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Essex Drive, WS15

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

Median sold price
£138,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£2,509
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
45
Distinct homes
24
Price range
£49,000 – £323,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Essex Drive is a street almost entirely of semi-detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £138,000 — roughly 34% below the WS15 norm. On floor area that works out near £2,509 per square metre, in line with the district's £2,453. Recent sales here have been outpacing the wider WS15 market. HM Land Registry records 45 sales across 24 homes since 2000 — homes here come up rarely.

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Essex Drive prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 45 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianWS15 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k2000200520102015202020252000: £49,000 median · 1 sale2001: £66,750 median · 2 sales2002: £68,250 median · 4 sales2003: £104,250 median · 2 sales2004: £123,750 median · 2 sales2005: £112,975 median · 2 sales2006: £136,000 median · 4 sales2007: £153,250 median · 2 sales2008: £130,000 median · 1 sale2009: £102,000 median · 1 sale2011: £115,000 median · 1 sale2012: £130,000 median · 1 sale2013: £139,950 median · 1 sale2014: £141,500 median · 2 sales2015: £130,000 median · 1 sale2016: £134,250 median · 4 sales2018: £165,000 median · 3 sales2020: £172,500 median · 2 sales2021: £168,000 median · 2 sales2022: £210,000 median · 1 sale2023: £210,000 median · 3 sales2024: £186,000 median · 2 sales2025: £323,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the WS15 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 WS15 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

High Street£290k · 43
Lichfield Road£284k · 44
Uttoxeter Road£280k · 57
Armitage Road£254k · 51
Buckmaster Way£250k · 65
St Thomas Way£205k · 45
Wolseley Road£186k · 47
Eaton Drive£175k · 47
Essex Drive£138k · 45*
Langley Way£115k · 43

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
£138,000
median · all recorded sales
WS15 district
£210,000
median · last 8 years · street -34%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Essex Drive's £138,000 median sits about 34% below WS15's £210,000; on floor space it runs £2,509/m² against the district's £2,453/m².

Street and WS15 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
£132,950
43 sales
Detached
£246,500
2 sales

Every recorded sale on Essex Drive

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
16 Jun 202542 · WS15 1JXDetached—£323,000
20 Dec 202434 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£152,000
22 Nov 202435 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£220,000
15 Sept 20235 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£233,500
9 Jun 202342 · WS15 1JXDetached—£170,000
31 Mar 20236 · WS15 1JXnon-standardSemi-detached—£145,000
17 Mar 202315 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£210,000
18 Aug 202227 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£210,000
4 Oct 202123 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£172,000
29 Apr 20214 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£164,000
17 Apr 20205 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£185,000
20 Mar 20201 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£160,000
23 Apr 201832 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£145,000
29 Mar 201833 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£168,000
23 Mar 201833 · WS15 1JXnon-standardSemi-detached—£163,000
16 Mar 201840 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£165,000
28 Oct 20168 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£175,000
28 Jun 20168 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£108,000
15 Mar 201622 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£140,000
15 Jan 201621 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£128,500
30 Apr 201519 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£130,000
28 Nov 201440 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£145,000
30 Apr 201438 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£138,000
29 Nov 20135 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£139,950
18 Jan 201211 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£130,000
17 Jun 201123 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£115,000
20 Nov 200921 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£102,000
30 Jun 200816 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£130,000
20 Apr 200724 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£162,000
7 Mar 200717 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£144,500
10 Nov 200638 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£149,500
27 Sept 200621 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£131,000
16 Jun 200611 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£132,000
27 Jan 200610 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£140,000
11 Nov 20054 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£132,950
4 Nov 200521 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£93,000
2 Jul 20045 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£117,500
26 Mar 200438 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£130,000
15 Aug 20031 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£115,500
8 Aug 200310 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£93,000
24 May 200226 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£50,000
8 May 20021 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£75,000
12 Apr 200217 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£73,500
13 Feb 20029 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£63,000
14 Dec 200133 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£69,500
28 Jun 200115 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£64,000
3 Oct 200023 · WS15 1JXSemi-detached—£49,000

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 WS15

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider WS15 area guide.

Lower Birches WayUttoxeter RoadEaton DriveArmitage RoadBurnthill LaneSt Thomas WayBuckmaster WayLichfield RoadWolseley RoadPriory AvenueChester RoadCanterbury Drive
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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.