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Gainsborough Road, IG8

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

Median sold price
£250,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£4,971
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
26
Distinct homes
14
Price range
£105,000 – £530,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2024
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Gainsborough Road is a mix of terraced houses and flats. The median sale price is £250,000, about 55% below the typical IG8 sale. On floor area that works out near £4,971 per square metre, below the district's £5,817. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; IG8 prices as a whole have been easing. The record shows 26 sales across 14 homes since 2001.

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Gainsborough Road prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 26 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£800k200520102015202020252001: £115,000 median · 1 sale2002: £113,750 median · 3 sales2003: £178,500 median · 2 sales2004: £211,250 median · 2 sales2005: £148,000 median · 1 sale2006: £164,000 median · 2 sales2007: £310,000 median · 2 sales2008: £150,000 median · 1 sale2010: £217,000 median · 1 sale2011: £287,500 median · 1 sale2012: £184,500 median · 1 sale2013: £365,000 median · 1 sale2015: £250,000 median · 1 sale2016: £427,200 median · 1 sale2020: £479,000 median · 2 sales2021: £340,000 median · 1 sale2023: £330,000 median · 1 sale2024: £470,000 median · 2 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 Gainsborough Road compares

Gainsborough Road 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
High Road£380k · 62
Chingford Lane£320k · 66
Gainsborough Road£250k · 26*

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
£250,000
median · all recorded sales
IG8 district
£560,000
median · last 8 years · street -55%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Gainsborough Road's £250,000 median sits about 55% below IG8's £560,000; on floor space it runs £4,971/m² against the district's £5,817/m² (-15%).

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 Gainsborough Road.

Terraced
£325,000
13 sales
Flat
£150,000
11 sales
Semi-detached
£218,500
2 sales

Every recorded sale on Gainsborough Road

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
13 Dec 202411 · IG8 8EETerraced—£490,000
20 Nov 202416 · IG8 8EETerraced—£450,000
22 Nov 202310 · IG8 8EEnon-standardOther—£246,000
12 Oct 202310 · IG8 8EEnon-standardFlat—£160,000
6 Oct 20237a · IG8 8EESemi-detached—£330,000
12 Nov 20217 · IG8 8EEFlat—£340,000
11 Nov 20213 · IG8 8EEnon-standardFlat—£320,000
6 Mar 20209 · IG8 8EETerraced—£530,000
22 Jan 202022 · IG8 8EETerraced—£428,000
27 May 201622 · IG8 8EETerraced—£427,200
19 Mar 20155 · IG8 8EEFlat—£250,000
14 Jun 201313 · IG8 8EETerraced—£365,000
14 Mar 20127 · IG8 8EEFlat—£184,500
28 Mar 201120 · IG8 8EETerraced—£287,500
1 Oct 20103 · IG8 8EEFlat—£217,000
10 Jan 200810a · IG8 8EEFlat—£150,000
20 Jul 200714 · IG8 8EETerraced—£295,000
16 Mar 20079 · IG8 8EETerraced—£325,000
21 Apr 20063 · IG8 8EEFlat—£148,000
20 Mar 200614 · IG8 8EETerraced—£180,000
14 Oct 200514 · IG8 8EETerraced—£148,000
20 Dec 20049 · IG8 8EETerraced—£260,000
1 Nov 20046a · IG8 8EEFlat—£162,500
21 Nov 20038 · IG8 8EESemi-detached—£107,000
14 Aug 200313 · IG8 8EETerraced—£250,000
11 Oct 20026a · IG8 8EEFlat—£105,000
30 Jul 200210a · IG8 8EEFlat—£120,000
31 May 20027 · IG8 8EEFlat—£113,750
3 Aug 20013 · IG8 8EEFlat—£115,000

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
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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.