| Postcode | CO5 8DQ |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester |
| Nearest station | Wivenhoe (9 km) |
| Bus stops |
The Fountain (W)
Mill Road Corner (S)
Mill Road Corner (N)
Elmwood Drive (N)
Empress Avenue (E)
Underwoods Garage (S)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 5 View |
| Known addresses |
1 Avocet Close, West Mersea
1A Avocet Close, West Mersea
3 Avocet Close, West Mersea
4 Avocet Close, West Mersea
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 51.780473 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.921827 | |
| Easting | 601647 | |
| Northing | 213128 | |
| Grid reference | TM016131 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 356642 5738665 | |
| what3words | partner.onion.implanted | |
| FixPhrase | crinkly majesty strategy unguarded | |
| Plus code | 9F32QWJC+5P | |
| Altitude | 20 metres (65 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:36 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:54 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.6 KMs (0.4 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 | December 1994 |
|---|---|
| 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) | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 4 | |
| 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) | E00110400 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Colchester 021B | E01021732 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Colchester 021B | E01021732 |
| 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 | £310,541 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.4% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Avocet Close, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Sep 2019 | £315,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Nov 2014 | £250,000 | |
| 3 Avocet Close, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | May 2016 | £270,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Oct 1998 | £87,000 | |
| New build detached (freehold) | Jan 1995 | £77,500 | |
| 1A Avocet Close, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Sep 2012 | £200,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | May 1997 | £79,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Nov 1996 | £70,000 | |
| 1 Avocet Close, West Mersea | New build detached (freehold) | Aug 1995 | £79,500 |