Latitude: 51.89 / 51°53'24"N
Longitude: 0.9093 / 0°54'33"E
OS Eastings: 600298
OS Northings: 225275
OS Grid: TM002252
Mapcode National: GBR SN5.GQC
Mapcode Global: VHKFZ.QR2G
Plus Code: 9F32VWR5+2P
Maidenhead Locator System: JO01kv93
What Three Birds: redhead.goldeneye.crane
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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CO1 2QS is a large user postcode in Colchester. It was first introduced in January 1980.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Castle Garden Medical Centre, 78 East Hill, Colchester CO1 2QS.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
The average commercial rateable value is £34,000. The most common recorded business type is Surgery.
Colchester is a town, which had a population of 119,441 in the 2011 census.
CO1 2QS is in the Colchester travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the North East Essex Primary Care Trust.
CO1 2QS is approximately 16m (52ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing CO1 2QS
2a3: Cosmopolitans - Students Around Campus - Students and Professionals
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for CO1 2QS
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
9/10 (Very high)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
10/10 (Very high)
Area Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near CO1 2QS include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Costcutter, Iceland, Lidl, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of CO1 2QS are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
District Council
Colchester Borough Council
Ward
Castle
Councillors
Steph Nissen (Labour)
Richard Kirkby-Taylor (Green)
Mark Goacher (Green)
County Council
Essex
Electoral Division
Parsons Heath and East Gates
County Councillor
Simon Crow (Conservative)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Colchester
MP
Will Quince (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for CO1 2QS.
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Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near CO1 2QS.
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