| Postcode | CO5 8QD |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester |
| Nearest station | Wivenhoe (10 km) |
| Bus stops |
Church (W)
Coast Road (W)
St Peter's Road (E)
Yorick Road (E)
Cemetery (E)
Melrose Road (W)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 28 View |
| Known addresses |
West Hold, 2 High Street, West Mersea
West Mersea Hall, 4 High Street, West Mersea
1 High Street, West Mersea
3 High Street, West Mersea
6 High Street, West Mersea
7 High Street, West Mersea
8 High Street, West Mersea
10 High Street, West Mersea
16 High Street, West Mersea
18 High Street, West Mersea
20 High Street, West Mersea
22 High Street, West Mersea
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 51.775549 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.911491 | |
| Easting | 600956 | |
| Northing | 212552 | |
| Grid reference | TM009125 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 355914 5738138 | |
| what3words | argue.shocked.alley | |
| FixPhrase | crinkly majesty stimulus ungodly | |
| Plus code | 9F32QWG6+6H | |
| Altitude | 16 metres (52 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:28 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:59 | |
| 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) | 33 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 16 | |
| 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) | E00110384 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6A4 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Colchester 021E | E01021735 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Colchester 021E | E01021735 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 High Street, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | May 2024 | £250,000 |
| West Mersea Hall, 4 High Street, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2023 | £1,375,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Oct 2012 | £950,000 | |
| 20 High Street, West Mersea | Flat (leasehold) | Dec 2022 | £205,000 |
| Flat (leasehold) | Sep 2005 | £30,000 | |
| 3 High Street, West Mersea | Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2021 | £340,000 |
| Other (freehold) | Jul 2020 | £400,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 1996 | £51,500 | |
| 1 High Street, West Mersea | Other (freehold) | Sep 2021 | £733,846 |
| Other (freehold) | Nov 2016 | £501,500 | |
| 6 High Street, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2021 | £1,050,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Dec 2012 | £715,000 | |
| 10 High Street, West Mersea | Other (freehold) | Jun 2020 | £725,000 |
| 16 High Street, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Feb 2020 | £315,000 |
| West Hold, 2 High Street, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2014 | £1,350,000 |
| 18 High Street, West Mersea | Flat (leasehold) | Jun 2012 | £130,000 |