Postcodes in Colchester District

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Browse Information On Colchester Postcodes

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• Colchester Census And Postcode Overview.
• View Colchester Postcodes
• Postcodes in Map
• Wards in Colchester

Colchester Postcode and Census - Statistical Overview

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Population	173057
Addresses / Property Count	71632
Active Postcodes	5208
County	Essex
No Of Wards in Colchester	17

What is a District

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:

• Non-Metropolitan districts
• Unitary authority areas
• Metropolitan boroughs
• London boroughs

Sub Divisions Of a district

Districts are subdivided into different local administrative blocks. Other categories of local administrative blocks that comes under district authority are as follows:

• Parish
• Wards
• Cities

Wards in Colchester

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 Wivenhoe