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Gainsborough Avenue, OL8

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

Median sold price
£54,498
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£1,122
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
102
Distinct homes
66
Price range
£10,000 – £224,600
Sales recorded
2000 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Gainsborough Avenue is a street almost entirely of terraced houses. Homes here typically change hands around £54,498 — roughly 60% below the OL8 norm. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £1,122, below the district's £1,642. The street has lagged the OL8 trend. With 102 sales across 66 homes since 2000, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Gainsborough Avenue prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 102 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianOL8 district trend
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k2000200520102015202020252000: £20,000 median · 3 sales2001: £25,000 median · 14 sales2002: £32,500 median · 10 sales2003: £32,000 median · 12 sales2004: £38,000 median · 4 sales2005: £58,998 median · 8 sales2006: £115,000 median · 5 sales2007: £52,000 median · 3 sales2008: £110,000 median · 2 sales2009: £60,000 median · 3 sales2010: £102,500 median · 8 sales2012: £86,000 median · 2 sales2013: £30,000 median · 1 sale2014: £82,500 median · 4 sales2015: £80,000 median · 3 sales2016: £84,000 median · 3 sales2017: £94,500 median · 3 sales2018: £87,000 median · 1 sale2019: £103,000 median · 1 sale2020: £73,000 median · 1 sale2022: £130,000 median · 6 sales2023: £185,000 median · 1 sale2024: £170,000 median · 3 sales2025: £173,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the OL8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Gainsborough Avenue compares

Gainsborough Avenue against the OL8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Frederick Street£228k · 34
Green Lane£202k · 46
Rosary Road£175k · 29
Whitebank Road£157k · 48
Gainsborough Avenue£153k · 14
Heron Street£130k · 42
Belgrave Road£120k · 29
Ashton Road£105k · 73
Hollins Road£95k · 58

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

This street
£54,498
median · all recorded sales
OL8 district
£135,000
median · last 8 years · street -60%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Gainsborough Avenue's £54,498 median sits about 60% below OL8's £135,000; on floor space it runs £1,122/m² against the district's £1,642/m² (-32%).

Street and OL8 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 Gainsborough Avenue.

Terraced
£51,000
98 sales
Semi-detached
£165,000
3 sales
Detached
£115,000
1 sale

Every recorded sale on Gainsborough Avenue

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
20 Mar 202666 · OL8 1AJnon-standardTerraced—£127,500
15 Apr 2025Unit 5 · OL8 1ALnon-standardOther—£110,000
24 Jan 202597 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£173,000
18 Dec 2024110 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£170,000
16 Jul 2024138 · OL8 1ALSemi-detached—£224,600
28 Mar 2024100 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£165,000
17 Feb 2023124 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£185,000
25 Nov 2022127 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£155,000
4 Apr 202291 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£199,000
1 Apr 202280 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£150,000
4 Mar 202272 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£39,999
28 Jan 2022104 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£110,000
28 Jan 2022104 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£110,000
28 Feb 202076 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£73,000
2 Aug 201929 · OL8 1AHTerraced—£103,000
13 Sept 201876 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£87,000
10 Jul 201794 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£94,500
21 Apr 201797 · OL8 1AJnon-standardOther—£69,000
21 Apr 201797 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£69,000
31 Jan 2017152 · OL8 1ALTerraced—£124,500
24 Nov 2016140 · OL8 1ALSemi-detached—£165,000
28 Sept 2016120 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£84,000
22 Jan 201695 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£73,500
2 Oct 201516 · OL8 1AHTerraced—£75,000
28 Aug 2015133 · OL8 1ALTerraced—£145,000
13 Aug 201530 · OL8 1AHTerraced—£80,000
4 Nov 201482 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£80,000
28 Mar 2014101 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£50,000
18 Feb 201475 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£85,000
31 Jan 201481 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£110,000
17 May 201328 · OL8 1AHTerraced—£30,000
21 Sept 2012154 · OL8 1ALTerraced—£112,000
22 Mar 2012107 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£60,000
2 Nov 2010106 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£127,000
7 Sept 2010121 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£100,000
23 Aug 2010148 · OL8 1ALTerraced—£127,000
16 Jul 201046 · OL8 1AHTerraced—£72,000
9 Jul 201020 · OL8 1AHTerraced—£95,000
4 Jun 201017 · OL8 1AHTerraced—£105,000
29 Jan 2010148 · OL8 1ALTerraced—£100,000
8 Jan 2010152 · OL8 1ALTerraced—£110,000
17 Aug 200972 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£60,000
21 May 200917 · OL8 1AHTerraced—£56,000
11 Feb 2009118 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£110,000
3 Sept 2008151 · OL8 1ALTerraced—£100,000
20 Jun 2008102 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£120,000
3 Dec 200740 · OL8 1AHTerracedYes£52,000
28 Nov 200768 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£95,000
17 Aug 2007154 · OL8 1ALTerraced—£10,000
20 Dec 200691 · OL8 1AJTerraced—£110,000

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 OL8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider OL8 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.