Ipswich Road Colchester

719 addresses across 58 postcodes (CO1,CO4), about 4.1 km (2.5 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 8900978.

  • Sales: 673 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £245,350 across 4 sales.
  • Prices and rents: A typical home in Colchester cost £294,210 in August 2026 (-1.4% on a year); private rents averaged £1,200 a month.
  • Energy: 500 homes have an energy certificate (A: 4, B: 169, C: 109, D: 157, E: 53, F: 4, G: 4).
  • Flood: 19 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
  • Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
  • Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Wilson Marriage School, is 340 m away.
  • Storm overflows: 4 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 24 times (9 hours) in 2025.
  • Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Stephenson Road - Urban Reserve Flexible Energy Facility, is 150 m away.
  • Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A12, carries 37,781 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Colchester costs £2,283 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Colchester, about 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: There is a small park or garden about 150 m away, and High Woods Country Park (154 hectares) is about 280 m away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 5 to 46 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 516 of its 729 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Highwoods Surgery, about 600 m (0.4 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 6,530 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 74% of households owned their home and 31% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 142 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often shoplifting.
  • Road safety: 81 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 23 of them fatal or serious; 7 involved a pedestrian.

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House sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20264£245,350£137,000£300,000
202511£325,000£140,000£585,000
202412£355,000£116,000£750,000
202314£321,750£110,000£545,000
202221£327,500£90,000£530,000
202138£296,000£155,000£690,000
202017£258,000£90,000£630,000
201922£313,500£232,000£650,000
201824£254,998£73,500£485,000
201714£245,750£160,000£500,000
201621£260,500£79,995£430,000
201525£268,000£70,000£385,000
The latest 200 of 673 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
18 Mar 20222 CO1 2YDTerraced£237,000
21 Sep 20187 CO1 2YGOther£215,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
22 May 201810 CO1 2YDTerraced£185,000
3 Apr 202022 CO1 2YDTerraced£165,000
23 Dec 201924 CO1 2YDTerraced£240,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
13 Nov 201724 CO1 2YDTerraced£201,000
23 Aug 201924A CO1 2YDDetached£280,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
4 Jan 202126 CO1 2YETerraced£292,500
24 Mar 202327 CO1 2YGTerraced£207,500
4 Nov 202230 CO1 2YETerraced£222,500
27 Feb 202334 CO1 2YETerraced£238,000
6 Nov 202034 CO1 2YETerraced£200,000
26 Oct 202236 CO1 2YETerraced£220,000
27 Sep 202442 CO1 2YETerraced£139,500Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
5 Oct 202046 CO1 2YETerraced£210,000
23 Nov 201846 CO1 2YETerraced£160,000
11 Sep 202448 CO1 2YETerraced£220,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
19 Mar 202151 CO4 0EQDetached£281,000
2 Feb 202652 CO1 2YESemi-detached£220,700
30 Jun 202052 CO1 2YESemi-detached£194,000
8 Jun 201852 CO1 2YESemi-detached£208,000
5 Dec 201752 CO1 2YESemi-detached£155,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
3 Dec 202053 CO4 0EQDetached£392,000
22 Sep 201762 CO1 2YEDetached£175,000
14 Apr 202363 CO4 0EQSemi-detached£264,000
20 Dec 202166 CO1 2YESemi-detached£210,000
4 Jul 202368 CO1 2YESemi-detached£230,000
8 Feb 202171 CO4 0EQTerraced£200,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
17 Dec 202581 CO4 0EHSemi-detached£322,500
26 May 202181 CO4 0EHSemi-detached£265,000
1 Apr 202189 CO4 0EHSemi-detached£263,000
4 Feb 202089 CO4 0EHSemi-detached£225,000
13 Dec 201989 CO4 0EHSemi-detached£225,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
15 Dec 202390 CO4 0AASemi-detached£271,000
30 Apr 202192 CO4 0AASemi-detached£260,000
