CO12 3DP Tendring
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Harwich & Kingsway. Region: East of England.
Streets
- Church Lane, Harwich: 4 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Tendring in 2026-27: Band D £2,270 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,513 | £1,765 | £2,017 | £2,270 | £2,774 | £3,278 | £3,783 | £4,539 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (60% of about 750 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Harwich. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 58.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- GUILDHALL, grade I
- CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, grade II*
- HIGH HOUSE, grade II*
- 14, 15 AND 16, CHURCH STREET, grade II
- 15 and 16 George Street, grade II
- 18 AND 18A, CHURCH STREET, grade II
- 18, 18A, 19, 19A, WEST STREET (See details for further address information), grade II
- 2 AND 3, CHURCH STREET, grade II
- 2, KING'S HEAD STREET, grade II
- 20 AND 21, CHURCH STREET, grade II
- 22 AND 22A, CHURCH STREET, grade II
- 23 AND 24, WEST STREET, grade II
- 25 AND 26, WEST STREET, grade II
- 26, KING'S QUAY STREET, grade II
- 27, KING'S QUAY STREET, grade II
- 2A, KING'S HEAD STREET, grade II
- 30, WEST STREET, grade II
- 31 AND 32, WEST STREET, grade II
- 33, 33B, 34 AND 34B, KING'S QUAY STREET, grade II
- 4 AND 5, WEST STREET, grade II
- 4, CHURCH STREET, grade II
- 47 AND 47A, KING'S HEAD STREET, grade II
- 57, CHURCH STREET, grade II
- 58, WEST STREET, grade II
- 59, WEST STREET, grade II
- 6, CHURCH STREET, grade II
- 6, WEST STREET, grade II
- 60 AND 60A, WEST STREET, grade II
- 61 AND 62, WEST STREET, grade II
- 63, WEST STREET, grade II
And 28 more.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 20 - 20B Market Street, Harwich CO12 3DX, not permissioned (120 m)
- Former Anchor Hotel 7 Stour Road Harwich Essex CO12 3HF, permissioned (190 m)
- Navy Yard Wharf, Kings Quay Street, The Quay, Harwich, Essex CO12 3JJ, not permissioned (350 m)
- 79 Stour Road, Harwich, permissioned (590 m (0.4 miles))
- 79 Stour Road, Harwich, not permissioned (590 m (0.4 miles))
Flood risk
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this postcode yet.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 4 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 0%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Harwich Town 112,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 170 m |
| Dovercourt 168,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 910 m (0.6 miles) | |
| Harwich International 118,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Lighthouse Harwich | 110 m |
| Ferry terminal | Harwich Harbour Ferry Landing | 340 m |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Wellington Road Car Park | 130 m |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest PoGo Charge | 320 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 58.5 km (36 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 72.8 km (45 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Fronks Rd Family Surgery | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Harwich & District Hospital | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Police station | Harwich police Station | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 990 m² | 220 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Cliff Park 7.9 ha | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,230 m² | 290 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Harwich Green 1.2 ha | 160 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Redoubt Allotments 1.1 ha | 350 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 8.6 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Guildhall, a listed building (Grade I), 40 m. 152 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 11 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Guildhall | Listed building, Grade I | 40 m |
| Church of St Nicholas | Listed building, Grade II* | 60 m north-east |
| High House | Listed building, Grade II* | 90 m east |
| High Lighthouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 130 m south-east |
| Harwich High Lighthouse | Scheduled monument | 130 m south-east |
| The Harwich Treadwheel Crane | Scheduled monument | 170 m south-east |
| A Napoleonic coastal battery at Bath Side, 400m north west of Tower Hill | Scheduled monument | 220 m south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cox's Pond | Lake or reservoir | 250 m south |
| The Guard | Wetland | 430 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Beacon Cliff | Cliff or slope | 860 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Beacon Hill | Hill | 900 m (0.6 miles) south |
| Dovercourt Bay | Bay | 1.5 km (1 mile) south |
| Ganges Wood | Wood | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 4 |
4 of the postcode's 4 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Tendring: see them on the Tendring page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 30% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 13% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 36% | 17% |
| Private rented | 32% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 22% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 18% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 40% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 25% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 21% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 29% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 1 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Church Lane.