| Postcode | CO5 8RQ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester | 
| Nearest station | Wivenhoe (9 km) | 
| Bus stops | Mill Road Corner (S) Mill Road Corner (N) The Fountain (E) Elmwood Drive (N) Lawns Close (N) Lawns Close (S) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.781 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.920542 | |
| Easting | 601556 | |
| Northing | 213183 | |
| Grid reference | TM015131 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 356555 5738726 | |
| what3words | cult.imprinted.insulated | |
| FixPhrase | crinkly majesty stress swirl | |
| Plus code | 9F32QWJC+C6 | |
| Altitude | 21 metres (67 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:49 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:32 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.7 KMs (0.4 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 | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | May 2005 | 
| 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 | 
| 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) | E00110393 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Colchester 021B | E01021732 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Colchester 021B | E01021732 | 
| 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% |