Little Clacton

Little Clacton is covered by postcode district CO16. It is in the Tendring council area, Essex.

Typical price £292,500 Homes sold in Little Clacton, last 12 months. ▼ 5.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 45 of 73 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 8 of 73 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 11 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Little Clacton, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Little Clacton, by flood risk Of the 73 postcodes in Little Clacton that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 65 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Little Clacton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A133 CO16 9DA: not on the flood risk listCO16 9DQ: not on the flood risk listCO16 9EB: not on the flood risk listCO16 9EJ: not on the flood risk listCO16 9EL: not on the flood risk listCO16 9EN: not on the flood risk listCO16 9ER: not on the flood risk listCO16 9EU: not on the flood risk listCO16 9EX: not on the flood risk listCO16 9EY: not on the flood risk listCO16 9EZ: not on the flood risk listCO16 9FD: not on the flood risk listCO16 9FE: not on the flood risk listCO16 9FP: not on the flood risk listCO16 9GD: not on the flood risk listCO16 9HA: not on the flood risk listCO16 9LB: not on the flood risk listCO16 9LD: not on the flood risk listCO16 9LE: not on the flood risk listCO16 9LF: not on the flood risk listCO16 9LG: not on the flood risk listCO16 9LH: not on the flood risk listCO16 9LJ: not on the flood risk listCO16 9LL: not on the flood risk listCO16 9LN: not on the flood risk listCO16 9LQ: not on the flood risk listCO16 9LR: not on the flood risk listCO16 9LS: not on the flood risk listCO16 9LT: not on the flood risk listCO16 9LU: not on the flood risk listCO16 9LX: not on the flood risk listCO16 9LZ: not on the flood risk listCO16 9NA: not on the flood risk listCO16 9ND: not on the flood risk listCO16 9NE: not on the flood risk listCO16 9NF: not on the flood risk listCO16 9NG: not on the flood risk listCO16 9NH: not on the flood risk listCO16 9NJ: not on the flood risk listCO16 9NX: not on the flood risk listCO16 9NY: not on the flood risk listCO16 9PA: not on the flood risk listCO16 9PB: not on the flood risk listCO16 9PD: not on the flood risk listCO16 9PE: not on the flood risk listCO16 9PG: not on the flood risk listCO16 9PL: not on the flood risk listCO16 9PN: not on the flood risk listCO16 9PP: not on the flood risk listCO16 9RB: not on the flood risk listCO16 9RD: not on the flood risk listCO16 9RE: not on the flood risk listCO16 9RF: not on the flood risk listCO16 9RG: not on the flood risk listCO16 9RH: not on the flood risk listCO16 9RJ: not on the flood risk listCO16 9RL: not on the flood risk listCO16 9RN: not on the flood risk listCO16 9RQ: not on the flood risk listCO16 9RR: not on the flood risk listCO16 9RS: not on the flood risk listCO16 9RT: not on the flood risk listCO16 9RU: not on the flood risk listCO16 9RW: not on the flood risk listCO16 9SD: not on the flood risk listCO16 9NZ: low flood risk at worstCO16 9PJ: low flood risk at worstCO16 9RP: low flood risk at worstCO16 9ET: medium flood risk at worstCO16 9ES: high flood riskCO16 9LP: high flood riskCO16 9NU: high flood riskCO16 9PH: high flood risk Little Clacton Map of every postcode in Little Clacton, by flood risk Of the 73 postcodes in Little Clacton that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 65 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Little Clacton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Little Clacton
  • A home or business at high risk: 4
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 3
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 65

Of the 73 postcodes in Little Clacton that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 65 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 51.8286, longitude 1.1404. 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.

CO16 9PH3 at high riskCO16 9NU1 at high riskCO16 9LP1 at high riskCO16 9ES1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Little Clacton?

Homes sold for a typical £292,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.3% on the 12 months before. At 45 of the 73 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 11 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 8 of its 73 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is North Clacton Medical Practice, 1.9 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Thorpe-le-Soken, 2.6 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 Little Clacton?

Homes in Little Clacton sold for a typical £292,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 33 sales, down 5.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£292,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£308,750 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 5.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £319,000 20 sales
  • Semi-detached £285,000 13 sales

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

Across the whole CO16 district, Little Clacton's main postcode district: a typical £276,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Little Clacton: 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 Little Clacton?

1 of the 73 postcodes now in use in Little Clacton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 36 homes sold in Little Clacton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CO16 district, 15%.

The newest postcodes

CO16 9SDsince August 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 Little ClactonAcross the CO16 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 33 (0%) 15 of 321 (5%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 36 (0%) 66 of 431 (15%)

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 Little Clacton?

Ofcom reports on 73 of the 73 postcodes in Little Clacton. At 45 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit45 of 73
Postcodes where every home can get superfast68 of 73

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 Little Clacton at risk of flooding?

8 of the 73 postcodes in Little Clacton 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 11 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 8 of 73 postcodes High: 6Medium: 5Low: 22

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 Little Clacton?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Little Clacton. 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 Little Clacton?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Little Clacton is Thorpe-le-Soken Rail Station, 2.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Thorpe-le-Soken Rail Station Railway station 2.6 kmCycle
  • Weeley Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle
  • Clacton-on-Sea Rail Station Railway station 4.0 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 Little Clacton?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Little Clacton. 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 Little Clacton safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 218 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Little Clacton 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. 12 September 2025
  2. 15 October 2025
  3. 11 November 2025
  4. 15 December 2025
  5. 9 January 2026
  6. 14 February 2026
  7. 12 March 2026
  8. 7 April 2026
  9. 25 May 2026
  10. 31 June 2026
  11. 40 July 2026
  12. 27 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences95 reports
Anti-social behaviour38 reports
Shoplifting20 reports
Criminal damage and arson17 reports
Vehicle crime12 reports
Other theft12 reports
Public order7 reports
Drugs5 reports

Also: burglary 4, other crime 4, possession of weapons 3, theft from the person 1.

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 Little Clacton?

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 73 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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Little Clacton postcodes

73 postcodes in use in Little Clacton, by district:

CO16 postcode district,73 postcodes

That district is in the CO postcode area.

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Places near Little Clacton

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Little Clacton's £292,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Weeley3.0 km, £322,000Clacton-on-Sea3.4 km, £244,000Thorpe-le-Soken3.8 km, £352,500St Osyth5.1 km, £237,500Jaywick5.9 km, £165,000Great Bentley6.0 km, £390,000Kirby Cross6.4 km, £320,000Frinton-on-Sea7.3 km, £340,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Little Clacton

What is it like to live in Little Clacton?
Homes sold for a typical £292,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.3% on the 12 months before. At 45 of the 73 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 11 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 8 of its 73 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is North Clacton Medical Practice, 1.9 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Thorpe-le-Soken, 2.6 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 Little Clacton?
Little Clacton is covered by postcode district CO16, across 73 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Little Clacton in?
Little Clacton is in the Tendring council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Little Clacton?
Little Clacton 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 Little Clacton?
Homes in Little Clacton sold for a typical £292,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 33 sales, down 5.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Little Clacton?
In Little Clacton, primary schools at its postcodes include Engaines Primary School and Nursery; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Compass Community School Essex, 1.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Little Clacton have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Little Clacton is Thorpe-le-Soken, 2.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Little Clacton?
Ofcom reports on 73 of the 73 postcodes in Little Clacton. At 45 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Little Clacton at risk of flooding?
8 of the 73 postcodes in Little Clacton 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 11 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 Little Clacton?
1 of the 73 postcodes now in use in Little Clacton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 36 homes sold in Little Clacton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CO16 district, 15%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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