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Birling Drive, LU2

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

Median sold price
£267,250
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,273
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
26
Distinct homes
19
Price range
£206,000£426,000
Sales recorded
2004 → 2023
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Birling Drive is almost entirely detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £267,250 — roughly 8% below the LU2 norm. On floor area that works out near £3,273 per square metre, below the district's £3,726. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; LU2 prices as a whole have been rising. HM Land Registry records 26 sales across 19 homes since 2004 — homes here come up rarely.

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Birling Drive 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 medianLU2 district trend
£100k£200k£300k£400k£500k200520102015202020252004: £206,000 median · 1 sale2005: £249,995 median · 1 sale2006: £236,500 median · 5 sales2007: £267,000 median · 1 sale2011: £256,250 median · 2 sales2012: £244,498 median · 2 sales2013: £240,000 median · 1 sale2014: £385,000 median · 1 sale2015: £352,500 median · 2 sales2016: £320,000 median · 2 sales2017: £325,000 median · 1 sale2018: £426,000 median · 1 sale2019: £323,000 median · 1 sale2020: £360,000 median · 3 sales2021: £234,000 median · 1 sale2023: £412,500 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the LU2 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Birling Drive compares

Birling Drive against the LU2 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Old Bedford Road£540k · 79
Armstrong Road£430k · 183
Telscombe Way£281k · 64
Hitchin Road£280k · 99
Birling Drive£267k · 26*
Devon Road£265k · 71
Chesford Road£264k · 87
Kimpton Road£259k · 118
Stirling Drive£240k · 210
Handcross Road£151k · 81

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
£267,250
median · all recorded sales
LU2 district
£292,000
median · last 8 years · street -8%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Birling Drive's £267,250 median sits about 8% below LU2's £292,000; on floor space it runs £3,273/m² against the district's £3,726/m² (-12%).

Street and LU2 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 Birling Drive.

Detached
£267,000
25 sales
Semi-detached
£267,500
1 sale

Every recorded sale on Birling Drive

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
23 Jan 202348 · LU2 8JADetached£412,500
10 Dec 202122 · LU2 8JADetached£234,000
11 Dec 202046 · LU2 8JADetached£350,000
29 Oct 202028 · LU2 8JADetached£380,000
14 Feb 202060 · LU2 8JADetached£360,000
8 Apr 201952 · LU2 8JADetached£323,000
19 Mar 201830 · LU2 8JADetached£426,000
31 Oct 201770 · LU2 8JADetached£325,000
24 Mar 201670 · LU2 8JADetached£325,000
8 Jan 201662 · LU2 8JADetached£315,000
28 Aug 201556 · LU2 8JADetached£350,000
5 Jun 201554 · LU2 8JADetached£355,000
7 Apr 20142 · LU2 8JADetached£385,000
30 May 201326 · LU2 8JADetached£240,000
16 Oct 20124 · LU2 8JADetached£239,000
14 Jun 201230 · LU2 8JADetached£249,995
28 Oct 201154 · LU2 8JASemi-detached£267,500
15 Apr 201140 · LU2 8JADetached£245,000
18 May 200756 · LU2 8JADetached£267,000
6 Dec 200616 · LU2 8JADetached£239,000
4 Dec 200658 · LU2 8JADetached£236,500
18 Aug 200628 · LU2 8JADetached£239,000
30 Jun 200634 · LU2 8JADetached£217,000
23 Jun 200646 · LU2 8JADetached£234,500
16 Dec 200544 · LU2 8JADetached£249,995
1 Apr 200428 · LU2 8JADetached£206,000
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More streets in LU2

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider LU2 area guide.

Hitchin RoadHandcross RoadKimpton RoadOld Bedford RoadChesford RoadHigh Town RoadCrawley Green RoadDevon RoadMidland RoadAshcroft RoadStirling DriveRidgway 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.