| Postcode | CO2 7UJ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester | 
| Nearest station | Colchester Town (2 km) | 
| Bus stops | Boadicea Way South (NE) Rainsborowe Road (SW) Rainsborowe Road (NE) Boadicea Way South (SW) Beechwood Close (E) Oyster Place (NE) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.871769 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.881774 | |
| Easting | 598483 | |
| Northing | 223169 | |
| Grid reference | TL984231 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 354175 5748896 | |
| what3words | surely.holly.star | |
| FixPhrase | crisped majestic steadily uselessly | |
| Plus code | 9F32VVCJ+PP | |
| Altitude | 36 metres (118 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:50 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:32 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 6.1 KMs (3.8 miles) | 
| Parish | Colchester, unparished area | E43000228 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Shrub End | E05010840 | 
| Local Authority District | Colchester | E07000071 | 
| County Electoral Division | Maypole | E58000443 | 
| 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 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | February 2015 | 
| 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) | E00110284 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Colchester 015H | E01035165 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Colchester 015G | E01033723 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Shrub End | E02004520 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Shrub End | E02004520 | 
| Travel to work area | Colchester | E30000193 | 
| Average property price in Colchester | £310,274 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.3% |