5 Sep 202394C CO4 0AAFlat or maisonette£110,000Leasehold.
26 Feb 201894C CO4 0AAFlat or maisonette£73,500Leasehold.
31 Oct 201995 CO4 0EJSemi-detached£280,000
22 Nov 2023FLAT 1, 96 CO4 0AAFlat or maisonette£112,500Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
30 Jun 2022FLAT 2, 96 CO4 0AAFlat or maisonette£90,000Leasehold.
6 Dec 2024FLAT 4, 96 CO4 0AAFlat or maisonette£116,000Leasehold.
30 Nov 2020FLAT 4, 96 CO4 0AAFlat or maisonette£90,000Leasehold.
30 Oct 2023102 CO4 0AADetached£417,000
28 Mar 2022104 CO4 0AADetached£450,000
10 Dec 2021108 CO4 0AASemi-detached£300,000
27 Oct 2017108 CO4 0AASemi-detached£272,500
1 Aug 2022110 CO4 0AADetached£250,000
9 Feb 2026115 CO4 0EJSemi-detached£250,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
9 Jun 2020116 CO4 0AEOther£10,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
15 Nov 2021117 CO4 0EJSemi-detached£275,000
9 Jun 2020118 CO4 0AEOther£10,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
12 Jan 2021120 CO4 0AESemi-detached£297,000
10 Sep 2018121 CO4 0EJSemi-detached£259,995
25 May 2018126 CO4 0AESemi-detached£220,000
28 Jun 2024134 CO4 0AFSemi-detached£280,000
8 Dec 2021140A CO4 0AFFlat or maisonette£186,100Leasehold.
4 Dec 2020140A CO4 0AFFlat or maisonette£140,000Leasehold.
24 Feb 2023142A CO4 0AFFlat or maisonette£107,500Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
1 Apr 2019146 CO4 0AFSemi-detached£270,000
30 Oct 2024152 CO4 0AFFlat or maisonette£116,000Leasehold.
30 Oct 2024152 CO4 0AFFlat or maisonette£110,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
15 Mar 2021154 CO4 0AFFlat or maisonette£155,000Leasehold.
23 Sep 2021156 CO4 0AFSemi-detached£275,000
29 Aug 2025160B CO4 0AFTerraced£300,000
22 Mar 2021162A CO4 0AFSemi-detached£251,500
9 Feb 2026165 CO4 0ELSemi-detached£270,000
14 Jun 2019167 CO4 0ELSemi-detached£255,000
29 Oct 2025181 CO4 0ELOther£261,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
28 Mar 2025195 CO4 0ENTerraced£260,000
6 Mar 2026202 CO4 0EPSemi-detached£300,000
1 Dec 2017203 CO4 0ENTerraced£238,000
6 Mar 2020204 CO4 0EPSemi-detached£258,000
14 Sep 2023214 CO4 0EPDetached£545,000
19 May 2022215 CO4 0ENTerraced£280,000
18 Jul 2024220 CO4 0EPSemi-detached£397,000
15 Nov 2019220 CO4 0EPSemi-detached£315,000
4 Sep 2018231 CO4 0EWDetached£313,000
20 Dec 2024233 CO4 0EWSemi-detached£325,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
10 Dec 2021233 CO4 0EWSemi-detached£317,500
1 Jan 2021234 CO4 0ERSemi-detached£385,000
20 Jan 2025238 CO4 0ERSemi-detached£445,000
8 Mar 2018238 CO4 0ERSemi-detached£310,000
7 Feb 2025244 CO4 0ERSemi-detached£385,000
8 Mar 2021246 CO4 0ERSemi-detached£336,000
14 Aug 2019248 CO4 0ERDetached£610,000
9 Jun 2022252 CO4 0ERDetached£530,000
12 Oct 2018255 CO4 0EWSemi-detached£485,000
28 May 2019258 CO4 0ERSemi-detached£250,000
25 Nov 2022263 CO4 0EWSemi-detached£400,000
17 Jul 2019263 CO4 0EWSemi-detached£351,000
10 Nov 2020265 CO4 0EWSemi-detached£364,000
7 May 2019265 CO4 0EWSemi-detached£351,000
29 May 2020267 CO4 0EWSemi-detached£355,000
9 Feb 2018269 CO4 0EWSemi-detached£335,000
2 Mar 2018275 CO4 0EWDetached£360,000
14 Jun 2019277 CO4 0EWDetached£540,000
29 Sep 2021280 CO4 0ESTerraced£295,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
15 Nov 2018280 CO4 0ESTerraced£180,000
5 Aug 2022282 CO4 0ESTerraced£371,500
23 Aug 2022287 CO4 0HWSemi-detached£210,000
26 Jun 2026292 CO4 0ESOther£769,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
6 Feb 2019298 CO4 0ETSemi-detached£270,000
11 Feb 2021300 CO4 0ETSemi-detached£255,000
9 Mar 2018301 CO4 0HNFlat or maisonette£90,000Leasehold.
16 Sep 2024302 CO4 0ETDetached£297,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
9 Dec 2022302 CO4 0ETDetached£290,000
3 Jul 2019303 CO4 0HNDetached£360,000
27 Aug 2021311 CO4 0HNDetached£650,000
18 Oct 2019313 CO4 0HNDetached£335,000
27 Mar 2024313A CO4 0HNDetached£309,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
18 Nov 2022313A CO4 0HNDetached£240,000
20 Sep 2019314 CO4 0ETDetached£530,000
28 May 2021317 CO4 0HNDetached£450,000
10 Sep 2021320A CO4 0ETSemi-detached£330,000
18 Jul 2024325 CO4 0HNSemi-detached£280,000
1 Sep 2023326 CO4 0ETSemi-detached£372,500
18 Apr 2019326 CO4 0ETSemi-detached£270,000
22 Nov 2024326A CO4 0ETDetached£750,000
10 Jul 2019326A CO4 0ETDetached£650,000
29 Oct 2021326B CO4 0ETDetached£690,000
