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HOUSE PRICES
House prices in Colchester
CO2 8PU · Colchester · Essex
Understand the market. Compare recorded sold prices with the official wider-area trend.
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House prices at a glance
Read the recorded sale sample alongside the official wider-area benchmark.
June 2026
June 2026 compared with a year earlier
The median is the middle recorded sale in the sample above. The official index adjusts for the mix of homes sold across a wider area. Recent registrations can arrive late; neither figure values an individual home.
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More market detail Monthly change and recorded sale range
- Official monthly change
- -0.1%Colchester · June 2026 vs previous month
Official average by property type
Colchester · June 2026 · UK House Price Index
Detached£501,997
Semi-detached£331,517
Terraced£265,637
Flat / maisonette£162,504
PRICE HISTORY
How house prices have changed over the last 10 years
This shows the average price for the wider local market each year, so you can quickly see whether prices have risen, fallen or stayed fairly flat.
2016 average price£245,572
2026 average price£298,003
Change over the period+21.4%Average prices are higher than at the start of the chart.
PLANNING
Could planning affect a home here?
See relevant planning protections and a sample of nearby applications, with council codes translated into plain English.
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NEARBY APPLICATIONS
Recent planning applications
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13 The Willows, Colchester CO2 8PYView planning details →
81 Cavendish Avenue, Colchester CO2 8BSView planning details →
Winsley's Charity, 22 Winsley Square, Colchester CO1 2AUView planning details →
land rear of, 75-77 Canterbury Road, Colchester CO2 7RXView planning details →
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PLANNING APPLICATION
13 The Willows, Colchester CO2 8PY
Current statusAwaiting decision
- Proposal
- Proposed two storey rear extension
- Application type
- Full planning application
- Council reference
- 261558
- Application date
- 24 Aug 2026
Type and decision are different
The application type describes what permission was requested. The decision is the council's outcome.
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PLANNING APPLICATION
81 Cavendish Avenue, Colchester CO2 8BS
Current statusAwaiting decision
- Proposal
- Rear and side extension
- Application type
- Full planning application
- Council reference
- 261463
- Application date
- 7 Aug 2026
Type and decision are different
The application type describes what permission was requested. The decision is the council's outcome.
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PLANNING APPLICATION
Winsley's Charity, 22 Winsley Square, Colchester CO1 2AU
Current statusAwaiting decision
- Proposal
- Proposed replacement of 17 windows to the rear of properties 15, 16, 18, 19, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32 Winsley Square.
- Application type
- Listed building or heritage consent
- Council reference
- 261449
- Application date
- 6 Aug 2026
Type and decision are different
The application type describes what permission was requested. The decision is the council's outcome.
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PLANNING APPLICATION
land rear of, 75-77 Canterbury Road, Colchester CO2 7RX
Current statusAwaiting decision
- Proposal
- Application to discharge condition 3 (materials), 5 (CMS), 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (soil testing), 20 (landscaping plan) of planning permission 260324
- Application type
- Approval of conditions
- Council reference
- 261367
- Application date
- 24 Jul 2026
Type and decision are different
The application type describes what permission was requested. The decision is the council's outcome.
SCHOOLS
What schools are nearby?
We found 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school among the nearest results to CO2 8PU. Distances are approximate, so always check the school's own admissions and catchment information if it matters to your move.
Monkwick Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Ages 2–7
0.4 miles away · CO2 8NN
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Monkwick Junior School
Primary · Ages 7–11
0.4 miles away · CO2 8NN
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The Thomas Lord Audley School
Secondary · Ages 11–16
0.5 miles away · CO2 8NJ
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St. George's School
Primary · Ages 3–11
0.5 miles away · CO2 7RU
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Old Heath Community Primary School
Primary · Ages 4–11
0.8 miles away · CO2 8DD
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St John's Green Primary School
Primary · Ages 5–11
1.0 miles away · CO2 7HE
See inspection details REPORTED CRIME
What has been reported nearby?
Reported incidents within roughly one mile of this postcode in the latest available month.
Reported incidents313Within about 1 mile · July 2026
Most common categories
123Violence & sexual offences49Anti-social behaviour47Shoplifting22Other theft
How to read this
Source: data.police.uk. Street-level locations are approximate and the data is updated monthly.
