CO8 5DW

Stour Valley South · Braintree · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Bures
Ward: Stour Valley South
Local authority: Braintree
Constituency: Braintree
Postcode district: CO8
Postcode sector: CO8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
CO8 5DN	370 m
CO8 5DP	580 m
CO8 5EE	889 m
CO8 5DJ	915 m
CO8 5DX	974 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: CO8 5DW
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: CO
Postcode district: CO8
Postcode sector: CO8 5
Latitude: 51.960944
Longitude: 0.746986
British National Grid easting: 588,829
British National Grid northing: 232,725

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: East of England · E12000006
Local authority district: Braintree · E07000067
Electoral ward: Stour Valley South · E05010383
Parish or community: E04003888
Westminster constituency: Braintree · E14001121
Output area: E00173996
Lower layer super output area: Braintree 002C · E01021407
Middle layer super output area: Braintree 002 · E02004447

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Property

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3 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
Chilka Cottage, Colne Road, Bures, CO8 5DW	31 March 2016	£290,000
Peartree Cottage, Colne Road, Bures, CO8 5DW	28 November 2005	£258,000
Chilka Cottage, Colne Road, Bures, CO8 5DW	27 April 2004	£173,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 5
Primary: 5
Secondary: 0

Bures Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
2.4 km
St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh

Voluntary aided school
3.4 km
Colne Engaine Church of England Primary School

Academy converter
4.1 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 8
Postcode households: 4
Residents per household: 2.0
CO8 5 residents: 2,406

Age bands in CO8 5

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 15.8%
Age 15 to 24: 9%
Age 25 to 44: 18.4%
Age 45 to 64: 29.7%
Age 65 and over: 27.1%

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO8 5 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+: 50%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 50%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 50%
Gigabit-capable: 50%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 25%
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.

Nearby transport

Craig's Lane

BCT · Mount Bures
1.1 miles
Craig's Lane

BCT · Mount Bures
1.1 miles
Bures Rail Station

RSE · Bures
1.2 miles
Bures Rail Station

RLY · Bures
1.2 miles
The Thatchers Arms

BCT · Mount Bures
1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Braintree 002C, 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

21,537 of 33,755

Income: 9 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 8 of 10
Health and disability: 9 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 2 of 10
Living environment: 2 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

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Bures Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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