The UK Postcode Database

CO5 8JL

a postcode in Essex

Introduced in January 1980
CO5 8JL Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Streets Associated with CO5 8JL

Mersea Avenue - 57 properties, USRN 8901210

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7789 / 51°46'44"N

Longitude: 0.9099 / 0°54'35"E

UTM Reference: 31U 355817 5738516

OS Easting: 600831

OS Northing: 212921

OS Grid: TM008129

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR SPJ.GVJ

Mapcode Global: VHKGK.QKD4

Open Location Code: 9F32QWH5+HX

Maidenhead Locator System: JO01ks96

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: D1

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

ONS Population Classification: 2c2

  • Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
  • Ageing Communities
  • Ageing Independent Living

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 29121 / 32844

  • 9th decile
  • much less deprived

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

Sun and Moon Times for CO5 8JL on Monday 29 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:37
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:52
Sunrise 04:40
Transit (sun is at its highest) 12:59
Sunset 21:18
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:06
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:21
Hours of daylight today04:10 to 21:48
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:48 to 04:11
Moon Phase Full Moon
Moon Sets 02:24
Moon Rises 20:40

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

Residential Property Sales in CO5 8JL

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
24 May 2024 1a Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £655,000
14 November 2022 11 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £457,500
26 January 2021 38 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £544,000
11 November 2020 3 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £360,000
1 October 2020 1a Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £554,000
3 July 2019 22 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £275,000
20 December 2017 20 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £285,000
2 October 2017 1a Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £525,000
25 November 2016 1 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £400,000
16 June 2016 49 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £255,000
27 May 2016 12 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £345,000
30 October 2015 1a Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £467,500
14 August 2015 19 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £250,000
12 March 2015 32 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £350,000
22 September 2014 28 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £299,950
4 April 2014 30 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £280,000
3 September 2013 2 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £218,000
31 July 2013 15 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £250,000
12 April 2013 38 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £160,000
27 July 2012 14 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £249,950
27 July 2012 21 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £194,000
7 March 2012 Table Villa, 2, Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £155,000
17 September 2010 32 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £285,000
21 July 2010 25 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £200,000
29 January 2010 52 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £222,500
27 March 2009 1 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £249,995
17 October 2008 43 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £325,000
5 October 2007 14 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £232,000
9 July 2007 30 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £259,500
8 June 2007 21 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £187,500
11 May 2007 43 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £249,995
22 July 2005 35 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £210,750
19 March 2004 22 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £161,000
13 June 2003 47 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £295,000
14 March 2003 35 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £135,000
27 August 2002 12 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £165,000
8 April 2002 47 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £95,000
14 September 2001 5 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £130,000
3 August 2001 21 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £95,000
2 April 2001 30 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £142,000
2 March 2001 13 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £110,000
18 August 2000 24 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £169,950
5 July 2000 15 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £33,500
24 February 2000 4 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £139,950
6 December 1999 40 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £117,500
15 October 1999 43 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £115,000
25 June 1999 32 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £87,500
17 May 1999 31 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £105,000
4 September 1998 28 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £75,000
26 May 1998 22 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £69,000
4 February 1998 38 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £59,995
22 September 1997 9 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £14,500
5 September 1997 45 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £45,000
29 April 1997 12 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £58,000
19 March 1997 11 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £58,995
14 March 1997 10 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £69,000
11 October 1996 8 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £133,000
27 September 1996 18 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £99,995
12 January 1996 35 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £61,000
31 July 1995 13 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Semi-detached Freehold £60,000
10 January 1995 16 Mersea Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8JL Detached Freehold £127,000

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 8JL

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 8JL 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 8JL

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00110401 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01021734 Colchester 021D 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
E33026664 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

All public sector data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0.

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