CO postcode area
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| Postcode area | CO |
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| Postcode area name | Colchester |
| Post towns | 9 |
| Postcode districts | 16 |
| Postcode sectors | 66 |
| Postcodes (live) | 12,847 |
| Postcodes (total) | 16,416 |
| Statistics as at October 2006 [1] | |
The CO postcode area, also known as the Colchester postcode area,[2] is a group of postcode districts around Bures, Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester, Frinton-on-Sea, Halstead, Harwich, Manningtree, Sudbury and Walton-on-the-Naze in England.
The main sorting office is in Colchester. Though the area is based in Essex, it also covers a small part of south Suffolk.
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[edit] Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
| Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area |
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| CO1-CO6 | COLCHESTER | Colchester | Colchester Borough |
| CO7 | COLCHESTER | Wivenhoe, Great Bentley | Colchester Borough, Tendring District |
| CO8 | BURES | Bures | Colchester Borough, Braintree District, Babergh District |
| CO9 | HALSTEAD | Halstead | Braintree District |
| CO10 | SUDBURY | Sudbury | Babergh District |
| CO11 | MANNINGTREE | Manningtree | Tendring District |
| CO12 | HARWICH | Harwich | Tendring District |
| CO13 | FRINTON-ON-SEA | Frinton-on-Sea | Tendring District |
| CO14 | WALTON ON THE NAZE | Walton-on-the-Naze[3] | Tendring District |
| CO15-CO16 | CLACTON-ON-SEA | Clacton-on-Sea | Tendring District |
[edit] Adjacent areas
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| CB | IP | |
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Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: , CM (Chelmsford), CB (Cambridge), IP (Ipswich).
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "National Statistics Postcode Directory" (PDF). Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory (November 2006). Office for National Statistics. November 2006. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/NSPDVersionNotes.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
- ^ The post town is unhyphenated.
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Coordinates: 51°54′N 0°51′E / 51.90°N 0.85°E
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