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This is a profile for the central postcode in Colchester which is CO3 3AZ. Neighbourhood profiles vary significantly from postcode to postcode.

Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be older families living in prosperous suburbs.

Neighbourhoods fitting this profile may be found more frequently in Outer London suburbs such as Bromley, Harrow, Kingston-upon-Thames, Sutton and Croydon, as well as towns like St Albans.

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Schools

Find out the performance data, locations and contact details of your local schools. All the vital information you need to help make educational decisions for your children.
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Crime

The Essex Police force is responsible for policing the Colchester Council local authority area.
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Council tax

The average council tax per household in Colchester council is £1,251.00, compared to an average in England of £1,278.93.
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Teenager killed as car hits tree

21/11/2009 10:41:38

An 18-year-old dies and a man suffers life-threatening injuries when a car hits a tree in a town in Essex.
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Town marking 100th repatriation

20/11/2009 14:09:39

The bodies of two soldiers from Essex and Cambridgeshire who were killed in Afghanistan forms the 100th repatriation procession.
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Museum given refurbishment boost

20/11/2009 09:20:16

Colchester Castle Museum in Essex gets more than £260,000 to develop plans for its refurbishment.
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Donation to power lifeboat crews

20/11/2009 12:52:33

An energy company is paying for training for lifeboat crews in Essex and Suffolk over the next three years.
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Rail firm sets investment hopes

20/11/2009 08:45:24

The head of National Express East Anglia sets out aspirations for investment on the line to improve services.
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First bus drivers suspend strike

19/11/2009 16:43:00

Bus drivers in Essex suspend industrial action while talks take place with First Group to resolve a dispute over pay.
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Tell us a story

05/05/2009 12:57:07

Contact BBC News Interactive for Essex
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More news sites

21/04/2009 12:25:57

Links to other local news internet sites in Essex
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Photos of 60s

18/11/2009 15:10:58

Rediscovered photos of stars from the 1960s
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Railway Stations

Colchester Town (0.87 miles away), National Express East Anglia

Colchester (1.41 miles away), National Express East Anglia

Hythe (1.82 miles away), National Express East Anglia

Wivenhoe (3.50 miles away), National Express East Anglia

Marks Tey (4.50 miles away), National Express East Anglia

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