Area Guide For CO1 1RU

When it comes to housing in the CO1 1RU area, the number of houses Owned (no mortgage) are 65, while those Owned (with mortgage) are 136. There are around 255 Shared ownership properties, 20 Local Authority rented, 62 Housing Association rented and around 132 are Private rented.

According to our area research, you can expect to find around 115 Senior management/Professionals in the area and about 133 Junior managment/Professionals. Moreover, 83 people are Small business/Self-employed, while 95 are employed in Routine occupation and 104 are engaged in Semi-routine occupations. The number of Unemployed people on the other hand is only 96.

In CO1 1RU area, Couple with children amount to 94 while Couple without children amount to 104. The neighbourhood also has around 93 Single parent families.

Our area research further shows that the most popular activity for residents is cinema, with 117 votes. Around 97 people are DIY enthusiasts, 103 people are interested in eating out, 105 like exercise, 116 are into football and 95 are fond of gardening. 102 people also like music while 104 are into traveling.

The Independent is the most subscribed (113) newspaper in the area, followed by The Sun (104), Daily Mail (98), Daily Express (96), The Guardian (93), The Times (87), Daily Mirror (74) and Daily Telegraph (70).

Some of the nearest services available in CO1 1RU are Inkpen & Downie (Architect), H2o Interiors (Kitchen Designers & Installers), Cobblers Corner (Key Cutting Services), Windoworld Ltd (Double Glazing Installer), Simply Living (Interior Designers), Harley & Lola (Furniture Stores), Anglian Electrics (Electrician), B D G Design South Ltd (Architectural Service), A A Carpet Cleaners Ltd (Carpet & Rugs Shop), Colchester Carpet Cleaning (Carpet & Rugs Shop), Hughes Electrical Ltd (Appliance Retailer), Sharps Bedrooms Within Homebase (Bedroom Designer), Steven Holdings Ltd (Property Maintenance Services), Spectrum Security Services Ltd (Locksmiths), Windoworld Ltd (Double Glazing Installer), Bensons Beds (Bed & Bedding Shop), Cowdray Carpet Centre (Carpet Fitter), Window World (Double Glazing Installer), Wickes Building Supplies Ltd (DIY Shop), Homebase Ltd (DIY Shop), Bowling Garrard Electrical Ltd (Electronic Shop), Colchester Illuminations Ltd (Lighting Stores), Wentworth Kitchens (Kitchen Designers & Installers), Ripples Bathrooms (Bathroom Designer), Buildmarque (Builder), Current Concepts (Electronic Shop), Bennett & Sons (Carpenters & Joiners), Purcell LLP (Architect), Kitchen Worktop Shop (Kitchen Designers & Installers), Hurley Porte & Duell Ltd (Architect), Wedo Home (Furniture Stores), Stanley Bragg Architects Ltd (Architect), Simply Living (Interior Designers), Chadwick Interiors (Curtain Supplier), The Panasonic Store (Electrician), Mile End Maintenance Services (Property Maintenance Services), B W S Appliances (Appliance Repairs), Colchester Carpet Cleaners (Carpet & Rugs Shop), A Barber & Son Ltd (Builder), Mark William Interiors Ltd (Interior Designers), Carpetright Plc (Carpet Fitter), Colchester Electrical Wholesale (Lighting Stores), Colchester Locksmiths (Locksmiths), B H Electrical Ltd (Electronic Shop), Tony Pryor Architect Ltd (Architect), Merrills Electrical (Appliance Retailer), Black & White Contracts Ltd (Electronic Shop), Re-hang (Curtain Supplier), D R M Plumbing & Heating (Plumbers), Colchester Heating Components Ltd (Boiler Repair & Servicer), Hammond & Sons (Plumbers), Merrills Electrical (Appliance Repairs), Helpline Community Alarms (Security systems) and Duncan Clark & Beckett (Architect).

CO1 1RU 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 1RU has many primary, secondary and private schools to choose from including primary schools like North Primary School and Nursery, St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided 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.