CO postcode area

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Colchester
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CO
Coordinates: 51°54′04″N0°55′59″E / 51.901°N 0.933°E / 51.901; 0.933
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
CO
Postcode area name
Colchester
Post towns 9
Postcode districts 16
Postcode sectors74
Postcodes (live)13,249
Postcodes (total)17,987
Statistics as at May 2020 [1]

The CO postcode area, also known as the Colchester postcode area, [2] is a group of sixteen postcode districts in the east of England, within nine post towns. These cover northeast Essex (including Colchester, Bures, Clacton-on-Sea, Frinton-on-Sea, Halstead, Harwich, Manningtree and Walton-on-the-Naze) and a small part of south Suffolk (including Sudbury). The main sorting office is in Colchester.

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town CoverageLocal authority area(s)
CO1COLCHESTER Colchester Colchester
CO2COLCHESTER Old Heath, Berechurch, Layer de la Haye Colchester
CO3COLCHESTER Lexden, Fordham Heath, Stanway Colchester
CO4COLCHESTERGreenstead, Highwoods, St Johns, Myland, Boxted, BraiswickColchester
CO5COLCHESTER Tiptree, Kelvedon, West Mersea, Peldon, Rowhedge Colchester, Braintree, Maldon
CO6COLCHESTER Coggeshall, Earls Colne, Marks Tey, Great Tey, Chappel, White Colne, Wakes Colne, Fordham, Copford, West Bergholt, Great Horkesley, Wormingford, Nayland, Stoke-by-Nayland, Polstead Colchester, Braintree, Babergh
CO7COLCHESTER Brightlingsea, Wivenhoe, Great Bentley, Alresford Colchester, Tendring, Babergh
CO8BURES Bures, Alphamstone Colchester, Braintree, Babergh
CO9HALSTEAD Halstead Braintree
CO10SUDBURY Sudbury, Lavenham, Long Melford Babergh, West Suffolk, Braintree
CO11MANNINGTREE Manningtree, Lawford, Mistley, Bradfield, Wrabness, Wix, Horsley Cross, Little Bromley, Brantham, CattawadeTendring, Babergh
CO12HARWICH Harwich, Dovercourt, Parkeston, Ramsey, Little Oakley, Great Oakley, Stones Green Tendring
CO13FRINTON-ON-SEA Frinton-on-Sea Tendring
CO14WALTON ON THE NAZE [3] Walton-on-the-Naze Tendring
CO15CLACTON-ON-SEA Clacton-on-Sea, Jaywick Tendring
CO16CLACTON-ON-SEA Clacton-on-Sea, St Osyth, Little Clacton Tendring

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CO postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby CB, CM and IP postcode areas. CO postcode area map.svg
CO postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby CB, CM and IP postcode areas.

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References

  1. "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. The post town is unhyphenated.