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CO5 8QZ

Postcode

A postcode in Colchester 021E, Mersea and Pyefleet ward, Colchester.

This report describes the area around CO5 8QZ, not any one home. Each figure is shown at the level it was published: the postcode, a 1 km square, the neighbourhood or the whole council, as its tag says.

Around CO5 8QZ

Schools near CO5 8QZ

Within 2 km, nearest first
SchoolDistanceLatest Ofsted outcome
Mersea Island School
Primary. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
80 m
1 minute on foot
Good (overall), March 2023

Distances are in a straight line. Councils and schools set catchments and admissions, which Open Index doesn’t map: the council’s schools pages. Ofsted outcomes are as published, each with its date; grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.

Recent sales near CO5 8QZ

Latest sale at each postcode
  • £600,000Victoria Mews, CO5 8GEMay 2024, detached, established, freehold90 m
  • £1,075,000Prince Albert Road, CO5 8ANJune 2025, detached, established, freehold110 m
  • £610,000Yorick Road, CO5 8AJJanuary 2025, detached, established, freehold140 m
  • £585,000Kingsland Road, CO5 8AHOctober 2024, detached, established, freehold170 m
  • £480,000Kingsland Road, CO5 8RADecember 2025, semi-detached, established, freehold180 m
  • £400,000Rainbow Road, CO5 8REJuly 2025, detached, established, freehold240 m
  • £610,000Broomhills Road, CO5 8APFebruary 2023, detached, established, freehold240 m
  • £665,000Melrose Road, CO5 8JAOctober 2024, detached, established, freehold250 m

HM Land Registry sales at nearby postcodes, by street and postcode only, never a house number. Sales take weeks to be registered. Every sale on the map

Within 1 km of CO5 8QZ

In a straight line

GP practices

  • WEST MERSEA SURGERY180 m

Pharmacies

  • CARE PHARMACY180 m
  • BOOTS200 m
  • ISLAND PHARMACY270 m

Dental practices

  • WEST MERSEA DENTAL PRACTICE180 m

Supermarkets

  • Spar - West MerseaSpar160 m
  • Co-op West Mersea SupermarketEast of England Co-operative170 m
  • Spar - West MerseaSpar440 m
  • Tesco West Mersea ExpressTesco490 m

The neighbourhood: Colchester 021E

Everything about Colchester 021E
Deprivation score
9.9
Joint 8,616th least deprived of 33,755
MHCLG · England only
Median sale price
£540,000
Joint 3,748th most expensive of 31,750
Worked out by Open Index
Population
1,361
Joint 16,575th least populated of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
8.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

The postcode district: CO5

Everything about CO5
Median sale price
£387,000
640th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
29,163
967th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
56.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Your MP

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Where these figures come from

Counts, distances and walking times are worked out by Open Index from each layer’s published points and outlines, in a straight line from the postcode’s centre. Street names © OpenStreetMap contributors.