9 Jan 2020326B CO4 0ETDetached£630,000
27 Jan 2021330A CO4 0ETDetached£575,000
15 Oct 2018331 CO4 0HNSemi-detached£250,000
5 Mar 2021332 CO4 0ETSemi-detached£305,000
19 Mar 2020336 CO4 0ETSemi-detached£250,000
14 Jan 2021338 CO4 0ETSemi-detached£375,000
27 Feb 2025342 CO4 0ETSemi-detached£325,000
3 Feb 2025361 CO4 0HLSemi-detached£325,000
30 Jul 2021361 CO4 0HLSemi-detached£295,000
22 Nov 2018363 CO4 0HLDetached£372,000
27 Nov 2020365 CO4 0HLSemi-detached£395,000
12 Aug 2021375 CO4 0HLSemi-detached£320,789
31 Mar 2025376 CO4 0EXSemi-detached£396,000
16 Sep 2019380 CO4 0EXSemi-detached£312,000
25 Jan 2019384 CO4 0EXSemi-detached£263,000
14 May 2021389 CO4 0HLSemi-detached£282,000
26 Jan 2021391 CO4 0HLSemi-detached£332,500
23 Feb 2018392 CO4 0EXDetached£467,000
18 Mar 2022393 CO4 0HLSemi-detached£385,000
31 Mar 2020393 CO4 0HLSemi-detached£310,000
27 Mar 2020393 CO4 0HLSemi-detached£305,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
2 Oct 2019394 CO4 0EXDetached£440,000
11 Oct 2024396 CO4 0EYDetached£455,000
4 Aug 2020397 CO4 0HLSemi-detached£275,000
29 Sep 2021399 CO4 0HLSemi-detached£270,000
24 Feb 2021401 CO4 0HLSemi-detached£271,000
4 Oct 2019403 CO4 0HLSemi-detached£275,000
17 Nov 2017409 CO4 0HLSemi-detached£232,500
1 Aug 2022433 CO4 0HJDetached£425,000
8 Dec 2023446 CO4 0EYSemi-detached£390,000
11 Nov 2022448 CO4 0EYSemi-detached£367,400
18 Jun 2021450 CO4 0EYSemi-detached£337,500
23 Nov 2023453 CO4 0HFDetached£455,000
18 Oct 2019454 CO4 0EYSemi-detached£258,000
14 Oct 2022457 CO4 0HQDetached£355,000
25 Aug 2022459 CO4 0HQSemi-detached£327,500
12 Jul 2022461 CO4 0HQSemi-detached£355,000
20 Dec 2019463 CO4 0HQSemi-detached£232,000
1 Nov 2024467 CO4 0HQSemi-detached£355,000
16 Aug 2024477 CO4 0HQSemi-detached£355,000
14 Sep 2021481 CO4 0HQDetached£600,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
6 Oct 2017487A CO4 0HGDetached£500,000
22 Dec 2017493 CO4 9HDDetached£425,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
24 Mar 2023495 CO4 9HDDetached£425,000
25 Oct 2022499 CO4 9HDDetached£398,000
15 Jul 2019501A CO4 9HDDetached£435,000
15 Jun 2022505 CO4 9HDSemi-detached£301,000
7 Jan 2019PLOTS 223-230 INCLUSIVE, 505 CO4 9HDOther£253,521Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
13 Jun 2018505A CO4 9HDSemi-detached£245,000
8 Oct 2021505B CO4 9HDDetached£400,000
30 Jul 2021505C CO4 9HDDetached£456,000
19 Mar 2021507 CO4 9HDSemi-detached£282,500
19 Feb 2021507A CO4 9HDSemi-detached£286,000
22 Jun 2018507B CO4 9HDSemi-detached£319,995New build.
29 Jun 2018507C CO4 9HDSemi-detached£334,995New build.
14 Jun 2024509 CO4 9HDDetached£495,000
24 Aug 2018509 CO4 9HDDetached£480,245New build.
25 May 2018509A CO4 9HDDetached£390,000New build.
17 Sep 2024509C CO4 9HDSemi-detached£335,000
24 Aug 2021509C CO4 9HDSemi-detached£319,000
30 Jun 2021519 CO4 9HDSemi-detached£483,000
20 Feb 2024521 CO4 9HDSemi-detached£470,000
4 Apr 2019578 CO4 9HBOther£407,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
8 Aug 2018578 CO4 9HBOther£404,528Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
28 Mar 2025582B CO4 9HBDetached£448,000
3 Aug 2023582B CO4 9HBDetached£465,000
18 Jul 2025584 CO4 9HBDetached£585,000
23 May 2019KFC, UNIT 1, COLONELS PLACE CO4 9HBOther£1,320,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
23 May 2019KFC, UNIT 1, COLONELS PLACE CO4 9HBOther£1,320,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
29 Sep 2020EASTWOOD SERVICE STATION CO4 0EXOther£3,016,091Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
29 Sep 2020EASTWOOD SERVICE STATION CO4 0EXOther£3,016,091Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
2 May 20251, FIDDLERS HOUSE CO4 0AFFlat or maisonette£140,000Leasehold.
14 May 20262, FIDDLERS HOUSE CO4 0AFFlat or maisonette£137,000Leasehold.
9 Nov 20182, FIDDLERS HOUSE CO4 0AFFlat or maisonette£157,000Leasehold.
21 Nov 20183, FIDDLERS HOUSE CO4 0AFFlat or maisonette£144,000Leasehold.
3 Sep 20214, FIDDLERS HOUSE CO4 0AFFlat or maisonette£155,000Leasehold.
17 Mar 20236, FIDDLERS HOUSE CO4 0AFFlat or maisonette£188,000Leasehold.
30 Nov 20186, FIDDLERS HOUSE CO4 0AFFlat or maisonette£160,000Leasehold.
18 May 2020LION & LAMB COTTAGE CO4 9HBDetached£385,000
27 Nov 2020NEEP OF COLCHESTER CO4 9TDOther£39,847,101Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).

