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CO6 5BD lies on Straight Road in Polstead Heath, Colchester. CO6 5BD is located in the Brett Vale electoral ward, within the local authority district of Babergh and the English Parliamentary constituency of South Suffolk. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB - 06L and the police force is Suffolk. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

CO6 5BD maps

CO6 5BD map - large scale - OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)
CO6 5BD map - small scale - OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)

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CO6 5BD geodata

Easting599739
Northing240110
Latitude52.023449
Longitude0.909861

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Where is CO6 5BD?

StreetStraight Road
LocalityPolstead Heath
Town/CityColchester
CountryEngland
Postcode DistrictCO6

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➜ Where is Polstead Heath?

CO6 5BD Elevation

Elevation or altitude of CO6 5BD as distance above sea level:

MetresFeet
Elevation70m230ft

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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Politics

WardBrett Vale
ConstituencySouth Suffolk

Transport

Nearest bus stops to CO6 5BD

Telephone Box (Straight Road)Polstead Heath132m
Telephone Box (Straight Road)Polstead Heath139m
Shoulder Of Mutton (Stackwood Road)Polstead Heath325m
Shoulder Of Mutton (Stackwood Road)Polstead Heath350m
Brewers Arms (A1107)Bower House Tye1,096m

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Broadband

Broadband access in CO6 5BD (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband100.0%

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

Broadband limitations in CO6 5BD (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps0.0%

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Deprivation

34.9% of English postcodes are less deprived than CO6 5BD:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to CO6 5BD (metres)

Polstead Country Park
Food Hygiene Rating: 5 (Very Good)
Polstead Caravan Park House
1,047m

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Nearest post box to CO6 5BD

 Last Collection 
LocationMon-FriSatDistance
Crossfields Butt Road16:3010:303,862m
Stoke By Nayland Post Office17:1511:003,935m
The Priory15:0008:153,967m

CO6 5BD ITL and CO6 5BD 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 CO6 5BD:

ITL 1 CodeName
TLHEast
ITL 2 CodeName
TLH1East Anglia
ITL 3 CodeName
TLH14Suffolk CC
LAU 1 CodeName
E07000200Babergh

CO6 5BD 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 CO6 5BD:

CodeName
OAE00152386
LSOAE01029902Babergh 009C
MSOAE02006235Babergh 009

Nearest postcodes to CO6 5BD

CO6 5BEHeath Close69m
CO6 5BGHeath Road172m
CO6 5BBStraight Road227m
CO6 5BAStackwood Road425m
CO6 5AYMillwood Road441m
CO6 5DL491m
CO6 5DJPotash Lane601m
IP7 5NZHadleigh Heath882m
CO6 5BZBower House Tye990m
CO6 5DABower House Tye1191m