| Postcode | CO5 8AT |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester |
| Nearest station | Wivenhoe (9 km) |
| Bus stops |
Underwoods Garage (S)
Elmwood Drive (N)
Melrose Road (W)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 101 View |
| Known addresses |
Blackwater Lodge, 11 Victoria Esplanade, West Mersea
1 Victoria Esplanade, West Mersea
3 Victoria Esplanade, West Mersea
5 Victoria Esplanade, West Mersea
7 Victoria Esplanade, West Mersea
9 Victoria Esplanade, West Mersea
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 51.773926 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.92255 | |
| Easting | 601726 | |
| Northing | 212402 | |
| Grid reference | TM017124 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 356671 5737935 | |
| what3words | quietly.denoting.irritable | |
| FixPhrase | crinkly majesty stereo viscous | |
| Plus code | 9F32QWFF+H2 | |
| Altitude | 9 metres (29 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:48 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:34 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.1 KMs (0.1 miles) |
| Parish | West Mersea | E04004009 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| MP | Sir Bernard Jenkin | Conservative |
| Police force | Essex | |
| Water company | Anglian Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Essex Haven Gateway | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Essex | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 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 |
| Population (2011) | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 5 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
|
|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | West Mersea | E63011460 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00110383 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1A4 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Colchester 021A | E01021731 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Colchester 021A | E01021731 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | West Mersea | E02004526 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | West Mersea | E02004526 |
| Travel to work area | Colchester | E30000193 |
| Average property price in Colchester | £310,274 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.3% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Victoria Esplanade, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Sep 2024 | £1,300,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | May 2019 | £610,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 2017 | £550,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Oct 2000 | £180,000 | |
| 9 Victoria Esplanade, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Apr 2024 | £850,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Dec 2004 | £387,500 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jan 2002 | £340,000 | |
| 1 Victoria Esplanade, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2019 | £900,000 |
| 3 Victoria Esplanade, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | May 2015 | £365,000 |
| Blackwater Lodge, 11 Victoria Esplanade, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2008 | £475,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Dec 1999 | £225,000 | |
| 5 Victoria Esplanade, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Oct 1997 | £150,000 |