Map of CO5 8FU postcode

General information
Postcode CO5 8FU
Post Town Colchester
Nearest station Wivenhoe (8 km)
Bus stops
The Fox (E)
Seaview Avenue (NE)
The Fox (W)
Dawes Lane (E)
Dawes Lane (W)
Empress Avenue (W)
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 51.785939
Longitude 0.929881
Easting 602178
Northing 213758
Grid reference TM021137
UTM reference 31U 357215 5739257
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Plus code 9F32QWPH+9X
Altitude 21 metres (69 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:39
Sunset (today) 21:15
Distance away
Distance to sea 1.2 KMs (0.8 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
NUTS/ITL 3 Essex Haven Gateway
NUTS/ITL 2 Essex
NUTS/ITL 1 East of England
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced September 2024
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
Demographics
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
Census output area (2021)E00110392
Census output area (2011)E00110392
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
Average property price in Colchester £308,192
Annual change -0.2%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
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