CO9 1UG

Gosfield & Greenstead Green · Braintree · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree
Postcode district
CO9
Postcode sector
CO9 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO9 1UD 431 m
CO9 1RU 494 m
CO9 1UB 578 m
CO9 1SF 615 m
CO9 1GW 666 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO9 1UG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO9
Postcode sector
CO9 1
Latitude
51.932188
Longitude
0.582755
British National Grid easting
577,661
British National Grid northing
229,114

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Braintree · E07000067
Parish or community
E04003900
Westminster constituency
Braintree · E14001121
Output area
E00108612
Lower layer super output area
Braintree 007F · E01021381
Middle layer super output area
Braintree 007 · E02004452

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. St Margaret's Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    783 m
  2. Gosfield Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    885 m
  3. Gosfield School

    Other independent school

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
36
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 15
  • Other theft 7
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Other crime 3
  • Public order 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
94

52 female, 42 male

Postcode households
61
Residents per household
1.5
CO9 1 residents
9,893

Age bands in CO9 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.2%

1,771 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

1,006 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.9%

2,467 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.7%

2,859 residents

Age 65 and over
21.5%

2,215 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO9 1 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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • THE ELIZABETH COURTAULD SURGERY

    FACTORY LANE WEST, HALSTEAD, CO9 1EX

    ODS code F81068

    3.9 km

  • CHURCH LANE SURGERY

    BRAINTREE COLLEGE, CHURCH LANE, BRAINTREE, CM7 5SN

    ODS code F81014

    4.9 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

  • The Post Office

    BCT · Gosfield

    0.5 miles
  • The Post Office

    BCT · Gosfield

    0.5 miles
  • Tennis Courts

    BCT · Gosfield

    0.5 miles
  • Church Road

    BCT · Gosfield

    0.5 miles
  • Church Road

    BCT · Gosfield

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Braintree 007F, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

23,666 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
7 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
2
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

11 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Margaret's Preparatory School is the nearest published school at 783 m.

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

Recorded crime

36 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 15 events.

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