The UK Postcode Database

CO5 8GF

a postcode in Essex

Introduced in August 2006
CO5 8GF Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Streets Associated with CO5 8GF

Wellhouse Avenue - 26 properties, USRN 8902743

Saltings Crescent - 1 property, USRN 8902744

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7829 / 51°46'58"N

Longitude: 0.9285 / 0°55'42"E

UTM Reference: 31U 357110 5738921

OS Easting: 602094

OS Northing: 213414

OS Grid: TM020134

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR SPK.1LK

Mapcode Global: VHKGL.1GQ2

Open Location Code: 9F32QWMH+59

Maidenhead Locator System: JO01ls17

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: D1

  • rural town
  • a small town or larger village, surrounded by populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 2b1

  • Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
  • Rural Amenity
  • Ageing Rural Communities

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 18882 / 32844

  • 6th decile
  • slightly less deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for CO5 8GF on Sunday 28 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:36
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:52
Sunrise 04:40
Transit (sun is at its highest) 12:59
Sunset 21:19
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:07
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:22
Hours of daylight today04:10 to 21:49
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:49 to 04:10
Moon Phase Waxing Gibbous
Moon Sets 01:39
Moon Rises 19:55

For a full sun and moon calendar for CO5 8GF, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in CO5 8GF

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
1 September 2022 20 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Detached Freehold £505,000
30 August 2019 20 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Detached Freehold £385,000
27 February 2019 3 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Detached Freehold £449,200
5 August 2016 3 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Detached Freehold £410,000
19 January 2016 1 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Detached Freehold £330,000
17 December 2015 14 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Detached Freehold £333,000
6 August 2015 4 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Detached Freehold £295,000
13 February 2015 15 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Flat/apartment Leasehold £66,000
9 February 2012 8 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Detached Freehold £293,500
19 January 2012 1 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Detached Freehold £280,000
18 January 2012 11 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Flat/apartment Leasehold £215,000
9 November 2011 4 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Detached Freehold £260,000
19 August 2011 14 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Semi-detached Freehold £272,000
7 July 2011 12 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Detached Freehold £249,995
3 June 2011 16 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Semi-detached Freehold £260,000
25 February 2011 18 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Detached Freehold £275,000
26 May 2010 15 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Flat/apartment Leasehold £62,500
27 October 2009 21 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £98,552
27 October 2009 17 - 19 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £93,082
29 September 2009 25 - 27 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £91,791
29 September 2009 23 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £76,004
21 November 2008 3 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Detached Freehold £409,995
30 November 2007 11 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Flat/apartment Leasehold £200,000
8 December 2006 5 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Detached Freehold £339,995
13 October 2006 9 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Flat/apartment Leasehold £159,995
12 October 2006 7 Wellhouse Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8GF Flat/apartment Leasehold £169,995

Key to property sale icons:

First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
Subsequent sale of existing property.
Standard sale at market value to private individual.
Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for CO5 8GF

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Harwich and North Essex

MP

Bernard Jenkin Conservative

Essex County Council
County council electoral division

Mersea and Tiptree

Councillor

John Jowers Conservative

Colchester Borough Council
District council ward

Mersea & Pyefleet

Councillors

Robert Davidson Conservative

Martin Parsons Conservative

Carl Powling Conservative

CO5 8GF also falls within the Civil Parish of West Mersea, which has its own parish council and parish councillors. These are not shown here.

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for CO5 8GF

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00110398 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01021733 Colchester 021C Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02004526 Colchester 021 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E04004009 West Mersea Civil Parishes Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E05010833 Mersea and Pyefleet Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 5 May 2016 DLUHC
E07000071 Colchester Non-metropolitan Districts Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E10000012 Essex Counties Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E12000006 East of England Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001273 Harwich and North Essex Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000028 Essex Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000193 Colchester Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33026669 Workplace Zones Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E37000056 South East Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 1 April 2020 BEIS
E38000117 NHS North East Essex CCG Sub Integrated Care Board Locations Health 1 April 2020 ODS
E40000007 East of England NHS England Regions Health 1 April 2019 ODS
E54000023 Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Boards Health 1 April 2020 NHS
E56000035 East of England Cancer Alliances Health 1 April 2024 NHS England
E58000444 Mersea and Tiptree ED County Electoral Divisions Electoral 10 June 2004 DLUHC
E63011460 West Mersea Built Up Areas Census 17 April 2024 OS
E65000001 England Non-National Park Area England Non-National Park Area Census 27 February 2023 ONS
E92000001 England Country Administrative 1 January 2009 ONS

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