CO1 1YA maps, stats, and open data

CO1 1YA lies on Cowdray Avenue in Colchester. CO1 1YA is located in the Castle electoral ward, within the local authority district of Colchester and the English Parliamentary constituency of Colchester. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB - 06T and the police force is Essex. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

CO1 1YA geodata

Easting	600656
Northing	225968
Latitude	51.896134
Longitude	0.914953

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is CO1 1YA?

Street	Cowdray Avenue
Town/City	Colchester
Country	England
Postcode District	CO1
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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CO1 1YA Elevation

Elevation or altitude of CO1 1YA as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	10m	33ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Source: Open Postcode Elevation
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Politics

Ward	Castle
Constituency	Colchester

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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House Prices

Sales of detached houses in CO1 1YA

318, COWDRAY AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO1 1YA 2010 10 FEB £120,000
352, COWDRAY AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO1 1YA 2004 23 APR £180,000
354, COWDRAY AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO1 1YA 2001 27 APR £89,995

➜ Colchester house prices

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Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Licence: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2024. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Crime

Reported crime within 500m of CO1 1YA

January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Rayleigh Close	204m
January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Rayleigh Close	204m
January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near St Anne'S Road	351m
➜ Cowdray Avenue crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to CO1 1YA

Bt Centre (Cowdray Avenue)	Colchester	119m
Bt Centre (Cowdray Avenue)	Colchester	163m
Valentines Drive (Ipswich Road)	Colchester	286m
Valentines Drive (Ipswich Road)	Colchester	292m
Colneview Retail Park (Cowdray Avenue)	Colchester	308m

Nearest railway stations to CO1 1YA

Colchester Town Station	1.3km
Hythe (Essex) Station	1.5km
Colchester Station	1.6km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for CO1 1YA

Broadband access in CO1 1YA (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	3.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in CO1 1YA (2019 data)

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Median download speed	20.9Mbps
Average download speed	57.0Mbps
Maximum download speed	200.00Mbps

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Median upload speed	1.2Mbps
Average upload speed	1.5Mbps
Maximum upload speed	4.98Mbps

Broadband limitations in CO1 1YA (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for CO1 1YA

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Source: Ofcom
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CO1 1YA gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in CO1 1YA by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	302,408
Meter count	30
Mean (kWh/meter)	10,080
Median (kWh/meter)	10,578

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	141,324
Meter count	33
Mean (kWh/meter)	4,283
Median (kWh/meter)	3,186

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in CO1 1YA, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in CO1 1YA.
Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

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Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Licence: Open Government Licence

Deprivation

46.3% of English postcodes are less deprived than CO1 1YA:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to CO1 1YA (meters)

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118 Ipswich Road

225m

Frydays Fish & Chips

116 Ipswich Road

225m

Aldi

Unit D, Colne View Retail Park

385m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to CO1 1YA

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Cowdray Avenue	18:30	12:00	503m
Lincoln Way	17:30	12:40	531m
Ipswich Road	17:30	12:15	644m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to CO1 1YA

Facility	Distance
St James C Of E Primary School Guildford Road, Colchester Grass Pitches	619m
Crossfit Colchester (Closed) Cowdray Centre, Cowdray Avenue, Colchester Health and Fitness Gym	638m
Willow Brook Primary School Barnardiston Road, Colchester Grass Pitches	651m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to CO1 1YA

School	Phase of Education	Distance
St James' Church of England Primary School Guildford Road, Colchester, CO1 2RA	Primary	509m
Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery Barnardiston Road, Colchester, CO4 0DT	Primary	651m
St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester Priory Street, Colchester, CO1 2QB	Primary	886m

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Source: Edubase
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CO1 1YA ITL and CO1 1YA LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for CO1 1YA:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLH	East
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLH3	Essex
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLH34	Essex Haven Gateway
LAU 1 Code	Name
E07000071	Colchester

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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CO1 1YA census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for CO1 1YA:

	Code	Name
OA	E00109953
LSOA	E01021647	Colchester 007B
MSOA	E02004512	Colchester 007

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to CO1 1YA

CO4 0AP	Romford Close	124m
CO4 0AS	Broadlands Way	167m
CO4 0AR	Broadlands Way	182m
CO4 0AZ	Ratcliffe Court	193m
CO1 1QG	Pill Box Walk	195m
CO1 1XZ	Cowdray Avenue	224m
CO4 0AE	Ipswich Road	228m
CO4 0AT	Rayleigh Close	232m
CO1 1QJ	River Bank Walk	236m
CO4 0AU	Havering Close	250m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
Licence: Open Government Licence