The full report lists every sale on this street, 673 in all, by house number. Get the full report

House prices and rents in Colchester

A typical home in Colchester cost £294,210 in August 2026, 1.4% less than a year before. That is 7% more than five years earlier and 23% more than ten years earlier.

HomeTypical price, Aug 2026
Detached£493,135
Semi-detached£326,614
Terraced£264,000
Flat or maisonette£161,277
Bought by a first-time buyer£247,168

Private renters in Colchester paid £1,200 a month on average in September 2026, 1.7% more than a year before. That is 32% more than five years earlier.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£821
Two bedrooms£1,066
Three bedrooms£1,306
Four or more bedrooms£1,801

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from October 2008 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

500 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 87 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (156); House, detached (142); Flat (53). Built: 1930-1949 (149); 2016 (44); 1900-1929 (43). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (244); rented (private) (57); rented (social) (8).

Each home's certificates and sales (500 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 11,101 kWh of it on average in 2024, 7% more than the district's 10,336 kWh, and 3,457 kWh of electricity, about the same as the district. There are gas meters for about 91% of the homes.

1 of its postcodes has no gas meters recorded among 10 or more homes: often flats heated by electricity, or homes off the gas grid.

PostcodeElectricity metersTypical electricityGas metersTypical gas
CO4 0XB36 36 Economy 74,594 kWh none recorded
CO4 0ET282,901 kWh 3213,259 kWh
CO4 0AF30 5 Economy 71,883 kWh 287,691 kWh
CO4 9HD263,675 kWh 2515,208 kWh
CO4 0HL31 8 Economy 72,742 kWh 3112,272 kWh
CO4 0HN243,072 kWh 2713,818 kWh
CO4 0EW233,281 kWh 2512,467 kWh
CO1 2YE202,204 kWh 199,483 kWh
CO4 0AA15 6 Economy 73,946 kWh 813,160 kWh
CO4 0EJ181,979 kWh 1711,831 kWh
CO4 9AU362,142 kWh 358,477 kWh
CO4 0EX153,443 kWh 1413,932 kWh
CO1 2YD142,876 kWh 115,660 kWh
CO4 0EN181,944 kWh 1810,179 kWh
CO4 0ER172,627 kWh 1815,829 kWh
CO4 0HQ16 5 Economy 72,710 kWh 1912,988 kWh
CO4 0EY162,962 kWh 1711,508 kWh
CO4 9AH292,646 kWh 307,471 kWh
CO4 0HW113,626 kWh 1013,592 kWh
CO4 0EQ152,723 kWh 1412,001 kWh
CO4 0ES123,906 kWh 1019,430 kWh
CO4 9AF332,006 kWh 336,713 kWh
CO4 0EL122,779 kWh 1111,212 kWh
CO4 0EP133,107 kWh 1414,991 kWh
CO4 9AL302,445 kWh 308,092 kWh
CO4 9AG262,138 kWh 276,027 kWh
CO4 9AN182,543 kWh 188,146 kWh
CO4 9AQ221,541 kWh 234,689 kWh
CO4 9HB63,948 kWh 514,448 kWh
CO4 0AE82,177 kWh 611,475 kWh

These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is CO4.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

Council tax

What each band costs in Colchester in 2026-27: Band D £2,283 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,522£1,776£2,029£2,283£2,790£3,297£3,805£4,566

Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (28% of about 7,390 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the 10 neighbourhoods (census areas of about 700 homes each) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: yes, COLCHESTER AREA 1. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: 19.
  • Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Tree preservation orders: 229 protected trees on or by this street.
  • Green belt: no.

Listed buildings

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Energy projects nearby

2 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.

