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Old Ipswich Road, CO7

Key Features

  • EPC A rated Sustainable Design
  • 5m Wide 4m High Electric Loading Doors
  • Parking Facilities
  • 37.5 kN/m2 Floor Loading
  • Steel Portal Frame Construction
  • Three Phase Power Supply
  • Quick Access to Felixstowe & Harwich Ports

Description

Systematic Business Park occupies a prime position on Old Ipswich Road, directly off Junction 29 of the A12, placing occupiers at the heart of one of the East of England's most dynamic commercial regions.

Colchester's strategic location between London and the Port of Felixstowe makes it a key hub for logistics, manufacturing and distribution. With swift connections to major road, rail and port infrastructure, the town is attracting a diverse range of businesses looking to expand and operate efficiently across the South East.

Systematic Business Park sets a new benchmark for light industrial, trade and business space in Colchester
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This brand-new 5.47-acre (2.2-hectare) development comprises 30 high-quality units from 1,700 to 4,867 sq ft, with the ability to combine up to 25,000 sq ft for larger occupiers.

Designed with a low-density layout, the park provides generous parking, loading and manoeuvring areas, ensuring smooth operational flow for logistics, manufacturing, and storage businesses alike.
Each unit benefits from planning use classes E(g), B2 and B8, supporting a wide range of industrial and commercial uses.

Positioned just off the A12, Systematic Business Park offers exceptional connectivity to Colchester, Ipswich, London, and key transport routes across the South East, making it one of the region's most accessible and future-ready business destinations.

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Property details

Tenure
Leasehold
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Date Posted
2026-07-17

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Langham Primary Academy1.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    101
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Ardleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy1.4 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    81
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Brinkley Grove Primary School1.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    403
    Type
    Foundation school
  • St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Colchester1.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    210
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Highwoods Community Primary School2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    453
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • The Gilberd School1.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,588
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Trinity School1.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    780
    Type
    Free schools
  • Colchester Academy2.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    879
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • St Helena School3.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    986
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Colchester Royal Grammar School4.1 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,073
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Christian
    Gender
    Boys

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Tesco Colchester Extra, Colchester2 miles
M&S Colchester Eastwood BP, Colchester2 miles
Tesco Colchester St Johns Express, Colchester2.2 miles

GP surgery

Bluebell Surgery1.6 miles

Pharmacy

Tesco Instore Pharmacy2 miles

Hospital

Colchester General Hospital2.6 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Colchester Rail Station3.2 miles

Nearest bus stop

Langham Oak952 metres

Typical drive times

Hadleigh17 min · 11 miles
Wivenhoe14 min · 8.3 miles
Manningtree11 min · 6.5 miles
Colchester (city)12 min · 6.1 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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