The UK Postcode Database

CO4 5QX

a postcode in Essex

Introduced in January 1980
CO4 5QX Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

The nearby postcodes map only shows currently active postcodes. Postcode markers will cluster if they are close together, which may happen in densly populated built-up areas or where single premises have multiple postcodes.

Streets Associated with CO4 5QX

Straight Road - 26 properties, USRN 8900209

Chapel Road - 1 property, USRN 8900341

Mill Road - 1 property, USRN 8901237

Newman Drive - 1 property, USRN 8902823

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9473 / 51°56'50"N

Longitude: 0.9094 / 0°54'33"E

UTM Reference: 31U 356321 5757239

OS Easting: 600049

OS Northing: 231640

OS Grid: TM000316

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR SMD.W71

Mapcode Global: VHKFS.QB41

Open Location Code: 9F32WWW5+WQ

Maidenhead Locator System: JO01kw97

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: F1

  • rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
  • a rural hamlet or isolated dwellings in populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 2b1

  • Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
  • Rural Amenity
  • Ageing Rural Communities

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 19398 / 32844

  • 6th decile
  • slightly less deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for CO4 5QX on Friday 3 July 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:40
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:54
Sunrise 04:42
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:00
Sunset 21:18
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:06
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:20
Hours of daylight today04:12 to 21:48
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:48 to 04:13
Moon Phase Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets 07:05
Moon Rises 22:12

For a full sun and moon calendar for CO4 5QX, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in CO4 5QX

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
25 June 2021 Waverley Lodge, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5QX Detached Freehold £582,000
20 September 2019 Hollies, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5QX Detached Freehold £430,000
21 July 2017 Boxted Mill House, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5QX Detached Freehold £415,000
5 August 2014 Hollies, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5QX Detached Freehold £390,000
14 February 2014 Wig Cottage, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5QX Detached Freehold £432,500
4 December 2009 Wig Bungalow, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5QX Detached Freehold £425,000
6 March 2009 Cedar Quay, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5QX Detached Freehold £359,000
15 October 2007 Royston House, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5QX Detached Freehold £290,000
30 April 2006 Wig & Fidgett, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5QX Semi-detached Freehold £180,000
16 November 2004 Oaktree Farm, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5QX Detached Freehold £365,000
28 October 2003 Harfield House, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5QX Detached Freehold £181,000
21 March 2002 Royston House, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5QX Detached Freehold £215,000
12 March 2001 Wig Bungalow, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5QX Detached Freehold £55,000
28 May 1999 Cedar Quay, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5QX Detached Freehold £200,000
30 October 1996 Hollies, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5QX Detached Freehold £172,000
12 September 1996 Boxted Mill House, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5QX Detached Freehold £103,000
3 April 1996 Royston House, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5QX Detached Freehold £150,000
8 December 1995 Cedar Quay, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5QX Detached Freehold £147,500

Key to property sale icons:

First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
Subsequent sale of existing property.
Standard sale at market value to private individual.
Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for CO4 5QX

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Harwich and North Essex

MP

Bernard Jenkin Conservative

Essex County Council
County council electoral division

Constable

Councillor

Lewis Barber Conservative

Colchester Borough Council
District council ward

Rural North

Councillors

Darius Laws Conservative

Thomas Rowe Conservative

William Sunnucks Conservative

CO4 5QX also falls within the Civil Parish of Boxted, which has its own parish council and parish councillors. These are not shown here.

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for CO4 5QX

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00110015 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01021659 Colchester 001C Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02004506 Colchester 001 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E04003981 Boxted Civil Parishes Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E05010838 Rural North Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 5 May 2016 DLUHC
E07000071 Colchester Non-metropolitan Districts Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E10000012 Essex Counties Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E12000006 East of England Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001273 Harwich and North Essex Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000028 Essex Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000193 Colchester Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33026566 Workplace Zones Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E37000056 South East Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 1 April 2020 BEIS
E38000117 NHS North East Essex CCG Sub Integrated Care Board Locations Health 1 April 2020 ODS
E40000007 East of England NHS England Regions Health 1 April 2019 ODS
E54000023 Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Boards Health 1 April 2020 NHS
E56000035 East of England Cancer Alliances Health 1 April 2024 NHS England
E58000427 Constable ED County Electoral Divisions Electoral 10 June 2004 DLUHC
E63011107 Boxted Built Up Areas Census 17 April 2024 OS
E65000001 England Non-National Park Area England Non-National Park Area Census 27 February 2023 ONS
E92000001 England Country Administrative 1 January 2009 ONS

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