| Postcode | CO3 5UA | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester | 
| Nearest station | Marks Tey (3 km) | 
| Bus stops | Wood Corner (W) Beech Grove (N) Beech Grove (S) Fiddlers Folly (W) Fiddlers Folly (E) Wood Lane (W) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.901049 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.81212 | |
| Easting | 593563 | |
| Northing | 226237 | |
| Grid reference | TL935262 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 349478 5752294 | |
| what3words | exhale.opposites.rift | |
| FixPhrase | crisping majestic sardine syndrome | |
| Plus code | 9F32WR26+CR | |
| Altitude | 44 metres (145 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:50 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:32 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 11.8 KMs (7.3 miles) | 
| Parish | Eight Ash Green | E04003987 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Lexden and Braiswick | E05010831 | 
| Local Authority District | Colchester | E07000071 | 
| County Electoral Division | Constable | E58000427 | 
| 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 | September 1991 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 2001 | 
| 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) | Rural village | |
| Built up area (2024) | Eight Ash Green | E63011210 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00110361 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6A4 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Colchester 003D | E01021730 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Colchester 003D | E01021730 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | West Bergholt & Wormingford | E02004508 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | West Bergholt & Wormingford | E02004508 | 
| Travel to work area | Colchester | E30000193 | 
| Average property price in Colchester | £310,274 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.3% |