Latitude: 51.8768 / 51°52'36"N
Longitude: 0.9466 / 0°56'47"E
OS Eastings: 602919
OS Northings: 223907
OS Grid: TM029239
Mapcode National: GBR SNF.64Y
Mapcode Global: VHKG6.C382
Plus Code: 9F32VWGW+PJ
Maidenhead Locator System: JO01lv30
What Three Birds: courser.wheatear.cormorant
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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CO4 3SQ is a large user postcode in University of Essex, Colchester. It was first introduced in May 1994.
'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:
University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ.
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.
Commercial rateable values range from £6,100 to £2,380,000 with an average of £685,443. The most common recorded business types are University and Shop. Farms and agricultural buildings do not pay business rates and are not included in these figures.
In the 2011 census, there were 2368 people resident in CO4 3SQ, of which 1141 were male and 1227 were female.
CO4 3SQ is in the Colchester travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the North East Essex Primary Care Trust.
CO4 3SQ is approximately 22m (72ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing CO4 3SQ
2a1: Cosmopolitans - Students Around Campus - Student Communal Living
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for CO4 3SQ
England F1: a rural hamlet or isolated dwellings in populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
3/10 (Low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Area Retail Diversity Index
7/10 (High)
Supermarkets near CO4 3SQ include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Costcutter, Iceland, Lidl, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of CO4 3SQ 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
Wivenhoe
Councillors
Mark Cory (Liberal Democrat)
Michelle Burrows (Liberal Democrat)
Andrea Luxford Vaughan (Liberal Democrat)
County Council
Essex
Electoral Division
Wivenhoe St Andrew
County Councillor
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
MP
Sir Bernard Jenkin (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for CO4 3SQ.
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 CO4 3SQ.
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