| Postcode | CO5 8PL |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Colchester |
| Nearest station | Wivenhoe (9 km) |
| Bus stops |
Empress Avenue (E)
The Fountain (E)
The Fountain (W)
Empress Avenue (W)
Elmwood Drive (N)
Underwoods Garage (N)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 5 View |
| Known addresses |
2 Lea Side, West Mersea
4 Lea Side, West Mersea
5 Lea Side, West Mersea
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 51.777379 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.923614 | |
| Easting | 601784 | |
| Northing | 212789 | |
| Grid reference | TM017127 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 356756 5738317 | |
| what3words | yesterday.dumpy.tonsils | |
| Plus code | 9F32QWGF+XC | |
| Altitude | 18 metres (59 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:09 | |
| Sunset (today) | 18:03 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.3 KMs (0.2 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 | February 1990 |
|---|---|
| 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) | 14 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 5 | |
| 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) | E00110378 | |
| Census output area (2011) | E00110378 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Colchester 021A | E01021731 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Colchester 021A | E01021731 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Lea Side, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2024 | £552,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 2022 | £250,000 | |
| 4 Lea Side, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Feb 2015 | £460,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Feb 2004 | £315,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Sep 2001 | £249,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Nov 1996 | £135,000 | |
| 2 Lea Side, West Mersea | Detached (freehold) | Nov 2007 | £410,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 2001 | £230,000 |