This article covers information about postcodes in Colchester's local authority district. Colchester is an administrative area in Essex County. Colchester district is further divided into 17 Wards.
Below is a complete list of Colchester Postcodes, it has 5208 active postcodes. Colchester contains approximately 71632 residential properties with a population of about 173057.
| Population | 173057 |
| Addresses / Property Count | 71632 |
| Active Postcodes | 5208 |
| County | Essex |
| No Of Wards in Colchester | 17 |
The United Kingdom is primarily divided into large area blocks called Counties. A district is an administrative block in the UK and part of a County council area. The district is also the second-largest administrative block in the UK after counties. These are also known as local authority districts and are different from city districts. Colchester is a local authority district in Essex county. Districts are majorly categorized into 4 types namely:
Districts are subdivided into different local administrative blocks. Other categories of local administrative blocks that comes under district authority are as follows:
There are 17 wards in the district. Below is a list of the wards. You can click on any ward link to view the postcodes of that ward.
Berechurch Castle Greenstead Highwoods Lexden and Braiswick Marks Tey and Layer Mersea and Pyefleet Mile End New Town and Christ Church Old Heath and The Hythe Prettygate Rural North St Anne's and St John's Shrub End Stanway Tiptree WivenhoeThis map shows all wards in the district of Colchester, zoom to view all the pointers. If you click on any pointer you can see the ward name. Below the ward name, you can see a link called view postcodes. Click on the link to see the postcodes for that ward.
| Postcode | Ward | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO8 5AU | Rural North | 51.95042000 | 0.77000500 |
| CO8 5AW | Rural North | 51.96014500 | 0.77137600 |
| CO8 5AX | Rural North | 51.94774600 | 0.76743900 |
| CO8 5AY | Rural North | 51.94794000 | 0.77410100 |
| CO8 5AZ | Rural North | 51.94511200 | 0.77427600 |
| CO8 5BA | Rural North | 51.95200300 | 0.78369600 |
| CO8 5BB | Rural North | 51.96075300 | 0.78651300 |
| CO8 5BH | Rural North | 51.95817500 | 0.78850400 |