| Postcode | CO5 8BS |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester |
| Nearest station | Wivenhoe (9 km) |
| Bus stops |
No nearby bus stops
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 66 View |
| Known addresses |
Tinkerbell Cottage, 79 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
76 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
80 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
80A Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
81 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
82 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
83 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
90 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
92 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
94 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
95A Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
95B Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
98 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
98A Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
99 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
100 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
101 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
102 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
103 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
105 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
107 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
109 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
113 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
115 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
117 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea
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| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 51.77504 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.930538 | |
| Easting | 602272 | |
| Northing | 212548 | |
| Grid reference | TM022125 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 357226 5738043 | |
| what3words | sparkles.assemble.applies | |
| FixPhrase | crinkly majesty stingily swirl | |
| Plus code | 9F32QWGJ+26 | |
| Altitude | 10 metres (34 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:49 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:32 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0 KMs (0 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) | 54 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 25 | |
| 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) | E00110389 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5B1 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 109 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Nov 2024 | £675,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Mar 1997 | £122,995 | |
| Tinkerbell Cottage, 79 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2024 | £317,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Oct 2011 | £204,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Apr 2005 | £172,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 1996 | £52,500 | |
| 94 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2024 | £902,500 |
| Other (freehold) | Apr 2018 | £250,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Mar 2016 | £300,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Feb 1997 | £50,000 | |
| 90 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2023 | £255,000 |
| 95A Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2023 | £675,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Mar 2021 | £545,000 | |
| 95B Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2021 | £540,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 2018 | £250,000 | |
| 98A Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea | Other (freehold) | Nov 2019 | £610,000 |
| 101 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Sep 2019 | £547,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Sep 2018 | £520,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 2013 | £250,000 | |
| 92 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | May 2017 | £350,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Sep 2014 | £247,000 | |
| 98 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Sep 2016 | £352,500 |
| Detached (freehold) | Oct 2015 | £270,000 |