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Essex Drive, ST8

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

Median sold price
£154,975
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£2,442
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
22
Distinct homes
14
Price range
£69,250£297,500
Sales recorded
2001 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Sales on Essex Drive are mostly semi-detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £154,975 — roughly 16% below the ST8 norm. Recent sales here have been outpacing the wider ST8 market. HM Land Registry records 22 sales across 14 homes since 2001 — homes here come up rarely.

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Essex Drive prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 22 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianST8 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k200520102015202020252001: £70,625 median · 2 sales2005: £148,500 median · 2 sales2010: £146,000 median · 1 sale2012: £151,000 median · 3 sales2013: £102,000 median · 1 sale2014: £153,000 median · 1 sale2016: £120,000 median · 1 sale2017: £225,000 median · 2 sales2018: £249,950 median · 2 sales2019: £158,475 median · 2 sales2020: £154,950 median · 1 sale2022: £193,000 median · 1 sale2024: £212,500 median · 2 sales2025: £297,500 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the ST8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Essex Drive compares

Essex Drive against the ST8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

This street
£154,975
median · all recorded sales
ST8 district
£185,000
median · last 8 years · street -16%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Essex Drive's £154,975 median sits about 16% below ST8's £185,000.

Street and ST8 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 Essex Drive.

Semi-detached
£151,000
17 sales
Detached
£249,950
5 sales

Every recorded sale on Essex Drive

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
6 Jun 20256 · ST8 6SFDetached£297,500
1 Mar 20248 · ST8 6SFSemi-detached£235,000
1 Feb 20247 · ST8 6SFSemi-detached£190,000
19 Aug 202211 · ST8 6SFSemi-detached£193,000
15 May 20208 · ST8 6SFSemi-detached£154,950
29 Aug 201911 · ST8 6SFSemi-detached£127,000
9 Aug 201932 · ST8 6SFSemi-detached£189,950
9 Aug 201818 · ST8 6SFDetached£249,950
20 Mar 20186 · ST8 6SFDetached£249,950
19 Jul 201715 · ST8 6SFSemi-detached£155,000
26 May 201716 · ST8 6SFDetached£295,000
15 Aug 201615 · ST8 6SFSemi-detached£120,000
7 Apr 201432 · ST8 6SFSemi-detached£153,000
28 May 201328 · ST8 6SFSemi-detached£102,000
5 Apr 201224 · ST8 6SFSemi-detached£142,500
23 Mar 201220 · ST8 6SFSemi-detached£151,000
10 Feb 201218 · ST8 6SFDetached£163,000
17 Sept 201010 · ST8 6SFSemi-detached£146,000
18 Nov 200520 · ST8 6SFSemi-detached£162,000
2 Sept 200522 · ST8 6SFSemi-detached£135,000
14 Sept 200119 · ST8 6SFSemi-detached£72,000
20 Apr 200110 · ST8 6SFSemi-detached£69,250
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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.