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Gainsborough Drive, LU5

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

Median sold price
£125,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£4,361
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
59
Distinct homes
25
Price range
£54,000 – £272,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Sales on Gainsborough Drive are mostly terraced houses. The median sale price is £125,000, about 60% below the typical LU5 sale. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £4,361, above the district's £3,712. The street has lagged the LU5 trend. HM Land Registry records 59 sales across 25 homes since 2001.

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Gainsborough Drive prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 59 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianLU5 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k200520102015202020252001: £72,748 median · 8 sales2002: £94,995 median · 5 sales2003: £88,500 median · 5 sales2004: £124,500 median · 4 sales2005: £125,000 median · 5 sales2006: £124,498 median · 2 sales2007: £124,250 median · 2 sales2008: £121,000 median · 1 sale2011: £128,000 median · 3 sales2012: £126,500 median · 1 sale2013: £128,700 median · 1 sale2014: £125,000 median · 1 sale2015: £110,000 median · 1 sale2016: £203,000 median · 2 sales2017: £207,500 median · 5 sales2019: £162,500 median · 2 sales2020: £170,000 median · 1 sale2021: £214,000 median · 4 sales2022: £252,500 median · 2 sales2023: £272,000 median · 1 sale2024: £215,000 median · 1 sale2025: £228,500 median · 2 sales

Median sold price by year vs the LU5 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 LU5 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Skye Gardens£470k · 58
Box Crescent£380k · 62
Jeans Way£325k · 57
Fauna Field£285k · 68
Luton Road£266k · 121
Cemetery Road£261k · 80
Tilling Green£217k · 111
Dukeminster Road£213k · 63
Bagshawe Way£210k · 91
Gainsborough Drive£125k · 59*

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
£125,000
median · all recorded sales
LU5 district
£310,000
median · last 8 years · street -60%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Gainsborough Drive's £125,000 median sits about 60% below LU5's £310,000; on floor space it runs £4,361/m² against the district's £3,712/m² (+17%).

Street and LU5 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.

Terraced
£126,500
49 sales
Semi-detached
£108,000
9 sales
Detached
£171,000
1 sale

Every recorded sale on Gainsborough Drive

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
27 Jun 20259 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£242,000
24 Apr 20251 · LU5 5SXSemi-detached—£215,000
31 Oct 202425 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£215,000
1 Sept 202324 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£272,000
20 Dec 202219 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£245,000
13 May 20222 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£260,000
24 Sept 202129 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£218,000
3 Sept 202125 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£210,000
18 Jun 202112 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£185,000
4 Jun 202133 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£253,000
3 Jul 202025 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£170,000
27 Jun 20196 · LU5 5SXnon-standardTerraced—£208,000
29 Mar 201925 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£160,000
1 Feb 20191 · LU5 5SXSemi-detached—£165,000
24 Nov 201712 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£172,500
14 Aug 201720 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£249,000
10 Aug 201714 · LU5 5SXDetached—£171,000
7 Jul 201733 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£228,000
13 Feb 20173 · LU5 5SXnon-standardSemi-detached—£155,500
7 Feb 201728 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£207,500
2 Dec 201624 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£197,500
9 Sept 201622 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£208,500
30 Oct 201525 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£110,000
7 Aug 201412 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£125,000
12 Apr 20136 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£128,700
3 Feb 201228 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£126,500
20 Jun 201120 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£140,500
25 Mar 201133 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£128,000
11 Mar 201131 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£123,500
9 Jun 200812 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£121,000
22 Jun 200724 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£136,000
31 Jan 20071 · LU5 5SXSemi-detached—£112,500
4 Aug 200631 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£129,000
15 Feb 200619 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£119,995
16 Dec 200522 · LU5 5SXSemi-detached—£126,500
4 Nov 20056 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£125,000
13 May 200511 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£138,000
3 May 20053 · LU5 5SXSemi-detached—£108,000
29 Mar 200512 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£102,500
20 Aug 200410 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£134,000
13 Aug 200428 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£124,000
10 May 200427 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£125,000
19 Apr 200423 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£90,000
7 Oct 200329 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£114,950
6 Oct 20034 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£107,000
16 Jun 20031 · LU5 5SXSemi-detached—£85,000
6 Jun 20033 · LU5 5SXSemi-detached—£88,500
17 Feb 200312 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£85,995
13 Dec 200228 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£106,000
12 Dec 200226 · LU5 5SXTerraced—£91,995

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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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.