Is there a power cut in the Colchester postcode area right now?

1 live incident affecting the CO postcode area right now.

The CO postcode area covers Colchester and the surrounding postcodes.

Active incidents

active UK Power Networks

CO2 0HH, CO2 9SD, CO2 9RG, CO2 9SB, CO2 9PT, CO2 9PS

Started: 09 Oct, 00:39

Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): by 09 Oct, 03:30

Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~206

We're investigating a high voltage overhead electricity line fault which has caused a power cut in the local area.

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Planned work

No planned work currently affects the CO postcode area.

Recently restored

restored UK Power Networks

CO12 5LR, CO12 5HA, CO12 5LN, CO12 5EX, CO12 5EY, CO12 5FA

Started: 08 Oct, 20:21

Restored: 09 Oct, 01:30

Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~37

We had to turn off power in your area so our engineers could safely carry out emergency repairs to the network.

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restored UK Power Networks

CO4 9WN, CO4 9UQ, CO4 9UF, CO4 9TU, CO4 9XS, CO4 9XT

Started: 08 Oct, 12:33

Restored: 08 Oct, 13:50

A fault occurred on a piece of our electrical equipment which controls the power to your home.

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restored UK Power Networks

CO4 3BW, CO4 3BN, CO4 3BP, CO4 3DW, CO4 3AW, CO4 3AN

Started: 08 Oct, 08:50

Restored: 08 Oct, 10:30

We had to turn off power in your area so our engineers could safely carry out emergency repairs to the network.

Contains data from UK Power Networks, licensed under CC BY 4.0

Last 14 days

Operator	Power cuts	Typical time to fix
UK Power Networks	44	1h 57m
Total	44	1h 57m

Postcode districts in the CO area

District	Current	Total (14d)	Last power cut
Colchester CO1 Colchester	0	6	04 Oct, 20:20
Colchester CO2 Old Heath, Berechurch, Layer de la Haye	2	7	09 Oct, 00:39
Colchester CO3 Lexden, Fordham Heath, Stanway	0	2	05 Oct, 19:31
Colchester CO4 Greenstead, Highwoods, St Johns, Myland, Boxted, Braiswick	0	10	08 Oct, 12:33
Colchester CO6 Coggeshall, Earls Colne, Marks Tey, Great Tey, Chappel, White Colne, Wakes Colne, Fordham	0	6	05 Oct, 08:03
Colchester CO7 Brightlingsea, Wivenhoe, Great Bentley, Alresford	0	3	07 Oct, 19:07
Halstead CO9 Halstead	0	12	08 Oct, 09:04
Sudbury CO10 Sudbury, Clare, Lavenham, Long Melford	0	19	07 Oct, 17:11
Manningtree CO11 Manningtree, Lawford, Mistley, Bradfield, Wrabness, Wix, Horsley Cross, Little Bromley	0	2	07 Oct, 19:07
Harwich CO12 Harwich, Dovercourt, Parkeston, Ramsey, Little Oakley, Great Oakley, Stones Green	0	1	08 Oct, 20:21
Frinton-On-Sea CO13 Frinton-on-Sea	0	1	30 Sept, 09:21
Clacton-On-Sea CO16 Clacton-on-Sea, St Osyth, Little Clacton	0	1	07 Oct, 18:07

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We've been collecting outage data since 12 September 2026.

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