Brightlingsea

Brightlingsea is covered by postcode district CO7. It is in the Tendring council area, Essex.

Typical price £268,000 Homes sold in Brightlingsea, last 12 months. ▼ 1.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 72 of 227 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 46 of 234 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 513 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Brightlingsea, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Brightlingsea, by flood risk Of the 234 postcodes in Brightlingsea that ONS places, 36 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 188 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 34 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Brightlingsea. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. CO7 0AA: not on the flood risk listCO7 0AB: not on the flood risk listCO7 0AE: not on the flood risk listCO7 0AG: not on the flood risk listCO7 0AJ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0AL: not on the flood risk listCO7 0AN: not on the flood risk listCO7 0AQ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0BE: not on the flood risk listCO7 0BG: not on the flood risk listCO7 0BH: not on the flood risk listCO7 0BP: not on the flood risk listCO7 0BX: not on the flood risk listCO7 0BY: not on the flood risk listCO7 0BZ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0DA: not on the flood risk listCO7 0DB: not on the flood risk listCO7 0DD: not on the flood risk listCO7 0DF: not on the flood risk listCO7 0DG: not on the flood risk listCO7 0DN: not on the flood risk listCO7 0DP: not on the flood risk listCO7 0DR: not on the flood risk listCO7 0DZ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0EA: not on the flood risk listCO7 0EB: not on the flood risk listCO7 0EG: not on the flood risk listCO7 0EH: not on the flood risk listCO7 0EJ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0EL: not on the flood risk listCO7 0EN: not on the flood risk listCO7 0EP: not on the flood risk listCO7 0ER: not on the flood risk listCO7 0ES: not on the flood risk listCO7 0ET: not on the flood risk listCO7 0EU: not on the flood risk listCO7 0EX: not on the flood risk listCO7 0EY: not on the flood risk listCO7 0EZ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0FA: not on the flood risk listCO7 0FD: not on the flood risk listCO7 0FG: not on the flood risk listCO7 0FJ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0FL: not on the flood risk listCO7 0FN: not on the flood risk listCO7 0FP: not on the flood risk listCO7 0FQ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0FR: not on the flood risk listCO7 0FS: not on the flood risk listCO7 0FT: not on the flood risk listCO7 0FU: not on the flood risk listCO7 0FW: not on the flood risk listCO7 0FZ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0GJ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0GY: not on the flood risk listCO7 0GZ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0HA: not on the flood risk listCO7 0HB: not on the flood risk listCO7 0HD: not on the flood risk listCO7 0HE: not on the flood risk listCO7 0HF: not on the flood risk listCO7 0HG: not on the flood risk listCO7 0HJ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0HN: not on the flood risk listCO7 0HT: not on the flood risk listCO7 0HU: not on the flood risk listCO7 0HX: not on the flood risk listCO7 0HY: not on the flood risk listCO7 0JB: not on the flood risk listCO7 0JD: not on the flood risk listCO7 0JE: not on the flood risk listCO7 0JF: not on the flood risk listCO7 0JG: not on the flood risk listCO7 0JH: not on the flood risk listCO7 0JJ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0JL: not on the flood risk listCO7 0JN: not on the flood risk listCO7 0JP: not on the flood risk listCO7 0JQ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0JU: not on the flood risk listCO7 0JW: not on the flood risk listCO7 0JY: not on the flood risk listCO7 0JZ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0LA: not on the flood risk listCO7 0LJ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0LL: not on the flood risk listCO7 0LN: not on the flood risk listCO7 0LP: not on the flood risk listCO7 0LR: not on the flood risk listCO7 0LS: not on the flood risk listCO7 0LT: not on the flood risk listCO7 0LU: not on the flood risk listCO7 0LX: not on the flood risk listCO7 0LZ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0NA: not on the flood risk listCO7 0NB: not on the flood risk listCO7 0ND: not on the flood risk listCO7 0NE: not on the flood risk listCO7 0NG: not on the flood risk listCO7 0NH: not on the flood risk listCO7 0NJ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0NL: not on the flood risk listCO7 0NN: not on the flood risk listCO7 0NP: not on the flood risk listCO7 0NQ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0NR: not on the flood risk listCO7 0NS: not on the flood risk listCO7 0NT: not on the flood risk listCO7 