Colchester | |
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Coordinates: 51°54′04″N 0°55′59″E / 51.901°N 0.933°E | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Postcode area | CO |
Postcode area name | Colchester |
Post towns | 9 |
Postcode districts | 16 |
Postcode sectors | 74 |
Postcodes (live) | 13,249 |
Postcodes (total) | 17,987 |
Statistics as at May 2020[1] |
The CO postcode area, also known as the Colchester postcode area,[2] is a group of sixteen postcode districts in the east of England, within nine post towns. These cover northeast Essex (including Colchester, Clacton-on-Sea, Frinton-on-Sea, Halstead, Harwich, Manningtree and Walton-on-the-Naze) and a small part of south Suffolk (including Bures and Sudbury). The main sorting office is in Colchester.