CO Postcode Area
The CO postcode area, also known as the Colchester postcode area, is a group of sixteen postcode districts in the east of England, within nine post towns. These cover northeast Essex (including Colchester, Clacton-on-Sea, Frinton-on-Sea, Halstead, Harwich, Manningtree and Walton-on-the-Naze) and a small part of south Suffolk (including Bures and Sudbury).
The main sorting office is in Colchester.
CO postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby CB, CM and IP postcode areas.
Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
| Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO1 | COLCHESTER | Colchester | Colchester |
| CO2 | COLCHESTER | Old Heath, Berechurch, Layer de la Haye | Colchester |
| CO3 | COLCHESTER | Lexden, Fordham Heath, Stanway | Colchester |
| CO4 | COLCHESTER | Greenstead, Highwoods, St Johns, Myland, Boxted, Braiswick | Colchester |
| CO5 | COLCHESTER | Tiptree, Kelvedon, West Mersea, Peldon, Rowhedge | Colchester, Braintree, Maldon |
| CO6 | COLCHESTER | Coggeshall, Earls Colne, Marks Tey, Great Tey, Chappel, White Colne, Wakes Colne, Fordham, Copford, West Bergholt, Great Horkesley, Wormingford, Nayland, Stoke-by-Nayland, Polstead | Colchester, Braintree, Babergh |
| CO7 | COLCHESTER | Brightlingsea, Wivenhoe, Great Bentley, Alresford | Colchester, Tendring, Babergh |
| CO8 | BURES | Bures, Alphamstone | Colchester, Braintree, Babergh |
| CO9 | HALSTEAD | Halstead | Braintree |
| CO10 | SUDBURY | Sudbury, Lavenham, Long Melford | Babergh, West Suffolk, Braintree |
| CO11 | MANNINGTREE | Manningtree, Lawford, Mistley, Bradfield, Wrabness, Wix, Horsley Cross, Little Bromley, Brantham, Cattawade | Tendring, Babergh |
| CO12 | HARWICH | Harwich, Dovercourt, Parkeston, Ramsey, Little Oakley, Great Oakley, Stones Green | Tendring |
| CO13 | FRINTON-ON-SEA | Frinton-on-Sea | Tendring |
| CO14 | WALTON ON THE NAZE | Walton-on-the-Naze | Tendring |
| CO15 | CLACTON-ON-SEA | Clacton-on-Sea, Jaywick | Tendring |
| CO16 | CLACTON-ON-SEA | Clacton-on-Sea, St Osyth, Little Clacton | Tendring |
Map
KML is from Wikidata
See also
References
- ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
- ^ The post town is unhyphenated.