Copford

Copford
Copford police station
Copford is located in Essex
Copford
Copford
Location within Essex
Population1,689 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTL9223
Civil parish
  • Copford with Easthorpe
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townColchester
Postcode districtCO6
Dialling code01206
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Essex
51°52′53″N 0°48′13″E / 51.88126°N 0.803719°E / 51.88126; 0.803719

Copford is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of Colchester, and the hamlet of Copford Green is found a short distance to the south. The poet Matthew Arnold noted he was struck by "the deeply rural character of the village and neighbourhood."[2]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  2. ^ Arnold, Matthew; George W. E. Russell (2004). Letters of Matthew Arnold 1848 to 1888 Part One. Kessinger Publishing. p. 416. ISBN 1-4179-5676-3.