West Bergholt

West Bergholt is covered by postcode district CO6. It is in the Colchester council area, Essex.

Typical price £356,500 Homes sold in West Bergholt, last 12 months. ▼ 10.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 54 of 85 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 West Bergholt, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in West Bergholt, by flood risk Of the 85 postcodes in West Bergholt that ONS places, 85 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: West Bergholt. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. CO6 3BE: not on the flood risk listCO6 3BG: not on the flood risk listCO6 3BH: not on the flood risk listCO6 3BJ: not on the flood risk listCO6 3BL: not on the flood risk listCO6 3BN: not on the flood risk listCO6 3BP: not on the flood risk listCO6 3BQ: not on the flood risk listCO6 3BT: not on the flood risk listCO6 3BW: not on the flood risk listCO6 3BX: not on the flood risk listCO6 3BY: not on the flood risk listCO6 3BZ: not on the flood risk listCO6 3DA: not on the flood risk listCO6 3DB: not on the flood risk listCO6 3DD: not on the flood risk listCO6 3DZ: not on the flood risk listCO6 3EA: not on the flood risk listCO6 3ED: not on the flood risk listCO6 3EF: not on the flood risk listCO6 3EG: not on the flood risk listCO6 3EH: not on the flood risk listCO6 3EL: not on the flood risk listCO6 3EN: not on the flood risk listCO6 3EP: not on the flood risk listCO6 3EQ: not on the flood risk listCO6 3ER: not on the flood risk listCO6 3ES: not on the flood risk listCO6 3ET: not on the flood risk listCO6 3EW: not on the flood risk listCO6 3EZ: not on the flood risk listCO6 3FA: not on the flood risk listCO6 3FE: not on the flood risk listCO6 3FF: not on the flood risk listCO6 3FG: not on the flood risk listCO6 3HA: not on the flood risk listCO6 3HB: not on the flood risk listCO6 3HD: not on the flood risk listCO6 3HE: not on the flood risk listCO6 3HF: not on the flood risk listCO6 3HG: not on the flood risk listCO6 3HH: not on the flood risk listCO6 3HJ: not on the flood risk listCO6 3HL: not on the flood risk listCO6 3HN: not on the flood risk listCO6 3HT: not on the flood risk listCO6 3HU: not on the flood risk listCO6 3HX: not on the flood risk listCO6 3HY: not on the flood risk listCO6 3HZ: not on the flood risk listCO6 3JA: not on the flood risk listCO6 3JB: not on the flood risk listCO6 3JD: not on the flood risk listCO6 3JE: not on the flood risk listCO6 3JF: not on the flood risk listCO6 3JG: not on the flood risk listCO6 3JL: not on the flood risk listCO6 3JN: not on the flood risk listCO6 3JQ: not on the flood risk listCO6 3JS: not on the flood risk listCO6 3JT: not on the flood risk listCO6 3JU: not on the flood risk listCO6 3JW: not on the flood risk listCO6 3JX: not on the flood risk listCO6 3JZ: not on the flood risk listCO6 3LA: not on the flood risk listCO6 3LB: not on the flood risk listCO6 3LD: not on the flood risk listCO6 3LE: not on the flood risk listCO6 3LF: not on the flood risk listCO6 3LG: not on the flood risk listCO6 3LH: not on the flood risk listCO6 3LJ: not on the flood risk listCO6 3LQ: not on the flood risk listCO6 3NW: not on the flood risk listCO6 3SF: not on the flood risk listCO6 3SG: not on the flood risk listCO6 3SH: not on the flood risk listCO6 3SJ: not on the flood risk listCO6 3SL: not on the flood risk listCO6 3SN: not on the flood risk listCO6 3TA: not on the flood risk listCO6 3TB: not on the flood risk listCO6 3TD: not on the flood risk listCO6 3TJ: not on the flood risk list West Bergholt Map of every postcode in West Bergholt, by flood risk Of the 85 postcodes in West Bergholt that ONS places, 85 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: West Bergholt. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. West Bergholt
  • 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: 85

Of the 85 postcodes in West Bergholt that ONS places, 85 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 51.9126, longitude 0.8513. 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 West Bergholt?