ProjectKindSizeStageDistance
Stephenson Road - Urban Reserve Flexible Energy Facility Colchester 221033 Battery storage 6 MW Permission granted, not yet built Oct 2022 150 m
Colchester STW Colchester 121032 Sewage Sludge Digestion 1.2 MW Operational Sep 2013 1.9 km (1.2 miles)

Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

Started, not reported finished by 31 October 2026

  • 16 October 2026 to 17 October 2026: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)

Planned, as of 31 October 2026

  • 3 November 2026 to 5 November 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, no carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)
  • 9 November 2026 to 10 November 2026: BT, Utility asset works, multi-way signals, on the footway, carriageway (minor works)
  • 9 November 2026 to 10 November 2026: BT, Permanent reinstatement, multi-way signals, on the footway, verge (minor works)
  • 9 November 2026 to 10 November 2026: BT, Remedial works, multi-way signals, on the footway, verge (minor works)
  • 12 November 2026 to 13 November 2026: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)
  • 16 November 2026 to 18 November 2026: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL, Remedial works, lane closure, on the footway (minor works)

Finished in the last three months

  • 29 October 2026: BT, Permanent reinstatement, some carriageway incursion, on the footway, verge (minor works)
  • 23 October 2026 to 27 October 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Remedial works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)
  • 22 October 2026 to 26 October 2026: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, give and take, on the carriageway (minor works)
  • 22 October 2026 to 26 October 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Remedial works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)
  • 21 October 2026 to 30 October 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, no carriageway incursion, on the verge (immediate - urgent works)
  • 20 October 2026 to 21 October 2026: BT, Remedial works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway, verge (minor works)
  • 8 October 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the footway (minor works)
  • 8 October 2026 to 9 October 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the footway (minor works)
  • 5 October 2026: VIRGIN MEDIA, Permanent reinstatement, no carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)
  • 30 September 2026: BT, Permanent reinstatement, multi-way signals, on the footway, verge (minor works)
  • 23 September 2026 to 25 September 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the footway, carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
  • 8 September 2026 to 18 September 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (standard works)
  • 7 September 2026 to 8 September 2026: BT, Permanent reinstatement, no carriageway incursion, on the footway, verge (minor works)

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 10 addresses are in areas at high risk, 9 at medium risk and 44 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.

Rivers and the sea alone: of the 32 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 30 low and 1 very low.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
CO4 0XBnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 0ETnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
CO4 0AFnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 9HDnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
CO4 0HLnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
CO4 0HNnot in 2 or 3 1 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 0EWnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
CO1 2YEnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 0AAnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 0EJnot in 2 or 3 1 / 2 / 1 unlikely
CO4 9AUnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
CO4 0EXnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO1 2YDnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 0ENnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 2 unlikely
CO4 0ERnot in 2 or 3 1 / 0 / 2 unlikely
CO4 0HQnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
CO4 0EYnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 9AHnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 0HWnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 0EQnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 0ESnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 9AFnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 0ELnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 0EPnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 9ALnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 9AGnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 9ANnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 9AQnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 9HBnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
CO4 0AEnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 2 unlikely
CO4 0HFnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 2 unlikely
CO4 9BGnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO1 2YGnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 9AYnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
CO4 0EHnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 9ARnot in 2 or 3 0 / 1 / 5 unlikely
CO4 9AJnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 9BNnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 0HGnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 9AXnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 3 unlikely
CO4 9WPnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO1 2TQnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 2 unlikely
CO4 9BHnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
CO4 9BLnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 0BBnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 0HPnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 9APnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
CO4 9AWnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
CO4 9BAnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 9TDnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO1 2TRzone 2 7 / 5 / 12 unlikely
CO4 0ADnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 0HJnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 0JRnot in 2 or 3 0 / 1 / 2 unlikely
CO4 3EQnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 9BJnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 9TFnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CO4 9TYnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely

Recorded floods

No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.

Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

4 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 24 times, for 9 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Colne (Tidal), River Colne, Tidal River Colne.

OverflowIntoSpillsHoursDistance
Colchester-East Br (East) Cso Ov Anglian Water River Colne (Tidal) 12 6 90 m
Colchester-East Bay Main Int Cso Anglian Water River Colne 0 0 210 m
Hythe Bridge Anglian Water River Colne 9 3 550 m (0.3 miles)
Colchester Hunting Gate Cso Anglian Water Tidal River Colne 3 1 550 m (0.3 miles)

A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 340 m away.

SiteWaste went inWasteDistance
Wilson Marriage School Wilson Marriage School, Barrack Street Not recorded Not recorded 340 m

Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 730 addresses are between 5 m and 46 m above sea level (32 m on average); the ground rises about 40 m from the lowest to the highest.

