Kirby Cross

Kirby Cross is covered by postcode district CO13. It is in the Tendring council area, Essex.

Typical price £320,000 Homes sold in Kirby Cross, last 12 months. ▼ 5.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 96 of 154 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 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Kirby Cross, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Kirby Cross, by flood risk Of the 155 postcodes in Kirby Cross that ONS places, 155 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Kirby Cross. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. 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flood risk listCO13 0UB: not on the flood risk listCO13 0UD: not on the flood risk listCO13 0UE: not on the flood risk listCO13 0UF: not on the flood risk listCO13 0UG: not on the flood risk listCO13 0UH: not on the flood risk listCO13 0UJ: not on the flood risk listCO13 0UL: not on the flood risk listCO13 0UP: not on the flood risk listCO13 0UQ: not on the flood risk listCO13 0UR: not on the flood risk listCO13 0US: not on the flood risk listCO13 0UT: not on the flood risk listCO13 0UU: not on the flood risk listCO13 0UX: not on the flood risk listCO13 0UY: not on the flood risk list Kirby Cross Map of every postcode in Kirby Cross, by flood risk Of the 155 postcodes in Kirby Cross that ONS places, 155 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Kirby Cross. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Kirby Cross
  • 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: 155

Of the 155 postcodes in Kirby Cross that ONS places, 155 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 51.8425, longitude 1.2314. 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

What is it like to live in Kirby Cross?

Homes sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.9% on the 12 months before. At 96 of the 154 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 155 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 at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Ranworth Partnership Surgery (Caradoc), 1.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Frinton-on-Sea, 950 metres 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 Kirby Cross?

Homes in Kirby Cross sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 80 sales, down 5.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£320,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£340,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 5.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £362,500 50 sales
  • Semi-detached £260,000 21 sales
  • Terraced £195,000 5 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole CO13 district, Kirby Cross's main postcode district: a typical £325,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Kirby Cross: 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 Kirby Cross?

13 of the 155 postcodes now in use in Kirby Cross came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 9 of the 130 homes sold in Kirby Cross were newly built (7%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CO13 district, 20%.

The newest postcodes

CO13 0NPsince November 2025CO13 0NLsince November 2023CO13 0FZsince January 2023CO13 0GPsince January 2023CO13 0GNsince October 2022CO13 0GBsince May 2022

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 Kirby CrossAcross the CO13 district
The 12 months to August 2026 2 of 80 (3%) 18 of 241 (7%)
The 12 months to August 2025 9 of 130 (7%) 71 of 362 (20%)

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 Kirby Cross?

Ofcom reports on 154 of the 155 postcodes in Kirby Cross. At 96 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit96 of 154
Postcodes where every home can get superfast148 of 154

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 Kirby Cross at risk of flooding?

None of the 155 postcodes in Kirby Cross 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, 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 Kirby Cross?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Kirby Cross. 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 Kirby Cross?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Kirby Cross is Frinton-on-Sea Rail Station, 950 m away in a straight line.

  • Frinton-on-Sea Rail Station Railway station 950 mWalk
  • Kirby Cross Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
  • Walton-on-the-Naze Rail Station Railway station 2.5 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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Kirby Cross?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Kirby Cross. 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

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

Is Kirby Cross safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 572 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Kirby Cross 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. 39 September 2025
  2. 42 October 2025
  3. 35 November 2025
  4. 57 December 2025
  5. 43 January 2026
  6. 31 February 2026
  7. 28 March 2026
  8. 66 April 2026
  9. 62 May 2026
  10. 56 June 2026
  11. 59 July 2026
  12. 54 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences260 reports
Shoplifting68 reports
Anti-social behaviour61 reports
Public order37 reports
Vehicle crime35 reports
Criminal damage and arson33 reports
Other theft29 reports
Other crime16 reports

Also: burglary 14, drugs 9, bicycle theft 4, robbery 3, possession of weapons 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 Kirby Cross?

District, borough or city council
Tendring
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituency
Clacton
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Nigel Farage (Reform UK)

All 155 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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Kirby Cross postcodes

155 postcodes in use in Kirby Cross, by district:

CO13 postcode district,155 postcodes

That district is in the CO postcode area.

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Places near Kirby Cross

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Kirby Cross's £320,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Frinton-on-Sea1.4 km, £340,000Walton-on-the-Naze2.6 km, £265,000Thorpe-le-Soken4.8 km, £352,500Little Clacton6.4 km, £292,500Clacton-on-Sea7.1 km, £244,000Weeley7.8 km, £322,000Harwich10.5 km, £235,000Jaywick10.8 km, £165,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Kirby Cross

What is it like to live in Kirby Cross?
Homes sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.9% on the 12 months before. At 96 of the 154 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 155 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 at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Ranworth Partnership Surgery (Caradoc), 1.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Frinton-on-Sea, 950 metres 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 Kirby Cross?
Kirby Cross is covered by postcode district CO13, across 155 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Kirby Cross in?
Kirby Cross is in the Tendring council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Kirby Cross?
Kirby Cross is in the Clacton parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Nigel Farage (Reform UK), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Kirby Cross?
Homes in Kirby Cross sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 80 sales, down 5.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Kirby Cross?
In Kirby Cross, primary schools at its postcodes include Kirby Primary Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Lift Tendring, 1.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Kirby Cross have a railway station?
Yes: Frinton-on-Sea is 950 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Kirby Cross, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Kirby Cross?
Ofcom reports on 154 of the 155 postcodes in Kirby Cross. At 96 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Kirby Cross at risk of flooding?
None of the 155 postcodes in Kirby Cross 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. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Kirby Cross?
13 of the 155 postcodes now in use in Kirby Cross came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 9 of the 130 homes sold in Kirby Cross were newly built (7%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CO13 district, 20%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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