| Postcode | CO5 8ET |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester |
| Nearest station | Wivenhoe (9 km) |
| Bus stops |
Empress Avenue (E)
Seaview Avenue (NE)
Seaview Avenue (SW)
The Fountain (E)
The Fountain (W)
Playing Fields (SW)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 8 View |
| Known addresses |
1 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
2 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
4 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
6 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
12 Empress Avenue, West Mersea
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 51.780951 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.926093 | |
| Easting | 601939 | |
| Northing | 213193 | |
| Grid reference | TM019131 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 356938 5738709 | |
| what3words | jams.tenure.stay | |
| Plus code | 9F32QWJG+9C | |
| Altitude | 20 metres (65 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:11 | |
| Sunset (today) | 18:01 | |
| 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 | |
| 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) | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 6 | |
| 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) | E00110396 | |
| Census output area (2011) | E00110396 | |
| 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 | £299,813 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | -4.0% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Nov 2022 | £606,000 |
| 1 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2019 | £555,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 2010 | £445,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 2004 | £380,000 | |
| 12 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Dec 2016 | £505,000 |
| 2 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Jun 2010 | £335,000 |
| 4 Empress Avenue, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Sep 1996 | £113,000 |