CO3 postcode district: Colchester and around, Essex
CO3 is a postcode district in Essex, with 864 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Colchester. Its council is Colchester.
- Postcodes in use
- 864
- Sectors
- 5
- Council
- Colchester
- Places
- Colchester
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in CO3, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 8
- At medium risk at worst: 4
- At low risk at worst: 4
- At very low risk only: 1
- Not on the at-risk list: 847
Of the 864 postcodes in CO3 that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 847 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.8847, longitude 0.8555. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
What broadband can you get in CO3?
Ofcom reports on 855 of the 864 postcodes in CO3. At 673 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is CO3 at risk of flooding?
17 of the 864 postcodes in CO3 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 48 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What do homes sell for in CO3?
Homes in CO3 sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 429 sales, down 1.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £355,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £350,000
▼ down 1.4% on the 12 months before
Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in CO3
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in CO3
Towns and villages with postcodes in CO3, and how many each has here.
Who covers CO3
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- Colchester864
Constituencies
- Colchester524
- Witham301
- Harwich and North Essex39
Police force areas
- Essex864
Next to CO3
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after CO3 in the CO area.
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