CO7 8EB postcode in Alresford, Essex

CO7 8EB is a postcode in Alresford, in the Alresford & Elmstead ward of Tendring. It is in the Harwich and North Essex parliamentary constituency and the Essex police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 80% of homes and businesses at CO7 8EB can get it Across Tendring: 79% Typical price £350,000 Homes sold in CO7 8, last 12 months. ▼ 11.9% on the year before Nearest station Alresford (Essex) 400 m in a straight line

Where CO7 8EB is, and what is near it

Map of CO7 8EB and what is near it Map of CO7 8EB: its centre point, with the 258 other postcodes in the CO7 8 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 4 bus stops and 2 EV charging points. North is up; the scale bar is 200 m. CO7 8AA: also in CO7 8CO7 8AB: also in CO7 8CO7 8AD: also in CO7 8CO7 8AE: also in CO7 8CO7 8AF: also in CO7 8CO7 8AG: also in CO7 8CO7 8AL: also in CO7 8CO7 8AR: also in CO7 8CO7 8AS: also in CO7 8CO7 8AT: also in CO7 8CO7 8AU: also in CO7 8CO7 8BD: also in CO7 8CO7 8BH: also in CO7 8CO7 8BN: also in CO7 8CO7 8BS: also in CO7 8CO7 8BT: also in CO7 8CO7 8BU: also in CO7 8CO7 8BW: also in CO7 8CO7 8BX: also in CO7 8CO7 8BY: also in CO7 8CO7 8DF: also in CO7 8CO7 8DH: also in CO7 8CO7 8DJ: also in CO7 8CO7 8DN: also in CO7 8CO7 8DP: also in CO7 8CO7 8DQ: also in CO7 8CO7 8DR: also in CO7 8CO7 8DS: also in CO7 8CO7 8DT: also in CO7 8CO7 8DU: also in CO7 8CO7 8DW: also in CO7 8CO7 8DX: also in CO7 8CO7 8DZ: also in CO7 8CO7 8EA: also in CO7 8CO7 8ED: also in CO7 8CO7 8EE: also in CO7 8CO7 8EG: also in CO7 8CO7 8EH: also in CO7 8CO7 8EJ: also in CO7 8CO7 8EL: also in CO7 8CO7 8FP: also in CO7 8CO7 8FQ: also in CO7 8CO7 8FS: also in CO7 8CO7 8GL: also in CO7 8CO7 8GN: also in CO7 8CO7 8GP: also in CO7 8CO7 8GQ: also in CO7 8CO7 8GR: also in CO7 8CO7 8GU: also in CO7 8 School 2.4 kmSchool 2.9 km3 places, 2.9–4.0 kmColne Community School 4.0 kmGreat Bentley Surgery 4.2 kmThe Bentleys & Frating CO7 8EB Map of CO7 8EB and what is near it Map of CO7 8EB: its centre point, with the 258 other postcodes in the CO7 8 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 4 bus stops and 2 EV charging points. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. School 2.9 kmThe Bentleys & Frating CO7 8EB
  • CO7 8EB
  • Other postcodes in CO7 8: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 4 bus stops
  • 2 EV charging points
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 51.8546, longitude 1.0029)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; charging points: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after CO7 8EB?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at CO7 8EB?

Every home and business at CO7 8EB can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, and 80% can get gigabit, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

CO7 8EB 80% Tendring 79%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

CO7 8EB 100% Tendring Over 99%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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

When are the bins collected at CO7 8EB?

BinDayBuddy does not read Tendring District Council's collection days yet.

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is CO7 8EB at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include CO7 8EB.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Tendring

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for CO7 8EB: 1,151 properties in Tendring are at high risk (1.2% of all its properties). All the figures for Tendring

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of CO7 8EB is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near CO7 8EB?

Homes in CO7 8 sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 107 sales, down 11.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£350,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£397,500 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 11.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £411,250 52 sales
  • Semi-detached £325,000 48 sales
  • Terraced £320,000 5 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole CO7 district: a typical £332,000 from 459 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in CO7 8EB

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in CO7 8EB from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near CO7 8EB?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 1,240 homes in the neighbourhood around CO7 8EB. The largest share of them, 48%, are in council tax band C. More were built from 1965 to 1982 than in any other period (33%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around CO7 8EB

Band D in Tendring for 2026‑27: £2,270. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,513 (band A) to £3,783 (band G); band C, the most common, is £2,017.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 80 (6%)£1,513
Band Babout 60 (5%)£1,765
Band Cabout 590 (48%)£2,017
Band Dabout 270 (22%)£2,270
Band Eabout 170 (14%)£2,774
Band Fabout 40 (3%)£3,278
Band Gabout 30 (2%)£3,783
Band Hwithheld£4,539

When the homes were built

  1. 6% Before 1900
  2. 1% 1900 to 1918
  3. 7% 1919 to 1939
  4. 17% 1945 to 1964
  5. 33% 1965 to 1982
  6. 6% 1983 to 1999
  7. 2% 2000 to 2009
  8. 12% 2010 to 2019
  9. 17% 2020 or later

Averages for Tendring before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of CO7 8EB is in (ONS area E01021967), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near CO7 8EB?

The nearest open schools to CO7 8EB, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near CO7 8EB, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to CO7 8EB?

The nearest railway station to the centre of CO7 8EB is Alresford (Essex) Rail Station, 400 metres away in a straight line.

  • Alresford (Essex) Rail Station Railway station 400 mWalk
  • Wivenhoe Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

4 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Coach Road Corner, 219 m away.

More stations near CO7 8EB, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near CO7 8EB?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of CO7 8EB, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near CO7 8EB?

2 within 1 km 2 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of CO7 8EB, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Alresford Village Hall Charging point · 1 charger · Type 2 · up to 22 kW 350 mWalk
  • Alresford Village Hall Charging point · 1 charger · Type 2 · up to 22 kW 350 mWalk

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near CO7 8EB?

The nearest to the centre of CO7 8EB, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to CO7 8EB?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near CO7 8EB?

The nearest care homes to the centre of CO7 8EB, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near CO7 8EB?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of CO7 8EB, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near CO7 8EB?

The nearest vets to the centre of CO7 8EB on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is CO7 8EB in a conservation area?

The centre of CO7 8EB is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near CO7 8EB?

Police.uk records 12 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of CO7 8EB in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences8 reports
Anti-social behaviour3 reports
Other crime1 report

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for CO7 8EB

Ward
Alresford & Elmstead
Parish
Alresford
Region
East of England
Country
England
Built-up area
Alresford
Rural or urban
Larger rural, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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CO7 8EE60 mCO7 8EH110 mCO7 8DU120 mCO7 8DT130 mCO7 8ED130 mCO7 8EA140 m
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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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