| Postcode | CO5 8EX |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester |
| Nearest station | Wivenhoe (9 km) |
| Bus stops |
Empress Avenue (W)
Seaview Avenue (SW)
Empress Avenue (E)
The Fountain (E)
The Fox (E)
Playing Fields (SW)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 44 View |
| Known addresses |
3 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
7 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
9 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
15 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
17 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
17A Empress Avenue, West Mersea
18 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
19 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
19A Empress Avenue, West Mersea
22 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
23 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
24 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
27 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
28 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
29 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
30 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
31 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
32 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
33 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
34 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
35 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
36 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
37 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
38 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
40 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
44 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
46 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
48 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
50 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
52 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 51.779116 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.927569 | |
| Easting | 602049 | |
| Northing | 212993 | |
| Grid reference | TM020129 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 357034 5738503 | |
| what3words | notch.fights.heightens | |
| Plus code | 9F32QWHH+J2 | |
| Altitude | 20 metres (67 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 4:41 | |
| Sunset (today) | 21:10 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.5 KMs (0.3 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 | June 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) | 85 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 39 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
|
|
| Rural/urban | Rural town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | West Mersea | E63011460 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00110381 | |
| Census output area (2011) | E00110381 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Colchester 021C | E01021733 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Colchester 021C | E01021733 |
| 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 | £308,192 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | -0.2% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17A Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2024 | £765,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | May 2022 | £300,000 | |
| 19 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2022 | £340,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Mar 2021 | £537,500 | |
| 19A Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Jan 2022 | £695,000 |
| Other (freehold) | Mar 2021 | £275,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jan 2007 | £140,000 | |
| 29 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Sep 2020 | £625,000 |
| 36 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Nov 2019 | £500,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Mar 2009 | £250,000 | |
| 35 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Sep 2019 | £650,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 2007 | £465,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Mar 2003 | £385,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 1997 | £165,000 | |
| 28 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2018 | £470,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Mar 2007 | £407,500 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 2001 | £178,000 | |
| 3 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2018 | £520,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Nov 2005 | £275,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jun 2001 | £205,000 | |
| 33 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Dec 2016 | £560,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Feb 2000 | £229,000 | |
| 37 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Nov 2016 | £462,500 |
| Detached (freehold) | Nov 2001 | £185,000 |