CO5 8LS

Mersea and Pyefleet · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Local authority
Colchester
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO5 8LT 68 m
CO5 8GL 80 m
CO5 8LX 152 m
CO5 8LG 181 m
CO5 8LY 213 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO5 8LS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 8
Latitude
51.775806
Longitude
0.904041
British National Grid easting
600,439
British National Grid northing
212,559

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Parish or community
E04004009
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110388
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 021E · E01021735
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 021 · E02004526

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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67 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Rosebank, 64, Flat 2, Coast Road, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8LS 30 May 2025 £330,000
Rosebank, 64, Flat 10, Coast Road, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8LS 29 November 2024 £300,000
86, Coast Road, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8LS 7 August 2024 £1,050,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Mersea Island School

    Foundation school

    978 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
241
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 99
  • Anti social behaviour 27
  • Criminal damage and arson 27
  • Other theft 25
  • Public order 23

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
45

25 female, 20 male

Postcode households
26
Residents per household
1.7
CO5 8 residents
7,515

Age bands in CO5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.2%

841 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

646 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.4%

1,159 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

2,157 residents

Age 65 and over
36.1%

2,709 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO5 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
97.5%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
47.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
47.5%
Gigabit-capable
47.5%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • WEST MERSEA SURGERY

    32 KINGSLAND ROAD, WEST MERSEA, COLCHESTER, CO5 8RA

    ODS code F81012

    1.1 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • High Street

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.3 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.3 miles
  • Tesco

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.4 miles
  • Church

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.4 miles
  • Upland Rd

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 021E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,093 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
5 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
2
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £385,000 from 7 recorded sales in CO5 8LS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Colchester is £298,003 in June 2026, down 0.3% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Mersea Island School is the nearest published school at 978 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

Published police records

241 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 99 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.