Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe is covered by postcode district CO7. It is in the Colchester council area, Essex.

Typical price £320,000 Homes sold in Wivenhoe, last 12 months. ▼ 2.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 125 of 230 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 49 of 231 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 47 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 3 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Wivenhoe, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Wivenhoe, by flood risk Of the 231 postcodes in Wivenhoe that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst, 31 are at very low risk only and 182 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 8 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Wivenhoe. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. CO7 9AA: not on the flood risk listCO7 9AB: not on the flood risk listCO7 9AE: not on the flood risk listCO7 9AF: not on the flood risk listCO7 9AH: not on the flood risk listCO7 9AJ: not on the flood risk listCO7 9AL: not on the flood risk listCO7 9AN: not on the flood risk listCO7 9AP: not on the flood risk listCO7 9AQ: not on the flood risk listCO7 9AR: not on the flood risk listCO7 9AS: not on the flood risk listCO7 9AT: not on the flood risk listCO7 9AU: not on the flood risk listCO7 9AW: not on the flood risk listCO7 9AX: not on the flood risk listCO7 9AY: not on the flood risk listCO7 9AZ: not on the flood risk listCO7 9BA: not on the flood risk listCO7 9BB: not on the flood risk listCO7 9BD: not on the flood risk listCO7 9BE: not on the flood risk listCO7 9BG: not on the flood risk listCO7 9BH: not on the flood risk listCO7 9BJ: not on the flood risk listCO7 9BW: not on the flood risk listCO7 9DL: not on the flood risk listCO7 9DN: not on the flood risk listCO7 9DX: not on the flood risk listCO7 9DY: not on the flood risk listCO7 9DZ: not on the flood risk listCO7 9EA: not on the flood risk listCO7 9EH: not on the flood risk listCO7 9EJ: not on the flood risk listCO7 9EN: not on the flood risk listCO7 9EP: not on the flood risk listCO7 9EQ: not on the flood risk listCO7 9ER: not on the flood risk listCO7 9ES: not on the flood risk listCO7 9ET: not on the flood risk listCO7 9EU: not on the flood risk listCO7 9EW: not on the flood risk listCO7 9EX: not on the flood risk listCO7 9EY: not on the flood risk listCO7 9EZ: not on the flood risk listCO7 9FE: not on the flood risk listCO7 9FL: not on the flood risk listCO7 9FN: not on the flood risk listCO7 9FQ: not on the flood risk listCO7 9HA: not on the flood risk listCO7 9HB: not on the flood risk listCO7 9HD: not on the flood risk listCO7 9HE: not on the flood risk listCO7 9HF: not on the flood risk listCO7 9HG: not on the flood risk listCO7 9HH: not on the flood risk listCO7 9HJ: not on the flood risk listCO7 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9SF: not on the flood risk listCO7 9SG: not on the flood risk listCO7 9SH: not on the flood risk listCO7 9SJ: not on the flood risk listCO7 9SL: not on the flood risk listCO7 9SQ: not on the flood risk listCO7 9SR: not on the flood risk listCO7 9SS: not on the flood risk listCO7 9WP: not on the flood risk listCO7 9BL: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9BP: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9BS: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9BU: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9BY: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9DA: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9DD: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9DE: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9DF: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9DH: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9DJ: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9DQ: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9DT: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9DU: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9DW: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9FG: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9FJ: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9GD: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9GS: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9GT: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9GU: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9GW: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9GY: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9JR: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9SW: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9SY: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9SZ: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9TB: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9TE: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9TF: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9TS: very low flood risk onlyCO7 9BT: low flood risk at worstCO7 9FF: low flood risk at worstCO7 9LU: low flood risk at worstCO7 9NA: low flood risk at worstCO7 9NJ: low flood risk at worstCO7 9RQ: low flood risk at worstCO7 9RW: low flood risk at worstCO7 9TA: low flood risk at worstCO7 9BX: medium flood risk at worstCO7 9DB: medium flood risk at worstCO7 9DG: medium flood risk at worstCO7 9FH: medium flood risk at worstCO7 9LW: medium flood risk at worstCO7 9DP: high flood riskCO7 9DR: high flood riskCO7 9DS: high flood riskCO7 9JJ: high flood riskCO7 9WS: high flood risk Wivenhoe 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to CO7 9DP, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Wivenhoe, by flood risk Of the 231 postcodes in Wivenhoe that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst, 31 are at very low risk only and 182 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 8 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Wivenhoe. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Wivenhoe
  • A home or business at high risk: 5
  • At medium risk at worst: 5
  • At low risk at worst: 8
  • At very low risk only: 31
  • Not on the at-risk list: 182
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 231 postcodes in Wivenhoe that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst, 31 are at very low risk only and 182 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 51.8616, longitude 0.9611. 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.

