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CO7 9PY

Wivenhoe · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 9RP 43 m
CO7 9QU 50 m
CO7 9RT 88 m
CO7 9QX 92 m
CO7 9RX 118 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 9PY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 9
Latitude
51.866803
Longitude
0.955765
British National Grid easting
603,596
British National Grid northing
222,820

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
E00110404
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 017A · E01021736
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 017 · E02004522

Postcode source versions

Explore CO7

Property

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6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Cracknell Close, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9PY 6 June 2025 £275,000
6, Cracknell Close, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9PY 8 March 2021 £280,000
2, Cracknell Close, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9PY 9 May 2016 £4,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
23
Secondary
2

  1. Broomgrove Infant School

    Community school

    160 m

  2. Broomgrove Junior School

    Community school

    160 m

  3. Millfields Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
527
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 211
  • Shoplifting 114
  • Vehicle crime 41
  • Other theft 38
  • Criminal damage and arson 36

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
23

12 female, 11 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
3.8
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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

7

within 5 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    1.3 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81028

    1.3 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    4.1 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    4.1 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    4.1 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

    CREFFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE, 15 CAVALRY ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7GH

    ODS code F81115

    4.7 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    4.8 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

  • Wivenhoe Cross

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.3 miles

  • Wivenhoe Cross

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.3 miles

  • Heath Road

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.3 miles

  • The Flag

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.3 miles

  • Rosabelle Avenue

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 017A, 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

29,435 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 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.

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 £275,000 from 1 recorded sale in CO7 9PY. 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

28 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 2 secondary schools. Broomgrove Infant School is the nearest published school at 160 m.

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

Recorded crime

527 published events cover 12 months, averaging 43.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 211 events.

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