| Postcode | CO5 8JQ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester | 
| Nearest station | Wivenhoe (9 km) | 
| Bus stops | High Street (S) Cemetery (E) Melrose Road (W) Yorick Road (E) St Peter's Road (E) Coast Road (W) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.778667 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.912359 | |
| Easting | 601002 | |
| Northing | 212901 | |
| Grid reference | TM010129 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 355984 5738483 | |
| what3words | flicks.clincher.spans | |
| FixPhrase | crinkly majesty stopper untrained | |
| Plus code | 9F32QWH6+FW | |
| Altitude | 20 metres (66 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:49 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:32 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.4 KMs (0.2 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 | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Essex Haven Gateway | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Essex | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | February 1990 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1995 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference | 
| 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) | E00110401 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Colchester 021D | E01021734 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Colchester 021D | E01021734 | 
| 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% |