Map of CO5 8HZ postcode

General information
Postcode CO5 8HZ
Post Town Colchester
Nearest station Wivenhoe (9 km)
Bus stops
Melrose Road (W)
Underwoods Garage (N)
Church (W)
Underwoods Garage (S)
Elmwood Drive (N)
High Street (S)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 8 View
Known addresses
2 Yorick Avenue, West Mersea
4 Yorick Avenue, West Mersea
6 Yorick Avenue, West Mersea
10 Yorick Avenue, West Mersea
12 Yorick Avenue, West Mersea
Main property type Detached
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 51.776914
Longitude 0.916306
Easting 601282
Northing 212717
Grid reference TM012127
UTM reference 31U 356250 5738280
what3words scripted.broadens.unrated
Plus code 9F32QWG8+QG
Altitude 19 metres (62 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) 16
Households (2011) 7
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
27,322 / 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)E00110379
Census output area (2011)E00110379
Lower layer super output area (2021)Colchester 021EE01021735
Lower layer super output area (2011)Colchester 021EE01021735
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
4 Yorick Avenue, West MerseaDetached (freehold)Dec 2019£465,000
6 Yorick Avenue, West MerseaDetached (freehold)Sep 2017£699,995
Detached (freehold)Jan 2016£563,000
12 Yorick Avenue, West MerseaNew build detached (freehold)Nov 1999£222,500
10 Yorick Avenue, West MerseaNew build detached (freehold)Apr 1997£60,000
2 Yorick Avenue, West MerseaDetached (freehold)Apr 1997£89,000


View all properties sold in the CO5 8 sector

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2025. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025
Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2025
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database rights 2025
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0
Contains data from Wikipedia covered by the Creative Commons license