| Postcode | CO5 8BL |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester |
| Nearest station | Wivenhoe (9 km) |
| Bus stops |
Seaview Avenue (SW)
Empress Avenue (W)
Empress Avenue (E)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 48 View |
| Known addresses |
39 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
45 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
47 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
51 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
53 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
55 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
55A Empress Avenue, West Mersea
57 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
58 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
59 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
60 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
61 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
62 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
63 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
64 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
66 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
67 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
68 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
70 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
71 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
72 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
73 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
74 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
75 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
76 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
78 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
79 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
80 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
81 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
84 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
86 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
88 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
90 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
92 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
96 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
98 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 51.775987 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.928236 | |
| Easting | 602109 | |
| Northing | 212647 | |
| Grid reference | TM021126 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 357070 5738153 | |
| what3words | slowness.provider.hazel | |
| Plus code | 9F32QWGH+97 | |
| Altitude | 17 metres (57 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:11 | |
| Sunset (today) | 18:01 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.1 KMs (0.1 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 | February 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) | 84 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 40 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
|
|
| Rural/urban | Rural town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | West Mersea | E63011460 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00110385 | |
| Census output area (2011) | E00110385 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Colchester 021A | E01021731 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Colchester 021A | E01021731 |
| 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 | £299,813 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | -4.0% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2024 | £453,460 |
| 64 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2022 | £585,000 |
| 76 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2021 | £350,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2010 | £203,000 | |
| 55A Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2020 | £765,000 |
| 59 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Sep 2020 | £555,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Sep 2006 | £425,000 | |
| New build detached (freehold) | Mar 2006 | £379,000 | |
| 57 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Sep 2020 | £552,500 |
| Detached (freehold) | Sep 2019 | £525,000 | |
| New build detached (freehold) | Oct 2005 | £389,995 | |
| 53 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2020 | £775,000 |
| Other (freehold) | Aug 2020 | £775,000 | |
| Other (freehold) | Mar 2019 | £660,000 | |
| 55 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2020 | £700,000 |
| 86 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Dec 2019 | £690,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Sep 2017 | £340,000 | |
| 98 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Nov 2017 | £301,000 |