Land at Weir Farm, East Mersea
- Land size
- 74.14 acres
Key Features
- Rural
- Land
- 74.14 acres of Land
- Combination of Grade 2 & 3 Land
Description
A ringfenced block of 74.14 acres or thereabouts of Grade 2 and 3 arable land, situated in East Mersea on Mersea Island. The land is some 9 miles from the centre of Colchester.
Tenure: Freehold
Location
The property is located to the south of the City of Colchester at East Mersea on Mersea Island. The land is some 9 miles from the centre of Colchester.
Nearest Postcode: CO5 8TA
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Description
The land at Weir Farm is located at East Mersea to the south of Colchester and comprises approximately 74.14 acres (30 hectares) of arable land split between three fields.
The full extent of the property is shown edged red on the attached plan for identification purposes only.
The land is classified as a combination of Grade 2 & 3 on DEFRA's Land Classification Map. According to the Soil Survey of England and Wales the land belongs to the Ratsborough series.
Access
The property benefits from access directly from East Road.
Cropping History
2025 - Winter Wheat
2024 - Grain Maize
2023 - Winter Wheat
2022 - Winter Wheat
2021 - Grain Maize
Guide Price
Offers are sought in the region of £750,000.
Method of Sale
The property is offered for sale, as a whole, by Private Treaty.
Prospective purchasers should register their interest with the selling agent to whom offers should be submitted. Please contact Hugh Wasteney or Emma Chinn at Stanfords.
Viewings
Should you wish to inspect the land, please register your interest with the agents and inform them of your attendance. Viewing may take place unaccompanied during daylight hours with a set of particulars in hand.
Land Registry
The property is registered with HM Land Registry under title number EX535963.
Tenure and Possession
The property is offered with the benefit of vacant possession.
Sporting, Mineral and Timber
To be included in the sale, so far as they are owned.
Environmental Schemes
There are no live environmental schemes on the property.
Planning
All planning enquiries should be directed to Colchester City Council.
Services
The property does not benefit from any services and prospective purchasers should make their own enquiries to the availability of services.
Local Authority
Colchester City Council, Rowan House, 33 Sheepen Road, Colchester CO3 3WG.
Covenants, Rights of Way, Easements and Wayleaves
The land is offered for sale and will be conveyed with the benefit and subject to all covenants, rights of way (whether private or public), water, drainage, sewage, wayleaves and other easements, if any, subject to all outgoings or services connected with or chargeable upon the land whether mentioned herein or not.
Boundaries, Plans, Areas, Schedule and Disputes
The plans attached to these particulars are based on Ordnance Survey and are for identification purposes only. The purchaser will be deemed to have full knowledge of the boundaries and any errors or mistakes shall not annul the sale or entitle any party to compensation in respect thereof.
VAT
Any guide price quoted or discussed is exclusive of VAT. In the event that a sale of the property or any part thereof, or any right attached to it under chargeable supply for the purposes of VAT, such tax will be payable in addition.
AML Compliance
In order to comply with current Anti-Money Laundering legislation, once an offer has been accepted (subject to contract) the prospective purchaser(s) will need to provide, as a minimum, proof of source of funds for the purchase, before the transaction can proceed.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-07-10
Market Value Analysis
Compared with 32 Farmland & Pasture listings in East Anglia (50+ acres).
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
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- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
1.8 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 25% of premises
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Mersea Island School2 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 394
- Type
- Foundation school
- Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery3 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 653
- Type
- Community school
- Langenhoe Community Primary School3.6 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 104
- Type
- Academy converter
- Fingringhoe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School3.9 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 96
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Alresford Primary School4.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 216
- Type
- Community school
Secondary
- Colne Community School3.4 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,289
- Type
- Academy converter
- The Thomas Lord Audley School6 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 940
- Type
- Academy converter
- Paxman Academy6.9 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 873
- Type
- Free schools
- Colchester Academy7.3 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 879
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Philip Morant School and College7.4 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,888
- Type
- Academy converter
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Surface water
Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.
The detail behind these bandings
The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.
- Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
- Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
- Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
- Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
- Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
- Ground risks (included in the full report)
- Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)
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