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Coordinates: 51°54′N 0°51′E / 51.90°N 0.85°E / 51.90; 0.85
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Colchester
CO is located in the United Kingdom
CO
CO
Coordinates: 51°54′04″N 0°55′59″E / 51.901°N 0.933°E / 51.901; 0.933
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
CO
Postcode area name
Colchester
Post towns9
Postcode districts16
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 postal 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.

Coverage[edit]

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postal district Post town Coverage Local authority
CO1 COLCHESTER Colchester Colchester Borough
CO2
CO3
CO4
CO5
CO6
CO7 Wivenhoe / Great Bentley Colchester Borough / Tendring District
CO8 BURES
CO9 HALSTEAD
CO10 SUDBURY
CO11 MANNINGTREE
CO12 HARWICH
CO13 FRINTON-ON-SEA
CO14 WALTON ON THE NAZE Walton-on-the-Naze[3]
CO15 CLACTON-ON-SEA
CO16

Adjacent areas[edit]

Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: , CM (Chelmsford), CB (Cambridge), IP (Ipswich).

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 Jun 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.

External links[edit]

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