CO postcode area
The CO postcode area, also known as the Colchester postcode area, is a group of sixteen postcode districts in the east of England, within nine post towns. These cover northeast Essex (including Colchester, Clacton-on-Sea, Frinton-on-Sea, Halstead, Harwich, Manningtree and Walton-on-the-Naze) and a small part of south Suffolk (including Bures and Sudbury). The main sorting office was in Colchester but as at 2021 there was no Mail Centre in Colchester.
Colchester | |
|---|---|
  CO | |
| Coordinates: 51°54′04″N 0°55′59″E / 51.901°N 0.933°E | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Postcode area | CO |
| Postcode area name | Colchester |
| Post towns | 9 |
| Postcode districts | 16 |
| Postcode sectors | 74 |
| 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, Clacton-on-Sea, Frinton-on-Sea, Halstead, Harwich, Manningtree and Walton-on-the-Naze) and a small part of south Suffolk (including Bures and Sudbury). The main sorting office was in Colchester but as at 2021 there was no Mail Centre in Colchester.
Coverage
[edit]The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
| Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO1 | COLCHESTER | Colchester | Colchester |
| CO2 | COLCHESTER | Old Heath, Berechurch, Layer de la Haye | Colchester |
| CO3 | COLCHESTER | Lexden, Fordham Heath, Stanway | Colchester |
| CO4 | COLCHESTER | Greenstead, Highwoods, St Johns, Myland, Boxted, Braiswick | Colchester |
| CO5 | COLCHESTER | Tiptree, Kelvedon, West Mersea, Peldon, Rowhedge | Colchester, Braintree, Maldon |
| CO6 | COLCHESTER | 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 |
| CO7 | COLCHESTER | Brightlingsea, Wivenhoe, Great Bentley, Alresford | Colchester, Tendring, Babergh |
| CO8 | BURES | Bures, Alphamstone | Colchester, Braintree, Babergh |
| CO9 | HALSTEAD | Halstead | Braintree |
| CO10 | SUDBURY | Sudbury, Clare, Lavenham, Long Melford | Babergh, West Suffolk, Braintree |
| CO11 | MANNINGTREE | Manningtree, Lawford, Mistley, Bradfield, Wrabness, Wix, Horsley Cross, Little Bromley, Brantham, Cattawade | Tendring, Babergh |
| CO12 | HARWICH | Harwich, Dovercourt, Parkeston, Ramsey, Little Oakley, Great Oakley, Stones Green | Tendring |
| CO13 | FRINTON-ON-SEA | Frinton-on-Sea | Tendring |
| CO14 | WALTON ON THE NAZE[3] | Walton-on-the-Naze | Tendring |
| CO15 | CLACTON-ON-SEA | Clacton-on-Sea, Jaywick | Tendring |
| CO16 | CLACTON-ON-SEA | Clacton-on-Sea, St Osyth, Little Clacton | Tendring |
Map
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
- ^ The post town is unhyphenated.