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Observatory Road, BB2

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

Median sold price
£115,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£1,916
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
41
Distinct homes
26
Price range
£38,000 – £190,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Sales on Observatory Road are mostly semi-detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £115,000 — roughly 27% below the BB2 norm. On floor area that works out near £1,916 per square metre, above the district's £1,769. Recent sales here have been outpacing the wider BB2 market. HM Land Registry records 41 sales across 26 homes since 2001 — homes here come up rarely.

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Observatory Road prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 41 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianBB2 district trend
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k200520102015202020252001: £43,500 median · 4 sales2002: £63,500 median · 1 sale2003: £63,500 median · 2 sales2004: £115,000 median · 1 sale2005: £110,500 median · 2 sales2006: £117,000 median · 4 sales2007: £112,500 median · 1 sale2010: £81,000 median · 1 sale2011: £70,000 median · 1 sale2012: £105,000 median · 1 sale2015: £72,500 median · 2 sales2016: £73,250 median · 1 sale2018: £130,000 median · 1 sale2019: £118,500 median · 4 sales2020: £120,000 median · 1 sale2021: £119,000 median · 3 sales2022: £183,000 median · 3 sales2023: £111,000 median · 1 sale2024: £177,500 median · 4 sales2025: £175,999 median · 3 sales

Median sold price by year vs the BB2 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Observatory Road compares

Observatory Road against the BB2 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Entwistle Drive£281k · 62
Braddock Bluff£225k · 51
Preston New Road£205k · 73
Meadowbrook Rise£205k · 69
Quebec Road£195k · 54
Preston Old Road£152k · 162
Revidge Road£131k · 54
Livesey Branch Road£120k · 171
Observatory Road£115k · 41*
Bolton Road£82k · 100

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
£115,000
median · all recorded sales
BB2 district
£156,500
median · last 8 years · street -27%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Observatory Road's £115,000 median sits about 27% below BB2's £156,500; on floor space it runs £1,916/m² against the district's £1,769/m² (+8%).

Street and BB2 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 Observatory Road.

Semi-detached
£113,000
36 sales
Terraced
£112,500
3 sales
Detached
£116,000
2 sales

Every recorded sale on Observatory Road

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
19 Sept 202537 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£185,000
28 May 202513 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£110,000
31 Mar 202540 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£175,999
22 Jul 202410 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£185,000
31 May 202446 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£190,000
26 Apr 202415 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£162,000
30 Jan 20246 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£170,000
19 May 202324 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£111,000
16 Sept 20224 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£183,000
16 Sept 20224 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£183,000
1 Apr 202211 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£143,000
27 Aug 202117 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£80,000
23 Jul 202129 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£119,000
7 Jun 202123 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£119,950
22 May 20201 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£120,000
19 Dec 20198 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£135,000
21 Jun 201916 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£117,000
23 Apr 201910 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£120,000
7 Jan 201914 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£108,000
7 Sept 20186 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£130,000
22 Apr 20168 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£73,250
2 Sept 20158 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£64,000
29 May 201512 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£81,000
6 Jan 201425 · BB2 3HEnon-standardDetached—£84,950
20 Jul 201220 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£105,000
8 Aug 201120 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£70,000
20 Dec 201010 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£81,000
13 Apr 200741 · BB2 3HETerraced—£112,500
9 Jun 200625 · BB2 3HEDetached—£117,000
9 Jun 200616 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£123,000
28 Apr 200641 · BB2 3HETerraced—£117,000
16 Feb 200638 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£93,000
21 Oct 200514 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£115,000
28 Jul 200539 · BB2 3HETerraced—£106,000
27 Apr 200425 · BB2 3HEDetached—£115,000
30 May 200332 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£69,000
5 Feb 20031 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£58,000
1 Nov 200211 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£63,500
30 Aug 20015 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£38,000
29 Jun 200134 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£44,000
25 May 200137 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£43,000
26 Jan 200123 · BB2 3HESemi-detached—£49,000

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 BB2

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider BB2 area guide.

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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.