, Brook Street, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9DS 26 October 2022 £195,000
9, Brook Street, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9DS 10 May 2022 £220,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
17
Secondary
2

  1. Millfields Primary School

    Foundation school

    866 m

  2. St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Rowhedge

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.2 km

  3. Broomgrove Infant School

    Community school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
393
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 137
  • Shoplifting 109
  • Criminal damage and arson 30
  • Vehicle crime 27
  • Other theft 23

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
22

10 female, 12 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
1.6
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 0.3% 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+
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

3

within 5 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81028

    132 m

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    1.1 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    5.0 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

  • Post Office

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.1 miles

  • Station Road

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.1 miles

  • Queens Road

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.2 miles

  • Railway Station

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.2 miles

  • Wivenhoe Rail Station

    RLY · 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
1
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
3
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 £263,750 from 4 recorded sales in CO7 9DS. 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

21 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 2 secondary schools. Millfields Primary School is the nearest published school at 866 m.

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

Recorded crime

393 published events cover 12 months, averaging 32.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 137 events.

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