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
CO1 2TQ100%100%100%0%
CO1 2TR100%67%67%0%
CO1 2YD100%100%100%0%
CO1 2YE100%100%100%0%
CO1 2YG100%100%100%0%
CO4 0AA100%100%100%0%
CO4 0AD100%100%100%0%
CO4 0AE100%100%100%0%
CO4 0AF100%100%100%0%
CO4 0BB50%0%0%0%
CO4 0EH100%100%100%0%
CO4 0EJ100%100%100%0%
CO4 0EL100%100%100%0%
CO4 0EN100%100%100%0%
CO4 0EP100%100%100%0%
CO4 0EQ100%100%100%0%
CO4 0ER100%100%100%0%
CO4 0ES100%100%100%0%
CO4 0ET100%100%100%0%
CO4 0EW100%100%100%0%
CO4 0EX100%100%100%0%
CO4 0EY100%100%100%0%
CO4 0HF100%100%100%0%
CO4 0HG100%100%100%0%
CO4 0HJ100%100%100%0%
CO4 0HL100%100%100%0%
CO4 0HN100%100%100%0%
CO4 0HP100%97%97%0%
CO4 0HQ100%100%100%0%
CO4 0HW100%100%100%0%
CO4 0JR100%95%95%0%
CO4 0XB100%32%32%0%
CO4 3EQ100%97%97%0%
CO4 9AF100%100%100%0%
CO4 9AG100%100%100%0%
CO4 9AH100%100%100%0%
CO4 9AJ100%100%100%0%
CO4 9AL100%100%100%0%
CO4 9AN100%100%100%0%
CO4 9AP100%100%100%0%
CO4 9AQ100%100%100%0%
CO4 9AR100%100%100%0%
CO4 9AU100%100%100%0%
CO4 9AW100%100%100%0%
CO4 9AX100%100%100%0%
CO4 9AY100%100%100%0%
CO4 9BA100%50%50%0%
CO4 9BG100%100%100%0%
CO4 9BH100%100%100%0%
CO4 9BJ100%100%100%0%
CO4 9BL100%100%100%0%
CO4 9BN100%100%100%0%
CO4 9HB100%100%100%0%
CO4 9HD100%100%100%0%
CO4 9TD100%100%100%0%
CO4 9TF100%100%100%0%
CO4 9TY100%100%100%0%
CO4 9WP100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsColchester 3.6 million journeys in 2024–252.4 km (1.5 miles)
Hythe (Essex) 433,000 journeys in 2024–252.5 km (1.5 miles)
Colchester Town 1.0 million journeys in 2024–252.7 km (1.7 miles)
Bus stops15 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 46 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Eastwood Service Station Colchester20 m
Bus or coach stationColchester North Park-and-Ride Mile End2.8 km (1.8 miles)
Ferry terminalEast Mersea Ferry Landing13.3 km (8.2 miles)
Car parksColchester Hospital Visitor Car Park1.6 km (1 mile)
EV charging pointsRoam Charging Station1.9 km (1.2 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsLondon Southend Airport SEN40.8 km (25 miles)
Nearest large airportLondon Stansted Airport STN47.6 km (30 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Highwoods Surgery Good Jul 2022600 m (0.4 miles)
Pharmacies3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy450 m (0.3 miles)
NHS dentists3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bupa Dental Care300 m
HospitalHospital Liaison Team1.8 km (1.1 miles)
Care homes10 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Milton Lodge Retirement Home Good Aug 2026560 m (0.3 miles)
Police stationEssex Police2.5 km (1.6 miles)
Cash machines*Deposit & Withdrawal* Asda Colchester Cashzone1.8 km (1.1 miles)

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,790 m²150 m
Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles)High Woods Country Park 154 ha280 m
Play area5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 170 m²150 m
Playing fieldUnnamed 7.4 ha890 m (0.6 miles)
AllotmentsUnnamed 2.2 ha1.4 km (0.9 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 7 parks and gardens, 157 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Earthwork in Brinkley Grove, a scheduled monument, 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Earthwork in Brinkley GroveScheduled monument1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west
Colchester Castle ParkRegistered park or garden, Grade II2.2 km (1.4 miles) south-west
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Magdalen WoodWood310 m south-east
East WoodWood350 m north-west
Friar's GroveWood570 m (0.4 miles) south-west
John de Bois HillHill2.1 km (1.3 miles) east
Ardleigh ReservoirLake or reservoir2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-east
Hythe MarshesWetland4.8 km (3 miles) south

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)9.34010
Fine particles (PM2.5)7.2205
Particles (PM10)11.74015

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

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
70 to 74130
65 to 692470
60 to 641539
55 to 5910353
Under 55213667

516 of the street's 729 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 62 from railways, 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 Colchester: see them on the Colchester page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 4 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, ColchesterPrimary4–11310 m No published inspection 72% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 16% at the higher standard (2025; 77% in 2024 and 61% in 2023)
Friars Grove Primary SchoolPrimary5–11540 m (0.3 miles) No published inspection 59% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 48% in 2024 and 52% in 2023)
Highwoods Community Primary SchoolPrimary4–11670 m (0.4 miles) No published inspection 78% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 24% at the higher standard (2025; 81% in 2024 and 73% in 2023)
Brinkley Grove Primary SchoolPrimary5–111 km (0.6 miles) No published inspection 76% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 75% in 2024 and 75% in 2023)
The Gilberd SchoolSecondary11–161 km (0.6 miles) No published inspection GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 49.9 (53.4 in 2025 and 51.5 in 2024); 49.7% grade 5+ in English and maths
The Trinity SchoolSecondary11–161.1 km (0.7 miles) No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 49.6; 57.4% grade 5+ in English and maths
Willow Brook Primary School and NurseryPrimary3–111.1 km (0.7 miles) Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 50% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 43% in 2024 and 45% in 2023)
Parsons Heath Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary4–111.2 km (0.7 miles) No published inspection 47% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 50% in 2024 and 47% in 2023)
Roach Vale Primary SchoolPrimary4–111.4 km (0.9 miles) Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 57% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 48% in 2024 and 37% in 2023)
Hazelmere Junior SchoolPrimary7–111.7 km (1 mile) Good (Jul 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 38% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 47% in 2024 and 48% in 2023)
Hazelmere Infant School and NurseryPrimary4–71.7 km (1 mile) No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvement None published
Colchester AcademySecondary11–161.7 km (1.1 miles) Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 35.3 (38.5 in 2025 and 34.9 in 2024); 26% grade 5+ in English and maths

Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.

