Earls Colne

Earls Colne is covered by postcode district CO6. It is in the Braintree council area, Essex.

Typical price £365,000 Homes sold in Earls Colne, last 12 months. ▲ 18.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 75 of 92 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 4 of 92 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 12 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Earls Colne, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Earls Colne, by flood risk Of the 92 postcodes in Earls Colne that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk and 88 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Earls Colne. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A1124 CO6 2FD: not on the flood risk listCO6 2FE: not on the flood risk listCO6 2FF: not on the flood risk listCO6 2FG: not on the flood risk listCO6 2FJ: not on the flood risk listCO6 2FL: not on the flood risk listCO6 2FP: not on the flood risk listCO6 2FR: not on the flood risk listCO6 2FS: not on the flood risk listCO6 2GP: not on the flood risk listCO6 2JP: not on the flood risk listCO6 2JR: not on the flood risk listCO6 2LF: not on the flood risk listCO6 2LG: not on the flood risk listCO6 2LH: not on the flood risk listCO6 2LJ: not on the flood risk listCO6 2LN: not on the flood risk listCO6 2LP: not on the flood risk listCO6 2LR: not on the flood risk listCO6 2LS: not on the flood risk listCO6 2LT: not on the flood risk listCO6 2LU: not on the flood risk listCO6 2LX: not on the flood risk listCO6 2LY: not on the flood risk listCO6 2LZ: not on the flood risk listCO6 2NA: not on the flood risk listCO6 2NB: not on the flood risk listCO6 2ND: not on the flood risk listCO6 2NF: not on the flood risk listCO6 2NG: not on the flood risk listCO6 2NH: not on the flood risk listCO6 2NJ: not on the flood risk listCO6 2NL: not on the flood risk listCO6 2NS: not on the flood risk listCO6 2NT: not on the flood risk listCO6 2NU: not on the flood risk listCO6 2NX: not on the flood risk listCO6 2NY: not on the flood risk listCO6 2NZ: not on the flood risk listCO6 2PA: not on the flood risk listCO6 2PB: not on the flood risk listCO6 2PD: not on the flood risk listCO6 2PF: not on the flood risk listCO6 2PU: not on the flood risk listCO6 2PZ: not on the flood risk listCO6 2QW: not on the flood risk listCO6 2QX: not on the flood risk listCO6 2QZ: not on the flood risk listCO6 2RB: not on the flood risk listCO6 2RD: not on the flood risk listCO6 2RE: not on the flood risk listCO6 2RF: not on the flood risk listCO6 2RG: not on the flood risk listCO6 2RH: not on the flood risk listCO6 2RJ: not on the flood risk listCO6 2RL: not on the flood risk listCO6 2RN: not on the flood risk listCO6 2RP: not on the flood risk listCO6 2RS: not on the flood risk listCO6 2RT: not on the flood risk listCO6 2RU: not on the flood risk listCO6 2RW: not on the flood risk listCO6 2RX: not on the flood risk listCO6 2RY: not on the flood risk listCO6 2RZ: not on the flood risk listCO6 2SA: not on the flood risk listCO6 2SB: not on the flood risk listCO6 2SD: not on the flood risk listCO6 2SE: not on the flood risk listCO6 2SF: not on the flood risk listCO6 2SG: not on the flood risk listCO6 2SH: not on the flood risk listCO6 2SJ: not on the flood risk listCO6 2SL: not on the flood risk listCO6 2SN: not on the flood risk listCO6 2SP: not on the flood risk listCO6 2SQ: not on the flood risk listCO6 2SR: not on the flood risk listCO6 2SS: not on the flood risk listCO6 2ST: not on the flood risk listCO6 2SW: not on the flood risk listCO6 2SY: not on the flood risk listCO6 2SZ: not on the flood risk listCO6 2TB: not on the flood risk listCO6 2TD: not on the flood risk listCO6 2TE: not on the flood risk listCO6 2TS: not on the flood risk listCO6 2TT: not on the flood risk listCO6 2ER: high flood riskCO6 2LQ: high flood riskCO6 2PG: high flood riskCO6 2PH: high flood risk Earls Colne Map of every postcode in Earls Colne, by flood risk Of the 92 postcodes in Earls Colne that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk and 88 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Earls Colne. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Earls Colne
  • A home or business at high risk: 4
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 88

Of the 92 postcodes in Earls Colne that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk and 88 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 51.9275, longitude 0.6975. 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.

