| Postcode | CO7 8RW | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester | 
| Nearest station | Great Bentley (2 km) | 
| Bus stops | No nearby bus stops | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.833311 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 1.062508 | |
| Easting | 611102 | |
| Northing | 219401 | |
| Grid reference | TM111194 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 366502 5744273 | |
| what3words | surfaces.mealtime.holiday | |
| FixPhrase | crisped majorette singular tux | |
| Plus code | 9F33R3M7+82 | |
| Altitude | 9 metres (31 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:49 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:31 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 2.1 KMs (1.3 miles) | 
| Parish | Great Bentley | E04004096 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | The Bentleys & Frating | E05011958 | 
| Local Authority District | Tendring | E07000076 | 
| County Electoral Division | Brightlingsea | E58000414 | 
| Local Authority | Essex | E10000012 | 
| County | Essex | E10000012 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Clacton | E14001174 | 
| MP | Nigel Farage | Reform UK | 
| Police force | Essex | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Essex Haven Gateway | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Essex | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | August 1992 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1996 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural town and fringe | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00111716 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Tendring 009C | E01021993 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Tendring 009C | E01021993 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Alresford, Great Bentley & Thorrington | E02004581 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Alresford, Great Bentley & Thorrington | E02004581 | 
| Travel to work area | Clacton | E30000192 | 
| Average property price in Colchester | £310,274 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.3% |