Nurseries and childcare

The ten nearest nurseries, pre-schools and clubs are all within 1 km (0.6 miles); the nearest is 300 m from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Jacqui Robinson Education CO4 0ET Out-of-school day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 300 m
Abacus Little Learners CO4 0HH Sessional day care 24 Apr 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas 370 m
Oaklea Montessori St John's CO4 0HP Full day care 24 Good (Apr 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 400 m (0.2 miles)
Squirrels Pre-School CO4 9SR Full day care 26 Good (Jul 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) 600 m (0.4 miles)
Fun 4 Kids at Highwoods CO4 9SN Out-of-school day care 24 Not inspected yet 620 m (0.4 miles)
Friars Grove Camp @ EPC CO4 0PZ Out-of-school day care 40 Not inspected yet 630 m (0.4 miles)
Abacus Kindergarten CO4 0PZ Sessional day care 40 Outstanding (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 630 m (0.4 miles)
Brinkley Lane Day Nursery School CO4 9XN Full day care 54 Outstanding (Sep 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) 900 m (0.6 miles)
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Colchester Severalls Business Park CO4 9AS Full day care 106 Feb 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas 1 km (0.6 miles)
Yellow Brick Rd Nursery Highwoods CO4 9YN Sessional day care 22 Good (Jun 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) 1 km (0.6 miles)

Ofsted also registers 665 childminders and 193 home childcarers (nannies) in Essex. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 4 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
BP Eastwood CO4 0EXRetailers - other90 m5 Very good4 Dec 2024
The Brambles CO4 0HNHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises160 m5 Very good4 Sep 2026
St Johns C of E Primary School CO4 0HHSchool/college/university350 m5 Very good19 Mar 2026
Abacus Kindergarten CO4 0HHHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises350 m5 Very good31 Jul 2026
Tesco CO4 9EDRetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets450 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good28 May 2025
Tesco Family Dining Ltd CO4 9EDRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen450 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good19 Nov 2025
Yo! To Go! CO4 9EDTakeaway/sandwich shop450 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good23 Jun 2026
Mama Bears Tiney Home Childcare CO4 0LPHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises460 m (0.3 miles)Exempt
Milton Lodge CO4 0ESHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises500 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good9 Dec 2025

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

142 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Shoplifting81
Public order21
Violence and sexual offences16
Vehicle crime6
Other theft5
Anti-social behaviour4
Other crime2
Theft from the person2
Drugs2
Criminal damage and arson2
Possession of weapons1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Petrol Station (103); On or near Myland Hall Chase (9); On or near Arden Close (7); On or near Greenwood Grove (4); On or near Ipswich Road (4).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

81 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 23 serious and 58 slight, in which 25 people were seriously hurt. 7 involved a pedestrian; 20 involved a cyclist; 17 involved a motorcyclist; 5 involved a child under 16. 31% happened in the dark, and 23% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
2021104
2022205
2023112
2024184
2025228
The most recent 10 of 81
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
26 Nov 2025 06:54 Serious 1 person: 1 motorcyclist Minor road, 30 mph Dark, street lights on, frost or ice
22 Nov 2025 22:15 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist A1232, 30 mph Dark, street lights on, wet road
14 Nov 2025 16:58 Slight 1 person: 1 pedestrian Minor road, 30 mph Dark, street lights on, wet road
29 Oct 2025 17:57 Serious 1 person Minor road, 30 mph Dark, wet road
18 Oct 2025 18:21 Slight 2 people Minor road, 30 mph Dark, street lights on
6 Oct 2025 08:25 Slight 1 person: 1 pedestrian Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
19 Sep 2025 16:04 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist A1232, 30 mph Daylight
27 Aug 2025 22:10 Serious 2 people: 2 motorcyclists A1232, 30 mph Dark, street lights on
24 Aug 2025 19:50 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist A133, 40 mph Daylight
17 Aug 2025 15:58 Serious 3 people A1232, 30 mph Daylight

Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.

Traffic on nearby roads

The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A12 between A120 and A1232, with 37,781 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 440 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes.

