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James Essex Drive, CB6

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

Median sold price
£262,500
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£4,756
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
14
Distinct homes
9
Price range
£125,000£440,000
Sales recorded
2002 → 2024
first to latest sale
The street in brief

James Essex Drive is almost entirely detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £262,500 — roughly 18% below the CB6 norm. On floor area that works out near £4,756 per square metre, above the district's £3,214. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across CB6 prices have been easing over the last few years. HM Land Registry records 14 sales across 9 homes since 2002 — homes here come up rarely.

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James Essex Drive prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 14 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianCB6 district trend
£100k£200k£300k£400k£500k200520102015202020252002: £125,000 median · 1 sale2003: £178,000 median · 1 sale2007: £205,000 median · 1 sale2008: £185,000 median · 1 sale2009: £230,000 median · 2 sales2015: £265,000 median · 1 sale2016: £270,000 median · 1 sale2017: £285,000 median · 1 sale2018: £340,000 median · 1 sale2021: £260,000 median · 1 sale2022: £440,000 median · 1 sale2024: £350,750 median · 2 sales

Median sold price by year vs the CB6 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How James Essex Drive compares

James Essex Drive against the CB6 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Cherry Drive£480k · 55
Forsythia Road£385k · 52
Main Street£380k · 131
Ely Road£375k · 63
Lynn Road£350k · 70
High Street£348k · 142
Beresford Road£328k · 56
Yeomans Way£315k · 54
James Essex Drive£263k · 14*
Harvest Way£252k · 78

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
£262,500
median · all recorded sales
CB6 district
£320,000
median · last 8 years · street -18%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

James Essex Drive's £262,500 median sits about 18% below CB6's £320,000; on floor space it runs £4,756/m² against the district's £3,214/m² (+48%).

Street and CB6 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.

Every recorded sale on James Essex Drive

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
26 Apr 202411 · CB6 1BXDetached£319,500
15 Mar 20245 · CB6 1BXDetached£382,000
16 Aug 20229 · CB6 1BXDetached£440,000
28 Jan 202119 · CB6 1BXDetached£260,000
14 Dec 20189 · CB6 1BXDetached£340,000
13 Jul 20173 · CB6 1BXDetached£285,000
11 Mar 20165 · CB6 1BXDetached£270,000
7 Jan 20151 · CB6 1BXDetached£265,000
20 Nov 20094 · CB6 1BXDetached£250,000
16 Oct 200915 · CB6 1BXDetached£210,000
18 Mar 20085 · CB6 1BXDetached£185,000
30 Apr 200717 · CB6 1BXDetached£205,000
3 Oct 200315 · CB6 1BXDetached£178,000
5 Sept 200217 · CB6 1BXDetached£125,000
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More streets in CB6

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider CB6 area guide.

High StreetMain StreetColumbine RoadBeresford RoadLynn RoadBrooke GroveEly RoadStour GreenMeadow WayAlexander ChaseWisbech RoadTennyson Place
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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.