Homes sold for a typical £356,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 10.3% on the 12 months before. At 54 of the 85 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 85 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 Mill Road Surgery, 3.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Colchester, 3.1 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 West Bergholt?

Homes in West Bergholt sold for a typical £356,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 30 sales, down 10.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£356,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£397,500
12 months to August 2026
£356,500

▼ down 10.3% on the 12 months before

Detached£517,500 16 sales
Semi-detached£348,750 8 sales
Terraced 4 sales, too few to price
Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

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

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in West Bergholt: 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 West Bergholt?

2 of the 85 postcodes now in use in West Bergholt came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 56 homes sold in West Bergholt were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CO6 district, 9%.

The newest postcodes

CO6 3FGsince May 2022CO6 3FFsince March 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 West BergholtAcross the CO6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 30 (0%) 8 of 345 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 56 (0%) 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 West Bergholt?

Ofcom reports on 85 of the 85 postcodes in West Bergholt. At 54 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 gigabit54 of 85
Postcodes where every home can get superfast54 of 85
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 85

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 West Bergholt at risk of flooding?

None of the 85 postcodes in West Bergholt 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 West Bergholt?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in West Bergholt. 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 West Bergholt?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in West Bergholt is Colchester Rail Station, 3.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Colchester Rail Station Railway station 3.1 kmCycle
  • Colchester Town Rail Station Railway station 4.7 kmCycle
  • Marks Tey Rail Station Railway station 5.8 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 West Bergholt?

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

Police.uk records 166 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in West Bergholt 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. 11 September 2025
  2. 10 October 2025
  3. 10 November 2025
  4. 7 December 2025
  5. 11 January 2026
  6. 13 February 2026
  7. 15 March 2026
  8. 18 April 2026
  9. 14 May 2026
  10. 17 June 2026
  11. 23 July 2026
  12. 17 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences69 reports
Anti-social behaviour24 reports
Shoplifting20 reports
Criminal damage and arson12 reports
Public order11 reports
Other theft10 reports
Burglary7 reports
Vehicle crime6 reports

Also: other crime 4, drugs 2, 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 West Bergholt?

District, borough or city council
Colchester
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 85 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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West Bergholt postcodes

85 postcodes in use in West Bergholt, by district:

CO6 postcode district,85 postcodes

That district is in the CO postcode area.

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Places near West Bergholt

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside West Bergholt's £356,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Great Horkesley2.5 km, £370,000Colchester4.0 km, £305,000Berechurch6.8 km, £285,000Marks Tey7.3 km, £315,000Rowhedge9.1 km, £303,750Wivenhoe9.4 km, £320,000Elmstead Market10.5 km, £380,000Earls Colne10.7 km, £365,000 All places A to Z

Questions about West Bergholt

What is it like to live in West Bergholt?
Homes sold for a typical £356,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 10.3% on the 12 months before. At 54 of the 85 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 85 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 Mill Road Surgery, 3.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Colchester, 3.1 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 West Bergholt?
West Bergholt is covered by postcode district CO6, across 85 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is West Bergholt in?
West Bergholt is in the Colchester council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for West Bergholt?
West Bergholt 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 West Bergholt?
Homes in West Bergholt sold for a typical £356,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 30 sales, down 10.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in West Bergholt?
In West Bergholt, primary schools at its postcodes include Heathlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, West Bergholt; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Holmwood House School, 2.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does West Bergholt have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in West Bergholt is Colchester, 3.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in West Bergholt?
Ofcom reports on 85 of the 85 postcodes in West Bergholt. At 54 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 West Bergholt at risk of flooding?
None of the 85 postcodes in West Bergholt 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 West Bergholt?
2 of the 85 postcodes now in use in West Bergholt came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 56 homes sold in West Bergholt were newly built (0%), 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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