Map of CO5 8JL postcode

General information
Postcode CO5 8JL
Post Town Colchester
Nearest station Wivenhoe (9 km)
Bus stops
High Street (S)
St Peter's Road (E)
Church (W)
Coast Road (W)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 57 View
Known addresses
Table Villa, 2 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
1 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
1A Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
2 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
3 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
4 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
5 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
8 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
9 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
10 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
11 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
12 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
13 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
14 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
15 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
16 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
18 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
19 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
20 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
21 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
22 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
24 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
25 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
28 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
30 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
31 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
32 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
35 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
38 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
40 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
43 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
45 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
47 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
49 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
52 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea
Main property type Detached
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 51.778907
Longitude 0.909895
Easting 600831
Northing 212921
Grid reference TM008129
UTM reference 31U 355814 5738514
what3words ribcage.lowest.hope
Plus code 9F32QWH5+HX
Altitude 21 metres (70 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:11
Sunset (today) 18:01
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.4 KMs (0.3 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) 114
Households (2011) 53
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
1A Mersea Avenue, West MerseaDetached (freehold)May 2024£655,000
Detached (freehold)Oct 2020£554,000
Detached (freehold)Oct 2017£525,000
Detached (freehold)Oct 2015£467,500
11 Mersea Avenue, West MerseaSemi-detached (freehold)Nov 2022£457,500
Semi-detached (freehold)Mar 1997£58,995
38 Mersea Avenue, West MerseaDetached (freehold)Jan 2021£544,000
Detached (freehold)Apr 2013£160,000
Detached (freehold)Feb 1998£59,995
3 Mersea Avenue, West MerseaSemi-detached (freehold)Nov 2020£360,000
22 Mersea Avenue, West MerseaSemi-detached (freehold)Jul 2019£275,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Mar 2004£161,000
Semi-detached (freehold)May 1998£69,000
20 Mersea Avenue, West MerseaSemi-detached (freehold)Dec 2017£285,000
1 Mersea Avenue, West MerseaDetached (freehold)Nov 2016£400,000
Detached (freehold)Mar 2009£249,995
49 Mersea Avenue, West MerseaSemi-detached (freehold)Jun 2016£255,000
12 Mersea Avenue, West MerseaSemi-detached (freehold)May 2016£345,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Aug 2002£165,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Apr 1997£58,000
19 Mersea Avenue, West MerseaTerraced (freehold)Aug 2015£250,000


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