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Observatory Street, OX2

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

Median sold price
£475,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£9,445
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
50
Distinct homes
29
Price range
£170,000 – £1,250,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2026
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Observatory Street is almost entirely terraced houses. The median sale price is £475,000, about 17% below the typical OX2 sale. On floor area that works out near £9,445 per square metre, above the district's £5,987. Recent sales here have been outpacing the wider OX2 market. With 50 sales across 29 homes since 2000, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Observatory Street prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 50 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianOX2 district trend
£0£500k£1M£1.5M2000200520102015202020252000: £248,000 median · 1 sale2001: £275,000 median · 5 sales2002: £355,000 median · 3 sales2003: £209,500 median · 2 sales2004: £387,000 median · 6 sales2005: £194,500 median · 1 sale2006: £300,000 median · 3 sales2007: £426,500 median · 2 sales2009: £382,500 median · 2 sales2010: £665,750 median · 2 sales2011: £462,500 median · 2 sales2013: £651,000 median · 1 sale2014: £678,000 median · 4 sales2015: £799,750 median · 2 sales2016: £300,000 median · 1 sale2017: £700,000 median · 1 sale2018: £650,000 median · 1 sale2019: £525,000 median · 1 sale2020: £725,000 median · 2 sales2022: £695,000 median · 1 sale2023: £887,500 median · 2 sales2024: £1,100,000 median · 3 sales2025: £705,000 median · 1 sale2026: £698,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the OX2 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Observatory Street compares

Observatory Street against the OX2 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Woodstock Road£1.35M · 78
Islip Road£715k · 37
Walton Well Road£633k · 43
Frenchay Road£628k · 38
Cumnor Hill£513k · 95
Banbury Road£476k · 110
Observatory Street£475k · 50*
Kimmeridge Road£450k · 43
Eynsham Road£340k · 61
West Way£283k · 66

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
£475,000
median · all recorded sales
OX2 district
£570,000
median · last 8 years · street -17%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Observatory Street's £475,000 median sits about 17% below OX2's £570,000; on floor space it runs £9,445/m² against the district's £5,987/m² (+58%).

Street and OX2 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 Street.

Terraced
£520,000
45 sales
Semi-detached
£249,999
3 sales
Detached
£335,000
2 sales

Every recorded sale on Observatory Street

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
12 Feb 202660 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£698,000
16 Jun 202520 · OX2 6EWTerraced—£705,000
18 Dec 202471 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£1,100,000
16 Oct 202462 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£715,000
9 Jul 202453 · OX2 6EPnon-standardTerraced—£500,000
5 Jul 202469 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£1,250,000
8 Mar 202456 · OX2 6EPnon-standardTerraced—£585,000
19 Oct 202321 · OX2 6EWTerraced—£675,000
6 Oct 202326 · OX2 6EWnon-standardTerraced—£710,000
11 Sept 202357 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£1,100,000
31 Jan 202228 · OX2 6EWTerraced—£695,000
12 Nov 202029 · OX2 6EWnon-standardTerraced—£626,000
3 Nov 202059 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£725,000
2 Nov 202060 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£725,000
28 May 201946 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£525,000
1 Jun 201821 · OX2 6EWTerraced—£650,000
31 Jan 201760 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£700,000
16 Feb 201659 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£300,000
20 Aug 201557 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£935,000
2 Jun 201520 · OX2 6EWTerraced—£664,500
14 May 201432 · OX2 6EWTerraced—£500,000
16 Apr 201468 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£755,000
9 Apr 201425 · OX2 6EWTerraced—£696,000
4 Apr 201421 · OX2 6EWTerraced—£660,000
13 Sept 201325 · OX2 6EWTerraced—£651,000
14 Oct 201126 · OX2 6EWTerraced—£470,000
16 May 201147 · OX2 6EPSemi-detached—£455,000
10 Jun 201069 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£791,000
4 Jun 201054 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£540,500
27 Apr 200921 · OX2 6EWTerraced—£395,000
5 Mar 200957 · OX2 6EPDetached—£370,000
11 Apr 200759 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£520,000
12 Jan 200745 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£333,000
22 Dec 200652 · OX2 6EPDetached—£300,000
1 Dec 200660 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£295,000
2 Oct 20064 · OX2 6EWTerraced—£480,000
31 May 200559 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£194,500
17 Dec 200460 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£240,000
23 Sept 200455 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£525,537
13 Jul 200456 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£385,000
28 May 200458 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£385,000
17 Feb 200459 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£389,000
29 Jan 20047 · OX2 6EWTerraced—£420,000
22 May 200363 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£170,000
22 May 200366 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£249,000
22 Nov 200225 · OX2 6EWTerraced—£401,000
18 Oct 200224 · OX2 6EWTerraced—£289,000
18 Oct 200254 · OX2 6EPTerraced—£355,000
1 Oct 200147 · OX2 6EPSemi-detached—£249,999
1 Aug 200125 · OX2 6EWTerraced—£345,000

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 OX2

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider OX2 area guide.

Banbury RoadWoodstock RoadCumnor HillFrenchay RoadEynsham RoadKingston RoadWalton Well RoadStone MeadowIslip RoadSunderland AvenueKimmeridge RoadHenry 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.