CO6 2PG2 at high riskCO6 2LQ2 at high riskCO6 2PH1 at high riskCO6 2ER1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Earls Colne?

Homes sold for a typical £365,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 18.9% on the 12 months before. At 75 of the 92 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 12 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 92 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chappel & Wakes Colne, 4.2 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 Earls Colne?

Homes in Earls Colne sold for a typical £365,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 46 sales, up 18.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£365,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£306,875
12 months to August 2026
£365,000

▲ up 18.9% on the 12 months before

Detached£470,000 21 sales
Semi-detached£347,000 13 sales
Terraced£259,000 10 sales
Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Across the whole CO6 district, Earls Colne's main postcode district: a typical £385,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Earls Colne: 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 Earls Colne?

9 of the 92 postcodes now in use in Earls Colne came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 12 of the 78 homes sold in Earls Colne were newly built (15%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CO6 district, 9%.

The newest postcodes

CO6 2FRsince May 2025CO6 2FSsince August 2024CO6 2FPsince April 2024CO6 2FFsince January 2023CO6 2FLsince July 2021CO6 2FJsince January 2021

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 Earls ColneAcross the CO6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 46 (0%) 8 of 345 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 12 of 78 (15%) 45 of 487 (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.

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 Earls Colne?

Ofcom reports on 92 of the 92 postcodes in Earls Colne. At 75 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit75 of 92
Postcodes where every home can get superfast89 of 92
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 92

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.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Earls Colne at risk of flooding?

4 of the 92 postcodes in Earls Colne 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 12 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 4 of 92 postcodes High: 6Medium: 6Low: 19

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 Earls Colne?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Earls Colne. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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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 Earls Colne?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Earls Colne is Chappel & Wakes Colne Rail Station, 4.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Chappel & Wakes Colne Rail Station Railway station 4.2 kmCycle
  • Bures Rail Station Railway station 6.9 kmDrive
  • Marks Tey Rail Station Railway station 7.8 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 Earls Colne?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Earls Colne. 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 Earls Colne safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 143 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Earls Colne 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. 13 September 2025
  2. 10 October 2025
  3. 8 November 2025
  4. 19 December 2025
  5. 9 January 2026
  6. 6 February 2026
  7. 16 March 2026
  8. 9 April 2026
  9. 12 May 2026
  10. 7 June 2026
  11. 18 July 2026
  12. 16 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences84 reports
Public order12 reports
Criminal damage and arson10 reports
Anti-social behaviour9 reports
Vehicle crime6 reports
Other theft5 reports
Shoplifting4 reports
Drugs4 reports

Also: other crime 4, burglary 3, bicycle theft 2.

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 Earls Colne?

District, borough or city council
Braintree
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituency
Witham
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Priti Patel (Conservative)

All 92 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

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Earls Colne postcodes

92 postcodes in use in Earls Colne, by district:

CO6 postcode district,92 postcodes

That district is in the CO postcode area.

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Places near Earls Colne

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Earls Colne's £365,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Halstead4.4 km, £300,000Coggeshall6.0 km, £359,500Marks Tey7.3 km, £315,000Sible Hedingham9.3 km, £310,500Kelvedon and Feering9.8 km, £395,000Silver End10.2 km, £323,138West Bergholt10.7 km, £356,500Braintree11.0 km, £305,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Earls Colne

What is it like to live in Earls Colne?
Homes sold for a typical £365,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 18.9% on the 12 months before. At 75 of the 92 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 12 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 92 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chappel & Wakes Colne, 4.2 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 Earls Colne?
Earls Colne is covered by postcode district CO6, across 92 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Earls Colne in?
Earls Colne is in the Braintree council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Earls Colne?
Earls Colne is in the Witham parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Priti Patel (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Earls Colne?
Homes in Earls Colne sold for a typical £365,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 46 sales, up 18.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Earls Colne?
In Earls Colne, primary schools at its postcodes include Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is The Ramsey Academy, Halstead, 4.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Earls Colne have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Earls Colne is Chappel & Wakes Colne, 4.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Earls Colne?
Ofcom reports on 92 of the 92 postcodes in Earls Colne. At 75 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Earls Colne at risk of flooding?
4 of the 92 postcodes in Earls Colne 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 12 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 Earls Colne?
9 of the 92 postcodes now in use in Earls Colne came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 12 of the 78 homes sold in Earls Colne were newly built (15%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CO6 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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