| Postcode | CO1 2HQ |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester |
| Nearest station | Hythe (Essex) (1 km) |
| Bus stops |
Scarletts Road (NW)
Barn Hall Avenue (NW)
St Leonard's Church (W)
St Leonard's Church (E)
Barn Hall Avenue (SE)
Colne Causeway (N)
|
| Known addresses |
No addresses found
|
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 51.880303 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.92192 | |
| Easting | 601208 | |
| Northing | 224228 | |
| Grid reference | TM012242 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 356965 5749766 | |
| what3words | prime.final.metro | |
| FixPhrase | crisped majesty strategy turmoil | |
| Plus code | 9F32VWJC+4Q | |
| Altitude | 24 metres (78 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:46 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:35 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 4.3 KMs (2.7 miles) |
| Parish | Colchester, unparished area | E43000228 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Old Heath and The Hythe | E05010836 |
| Local Authority District | Colchester | E07000071 |
| County Electoral Division | Abbey | E58000402 |
| Local Authority | Essex | E10000012 |
| County | Essex | E10000012 |
| Constituency (2024) | Harwich and North Essex | E14001273 |
| MP | Sir Bernard Jenkin | Conservative |
| Police force | Essex | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Essex Haven Gateway | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Essex | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | September 2001 |
| Last updated | September 2025 |
| User type | Large (addresses receive more 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) | E00110154 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 7A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Colchester 011I | E01035163 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Colchester 011C | E01021685 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | New Town & Hythe | E02004516 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | New Town & Hythe | E02004516 |
| Travel to work area | Colchester | E30000193 |
| Average property price in Colchester | £310,274 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.3% |