| Postcode | CO1 1YH | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester | 
| Nearest station | Colchester (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | The Range (W) Leisureworld (W) DaRT Cowdray Avenue North () Jump Street (E) Catchpool Road (E) Catchpool Road (W) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 4 View | 
| Known addresses | Tenpin Bowling, Cowdray Avenue, Colchester | 
| Main property type | Other | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 51.897256 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.904486 | |
| Easting | 599933 | |
| Northing | 226065 | |
| Grid reference | TL999260 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 355820 5751685 | |
| what3words | impose.data.verge | |
| FixPhrase | crisped majesty survival twisting | |
| Plus code | 9F32VWW3+WQ | |
| Altitude | 10 metres (32 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:50 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:32 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 6.5 KMs (4 miles) | 
| Parish | Colchester, unparished area | E43000228 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Castle | E05010828 | 
| Local Authority District | Colchester | E07000071 | 
| County Electoral Division | Abbey | E58000402 | 
| Local Authority | Essex | E10000012 | 
| County | Essex | E10000012 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Colchester | E14001176 | 
| MP | Pam Cox | Labour | 
| Police force | Essex | |
| Water company | Anglian Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Essex Haven Gateway | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Essex | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Colchester | E63011220 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00176454 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Colchester 007B | E01021647 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Colchester 007B | E01021647 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Central Colchester | E02004512 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Central Colchester | E02004512 | 
| Travel to work area | Colchester | E30000193 | 
| Average property price in Colchester | £310,274 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.3% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenpin Bowling, Cowdray Avenue, Colchester | Other (leasehold) | Oct 2017 | £2,500,000 |