0NU: not on the flood risk listCO7 0NW: not on the flood risk listCO7 0NX: not on the flood risk listCO7 0NY: not on the flood risk listCO7 0NZ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0PA: not on the flood risk listCO7 0PB: not on the flood risk listCO7 0PD: not on the flood risk listCO7 0PE: not on the flood risk listCO7 0PH: not on the flood risk listCO7 0PJ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0PL: not on the flood risk listCO7 0PN: not on the flood risk listCO7 0PP: not on the flood risk listCO7 0PQ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0PR: not on the flood risk listCO7 0PS: not on the flood risk listCO7 0PT: not on the flood risk listCO7 0PU: not on the flood risk listCO7 0PW: not on the flood risk listCO7 0PX: not on the flood risk listCO7 0PZ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0QA: not on the flood risk listCO7 0QB: not on the flood risk listCO7 0QG: not on the flood risk listCO7 0QH: not on the flood risk listCO7 0QJ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0QL: not on the flood risk listCO7 0QN: not on the flood risk listCO7 0QP: not on the flood risk listCO7 0QQ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0QR: not on the flood risk listCO7 0QS: not on the flood risk listCO7 0QT: not on the flood risk listCO7 0QU: not on the flood risk listCO7 0QW: not on the flood risk listCO7 0QX: not on the flood risk listCO7 0QZ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0RA: not on the flood risk listCO7 0RB: not on the flood risk listCO7 0RD: not on the flood risk listCO7 0RE: not on the flood risk listCO7 0RG: not on the flood risk listCO7 0RH: not on the flood risk listCO7 0RJ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0RL: not on the flood risk listCO7 0RN: not on the flood risk listCO7 0RP: not on the flood risk listCO7 0RQ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0RR: not on the flood risk listCO7 0RS: not on the flood risk listCO7 0RT: not on the flood risk listCO7 0RU: not on the flood risk listCO7 0RW: not on the flood risk listCO7 0RX: not on the flood risk listCO7 0RY: not on the flood risk listCO7 0SF: not on the flood risk listCO7 0SG: not on the flood risk listCO7 0SH: not on the flood risk listCO7 0SJ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0SL: not on the flood risk listCO7 0SN: not on the flood risk listCO7 0SP: not on the flood risk listCO7 0SQ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0SS: not on the flood risk listCO7 0ST: not on the flood risk listCO7 0SY: not on the flood risk listCO7 0TA: not on the flood risk listCO7 0TB: not on the flood risk listCO7 0UA: not on the flood risk listCO7 0UB: not on the flood risk listCO7 0UD: not on the flood risk listCO7 0UL: not on the flood risk listCO7 0UZ: not on the flood risk listCO7 0BT: low flood risk at worstCO7 0JS: low flood risk at worstCO7 0JT: low flood risk at worstCO7 0LB: low flood risk at worstCO7 0LD: low flood risk at worstCO7 0LE: low flood risk at worstCO7 0LF: low flood risk at worstCO7 0BD: medium flood risk at worstCO7 0DS: medium flood risk at worstCO7 0JA: medium flood risk at worstCO7 0AP: high flood riskCO7 0AR: high flood riskCO7 0AW: high flood riskCO7 0AX: high flood riskCO7 0AY: high flood riskCO7 0AZ: high flood riskCO7 0BA: high flood riskCO7 0BL: high flood riskCO7 0DH: high flood riskCO7 0DJ: high flood riskCO7 0DL: high flood riskCO7 0DT: high flood riskCO7 0DU: high flood riskCO7 0DW: high flood riskCO7 0DY: high flood riskCO7 0EQ: high flood riskCO7 0FE: high flood riskCO7 0FF: high flood riskCO7 0FH: high flood riskCO7 0FX: high flood riskCO7 0FY: high flood riskCO7 0GA: high flood riskCO7 0GB: high flood riskCO7 0GD: high flood riskCO7 0GE: high flood riskCO7 0GF: high flood riskCO7 0GH: high flood riskCO7 0HH: high flood riskCO7 0HP: high flood riskCO7 0HZ: high flood riskCO7 0JX: high flood riskCO7 0LG: high flood riskCO7 0LH: high flood riskCO7 0LQ: high flood riskCO7 0LW: high flood riskCO7 0SD: high flood risk Brightlingsea 34 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to CO7 0GA, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk34 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Brightlingsea, by flood risk Of the 234 postcodes in Brightlingsea that ONS places, 36 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 188 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 34 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Brightlingsea. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Brightlingsea
  • A home or business at high risk: 36
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 7
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 188
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 234 postcodes in Brightlingsea that ONS places, 36 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 188 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 51.8134, longitude 1.0253. 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

