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Orchid Close, LU3

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

Median sold price
£138,500
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,193
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
135
Distinct homes
66
Price range
£101,860 – £195,000
Sales recorded
2007 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Orchid Close is almost entirely flats. Homes here typically change hands around £138,500 — roughly 52% below the LU3 norm. On floor area that works out near £3,193 per square metre, below the district's £3,571. Recent sales here have lagged the wider LU3 market. The record shows 135 sales across 66 homes since 2007.

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Orchid Close prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 135 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianLU3 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k20102015202020252007: £135,950 median · 67 sales2009: £110,000 median · 1 sale2010: £119,250 median · 2 sales2012: £114,250 median · 2 sales2013: £115,500 median · 2 sales2014: £122,250 median · 6 sales2015: £132,000 median · 7 sales2016: £162,500 median · 6 sales2017: £170,000 median · 9 sales2018: £173,000 median · 8 sales2019: £156,250 median · 2 sales2020: £172,980 median · 1 sale2021: £161,500 median · 2 sales2022: £171,000 median · 7 sales2023: £181,500 median · 4 sales2024: £175,000 median · 7 sales2025: £187,500 median · 2 sales

Median sold price by year vs the LU3 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Orchid Close compares

Orchid Close against the LU3 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Turnpike Drive£368k · 89
Icknield Way£350k · 42
Kinross Crescent£295k · 55
Grampian Way£291k · 50
Sundon Park Road£280k · 55
New Bedford Road£269k · 48
Third Avenue£233k · 44
Repton Close£220k · 46
Lucas Gardens£190k · 57
Orchid Close£173k · 29

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets.

This street
£138,500
median · all recorded sales
LU3 district
£290,000
median · last 8 years · street -52%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Orchid Close's £138,500 median sits about 52% below LU3's £290,000; on floor space it runs £3,193/m² against the district's £3,571/m² (-11%).

Street and LU3 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 Orchid Close

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
16 Jul 202568 · LU3 3EXFlat—£180,000
24 Jan 202562 · LU3 3EXFlat—£195,000
6 Dec 202470 · LU3 3EXFlat—£181,000
6 Dec 202454 · LU3 3EXFlat—£175,000
31 Jul 20249 · LU3 3EXnon-standardFlat—£166,000
28 Jun 202488 · LU3 3EXFlat—£175,000
22 Mar 20242 · LU3 3EXFlat—£150,000
8 Mar 202426 · LU3 3EXFlat—£185,000
29 Feb 202452 · LU3 3EXFlat—£172,000
9 Feb 202413 · LU3 3EXFlat—£180,000
19 Oct 202378 · LU3 3EXFlat—£170,000
28 Apr 202376 · LU3 3EXFlat—£187,500
19 Apr 202372 · LU3 3EXFlat—£185,000
8 Mar 20233 · LU3 3EXFlat—£178,000
7 Oct 202287 · LU3 3EXFlat—£182,500
1 Jul 20224 · LU3 3EXFlat—£171,000
29 Apr 202269 · LU3 3EXFlat—£167,000
18 Feb 202263 · LU3 3EXFlat—£171,000
17 Feb 202290 · LU3 3EXFlat—£175,000
14 Feb 202211 · LU3 3EXFlat—£170,000
14 Jan 202257 · LU3 3EXFlat—£162,000
3 Sept 202183 · LU3 3EXFlat—£152,000
13 Aug 202125 · LU3 3EXFlat—£171,000
26 May 202171 · LU3 3EXnon-standardFlat—£160,000
3 Dec 202072 · LU3 3EXFlat—£172,980
17 May 201980 · LU3 3EXFlat—£162,500
19 Mar 20198 · LU3 3EXFlat—£150,000
17 Jan 20196 · LU3 3EXnon-standardFlat—£170,000
18 Dec 201820 · LU3 3EXFlat—£173,000
6 Sept 201855 · LU3 3EXFlat—£155,000
31 Aug 201822 · LU3 3EXFlat—£180,000
28 Aug 201885 · LU3 3EXFlat—£173,000
15 Jun 201853 · LU3 3EXFlat—£183,000
29 Mar 201886 · LU3 3EXFlat—£180,000
1 Feb 201814 · LU3 3EXFlat—£171,000
31 Jan 201858 · LU3 3EXFlat—£168,000
14 Dec 201726 · LU3 3EXFlat—£173,000
24 Nov 201769 · LU3 3EXFlat—£170,000
9 Oct 201721 · LU3 3EXnon-standardFlat—£170,000
30 Jun 201781 · LU3 3EXFlat—£170,000
5 May 201718 · LU3 3EXFlat—£167,000
25 Apr 201767 · LU3 3EXFlat—£175,000
11 Apr 201779 · LU3 3EXFlat—£169,000
10 Mar 20177 · LU3 3EXnon-standardFlat—£165,000
28 Feb 201765 · LU3 3EXnon-standardFlat—£165,000
24 Feb 20173 · LU3 3EXFlat—£165,500
16 Jan 201766 · LU3 3EXFlat—£165,000
16 Jan 201719 · LU3 3EXFlat—£170,000
30 Nov 201612 · LU3 3EXFlat—£162,000
28 Oct 201653 · LU3 3EXFlat—£165,000

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 LU3

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider LU3 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.