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Kensington Road, OL8

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

Median sold price
£188,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,010
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
12
Distinct homes
11
Price range
£36,300£450,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Kensington Road is mostly semi-detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £188,000 — roughly 39% above the OL8 norm. On floor area that works out near £3,010 per square metre, above the district's £1,642. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across OL8 prices have been rising over the last few years. HM Land Registry records 12 sales across 11 homes since 2001 — homes here come up rarely.

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Kensington Road prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 12 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianOL8 district trend
£0£200k£400k£600k200520102015202020252001: £85,000 median · 1 sale2002: £83,500 median · 2 sales2005: £181,000 median · 1 sale2007: £203,000 median · 1 sale2008: £36,300 median · 1 sale2009: £195,000 median · 1 sale2010: £280,000 median · 1 sale2012: £350,000 median · 1 sale2013: £157,000 median · 1 sale2023: £450,000 median · 1 sale2025: £316,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the OL8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Kensington Road compares

Kensington Road against the OL8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Frederick Street£228k · 34
Green Lane£202k · 46
Kensington Road£188k · 12*
Rosary Road£175k · 29
Whitebank Road£157k · 48
Heron Street£130k · 42
Belgrave Road£120k · 29
Ashton Road£105k · 73
Hollins Road£95k · 58

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
£188,000
median · all recorded sales
OL8 district
£135,000
median · last 8 years · street +39%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Kensington Road's £188,000 median sits about 39% above OL8's £135,000; on floor space it runs £3,010/m² against the district's £1,642/m² (+83%).

Street and OL8 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 Kensington Road.

Semi-detached
£188,000
10 sales
Detached
£217,500
2 sales

Every recorded sale on Kensington Road

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
12 Dec 202528 · OL8 4BZSemi-detached£316,000
8 Nov 202327 · OL8 4BZSemi-detached£450,000
1 Jun 202232 · OL8 4BZnon-standardOther£545,000
23 Sept 201341 · OL8 4BZSemi-detached£157,000
23 May 201234 · OL8 4BZDetached£350,000
17 Sept 201036 · OL8 4BZSemi-detached£280,000
24 Apr 200943 · OL8 4BZSemi-detached£195,000
14 Feb 200837 · OL8 4BZSemi-detached£36,300
21 Feb 200745 · OL8 4BZSemi-detached£203,000
19 Sept 200533 · OL8 4BZSemi-detached£181,000
25 Mar 200236 · OL8 4BZSemi-detached£102,000
25 Jan 200235 · OL8 4BZSemi-detached£65,000
9 Feb 200131 · OL8 4BZDetached£85,000

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 OL8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider OL8 area guide.

Ashton RoadHollins RoadCopster Hill RoadHeron StreetBelgrave RoadFrederick StreetHoneywell LaneGreen LaneChapel RoadChamber RoadGainsborough AvenueWindsor Road
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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.