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Essex Street, WS2

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

Median sold price
£70,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£1,301
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
91
Distinct homes
57
Price range
£23,500 – £165,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2026
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Essex Street is a street almost entirely of terraced houses. Homes here typically change hands around £70,000 — roughly 52% below the WS2 norm. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £1,301, below the district's £1,818. Recent sales here have been outpacing the wider WS2 market. With 91 sales across 57 homes since 2000, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Essex Street prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 91 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianWS2 district trend
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k2000200520102015202020252000: £31,000 median · 3 sales2001: £38,500 median · 3 sales2002: £36,000 median · 13 sales2003: £58,250 median · 10 sales2004: £80,725 median · 4 sales2005: £76,000 median · 5 sales2006: £66,500 median · 8 sales2007: £76,000 median · 8 sales2008: £70,000 median · 2 sales2009: £56,500 median · 8 sales2010: £64,000 median · 1 sale2011: £78,000 median · 1 sale2012: £75,000 median · 1 sale2013: £65,750 median · 2 sales2014: £53,500 median · 1 sale2015: £56,500 median · 2 sales2017: £78,000 median · 2 sales2018: £96,500 median · 1 sale2019: £102,500 median · 2 sales2020: £85,000 median · 2 sales2021: £105,000 median · 2 sales2022: £90,000 median · 1 sale2023: £136,000 median · 3 sales2024: £146,500 median · 4 sales2025: £120,000 median · 1 sale2026: £160,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the WS2 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Essex Street compares

Essex Street against the WS2 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Ironworks Road£254k · 49
Steelworks Road£246k · 37
Northumberland Way£175k · 49
Yorkshire Grove£162k · 36
Water Reed Grove£160k · 36
Dickinson Drive£154k · 38
Bentley Lane£150k · 45
Bloxwich Road£120k · 37
Essex Street£120k · 17
Darlaston Road£110k · 35

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets.

This street
£70,000
median · all recorded sales
WS2 district
£146,800
median · last 8 years · street -52%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Essex Street's £70,000 median sits about 52% below WS2's £146,800; on floor space it runs £1,301/m² against the district's £1,818/m² (-28%).

Street and WS2 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 Street.

Terraced
£70,000
84 sales
Semi-detached
£61,000
4 sales
Flat
£70,000
3 sales

Every recorded sale on Essex Street

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
12 Jan 202651 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£160,000
9 May 202529 · WS2 7AUTerraced—£120,000
30 Aug 202415 · WS2 7AUSemi-detached—£165,000
31 Jul 20247 · WS2 7AUTerraced—£140,000
22 Mar 202441 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£147,000
28 Feb 202421 · WS2 7AUTerraced—£146,000
21 Aug 2023113 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£140,000
18 Aug 202311 · WS2 7AUTerraced—£136,000
27 Apr 202367 · WS2 7ARnon-standardTerraced—£103,500
17 Apr 202321 · WS2 7AUTerraced—£87,000
1 Mar 202367 · WS2 7ARnon-standardTerraced—£91,000
16 Dec 202221 · WS2 7AUnon-standardTerraced—£97,000
8 Nov 20225 · WS2 7AUTerraced—£90,000
12 Sept 202221 · WS2 7AUnon-standardTerraced—£92,500
8 Jul 2022127 · WS2 7ARnon-standardTerraced—£140,000
21 May 202140 · WS2 7ASTerraced—£90,000
7 Apr 2021107 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£120,000
30 Oct 202013 · WS2 7AUTerraced—£90,000
21 Oct 202071 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£80,000
20 Aug 202071 · WS2 7ARnon-standardTerraced—£80,000
4 Oct 201957 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£105,000
27 Sept 2019125 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£100,000
24 Aug 201845 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£96,500
2 Jun 201771 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£70,000
27 Jan 201748 · WS2 7ASTerraced—£86,000
26 Mar 201571 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£58,000
21 Jan 201514 · WS2 7AUTerraced—£55,000
7 Nov 201452 · WS2 7ASnon-standardTerraced—£65,000
26 Aug 201453 · WS2 7ARnon-standardTerraced—£70,000
19 Jun 201471 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£53,500
8 May 201471 · WS2 7ARnon-standardTerraced—£50,000
28 Mar 201322 · WS2 7AUTerraced—£61,500
21 Jan 201336 · WS2 7ASTerraced—£70,000
15 Nov 201238 · WS2 7ASTerraced—£75,000
20 May 201124 · WS2 7AUTerraced—£78,000
18 Mar 201093 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£64,000
8 Oct 200971 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£66,000
2 Oct 200949 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£57,500
3 Sept 2009131 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£61,000
21 Aug 2009119 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£80,000
15 May 200961 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£49,950
19 Mar 200971 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£55,000
11 Mar 200920 · WS2 7AUTerraced—£55,500
23 Jan 200971 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£41,000
9 Oct 200820 · WS2 7AUTerraced—£46,000
31 Jan 200875 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£94,000
29 Oct 200781 · WS2 7ARFlat—£87,000
24 Sept 200728 · WS2 7AUTerraced—£80,000
29 Jun 200785 · WS2 7ARTerraced—£92,500
1 Jun 200742 · WS2 7ASTerraced—£75,000

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 WS2

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider WS2 area guide.

Bentley LaneDarlaston RoadBloxwich RoadThornbury RoadWolverhampton StreetPargeter StreetNorthumberland WayPrince StreetDickinson DriveWaterfront WayWater Reed GroveWolverhampton 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.