This is a count of reports, not a crime-rate score. Police.uk deliberately moves incident locations to nearby map points to protect privacy, so it should be used to understand the wider area rather than a particular house or street corner.
ROADS & TRANSPORT
Nearest strategic road connection
How close this area is to National Highways’ mapped motorway and trunk-road network. This does not include every local A-road.
Nearest major roadA12Nearest suitable mapped road we found to this postcode
Approx. distance2.4 milesStraight-line distance — the route by road will usually be longer
Useful to know
Source: National Highways Network Model Public. Distance is measured to the nearest mapped Strategic Road Network motorway or A-road link.
This is a quick location guide rather than a journey-time estimate. Traffic, junction access and the route from a particular home can make the driving distance longer.
DRIVING CHARGES
Are there driving charges to know about?
Clean-air, congestion and road-charging information where relevant.
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COUNCIL & UTILITIES
Who provides local services here?
Council and utility information for the area.
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NEARBY ESSENTIALS
Useful places, green space and outdoor access nearby
Prisons, places of worship, public parking and mapped outdoor places around this postcode.
Nearby places of worship will be added when the live local-amenity layer responds.
- Layer Road →1.9 mi
- Villa Road →3.2 mi
- Church Road →3.2 mi
- Woodland Walk →3.4 mi
NATURE & OUTDOORS
Green space and walks
A practical view of nearby parks, nature reserves and named walking routes. These are not curated dog-walk recommendations, but they are useful starting points for getting outside.
- High Woods Country Park1.9 mi
- Cudmore Grove Country Park6.5 mi
- Blackwater Estuary Nature Reserve5.8 mi
- Colne Estuary Nature Reserve5.8 mi
No named walking route was returned close to this postcode.
- The Broads Mapped national park boundary45 mi
Useful to know
Nearby places and outdoor features: © OpenStreetMap contributors via Overpass. Prison points are cached in a local Place Keys dataset so ordinary proximity checks do not repeatedly call an external service.
Distances are straight-line estimates. Parking charges are shown only where the source explicitly marks a car park as free or paid; otherwise Place Keys leaves that detail out.
Nearby EV charging
The nearest public charging locations returned around this place, with indicative power and operator details where available.
No nearby public chargers were returned
Sources: Open Charge Map when configured, with a key-free OpenStreetMap/Overpass fallback. Distances are straight-line estimates from the representative postcode point. Availability and status are not guaranteed to be live, so check the operator before travelling.
We could not retrieve a mapped public charging location within roughly 6 miles of this representative postcode point. Charger coverage changes quickly, so check a live charging map before travelling.
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What public transport is nearby?
Rail stations, bus stops and public-transport context.
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EMPLOYMENT
Local unemployment
The latest official estimate for the wider local-authority area around this postcode.
Unemployment rate4.0%Colchester
Estimated unemployed4,200Latest available period
How to read this
Source: Office for National Statistics model-based estimates of unemployment, via Nomis.
The percentage is the estimated share of economically active people aged 16 and over who are unemployed in the wider council area. It is not a postcode-level unemployment rate.
POLITICS & REPRESENTATION
Current MPPam CoxLabourUK Parliament profile ↗
Who represents this area?
Parliamentary constituency: Colchester
At the 2024 general election, Labour received the largest share of votes in this constituency (41.9%).
Current MP: UK Parliament Members API. Election history: House of Commons Library and UK Parliament.
How this area has votedWinning party and vote share at recent general elections
Constituency boundaries changed in 2024, so older election results may not cover exactly the same streets. Where a like-for-like 2019 result on today's boundaries is available, we use it.
BROADBAND & MOBILE
How good is connectivity here?
Broadband speeds and mobile coverage where Ofcom data is available.
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AIRCRAFT & AIRPORTS
Nearest major airport: London Southend Airport
London Southend Airport is about 22.7 miles away. Airport distance is a starting point only and does not show whether a home is under a flight path.
What does this mean?
Source: Defra strategic airport-noise mapping (2022) and airport location data. Airport distance is straight-line distance and does not mean a home is directly under a flight path.
This postcode is not in a strategic aircraft-noise band that we can quote from the national map. That does not guarantee you will never hear aircraft.
London Southend Airport
About 22.7 miles away
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