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Benson Drive, CM8

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£394,995
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£4,607
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
15
Distinct homes
13
Price range
£309,995£469,995
Sales recorded
2022 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Benson Drive is mostly detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £394,995 — roughly 27% above the CM8 norm. On floor area that works out near £4,607 per square metre, above the district's £3,786. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; CM8 prices as a whole have been easing. With 15 sales across 13 homes since 2022, the street turns over frequently.

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Benson Drive prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 15 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianCM8 district trend
£250k£300k£350k£400k£450k202220232024202520262022: £394,995 median · 13 sales2024: £430,000 median · 1 sale2025: £335,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the CM8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Benson Drive compares

Benson Drive against the CM8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Benson Drive£395k · 15*
Flemming Way£377k · 100
Butcher Row£339k · 53
Hatfield Road£300k · 71
Holst Avenue£295k · 64
Epping Way£273k · 64
Constance Close£225k · 64
Mortimer Way£205k · 74
Collingwood Road£170k · 145
Newland Street£142k · 99

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£394,995
median · all recorded sales
CM8 district
£310,000
median · last 8 years · street +27%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Benson Drive's £394,995 median sits about 27% above CM8's £310,000; on floor space it runs £4,607/m² against the district's £3,786/m² (+22%).

Street and CM8 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on Benson Drive.

Detached
£402,995
9 sales
Semi-detached
£314,995
6 sales

Every recorded sale on Benson Drive

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
31 Oct 20258 · CM8 2ZRSemi-detached£335,000
18 Oct 202410 · CM8 2ZRDetached£430,000
22 Jul 20221 · CM8 2ZRSemi-detachedYes£409,995
30 Jun 20225 · CM8 2ZRSemi-detachedYes£314,995
24 Jun 20229 · CM8 2ZRDetachedYes£434,995
24 Jun 202211 · CM8 2ZRDetachedYes£469,995
24 Jun 202212 · CM8 2ZRDetachedYes£402,995
27 May 20226 · CM8 2ZRSemi-detachedYes£309,995
27 May 20223 · CM8 2ZRSemi-detachedYes£314,995
27 May 20228 · CM8 2ZRSemi-detachedYes£309,995
27 May 202210 · CM8 2ZRDetachedYes£384,995
26 May 20227 · CM8 2ZRDetachedYes£402,995
29 Apr 20224 · CM8 2ZRDetachedYes£394,995
29 Apr 20222 · CM8 2ZRDetachedYes£394,995
31 Mar 202214 · CM8 2ZRDetachedYes£462,995
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More streets in CM8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider CM8 area guide.

Newland StreetConstance CloseMortimer WayHolst AvenueEpping WayBroadwayHatfield RoadBraintree RoadCollingwood RoadHalcyon CloseElderberry GardensChurch Street
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.