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Forest Drive, IG8

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

Median sold price
£405,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£6,917
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
37
Distinct homes
27
Price range
£155,000 – £935,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2024
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Forest Drive is mostly terraced houses. The median sale price is £405,000, about 28% below the typical IG8 sale. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £6,917, above the district's £5,817. Recent sales have tracked the wider IG8 trend. HM Land Registry records 37 sales across 27 homes since 2000 — homes here come up rarely.

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Forest Drive prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 37 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianIG8 district trend
£0£200k£400k£600k£800k£1M2000200520102015202020252000: £183,500 median · 2 sales2001: £175,000 median · 2 sales2002: £280,000 median · 1 sale2003: £245,000 median · 3 sales2004: £312,500 median · 4 sales2005: £258,000 median · 3 sales2007: £405,000 median · 1 sale2008: £368,000 median · 1 sale2009: £450,250 median · 1 sale2010: £375,000 median · 1 sale2011: £430,000 median · 1 sale2012: £500,000 median · 1 sale2013: £447,500 median · 2 sales2015: £500,000 median · 1 sale2017: £670,000 median · 4 sales2018: £660,000 median · 1 sale2020: £683,500 median · 2 sales2021: £716,250 median · 2 sales2022: £785,000 median · 1 sale2024: £735,000 median · 3 sales

Median sold price by year vs the IG8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Forest Drive compares

Forest Drive against the IG8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

St Barnabas Road£653k · 60
Brackley Square£580k · 44
West Grove£531k · 72
Prospect Road£530k · 97
Roding Lane North£505k · 43
Uplands Road£468k · 54
Chigwell Road£433k · 62
Forest Drive£405k · 37*
High Road£380k · 62
Chingford Lane£320k · 66

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
£405,000
median · all recorded sales
IG8 district
£560,000
median · last 8 years · street -28%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Forest Drive's £405,000 median sits about 28% below IG8's £560,000; on floor space it runs £6,917/m² against the district's £5,817/m² (+19%).

Street and IG8 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 Forest Drive.

Terraced
£371,500
24 sales
Semi-detached
£500,000
12 sales
Detached
£212,000
1 sale

Every recorded sale on Forest Drive

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
24 Oct 202422 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£935,000
8 Aug 202439 · IG8 9NGSemi-detached—£735,000
8 Apr 202441 · IG8 9NGSemi-detached—£635,000
22 Dec 202245 · IG8 9NGnon-standardOther—£866,000
24 Aug 202231 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£785,000
8 Mar 202249 · IG8 9NGnon-standardFlat—£350,000
30 Sept 202138 · IG8 9NGSemi-detached—£627,500
11 Mar 20217 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£805,000
4 Dec 202026 · IG8 9NGSemi-detached—£652,000
2 Oct 20205 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£715,000
5 Mar 201835 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£660,000
17 Oct 20177 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£700,000
17 Aug 201728 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£640,000
11 Jul 201713 · IG8 9NGSemi-detached—£770,000
12 May 201731 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£575,000
20 Dec 201648 · IG8 9NGnon-standardFlat—£322,000
9 Dec 201647 · IG8 9NGnon-standardFlat—£330,000
9 Dec 201650 · IG8 9NGnon-standardFlat—£324,000
21 Aug 201516 · IG8 9NGSemi-detached—£500,000
28 Jun 201314 · IG8 9NGSemi-detached—£500,000
22 May 201328 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£395,000
6 Nov 201213 · IG8 9NGSemi-detached—£500,000
21 Dec 201136 · IG8 9NGSemi-detached—£430,000
15 Jan 201017 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£375,000
4 Dec 200915 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£450,250
14 Aug 200829 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£368,000
29 Jun 200732 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£405,000
22 Jul 200521 · IG8 9NGSemi-detached—£275,400
29 Apr 200520 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£250,000
28 Apr 200535 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£258,000
25 Aug 20049 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£290,000
20 Aug 20045 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£362,000
12 Aug 20048 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£260,000
10 Jun 20043 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£335,000
26 Nov 20035 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£245,000
21 Mar 200330 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£245,000
14 Feb 20032 · IG8 9NGSemi-detached—£297,000
2 Oct 200218 · IG8 9NGSemi-detached—£280,000
29 Mar 200117 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£195,000
8 Jan 20019 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£155,000
4 Dec 200031 · IG8 9NGTerraced—£155,000
26 Oct 20001 · IG8 9NGDetached—£212,000

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 IG8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider IG8 area guide.

Prospect RoadHigh RoadChigwell RoadChingford LaneWest GroveSt Barnabas RoadRoding Lane NorthUplands RoadHorn LaneBrackley SquareTamar SquareRosebury Square
IG8 house prices & area guide →

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.