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Birch Avenue, OL8

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

Median sold price
£105,500
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£1,450
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
26
Distinct homes
15
Price range
£14,000£220,000
Sales recorded
2003 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Birch Avenue is mostly semi-detached houses. The median sale price is £105,500, about 22% below the typical OL8 sale. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £1,450, below the district's £1,642. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across OL8 prices have been rising over the last few years. HM Land Registry records 26 sales across 15 homes since 2003.

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Birch Avenue prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 26 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianOL8 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k200520102015202020252003: £30,130 median · 2 sales2004: £64,000 median · 1 sale2005: £86,950 median · 1 sale2006: £43,500 median · 2 sales2007: £99,999 median · 3 sales2008: £108,000 median · 1 sale2009: £104,000 median · 1 sale2011: £63,327 median · 2 sales2012: £119,500 median · 1 sale2013: £70,000 median · 1 sale2014: £135,000 median · 1 sale2015: £108,000 median · 1 sale2017: £116,975 median · 2 sales2019: £106,000 median · 1 sale2020: £122,498 median · 2 sales2021: £162,498 median · 2 sales2024: £209,950 median · 1 sale2025: £220,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the OL8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Birch Avenue compares

Birch Avenue against the OL8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Frederick Street£228k · 34
Green Lane£202k · 46
Rosary Road£175k · 29
Whitebank Road£157k · 48
Heron Street£130k · 42
Belgrave Road£120k · 29
Birch Avenue£106k · 26*
Ashton Road£105k · 73
Hollins Road£95k · 58

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
£105,500
median · all recorded sales
OL8 district
£135,000
median · last 8 years · street -22%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Birch Avenue's £105,500 median sits about 22% below OL8's £135,000; on floor space it runs £1,450/m² against the district's £1,642/m² (-12%).

Street and OL8 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 Birch Avenue.

Semi-detached
£104,500
18 sales
Terraced
£108,975
8 sales

Every recorded sale on Birch Avenue

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
8 Aug 202531 · OL8 3UDTerraced£220,000
28 Jun 202443 · OL8 3TXSemi-detached£209,950
18 May 202140 · OL8 3TXTerraced£145,000
14 Jan 202152 · OL8 3TXSemi-detached£179,995
2 Oct 202044 · OL8 3TXSemi-detached£119,995
22 Jul 202031 · OL8 3UDTerraced£125,000
27 Nov 20199 · OL8 3UESemi-detached£106,000
1 Dec 201710 · OL8 3UETerraced£109,950
7 Apr 201762 · OL8 3TUSemi-detached£124,000
5 May 201568 · OL8 3TUTerraced£108,000
6 Jun 201452 · OL8 3TXSemi-detached£135,000
5 Dec 201373 · OL8 3TUnon-standardSemi-detached£67,500
30 May 201366 · OL8 3TUTerraced£70,000
3 Aug 201252 · OL8 3TXSemi-detached£119,500
10 Oct 201144 · OL8 3TXSemi-detached£41,654
6 Sept 201148 · OL8 3TXSemi-detached£85,000
15 May 200952 · OL8 3TXSemi-detached£104,000
1 Aug 200838 · OL8 3TXSemi-detached£108,000
7 Dec 200756 · OL8 3TXSemi-detached£105,000
31 Oct 200710 · OL8 3UETerraced£99,999
21 Sept 200747 · OL8 3TXSemi-detached£85,500
13 Dec 200639 · OL8 3TXSemi-detached£14,000
25 Jul 200656 · OL8 3TXSemi-detached£73,000
20 May 200562 · OL8 3TUSemi-detached£86,950
14 May 200444 · OL8 3TXSemi-detached£64,000
15 Dec 200343 · OL8 3TXSemi-detached£27,260
25 Jul 200340 · OL8 3TXTerraced£33,000

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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More streets in OL8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider OL8 area guide.

Ashton RoadHollins RoadCopster Hill RoadHeron StreetBelgrave RoadFrederick StreetHoneywell LaneGreen LaneChapel RoadChamber RoadGainsborough AvenueWindsor Road
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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.