RoadBetweenVehicles a dayLorriesTen years beforeDistance
A1232 A133 to A120 20,612 estimated; counted 2022 3% -12% since 2015 50 m
A133 A1232 to A137 32,282 estimated; counted 2024 2% +16% since 2015 180 m
A12 A120 to A12 22,419 counted 2025 6% -14% since 2015 230 m
A133 A134 to A1232 25,583 counted 2025 1% -3% since 2015 390 m
A12 A120 to A1232 37,781 estimated; counted 2024 10% +11% since 2015 440 m (0.3 miles)
A120 A12 to A1232 36,703 counted 2025 5% +21% since 2015 490 m (0.3 miles)

Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the 22 Output Areas (small census areas of about 125 households each) that this street's postcodes are in: 6,527 residents in 2,621 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age4040
Children under 1519%17%
Aged 65 and over18%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)74%61%
Owned outright37%33%
Shared ownership1%1%
Social rented7%17%
Private rented17%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work62%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)5%6%
Retired (of adults)21%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)3%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)29%32%
Travel to work by car or van55%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram2%4%
By any public transport, including bus4%8%
On foot or by bicycle10%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)65%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away12%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)31%34%
No qualifications17%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification5%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)93%91%
Cannot speak English well or at all1%2%

Deprivation

The 10 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 2 to 9 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

  • Roadworks Street works permit: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway improvement works, 12 November 2026 to 13 November 2026 (two-way signals) found 3 November 2026
  • Roadworks Street works permit: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL: Remedial works, 16 November 2026 to 18 November 2026 (lane closure) found 3 November 2026
  • Roadworks Street works permit: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway improvement works, 22 October 2026 to 26 October 2026 (give and take) found 3 November 2026
  • Roadworks Street works permit: BT: Remedial works, 19 October 2026 to 21 October 2026 (some carriageway incursion) found 3 November 2026
  • Roadworks Street works permit: BT: Remedial works, 9 November 2026 to 10 November 2026 (multi-way signals) found 3 November 2026

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • CO4 0XB: 46 addresses of 47 in the postcode
  • CO4 0ET: 42 addresses
  • CO4 0AF: 34 addresses of 35 in the postcode
  • CO4 9HD: 34 addresses of 35 in the postcode
  • CO4 0HL: 31 addresses of 32 in the postcode
  • CO4 0HN: 29 addresses of 32 in the postcode
  • CO4 0EW: 27 addresses of 28 in the postcode
  • CO1 2YE: 23 addresses of 24 in the postcode
  • CO4 0AA: 23 addresses
  • CO4 0EJ: 21 addresses
  • CO4 9AU: 21 addresses of 41 in the postcode
  • CO4 0EX: 19 addresses
  • CO1 2YD: 18 addresses
  • CO4 0EN: 18 addresses
  • CO4 0ER: 18 addresses of 19 in the postcode
  • CO4 0HQ: 18 addresses of 19 in the postcode
  • CO4 0EY: 17 addresses
  • CO4 9AH: 17 addresses of 34 in the postcode
  • CO4 0HW: 16 addresses
  • CO4 0EQ: 15 addresses
  • CO4 0ES: 15 addresses
  • CO4 9AF: 15 addresses of 38 in the postcode
  • CO4 0EL: 14 addresses
  • CO4 0EP: 14 addresses
  • CO4 9AL: 14 addresses of 30 in the postcode
  • CO4 9AG: 13 addresses of 30 in the postcode
  • CO4 9AN: 12 addresses of 20 in the postcode
  • CO4 9AQ: 12 addresses of 23 in the postcode
  • CO4 9HB: 12 addresses
  • CO4 0AE: 11 addresses
  • CO4 0HF: 11 addresses
  • CO4 9BG: 10 addresses of 18 in the postcode
  • CO1 2YG: 8 addresses
  • CO4 9AY: 8 addresses of 23 in the postcode
  • CO4 0EH: 6 addresses
  • CO4 9AR: 6 addresses of 18 in the postcode
  • CO4 9AJ: 5 addresses of 12 in the postcode
  • CO4 9BN: 5 addresses of 7 in the postcode
  • CO4 0HG: 4 addresses
  • CO4 9AX: 4 addresses of 14 in the postcode
  • CO4 9WP: 4 addresses
  • CO1 2TQ: 3 addresses of 9 in the postcode
  • CO4 9BH: 3 addresses of 7 in the postcode
  • CO4 9BL: 3 addresses of 7 in the postcode
  • CO4 0BB: 2 addresses of 7 in the postcode
  • CO4 0HP: 2 addresses of 33 in the postcode
  • CO4 9AP: 2 addresses of 14 in the postcode
  • CO4 9AW: 2 addresses of 3 in the postcode
  • CO4 9BA: 2 addresses of 5 in the postcode
  • CO4 9TD: 2 addresses of 3 in the postcode
  • CO1 2TR: 1 address of 59 in the postcode
  • CO4 0AD: 1 address
  • CO4 0HJ: 1 address
  • CO4 0JR: 1 address of 24 in the postcode
  • CO4 3EQ: 1 address of 37 in the postcode
  • CO4 9BJ: 1 address of 4 in the postcode
  • CO4 9TF: 1 address of 3 in the postcode
  • CO4 9TY: 1 address of 49 in the postcode

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What this page cannot tell you

  • Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
  • What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
  • How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
  • Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
  • Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
  • How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
  • Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
  • How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.