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Forge Close, L40

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

Median sold price
£190,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£2,685
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
13
Distinct homes
9
Price range
£92,000£310,000
Sales recorded
2002 → 2024
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Forge Close is a mix of detached houses and semi-detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £190,000 — roughly 31% below the L40 norm. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; L40 prices as a whole have been rising. With 13 sales across 9 homes since 2002, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Forge Close prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 13 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianL40 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k200520102015202020252002: £92,000 median · 1 sale2005: £270,000 median · 1 sale2006: £178,000 median · 1 sale2007: £165,000 median · 1 sale2012: £110,000 median · 1 sale2015: £144,225 median · 2 sales2017: £215,000 median · 1 sale2021: £227,500 median · 2 sales2023: £253,500 median · 2 sales2024: £310,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the L40 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Forge Close compares

Forge Close against the L40 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Asland Drive£434k · 41
Chancel Way£370k · 47
High Grove Park£297k · 86
Glovers Way£264k · 68
Folly View Grove£245k · 73
Delph Drive£204k · 54
Higgins Lane£198k · 41
Forge Close£190k · 13*
Mill Lane£171k · 68

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
£190,000
median · all recorded sales
L40 district
£275,000
median · last 8 years · street -31%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Forge Close's £190,000 median sits about 31% below L40's £275,000.

Street and L40 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 Forge Close.

Detached
£265,000
7 sales
Semi-detached
£157,475
6 sales

Every recorded sale on Forge Close

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
29 Nov 20242 · L40 6HPDetached£310,000
27 Oct 20233 · L40 6HPSemi-detached£232,000
6 Apr 20239 · L40 6HPDetached£275,000
10 Sept 20211 · L40 6HPDetached£265,000
19 Feb 20213 · L40 6HPSemi-detached£190,000
23 Sept 20208 · L40 6HPnon-standardOther£253,500
17 Aug 20171 · L40 6HPDetached£215,000
8 Oct 20155 · L40 6HPSemi-detached£138,500
12 Jun 20153 · L40 6HPSemi-detached£149,950
26 Jul 20124 · L40 6HPSemi-detached£110,000
19 Jan 20076 · L40 6HPSemi-detached£165,000
31 Mar 20067 · L40 6HPDetached£178,000
8 Aug 2005Westhead, 10 · L40 6HPDetached£270,000
18 Feb 20027 · L40 6HPDetached£92,000

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 L40

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider L40 area guide.

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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.