CO7 9DP16 at high riskCO7 9DR14 at high riskCO7 9WS2 at high riskCO7 9DS1 at high riskCO7 9JJ1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. CO7 9DP, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Wivenhoe?

Homes sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.9% on the 12 months before. At 125 of the 230 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 47 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 49 of its 231 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wivenhoe, 650 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 Wivenhoe?

Homes in Wivenhoe sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 104 sales, down 2.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£320,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£329,500 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 2.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £391,094 35 sales
  • Semi-detached £300,000 39 sales
  • Terraced £275,000 23 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £305,000 7 sales

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

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

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wivenhoe: 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 Wivenhoe?

None of the 231 postcodes now in use in Wivenhoe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 130 homes sold in Wivenhoe were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CO7 district, 27%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn WivenhoeAcross the CO7 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 104 (Under 1%) 36 of 459 (8%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 130 (Under 1%) 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 Wivenhoe?

Ofcom reports on 230 of the 231 postcodes in Wivenhoe. At 125 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit125 of 230
Postcodes where every home can get superfast215 of 230

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 Wivenhoe at risk of flooding?

49 of the 231 postcodes in Wivenhoe 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 47 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 49 of 231 postcodes High: 34Medium: 13Low: 49Very low: 478

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 Wivenhoe?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Wivenhoe. 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 Wivenhoe?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wivenhoe is Wivenhoe Rail Station, 650 m away in a straight line.

  • Wivenhoe Rail Station Railway station 650 mWalk
  • Alresford (Essex) Rail Station Railway station 2.6 kmCycle
  • Hythe (Essex) Rail Station Railway station 3.5 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 Wivenhoe?

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

Police.uk records 443 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wivenhoe 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. 42 October 2025
  3. 42 November 2025
  4. 32 December 2025
  5. 40 January 2026
  6. 31 February 2026
  7. 37 March 2026
  8. 27 April 2026
  9. 34 May 2026
  10. 34 June 2026
  11. 46 July 2026
  12. 45 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences156 reports
Shoplifting116 reports
Public order30 reports
Vehicle crime30 reports
Criminal damage and arson29 reports
Other theft29 reports
Anti-social behaviour27 reports
Burglary8 reports

Also: drugs 7, other crime 7, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1, robbery 1, possession of weapons 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 Wivenhoe?

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 231 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 Wivenhoe

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

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Wivenhoe postcodes

231 postcodes in use in Wivenhoe, by district:

CO7 postcode district,231 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 Wivenhoe

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

Rowhedge1.1 km, £303,750Alresford2.7 km, £330,000Elmstead Market3.2 km, £380,000Berechurch3.8 km, £285,000Colchester5.4 km, £305,000Brightlingsea6.9 km, £268,000Great Bentley7.2 km, £390,000Great Horkesley9.4 km, £370,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Wivenhoe

What is it like to live in Wivenhoe?
Homes sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.9% on the 12 months before. At 125 of the 230 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 47 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 49 of its 231 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wivenhoe, 650 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 Wivenhoe?
Wivenhoe is covered by postcode district CO7, across 231 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Wivenhoe in?
Wivenhoe is in the Colchester council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Wivenhoe?
Wivenhoe 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 Wivenhoe?
Homes in Wivenhoe sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 104 sales, down 2.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Wivenhoe?
In Wivenhoe, primary schools at its postcodes include Millfields Primary School, Broomgrove Infant School and Broomgrove Junior School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Market Field School and College, 3.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Wivenhoe have a railway station?
Yes: Wivenhoe is 650 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Wivenhoe, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Wivenhoe?
Ofcom reports on 230 of the 231 postcodes in Wivenhoe. At 125 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Wivenhoe at risk of flooding?
49 of the 231 postcodes in Wivenhoe 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 47 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 Wivenhoe?
None of the 231 postcodes now in use in Wivenhoe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 130 homes sold in Wivenhoe were newly built (Under 1%), 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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