Map of CO5 8HB postcode

General information
Postcode CO5 8HB
Post Town Colchester
Nearest station Wivenhoe (8 km)
Bus stops
Seaview Avenue (SW)
Empress Avenue (W)
Empress Avenue (E)
The Fox (E)
The Fox (W)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 6 View
Known addresses
69 East Road, West Mersea
71 East Road, West Mersea
77 East Road, West Mersea
79 East Road, West Mersea
Main property type Detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 51.782009
Longitude 0.928365
Easting 602091
Northing 213317
Grid reference TM020133
UTM reference 31U 357098 5738823
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Plus code 9F32QWJH+R8
Altitude 20 metres (66 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:18
Sunset (today) 17:56
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.8 KMs (0.5 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishWest MerseaE04004009
Ward Mersea and Pyefleet E05010833
Local Authority District Colchester E07000071
County Electoral Division Mersea and Tiptree E58000444
Local Authority Essex E10000012
County Essex E10000012
Constituency (2024) Harwich and North Essex E14001273
MPSir Bernard JenkinConservative
Police forceEssex
Water companyAnglian Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Essex Haven Gateway
NUTS/ITL 2 Essex
NUTS/ITL 1 East of England
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated February 2025
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Population (2011) 6
Households (2011) 4
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
18,882 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£42,800
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanRural town and fringe
Built up area (2024)West MerseaE63011460
Census output area (2021)E00110398
Census output area (2011)E00110398
Lower layer super output area (2021)Colchester 021CE01021733
Lower layer super output area (2011)Colchester 021CE01021733
Middle layer super output area (2021)West MerseaE02004526
Middle layer super output area (2011)West MerseaE02004526
Travel to work areaColchesterE30000193
Property sales
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
79 East Road, West MerseaDetached (freehold)Oct 2024£405,000
Detached (freehold)May 2016£244,964
71 East Road, West MerseaDetached (freehold)Mar 2020£324,600
69 East Road, West MerseaDetached (freehold)Dec 2016£275,000
77 East Road, West MerseaDetached (freehold)Mar 2012£210,000


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