Area Guide For CO1 1BQ

When it comes to housing in the CO1 1BQ area, the number of houses Owned (no mortgage) are 48, while those Owned (with mortgage) are 73. There are around 189 Shared ownership properties, 35 Local Authority rented, 171 Housing Association rented and around 255 are Private rented.

According to our area research, you can expect to find around 148 Senior management/Professionals in the area and about 124 Junior managment/Professionals. Moreover, 64 people are Small business/Self-employed, while 62 are employed in Routine occupation and 69 are engaged in Semi-routine occupations. The number of Unemployed people on the other hand is only 123.

In CO1 1BQ area, Couple with children amount to 60 while Couple without children amount to 129. The neighbourhood also has around 112 Single parent families.

Our area research further shows that the most popular activity for residents is cinema, with 132 votes. Around 61 people are DIY enthusiasts, 91 people are interested in eating out, 99 like exercise, 132 are into football and 58 are fond of gardening. 99 people also like music while 77 are into traveling.

The Independent is the most subscribed (231) newspaper in the area, followed by The Guardian (199), The Times (134), The Sun (77), Daily Express (73), Daily Mail (73), Daily Telegraph (59) and Daily Mirror (46).

Some of the nearest services available in CO1 1BQ are Hurley Porte & Duell (Architect), Mark William Interiors Ltd (Interior Designers), Homebase Ltd (DIY Shop), Bowling Garrard Electrical Ltd (Electronic Shop), Wickes Building Supplies Ltd (DIY Shop), Current Concepts (Electronic Shop), Ripples Bathrooms (Bathroom Designer), Buildmarque (Builder), Windoworld Ltd (Double Glazing Installer), Anglian Electrics (Electrician), B D G Design South Ltd (Architectural Service), A Barber & Son Ltd (Builder), Bennett & Sons (Carpenters & Joiners), Purcell LLP (Architect), Merrills Electrical (Appliance Retailer), Black & White Contracts Ltd (Electronic Shop), Re-hang (Curtain Supplier), Bowling Garrard Electrical (Electronic Shop), Inkpen & Downie (Architect), The Panasonic Store (Electrician), B W S Appliances (Appliance Repairs), Colchester Carpet Cleaners (Carpet & Rugs Shop), H2o Interiors (Kitchen Designers & Installers), Stanley Bragg Architects Ltd (Architect), Essex Electrician (Electronic Shop), Simply Living (Interior Designers), Chadwick Interiors (Curtain Supplier), Colchester Illuminations Ltd (Lighting Stores), Wentworth Kitchens (Kitchen Designers & Installers), D R M Plumbing & Heating (Plumbers), Hammond & Sons (Plumbers), Merrills Electrical (Appliance Repairs), Colchester Heating Components Ltd (Boiler Repair & Servicer), Helpline Community Alarms (Security systems), Duncan Clark & Beckett (Architect), A A Carpet Cleaners Ltd (Carpet & Rugs Shop), Colchester Carpet Cleaning (Carpet & Rugs Shop), Hughes Electrical Ltd (Appliance Retailer), Colchester Electrical Wholesale (Lighting Stores), B H Electrical Ltd (Electronic Shop), Tony Pryor Architect Ltd (Architect), Colchester Locksmiths (Locksmiths), Sharps Bedrooms Within Homebase (Bedroom Designer), Steven Holdings Ltd (Property Maintenance Services), Spectrum Security Services Ltd (Locksmiths), Bates Roofing & Construction (Roofing Contractors), Cobblers Corner (Key Cutting Services), No Letting Go (Property Maintenance Services), Windoworld Ltd (Double Glazing Installer), Graham Aitken & Associates (Building Surveyor), Kitchen Worktop Shop (Kitchen Designers & Installers), Hurley Porte & Duell Ltd (Architect), Value Nation (Building Surveyor) and Stanley Bragg (Architect).

CO1 1BQ has access to various means of transportation including tube, bus and ferry ports. Nearest tube stations include . There is also easy access to airports like London Stansted Airport, London Southend Airport, Manston Airport then there are ferry ports that can be used to get by e.g. Brightlingsea Ferry Landing, Point Clear Ferry Landing, Harwich International Ferry Terminal.

Close access to schools is most important factor in decision making for parents when buying any property. CO1 1BQ has many primary, secondary and private schools to choose from including primary schools like North Primary School and Nursery, St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, St John's Green Primary School. Some of the secondary schools include St Helena School, Colchester Institute, Sixth Form College Colchester. Then there are others like St Mary's School, Colchester High School, Kingswode Hoe School.