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Gainsborough Drive, CO11

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

Median sold price
£180,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,583
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
119
Distinct homes
61
Price range
£55,000 – £432,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2024
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Gainsborough Drive is a mix of semi-detached houses and detached houses. The median sale price is £180,000, about 46% below the typical CO11 sale. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £3,583, in line with the district's £3,608. Recent sales here have been outpacing the wider CO11 market. HM Land Registry records 119 sales across 61 homes since 2000.

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Gainsborough Drive prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 119 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianCO11 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k£500k2000200520102015202020252000: £94,998 median · 2 sales2001: £83,250 median · 8 sales2002: £99,995 median · 11 sales2003: £142,975 median · 6 sales2004: £149,000 median · 6 sales2005: £178,750 median · 10 sales2006: £147,500 median · 11 sales2007: £179,000 median · 5 sales2008: £157,498 median · 2 sales2009: £145,000 median · 3 sales2010: £166,750 median · 2 sales2011: £174,975 median · 2 sales2013: £157,500 median · 6 sales2014: £181,250 median · 8 sales2015: £208,000 median · 2 sales2016: £293,750 median · 2 sales2017: £222,500 median · 8 sales2018: £252,500 median · 6 sales2019: £247,500 median · 4 sales2020: £250,000 median · 5 sales2021: £293,000 median · 3 sales2022: £345,000 median · 4 sales2024: £370,000 median · 3 sales

Median sold price by year vs the CO11 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Gainsborough Drive compares

Gainsborough Drive against the CO11 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

The Avenue£355k · 134
Harwich Road£325k · 108
Forrester Road£325k · 97
Excelsior Avenue£320k · 37
Storeys Road£300k · 48
Gainsborough Drive£300k · 21
Colchester Road£275k · 65
Shrubland Road£240k · 41
School Lane£225k · 49
South Street£210k · 37

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

This street
£180,000
median · all recorded sales
CO11 district
£335,000
median · last 8 years · street -46%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Gainsborough Drive's £180,000 median sits about 46% below CO11's £335,000; on floor space it runs £3,583/m² against the district's £3,608/m².

Street and CO11 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 Drive.

Semi-detached
£153,500
63 sales
Detached
£197,500
54 sales
Terraced
£127,000
2 sales

Every recorded sale on Gainsborough Drive

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
12 Dec 202519 · CO11 2LFnon-standardOther—£325,000
12 Dec 202519 · CO11 2LFnon-standardOther—£325,000
16 Dec 202456 · CO11 2JUnon-standardSemi-detached—£270,000
15 Nov 202444 · CO11 2JUDetached—£370,000
31 May 202447 · CO11 2LFDetached—£365,000
30 May 20248 · CO11 2JUnon-standardSemi-detached—£126,000
23 Feb 202438 · CO11 2JUSemi-detached—£432,000
7 Oct 202212 · CO11 2JUDetached—£396,000
10 Aug 202221 · CO11 2LFDetached—£360,000
27 May 20225 · CO11 2LFSemi-detached—£310,000
14 Apr 20229 · CO11 2LFSemi-detached—£330,000
1 Sept 202149 · CO11 2LFnon-standardDetached—£260,000
10 Aug 202182 · CO11 2JUSemi-detached—£241,500
25 Jun 202129 · CO11 2LFDetached—£315,000
1 Mar 202155 · CO11 2LFDetached—£293,000
4 Dec 202022 · CO11 2JUDetached—£370,000
1 Dec 202049 · CO11 2LFDetached—£250,000
29 Oct 202062 · CO11 2JUDetached—£300,000
2 Oct 202075a · CO11 2LFSemi-detached—£242,000
24 Apr 20206 · CO11 2JUSemi-detached—£192,500
20 Aug 201944 · CO11 2JUDetached—£280,000
19 Jul 201983 · CO11 2LFDetached—£355,000
31 May 201980 · CO11 2JUSemi-detached—£215,000
27 Feb 201914 · CO11 2JUDetached—£215,000
18 Dec 201866 · CO11 2JUSemi-detached—£240,000
7 Sept 201846 · CO11 2JUSemi-detached—£232,000
4 Jul 20189 · CO11 2LFSemi-detached—£230,000
10 May 201888 · CO11 2JUDetached—£265,000
11 Apr 201864 · CO11 2JUSemi-detached—£270,000
6 Apr 201852 · CO11 2JUDetached—£335,000
3 Nov 201756 · CO11 2JUSemi-detached—£220,000
16 Oct 201778 · CO11 2JUSemi-detached—£198,000
4 Oct 201765 · CO11 2LFDetached—£280,000
24 Jul 201715 · CO11 2LFSemi-detached—£205,000
18 Jul 201786 · CO11 2JUSemi-detached—£295,000
10 Jul 201719 · CO11 2LFnon-standardOther—£5,300
28 Jun 201768 · CO11 2JUSemi-detached—£215,000
3 May 201748 · CO11 2JUSemi-detached—£225,000
3 Mar 20175 · CO11 2LFSemi-detached—£239,000
8 Nov 201659 · CO11 2LFDetached—£252,500
7 Oct 201642 · CO11 2JUDetached—£335,000
4 Dec 201561 · CO11 2LFDetached—£236,000
12 Mar 201549 · CO11 2LFDetached—£180,000
31 Oct 201462 · CO11 2JUDetached—£197,000
13 Oct 201440 · CO11 2JUDetached—£258,000
29 Sept 201448 · CO11 2JUSemi-detached—£178,000
8 Sept 20148 · CO11 2JUSemi-detached—£128,700
11 Jul 201454 · CO11 2JUDetached—£180,000
10 Jul 201439 · CO11 2LFDetached—£182,500
28 Mar 201423 · CO11 2LFDetached—£270,000

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 CO11

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider CO11 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.