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Colchester postcode area
CO is located in United Kingdom
CO
Postcode area CO
Postcode area name Colchester
Post towns 9
Postcode districts 16
Postcode sectors 66
Postcodes (live) 12,847
Postcodes (total) 16,416
Statistics as at October 2006[1]

The CO postcode area, also known as the Colchester postcode area,[2] is a group of postal districts around Bures, Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester, Frinton-on-Sea, Halstead, Harwich, Manningtree, Sudbury and Walton-on-the-Naze in England.

The main sorting office is in Colchester. Though the area is based in Essex, it also covers a small part of south Suffolk.

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postal district Post town Coverage Local authority
CO1-CO6 COLCHESTER Colchester Colchester Borough
CO7 COLCHESTER Wivenhoe & Great Bentley Colchester Borough & Tendring District
CO8 BURES
CO9 HALSTEAD
CO10 SUDBURY
CO11 MANNINGTREE
CO12 HARWICH
CO13 FRINTON-ON-SEA
CO14 WALTON ON THE NAZE Walton-on-the-Naze[3]
CO15-CO16 CLACTON-ON-SEA

Adjacent areas

The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - CM (Chelmsford) - CB (Cambridge) - IP (Ipswich) .
Adjacent postcode areas
CB IP


CO


CM

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Statistics Postcode Directory" (PDF). Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory (November 2006). Office for National Statistics. November 2006. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/NSPDVersionNotes.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-29.  
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. ^ The post town is unhyphenated.

External links

Coordinates: 51°54′N 0°51′E / 51.90°N 0.85°E / 51.90; 0.85








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