| Postcode | CO6 1DR |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester |
| Nearest station | Marks Tey (3 km) |
| Bus stops |
No nearby bus stops
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 21 View |
| Known addresses |
Basketts, Birch Road, Copford
Walnut Tree Farm, Birch Road, Copford
1 Dorset Cottages, Birch Road, Copford
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 51.860008 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.807321 | |
| Easting | 593409 | |
| Northing | 221661 | |
| Grid reference | TL934216 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 349011 5747740 | |
| what3words | oiled.perky.unloaded | |
| FixPhrase | crisped majestic spooky taps | |
| Plus code | 9F32VR64+2W | |
| Altitude | 34 metres (112 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:47 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:49 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 8.9 KMs (5.5 miles) |
| Parish | Birch | E04003980 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Marks Tey and Layer | E05010832 |
| Local Authority District | Colchester | E07000071 |
| County Electoral Division | Stanway and Pyefleet | E58000460 |
| Local Authority | Essex | E10000012 |
| County | Essex | E10000012 |
| Constituency (2024) | Witham | E14001590 |
| MP | Priti Patel | Conservative |
| 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 | 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 |
| Population (2011) | 22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 7 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
|
|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00109934 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1C1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Colchester 019B | E01021644 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Colchester 019B | E01021644 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Layer-de-la-Haye, Abberton & Mersea East | E02004524 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Layer-de-la-Haye, Abberton & Mersea East | E02004524 |
| Travel to work area | Colchester | E30000193 |
| Average property price in Colchester | £312,181 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 1.0% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Tree Farm, Birch Road, Copford | Other (freehold) | Jan 2023 | £1,150,000 |
| Other (freehold) | Jan 2019 | £885,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 2007 | £775,000 | |
| 1 Dorset Cottages, Birch Road, Copford | Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2013 | £220,000 |
| Basketts, Birch Road, Copford | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2013 | £965,000 |