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Empress Street, BL1

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

Median sold price
£82,725
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£1,155
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
6
Distinct homes
4
Price range
£46,500£128,500
Sales recorded
2001 → 2019
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Empress Street is almost entirely terraced houses. The median sale price is £82,725, about 47% below the typical BL1 sale. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across BL1 prices have been rising over the last few years. With 6 sales across 4 homes since 2001, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Empress Street prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 6 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianBL1 district trend
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k£250k200520102015202020252001: £46,500 median · 1 sale2004: £79,950 median · 1 sale2007: £107,305 median · 2 sales2013: £73,000 median · 1 sale2019: £85,500 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the BL1 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Empress Street compares

Empress Street against the BL1 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

This street
£82,725
median · all recorded sales
BL1 district
£155,000
median · last 8 years · street -47%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Empress Street's £82,725 median sits about 47% below BL1's £155,000.

Street and BL1 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.

Every recorded sale on Empress Street

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
26 Jul 201933 · BL1 6ANTerraced£85,500
29 Mar 20193 · BL1 6ANnon-standardTerraced£110,000
30 Jan 201517 · BL1 6ANnon-standardTerraced£80,000
9 Aug 201329 · BL1 6ANTerraced£73,000
22 Jun 200733 · BL1 6ANTerraced£86,110
11 May 20077 · BL1 6ANTerraced£128,500
27 Feb 200423 · BL1 6ANTerraced£79,950
10 Aug 200123 · BL1 6ANTerraced£46,500

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 BL1

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider BL1 area guide.

Blackburn RoadChorley Old RoadHalliwell RoadChorley New RoadAstley Brook CloseArnold StreetRoyal Court DriveChurch RoadBelmont RoadMornington RoadAshworth LaneCotton Meadows
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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.