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CO5 8WD

Mersea and Pyefleet · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Mersea and Pyefleet
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO5 8UW 0 m
CO5 8US 132 m
CO5 8UN 232 m
CO5 8UJ 568 m
CO5 8UE 593 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO5 8WD
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 April 2004
Terminated
1 July 2005
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 8
Latitude
51.798451
Longitude
0.994402
British National Grid easting
606,568
British National Grid northing
215,329

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Mersea and Pyefleet · E05010833
Parish or community
E04003986
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110194
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 019D · E01021694
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 019 · E02004524

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
1
Secondary
1

  1. Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    2.4 km

  2. Colne Community School

    Academy converter

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
14
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 3
  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Burglary 1
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

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

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • COLNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    40 STATION ROAD, BRIGHTLINGSEA, COLCHESTER, CO7 0DT

    ODS code F81116

    2.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Ivy Lane

    BCT · East Mersea

    0.0 miles

  • East Mersea Ferry Landing

    FTD · East Mersea

    0.5 miles

  • East Mersea Ferry Landing

    FER · East Mersea

    0.5 miles

  • East Mersea Ferry Landing

    FBT · East Mersea

    0.5 miles

  • Fen Lane

    BCT · East Mersea

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 019D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,024 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 1 secondary schools. Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

14 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 3 events.

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