36 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

CO7 0LW82 at high riskCO7 0GA39 at high riskCO7 0GB39 at high riskCO7 0AR33 at high riskCO7 0JX29 at high riskCO7 0DU25 at high riskCO7 0DL19 at high riskCO7 0GE17 at high riskCO7 0FE16 at high riskCO7 0GH14 at high riskCO7 0AX12 at high riskCO7 0FH12 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 34 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. CO7 0GA, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Brightlingsea?

Homes sold for a typical £268,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.5% on the 12 months before. At 72 of the 227 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 513 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 46 of its 234 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Alresford (Essex), 4.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Brightlingsea?

Homes in Brightlingsea sold for a typical £268,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 112 sales, down 1.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£268,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£272,000
12 months to August 2026
£268,000

▼ down 1.5% on the 12 months before

Detached£322,000 20 sales
Semi-detached£266,000 57 sales
Terraced£241,750 22 sales
Flat or maisonette£152,000 13 sales

Across the whole CO7 district, Brightlingsea's main postcode district: a typical £332,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Brightlingsea: 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

Are new homes being built in Brightlingsea?

11 of the 234 postcodes now in use in Brightlingsea came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 145 homes sold in Brightlingsea were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CO7 district, 27%.

The newest postcodes

CO7 8WGsince July 2026CO7 5ANsince April 2026CO7 5AQsince January 2025CO7 0GJsince November 2024CO7 0BHsince October 2024CO7 5BAsince April 2024

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn BrightlingseaAcross the CO7 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 112 (0%) 36 of 459 (8%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 145 (0%) 208 of 763 (27%)

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.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Brightlingsea?

Ofcom reports on 227 of the 234 postcodes in Brightlingsea. At 72 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit72 of 227
Postcodes where every home can get superfast224 of 227

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, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Brightlingsea at risk of flooding?

46 of the 234 postcodes in Brightlingsea 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 513 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 46 of 234 postcodes High: 461Medium: 52Low: 147Very low: 23

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

Which schools are in Brightlingsea?

The open schools at the postcodes in Brightlingsea. 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.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Brightlingsea?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Brightlingsea is Alresford (Essex) Rail Station, 4.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Alresford (Essex) Rail Station Railway station 4.9 kmCycle
  • Great Bentley Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive
  • Wivenhoe Rail Station Railway station 6.8 kmDrive

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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Brightlingsea?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Brightlingsea. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Brightlingsea safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 455 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Brightlingsea 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. 33 September 2025
  2. 43 October 2025
  3. 37 November 2025
  4. 29 December 2025
  5. 43 January 2026
  6. 44 February 2026
  7. 34 March 2026
  8. 35 April 2026
  9. 32 May 2026
  10. 34 June 2026
  11. 50 July 2026
  12. 41 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences231 reports
Anti-social behaviour48 reports
Other theft35 reports
Public order30 reports
Criminal damage and arson26 reports
Shoplifting22 reports
Vehicle crime21 reports
Burglary12 reports

Also: drugs 11, other crime 8, robbery 4, possession of weapons 4, 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.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Brightlingsea?

District, borough or city council
Tendring
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Sir Bernard Jenkin (Conservative)

All 234 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Brightlingsea

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Brightlingsea postcodes

234 postcodes in use in Brightlingsea, by district:

CO7 postcode district,234 postcodes

That district is in the CO postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Brightlingsea

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Brightlingsea's £268,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

St Osyth4.1 km, £237,500Alresford4.9 km, £330,000Great Bentley5.4 km, £390,000Wivenhoe6.9 km, £320,000Jaywick7.2 km, £165,000Rowhedge7.2 km, £303,750Weeley7.7 km, £322,000Elmstead Market7.8 km, £380,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Brightlingsea

What is it like to live in Brightlingsea?
Homes sold for a typical £268,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.5% on the 12 months before. At 72 of the 227 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 513 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 46 of its 234 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Alresford (Essex), 4.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Brightlingsea?
Brightlingsea is covered by postcode district CO7, across 234 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Brightlingsea in?
Brightlingsea is in the Tendring council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Brightlingsea?
Brightlingsea is in the Harwich and North Essex parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sir Bernard Jenkin (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Brightlingsea?
Homes in Brightlingsea sold for a typical £268,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 112 sales, down 1.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Brightlingsea?
In Brightlingsea, primary schools at its postcodes include Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery; secondary schools at its postcodes include Colne Community School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Brightlingsea have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Brightlingsea is Alresford (Essex), 4.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Brightlingsea?
Ofcom reports on 227 of the 234 postcodes in Brightlingsea. At 72 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Brightlingsea at risk of flooding?
46 of the 234 postcodes in Brightlingsea 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 513 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Brightlingsea?
11 of the 234 postcodes now in use in Brightlingsea came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 145 homes sold in Brightlingsea were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CO7 district, 27%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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