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Kensington Close, BL8

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

Median sold price
£233,500
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£1,747
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
11
Distinct homes
6
Price range
£145,000£296,000
Sales recorded
2005 → 2019
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Kensington Close is a street almost entirely of semi-detached houses. The median sale price is £233,500, about 5% above the typical BL8 sale. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £1,747, below the district's £2,556. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across BL8 prices have been rising over the last few years. HM Land Registry records 11 sales across 6 homes since 2005.

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Kensington Close prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 11 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianBL8 district trend
£100k£150k£200k£250k£300k£350k200520102015202020252005: £210,000 median · 1 sale2007: £232,500 median · 1 sale2009: £145,000 median · 1 sale2010: £220,000 median · 1 sale2011: £233,500 median · 1 sale2013: £245,000 median · 1 sale2014: £180,000 median · 1 sale2016: £261,750 median · 2 sales2018: £296,000 median · 1 sale2019: £290,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the BL8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Kensington Close compares

Kensington Close against the BL8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Premier Way£335k · 51
Holcombe Road£246k · 64
Brandlesholme Road£245k · 54
Kensington Close£234k · 11*
Bolton Road£205k · 112
Ainsworth Road£178k · 81
Bury Road£173k · 95
Walshaw Road£166k · 119
Tottington Road£150k · 107
Prospect Terrace£141k · 68

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
£233,500
median · all recorded sales
BL8 district
£223,000
median · last 8 years · street +5%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Kensington Close's £233,500 median sits about 5% above BL8's £223,000; on floor space it runs £1,747/m² against the district's £2,556/m² (-32%).

Street and BL8 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 Kensington Close

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
13 Dec 20192 · BL8 4DGSemi-detached£290,000
29 Nov 20192 · BL8 4DGnon-standardSemi-detached£300,000
5 Oct 20183 · BL8 4DGSemi-detached£296,000
1 Aug 20165 · BL8 4DGSemi-detached£250,000
19 Jul 201610 · BL8 4DGSemi-detached£273,500
7 Feb 20145 · BL8 4DGSemi-detached£180,000
3 May 20131 · BL8 4DGSemi-detached£245,000
6 Jun 20112 · BL8 4DGSemi-detached£233,500
9 Jul 20103 · BL8 4DGSemi-detached£220,000
13 Aug 20091 · BL8 4DGSemi-detached£145,000
2 Feb 20074 · BL8 4DGSemi-detached£232,500
16 Dec 20054 · BL8 4DGSemi-detached£210,000

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 BL8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider BL8 area guide.

Tottington RoadBolton RoadWalshaw RoadBury RoadAinsworth RoadHolcombe RoadBrandlesholme RoadWood StreetBooth StreetKingsbury CloseScobell StreetWatling Street
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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.