Map of CO5 8JH postcode

General information
Postcode CO5 8JH
Post Town Colchester
Nearest station Wivenhoe (9 km)
Bus stops
High Street (S)
Cemetery (E)
Melrose Road (W)
Yorick Road (E)
St Peter's Road (E)
Coast Road (W)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 3 View
Known addresses
Cresta House, 7 High Street North, West Mersea
1 High Street North, West Mersea
Main property type Detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 51.778687
Longitude 0.91223
Easting 600993
Northing 212903
Grid reference TM009129
UTM reference 31U 355975 5738485
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Plus code 9F32QWH6+FV
Altitude 20 metres (66 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:11
Sunset (today) 18:01
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.4 KMs (0.2 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) 5
Households (2011) 3
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
29,121 / 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)E00110401
Census output area (2011)E00110401
Lower layer super output area (2021)Colchester 021DE01021734
Lower layer super output area (2011)Colchester 021DE01021734
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
1 High Street North, West MerseaDetached (freehold)Feb 2021£570,000
Cresta House, 7 High Street North, West MerseaDetached (freehold)Aug 2019£350,000
New build detached (freehold)Oct 2007£285,000


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