| Postcode | CO2 7NQ |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester |
| Nearest station | Colchester Town (1 km) |
| Bus stops |
Dragoon Rd (NW)
Salisbury Avenue (SW)
Salisbury Avenue (NE)
Hamilton Road (SW)
Hamilton Road (NE)
Goojerat Road (S)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 9 View |
| Known addresses |
1 Blacksmith Lane, Colchester
2 Blacksmith Lane, Colchester
3 Blacksmith Lane, Colchester
4 Blacksmith Lane, Colchester
5 Blacksmith Lane, Colchester
6 Blacksmith Lane, Colchester
8 Blacksmith Lane, Colchester
10 Blacksmith Lane, Colchester
|
| Main property type | Flat |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 51.881782 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.890844 | |
| Easting | 599063 | |
| Northing | 224307 | |
| Grid reference | TL990243 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 354831 5749992 | |
| what3words | tests.assure.joke | |
| FixPhrase | crisped majestic strike urethane | |
| Plus code | 9F32VVJR+P8 | |
| Altitude | 36 metres (120 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:48 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:48 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 6 KMs (3.7 miles) |
| Parish | Colchester, unparished area | E43000228 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | New Town and Christ Church | E05010835 |
| Local Authority District | Colchester | E07000071 |
| County Electoral Division | Drury | E58000428 |
| 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 2016 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | November 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) | E00188128 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Colchester 013A | E01021651 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Colchester 013A | E01021651 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Abbey Field | E02004518 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Abbey Field | E02004518 |
| Travel to work area | Colchester | E30000193 |
| Average property price in Colchester | £312,181 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 1.0% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Blacksmith Lane, Colchester | Detached (freehold) | Jun 2025 | £335,000 |
| New build detached (freehold) | May 2016 | £244,995 | |
| 6 Blacksmith Lane, Colchester | Terraced (freehold) | Sep 2022 | £382,000 |
| New build terraced (freehold) | Feb 2016 | £274,995 | |
| 8 Blacksmith Lane, Colchester | Terraced (freehold) | Mar 2021 | £318,000 |
| New build terraced (freehold) | Dec 2015 | £274,995 | |
| 4 Blacksmith Lane, Colchester | Flat (freehold) | Mar 2018 | £199,995 |
| Flat (freehold) | Feb 2018 | £197,000 | |
| New build flat (freehold) | Dec 2015 | £175,000 | |
| 3 Blacksmith Lane, Colchester | New build flat (freehold) | May 2016 | £184,995 |
| 5 Blacksmith Lane, Colchester | New build flat (freehold) | May 2016 | £184,995 |
| 2 Blacksmith Lane, Colchester | New build semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2015 | £265,000 |
| 10 Blacksmith Lane, Colchester | New build flat (freehold) | Dec 2015 | £170,000 |