Berechurch

Berechurch is covered by postcode district CO2. It is in the Colchester council area, Essex.

Typical price £285,000 Homes sold in Berechurch, last 12 months Gigabit broadband 123 of 152 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Berechurch, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Berechurch, by flood risk Of the 152 postcodes in Berechurch that ONS places, 152 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Berechurch. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. 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Places named: Berechurch. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Berechurch
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 152

Of the 152 postcodes in Berechurch that ONS places, 152 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.8615, longitude 0.9053. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

What is it like to live in Berechurch?

Homes sold for a typical £285,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 123 of the 152 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 152 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Abbey Field Medical Centre, 1.8 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Colchester Town, 2.8 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in Berechurch?

Homes in Berechurch sold for a typical £285,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 83 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £285,000 from 108 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£285,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£285,000 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £372,000 9 sales
  • Semi-detached £308,000 29 sales
  • Terraced £275,000 32 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £150,000 13 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole CO2 district, Berechurch's main postcode district: a typical £280,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Berechurch: 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 October 2026.

Are new homes being built in Berechurch?

None of the 152 postcodes now in use in Berechurch came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 108 homes sold in Berechurch were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CO2 district, 9%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn BerechurchAcross the CO2 district
The 12 months to September 2026 0 of 83 (0%) 17 of 429 (4%)
The 12 months to September 2025 0 of 108 (0%) 46 of 526 (9%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

What broadband can you get in Berechurch?

Ofcom reports on 152 of the 152 postcodes in Berechurch. At 123 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit123 of 152
Postcodes where every home can get superfast151 of 152

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 checker

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is Berechurch at risk of flooding?

None of the 152 postcodes in Berechurch is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

Which schools are in Berechurch?

The open schools at the postcodes in Berechurch. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).

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Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

How far is the station from Berechurch?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Berechurch is Colchester Town Rail Station, 2.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Colchester Town Rail Station Railway station 2.8 kmCycle
  • Hythe (Essex) Rail Station Railway station 3.1 kmCycle
  • Wivenhoe Rail Station Railway station 3.5 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Which GP surgeries are in Berechurch?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Berechurch. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Is Berechurch safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,248 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Berechurch over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 111 September 2025
  2. 102 October 2025
  3. 90 November 2025
  4. 103 December 2025
  5. 107 January 2026
  6. 91 February 2026
  7. 110 March 2026
  8. 121 April 2026
  9. 93 May 2026
  10. 104 June 2026
  11. 115 July 2026
  12. 101 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences631 reports
Anti-social behaviour148 reports
Criminal damage and arson89 reports
Vehicle crime84 reports
Other theft82 reports
Public order74 reports
Drugs31 reports
Burglary30 reports

Also: other crime 29, possession of weapons 18, shoplifting 11, robbery 10, bicycle theft 8, theft from the person 3.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: police.uk, data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs Berechurch?

District, borough or city council
Colchester
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituency
Colchester
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Pam Cox (Labour)

All 152 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

Moving to Berechurch

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Berechurch postcodes

152 postcodes in use in Berechurch, by district:

CO2 postcode district,152 postcodes

That district is in the CO postcode area.

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Places near Berechurch

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Berechurch's £285,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Rowhedge2.9 km, £306,250Colchester3.2 km, £305,000Wivenhoe3.8 km, £315,000Alresford6.5 km, £332,500Elmstead Market6.6 km, £380,000West Bergholt6.8 km, £348,750Great Horkesley7.7 km, £375,000West Mersea9.2 km, £400,000 All places A to Z

Quick answers about Berechurch

What is the postcode for Berechurch?
Postcode district CO2, with 152 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Berechurch in?
Colchester, with Essex as its county council. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Berechurch?
Pam Cox (Labour), for Colchester. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Berechurch?
A typical £285,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 83 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in Berechurch?
Primary schools at its postcodes include Cherry Tree Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Thomas Lord Audley School. Source: Department for Education.
Does Berechurch have a railway station?
The nearest is Colchester Town station, 2.8 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Berechurch?
Ofcom reports on 152 of the 152 postcodes in Berechurch. At 123 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
Is Berechurch at risk of flooding?
None of the 152 postcodes in Berechurch is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Berechurch?
None of the 152 postcodes now in use in Berechurch came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 108 homes sold in Berechurch were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CO2 district, 9%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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