| Postcode | CO5 8SL |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester |
| Nearest station | Wivenhoe (7 km) |
| Bus stops |
Dawes Lane (W)
Blue Row (W)
Blue Row (E)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 21 View |
| Known addresses |
3 East Mersea Road, West Mersea
5 East Mersea Road, West Mersea
7A East Mersea Road, West Mersea
15 East Mersea Road, West Mersea
17 East Mersea Road, West Mersea
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 51.791201 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.932006 | |
| Easting | 602301 | |
| Northing | 214349 | |
| Grid reference | TM023143 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 357378 5739838 | |
| what3words | incorrect.sues.engineers | |
| FixPhrase | crinkly majesty suds trapezoid | |
| Plus code | 9F32QWRJ+FR | |
| Altitude | 21 metres (68 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:46 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:49 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 1.1 KMs (0.7 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) | 17 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 9 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
|
|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00110390 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Colchester 021C | E01021733 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Colchester 021C | E01021733 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7A East Mersea Road, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Dec 2019 | £975,000 |
| 17 East Mersea Road, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Sep 2019 | £750,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Oct 2001 | £300,000 | |
| 15 East Mersea Road, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2010 | £250,000 |
| 5 East Mersea Road, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | May 2002 | £275,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Oct 1999 | £215,000 | |
| 3 East Mersea Road, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Feb 2000 | £200,000 |