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Merry Bents Street, OL14

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

Median sold price
£82,500
all recorded sales
Recorded sales
16
Distinct homes
12
Price range
£33,000 – £103,100
Sales recorded
2000 → 2012
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Merry Bents Street is a street almost entirely of terraced houses. The median sale price is £82,500, about 48% below the typical OL14 sale. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across OL14 prices have been rising over the last few years. HM Land Registry records 16 sales across 12 homes since 2000 — homes here come up rarely.

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Merry Bents Street prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 16 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianOL14 district trend
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k2000200520102015202020252000: £33,000 median · 1 sale2001: £46,475 median · 2 sales2003: £55,500 median · 3 sales2004: £73,875 median · 2 sales2005: £86,250 median · 2 sales2006: £86,000 median · 1 sale2007: £95,000 median · 3 sales2010: £85,000 median · 1 sale2012: £93,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the OL14 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Merry Bents Street compares

Merry Bents Street against the OL14 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Ramsden Wood Road£305k · 30
Hare Court£258k · 30
Rochdale Road£171k · 68
Bacup Road£155k · 39
Hollins Road£155k · 36
Oak Avenue£147k · 34
Burnley Road£140k · 104
Halifax Road£138k · 43
Industrial Street£101k · 32
Merry Bents Street£83k · 16*

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
£82,500
median · all recorded sales
OL14 district
£160,000
median · last 8 years · street -48%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Merry Bents Street's £82,500 median sits about 48% below OL14's £160,000.

Street and OL14 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 Merry Bents Street

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
4 May 20129 · OL14 6AFTerraced—£93,000
16 Jul 20107 · OL14 6AFTerraced—£85,000
15 Nov 20073 · OL14 6AFTerraced—£95,000
27 Sept 200722 · OL14 6AFTerraced—£103,100
25 May 20078 · OL14 6AFTerraced—£89,000
14 Jul 20065 · OL14 6AFTerraced—£86,000
15 Dec 200511 · OL14 6AFTerraced—£85,000
15 Apr 200517 · OL14 6AFTerraced—£87,500
23 Dec 200415 · OL14 6AFTerraced—£77,750
3 Dec 200422 · OL14 6AFTerraced—£70,000
28 Nov 20032 · OL14 6AFTerraced—£80,000
12 Sept 200318 · OL14 6AFTerraced—£43,000
1 Aug 200317 · OL14 6AFTerraced—£55,500
19 Dec 20017 · OL14 6AFTerraced—£33,000
16 Nov 200119 · OL14 6AFTerraced—£59,950
21 Jan 20003 · OL14 6AFTerraced—£33,000
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More streets in OL14

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider OL14 area guide.

Burnley RoadRochdale RoadHalifax RoadBacup RoadIndustrial StreetHare CourtHollins RoadOak AvenueCambridge StreetRamsden Wood RoadJoshua StreetStansfield 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.