| Postcode | CO5 8QS |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester |
| Nearest station | Wivenhoe (9 km) |
| Bus stops |
Church (W)
Cemetery (E)
St Peter's Road (E)
Coast Road (W)
Yorick Road (E)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 15 View |
| Known addresses |
Sandiway, 8 Captains Road, West Mersea
4 Captains Road, West Mersea
5 Captains Road, West Mersea
6 Captains Road, West Mersea
7 Captains Road, West Mersea
10 Captains Road, West Mersea
11 Captains Road, West Mersea
14 Captains Road, West Mersea
16 Captains Road, West Mersea
|
| Main property type | Semi-detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 51.777553 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.910475 | |
| Easting | 600877 | |
| Northing | 212772 | |
| Grid reference | TM008127 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 355850 5738362 | |
| what3words | plenty.crusaders.aviators | |
| FixPhrase | crinkly majesty stoning unnerve | |
| Plus code | 9F32QWH6+25 | |
| Altitude | 21 metres (67 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:46 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:49 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.3 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 | |
| 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 | November 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) | 25 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 12 | |
| 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) | E00110380 | |
| 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 | £312,181 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 1.0% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Captains Road, West Mersea | Other (freehold) | Nov 2024 | £33,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Dec 2009 | £212,500 | |
| 14 Captains Road, West Mersea | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2020 | £303,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2018 | £285,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2011 | £182,000 | |
| Terraced (freehold) | May 2001 | £87,500 | |
| 4 Captains Road, West Mersea | Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2015 | £213,000 |
| Sandiway, 8 Captains Road, West Mersea | Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 2015 | £238,000 |
| 11 Captains Road, West Mersea | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2015 | £240,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 2002 | £140,000 | |
| 6 Captains Road, West Mersea | Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2010 | £237,500 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 1999 | £63,000 | |
| 5 Captains Road, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Nov 2006 | £247,500 |
| 10 Captains Road, West Mersea | Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 2006 | £175,000 |
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | May 2001 | £100,000 | |
| 7 Captains Road, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2004 | £235,000 |