Map of CO5 8DB postcode

General information
Postcode CO5 8DB
Post Town Colchester
Nearest station Wivenhoe (10 km)
Bus stops
Yorick Road (E)
Underwoods Garage (S)
Melrose Road (W)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 19 View
Known addresses
3 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West Mersea
4 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West Mersea
5 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West Mersea
6 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West Mersea
7 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West Mersea
8 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West Mersea
9 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West Mersea
10 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West Mersea
11 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West Mersea
12 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West Mersea
13 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West Mersea
14 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West Mersea
15 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West Mersea
16 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West Mersea
17 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West Mersea
18 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West Mersea
Main property type Flat
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 51.773517
Longitude 0.920494
Easting 601586
Northing 212351
Grid reference TM015123
UTM reference 31U 356528 5737894
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Plus code 9F32QWFC+C5
Altitude 5 metres (16 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:11
Sunset (today) 18:01
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.2 KMs (0.1 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishWest MerseaE04004009
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
MPSir Bernard JenkinConservative
Police forceEssex
Water companyAnglian Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Essex Haven Gateway
NUTS/ITL 2 Essex
NUTS/ITL 1 East of England
Country England E92000001
Data
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
Demographics
Population (2011) 17
Households (2011) 11
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
26,994 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£42,800
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanRural town and fringe
Built up area (2024)West MerseaE63011460
Census output area (2021)E00110383
Census output area (2011)E00110383
Lower layer super output area (2021)Colchester 021AE01021731
Lower layer super output area (2011)Colchester 021AE01021731
Middle layer super output area (2021)West MerseaE02004526
Middle layer super output area (2011)West MerseaE02004526
Travel to work areaColchesterE30000193
Property sales
Average property price in Colchester £299,813
Annual change -4.0%
View all properties sold in the CO postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
11 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West MerseaFlat (leasehold)Nov 2022£445,000
Flat (leasehold)Aug 2011£285,000
Flat (leasehold)Jun 2005£215,000
Flat (leasehold)Dec 2003£160,000
3 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West MerseaFlat (leasehold)Dec 2019£415,000
Flat (leasehold)Oct 2014£287,000
Flat (leasehold)Aug 1998£74,000
18 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West MerseaFlat (leasehold)Dec 2018£375,000
Flat (leasehold)Mar 2016£345,000
Flat (leasehold)Mar 2004£192,000
Flat (leasehold)Oct 2000£96,125
Flat (leasehold)Apr 1998£69,000
10 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West MerseaFlat (leasehold)May 2018£367,500
Flat (leasehold)Sep 1995£67,250
17 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West MerseaFlat (leasehold)Feb 2017£310,000
Flat (leasehold)Aug 2000£105,000
16 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West MerseaFlat (leasehold)Mar 2016£323,000
Flat (leasehold)Nov 2012£250,000
Flat (leasehold)Oct 2009£220,000
Flat (leasehold)Nov 2006£219,995
Flat (leasehold)Dec 1996£59,500
4 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West MerseaFlat (leasehold)Jan 2016£270,000
5 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West MerseaFlat (leasehold)Sep 2015£365,000
Flat (leasehold)Apr 2011£300,000
Flat (leasehold)Jun 1998£80,000
9 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West MerseaFlat (leasehold)Jan 2014£249,000
Flat (leasehold)Oct 1999£83,550
7 Shears Court, Shears Crescent, West MerseaFlat (leasehold)Jan 2010£250,000
Flat (leasehold)Jun 1999£85,000
Flat (leasehold)Dec 1996£50,000


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