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style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>CO</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=CO_postcode_area&params=51.901_N_0.933_E_type:city_region:GB"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°54′04″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°55′59″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.901°N 0.933°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.901; 0.933</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_postcode_areas_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom">Postcode area</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">CO</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postcode area name</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">Colchester</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post towns</a></th><td class="infobox-data">9</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_postcode_districts_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of postcode districts in the United Kingdom">Postcode districts</a></th><td class="infobox-data">16</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postcode sectors</th><td class="infobox-data">74</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postcodes (live)</th><td class="infobox-data">13,249</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postcodes (total)</th><td class="infobox-data">17,987</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below">Statistics as at May 2020<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>CO postcode area</b>, also known as the <b>Colchester postcode area</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a group of sixteen postcode districts in the <a href="/wiki/East_of_England" title="East of England">east of England</a>, within nine <a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">post towns</a>. These cover northeast <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Colchester" title="Colchester">Colchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clacton-on-Sea" title="Clacton-on-Sea">Clacton-on-Sea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frinton-on-Sea" title="Frinton-on-Sea">Frinton-on-Sea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halstead" title="Halstead">Halstead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harwich" title="Harwich">Harwich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manningtree" title="Manningtree">Manningtree</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walton-on-the-Naze" title="Walton-on-the-Naze">Walton-on-the-Naze</a>) and a small part of south <a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Bures,_England" title="Bures, England">Bures</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sudbury,_Suffolk" title="Sudbury, Suffolk">Sudbury</a>). The main <a href="/wiki/Sorting_office" title="Sorting office">sorting office</a> is in Colchester. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coverage">Coverage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=CO_postcode_area&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"> <tbody><tr style="white-space:nowrap"> <th>Postcode district </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a> </th> <th>Coverage </th> <th>Local authority area(s) </th></tr> <tr> <th>CO1 </th> <td>COLCHESTER </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colchester" title="Colchester">Colchester</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Colchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough of Colchester">Colchester</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>CO2 </th> <td>COLCHESTER </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Old_Heath" title="Old Heath">Old Heath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berechurch" title="Berechurch">Berechurch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Layer_de_la_Haye" title="Layer de la Haye">Layer de la Haye</a> </td> <td>Colchester </td></tr> <tr> <th>CO3 </th> <td>COLCHESTER </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lexden" title="Lexden">Lexden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fordham_Heath" title="Fordham Heath">Fordham Heath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stanway,_Essex" title="Stanway, Essex">Stanway</a> </td> <td>Colchester </td></tr> <tr> <th>CO4 </th> <td>COLCHESTER </td> <td>Greenstead, Highwoods, St Johns, <a href="/wiki/Myland" title="Myland">Myland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boxted,_Essex" title="Boxted, Essex">Boxted</a>, Braiswick </td> <td>Colchester </td></tr> <tr> <th>CO5 </th> <td>COLCHESTER </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiptree" title="Tiptree">Tiptree</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kelvedon" title="Kelvedon">Kelvedon</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Mersea" title="West Mersea">West Mersea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peldon" title="Peldon">Peldon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rowhedge" title="Rowhedge">Rowhedge</a> </td> <td>Colchester, <a href="/wiki/Braintree_District" title="Braintree District">Braintree</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maldon_District" title="Maldon District">Maldon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>CO6 </th> <td>COLCHESTER </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coggeshall" title="Coggeshall">Coggeshall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earls_Colne" title="Earls Colne">Earls Colne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marks_Tey" title="Marks Tey">Marks Tey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Great_Tey" title="Great Tey">Great Tey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chappel" title="Chappel">Chappel</a>, <a href="/wiki/White_Colne" title="White Colne">White Colne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wakes_Colne" title="Wakes Colne">Wakes Colne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fordham,_Essex" title="Fordham, Essex">Fordham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Copford" title="Copford">Copford</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Bergholt" title="West Bergholt">West Bergholt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Great_Horkesley" title="Great Horkesley">Great Horkesley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wormingford" title="Wormingford">Wormingford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nayland" title="Nayland">Nayland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stoke-by-Nayland" title="Stoke-by-Nayland">Stoke-by-Nayland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polstead" title="Polstead">Polstead</a> </td> <td>Colchester, Braintree, <a href="/wiki/Babergh_District" title="Babergh District">Babergh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>CO7 </th> <td>COLCHESTER </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brightlingsea" title="Brightlingsea">Brightlingsea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wivenhoe" title="Wivenhoe">Wivenhoe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Great_Bentley" title="Great Bentley">Great Bentley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alresford,_Essex" title="Alresford, Essex">Alresford</a> </td> <td>Colchester, <a href="/wiki/Tendring_District" title="Tendring District">Tendring</a>, Babergh </td></tr> <tr> <th>CO8 </th> <td>BURES </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bures,_England" title="Bures, England">Bures</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alphamstone" title="Alphamstone">Alphamstone</a> </td> <td>Colchester, Braintree, Babergh </td></tr> <tr> <th>CO9 </th> <td>HALSTEAD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halstead" title="Halstead">Halstead</a> </td> <td>Braintree </td></tr> <tr> <th>CO10 </th> <td>SUDBURY </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sudbury,_Suffolk" title="Sudbury, Suffolk">Sudbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lavenham" title="Lavenham">Lavenham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Long_Melford" title="Long Melford">Long Melford</a> </td> <td>Babergh, <a href="/wiki/West_Suffolk_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="West Suffolk (district)">West Suffolk</a>, Braintree </td></tr> <tr> <th>CO11 </th> <td>MANNINGTREE </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manningtree" title="Manningtree">Manningtree</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lawford" title="Lawford">Lawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mistley" title="Mistley">Mistley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bradfield,_Essex" title="Bradfield, Essex">Bradfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wrabness" title="Wrabness">Wrabness</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wix,_Essex" title="Wix, Essex">Wix</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horsley_Cross" title="Horsley Cross">Horsley Cross</a>, <a href="/wiki/Little_Bromley" title="Little Bromley">Little Bromley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brantham" title="Brantham">Brantham</a>, Cattawade </td> <td>Tendring, Babergh </td></tr> <tr> <th>CO12 </th> <td>HARWICH </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harwich" title="Harwich">Harwich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dovercourt" title="Dovercourt">Dovercourt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parkeston,_Essex" title="Parkeston, Essex">Parkeston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramsey,_Essex" title="Ramsey, Essex">Ramsey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Little_Oakley,_Essex" title="Little Oakley, Essex">Little Oakley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Great_Oakley,_Essex" title="Great Oakley, Essex">Great Oakley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stones_Green" title="Stones Green">Stones Green</a> </td> <td>Tendring </td></tr> <tr> <th>CO13 </th> <td>FRINTON-ON-SEA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frinton-on-Sea" title="Frinton-on-Sea">Frinton-on-Sea</a> </td> <td>Tendring </td></tr> <tr> <th>CO14 </th> <td>WALTON ON THE NAZE<sup id="cite_ref-hyphenation_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hyphenation-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walton-on-the-Naze" title="Walton-on-the-Naze">Walton-on-the-Naze</a> </td> <td>Tendring </td></tr> <tr> <th>CO15 </th> <td>CLACTON-ON-SEA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clacton-on-Sea" title="Clacton-on-Sea">Clacton-on-Sea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jaywick" title="Jaywick">Jaywick</a> </td> <td>Tendring </td></tr> <tr> <th>CO16 </th> <td>CLACTON-ON-SEA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clacton-on-Sea" title="Clacton-on-Sea">Clacton-on-Sea</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Osyth" title="St Osyth">St Osyth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Little_Clacton" title="Little Clacton">Little Clacton</a> </td> <td>Tendring </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Map">Map</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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class="cs1-format">(ZIP)</span>. <i>National Statistics Postcode Products</i>. <a href="/wiki/Office_for_National_Statistics" title="Office for National Statistics">Office for National Statistics</a>. May 2020. Table 2<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 June</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=National+Statistics+Postcode+Products&rft.atitle=ONS+Postcode+Directory+Version+Notes&rft.pages=Table+2&rft.date=2020-05&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fons%2Fguide-method%2Fgeography%2Fproducts%2Fpostcode-directories%2F-nspp-%2Fonspd-user-guide-and-version-notes.zip&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACO+postcode+area" class="Z3988"></span> Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/code-point-open/">"Code-Point Open"</a>. <i>OS OpenData</i>. <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey" title="Ordnance Survey">Ordnance Survey</a>. 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href="/wiki/PO_postcode_area" title="PO postcode area">PO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PR_postcode_area" title="PR postcode area">PR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RG_postcode_area" title="RG postcode area">RG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RH_postcode_area" title="RH postcode area">RH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RM_postcode_area" title="RM postcode area">RM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S_postcode_area" title="S postcode area">S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SA_postcode_area" title="SA postcode area">SA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SE_postcode_area" title="SE postcode area">SE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SG_postcode_area" title="SG postcode area">SG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SK_postcode_area" title="SK postcode area">SK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SL_postcode_area" title="SL postcode area">SL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM_postcode_area" title="SM postcode area">SM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SN_postcode_area" title="SN postcode area">SN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SO_postcode_area" title="SO 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href="/wiki/TW_postcode_area" title="TW postcode area">TW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UB_postcode_area" title="UB postcode area">UB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W_postcode_area" title="W postcode area">W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WA_postcode_area" title="WA postcode area">WA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WC_postcode_area" title="WC postcode area">WC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WD_postcode_area" title="WD postcode area">WD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WF_postcode_area" title="WF postcode area">WF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WN_postcode_area" title="WN postcode area">WN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WR_postcode_area" title="WR postcode area">WR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WS_postcode_area" title="WS postcode area">WS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WV_postcode_area" title="WV postcode area">WV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YO_postcode_area" title="YO postcode area">YO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZE_postcode_area" title="ZE postcode area">ZE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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