| Postcode | CO5 8NJ |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester |
| Nearest station | Wivenhoe (9 km) |
| Bus stops |
Victory PH (E)
Cemetery (E)
Coast Road (W)
The Coast Inn (N)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 11 View |
| Known addresses |
1A Blackwater Drive, West Mersea
2A Blackwater Drive, West Mersea
3 Blackwater Drive, West Mersea
4 Blackwater Drive, West Mersea
5 Blackwater Drive, West Mersea
6 Blackwater Drive, West Mersea
7 Blackwater Drive, West Mersea
8 Blackwater Drive, West Mersea
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 51.778592 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.904438 | |
| Easting | 600456 | |
| Northing | 212871 | |
| Grid reference | TM004128 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 355437 5738490 | |
| what3words | typically.dampen.model | |
| Plus code | 9F32QWH3+CQ | |
| Altitude | 16 metres (53 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:09 | |
| Sunset (today) | 18:03 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.1 KMs (0.1 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) | 17 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 9 | |
| 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) | E00110382 | |
| Census output area (2011) | E00110382 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Colchester 021D | E01021734 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Colchester 021D | E01021734 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Blackwater Drive, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Nov 2024 | £550,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Nov 2023 | £570,000 | |
| 1A Blackwater Drive, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Apr 2023 | £530,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | May 2021 | £362,500 | |
| Detached (freehold) | May 1997 | £93,000 | |
| 3 Blackwater Drive, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2021 | £710,000 |
| 5 Blackwater Drive, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | May 2021 | £400,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Jun 2004 | £267,500 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Apr 1995 | £115,000 | |
| 8 Blackwater Drive, West Mersea | Other (freehold) | Oct 2020 | £565,000 |
| 6 Blackwater Drive, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Jun 2020 | £432,000 |
| 2A Blackwater Drive, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2015 | £450,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | May 1999 | £162,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Apr 1995 | £120,000 | |
| 4 Blackwater Drive, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2001 | £235,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | May 1996 | £125,000 |