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

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.