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Orwell Road, CO12

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

Median sold price
£79,250
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£2,313
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
26
Distinct homes
16
Price range
£22,500 – £340,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2021
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Orwell Road is a mix of flats and terraced houses. Homes here typically change hands around £79,250 — roughly 66% below the CO12 norm. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £2,313, below the district's £2,689. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across CO12 prices have been easing over the last few years. With 26 sales across 16 homes since 2000, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Orwell Road prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 26 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianCO12 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k2000200520102015202020252000: £72,000 median · 1 sale2001: £28,998 median · 6 sales2002: £107,000 median · 1 sale2003: £45,000 median · 1 sale2004: £69,995 median · 1 sale2005: £75,000 median · 1 sale2007: £83,500 median · 1 sale2008: £63,500 median · 1 sale2013: £195,000 median · 1 sale2014: £211,500 median · 2 sales2016: £145,000 median · 3 sales2017: £95,000 median · 2 sales2018: £54,995 median · 1 sale2020: £323,000 median · 1 sale2021: £160,000 median · 3 sales

Median sold price by year vs the CO12 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Orwell Road compares

Orwell Road against the CO12 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Low Road£339k · 29
Fronks Road£316k · 65
Harwich Road£285k · 54
Ramsey Road£260k · 33
Parkeston Road£200k · 28
Lee Road£198k · 32
Heron Way£195k · 41
Manor Road£173k · 29
Main Road£168k · 191
Orwell Road£79k · 26*

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
£79,250
median · all recorded sales
CO12 district
£230,000
median · last 8 years · street -66%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Orwell Road's £79,250 median sits about 66% below CO12's £230,000; on floor space it runs £2,313/m² against the district's £2,689/m² (-14%).

Street and CO12 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 Orwell Road.

Flat
£50,000
13 sales
Terraced
£195,000
9 sales
Detached
£140,000
2 sales
Semi-detached
£79,998
2 sales

Every recorded sale on Orwell Road

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
26 Mar 202513 · CO12 3LDnon-standardTerraced—£650,000
26 Aug 2022Flat 4, 9 · CO12 3LDnon-standardFlat—£71,000
22 Aug 2022Flat 2, 5 · CO12 3LDnon-standardFlat—£55,000
27 Jan 2022Flat 3, 5 · CO12 3LDnon-standardFlat—£52,000
27 Sept 20217 · CO12 3LDTerraced—£340,000
21 Jun 2021Flat 1, 6 · CO12 3LDFlat—£50,000
21 Jun 20216 · CO12 3LDTerraced—£160,000
23 Apr 20219 · CO12 3LDnon-standardOther—£30,000
13 Oct 20201a · CO12 3LDnon-standardOther—£160,000
28 Aug 20207 · CO12 3LDTerraced—£323,000
27 Apr 2018Flat 4, 12 · CO12 3LDFlat—£54,995
3 Aug 2017Flat 4, 5 · CO12 3LDFlat—£50,000
27 Feb 20172 · CO12 3LDTerraced—£140,000
1 Aug 2016Flat 3, 5 · CO12 3LDFlat—£50,000
31 Mar 20163 · CO12 3LDTerraced—£145,000
5 Feb 20167 · CO12 3LDTerraced—£240,000
26 Jun 20154 · CO12 3LDnon-standardTerraced—£230,000
14 May 20151 · CO12 3LDnon-standardTerraced—£133,000
15 Dec 201413 · CO12 3LDTerraced—£250,000
9 Jul 201418 · CO12 3LDDetached—£173,000
24 May 20137 · CO12 3LDTerraced—£195,000
8 Oct 2008Flat 4, 5 · CO12 3LDFlat—£63,500
28 Sept 2007Flat 2, 5 · CO12 3LDFlat—£83,500
13 Sept 2005Flat 3, 5 · CO12 3LDFlat—£75,000
25 Jun 2004Flat 2, 5 · CO12 3LDFlat—£69,995
7 Aug 2003Flat 4, 9 · CO12 3LDFlat—£45,000
12 Feb 200218 · CO12 3LDDetached—£107,000
22 Oct 200119 · CO12 3LDSemi-detached—£87,995
5 Oct 2001Flat 1, 6 · CO12 3LDFlat—£27,500
1 Oct 20011 · CO12 3LDTerraced—£95,000
18 Sept 2001Flat 4, 9 · CO12 3LDFlat—£27,995
23 Mar 2001Flat 1, 9 · CO12 3LDFlat—£30,000
7 Feb 2001Flat 4, 5 · CO12 3LDFlat—£22,500
9 Jun 200020 · CO12 3LDSemi-detached—£72,000

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 CO12

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider CO12 area guide.

Main RoadFronks RoadHeron WayHarwich RoadArtillery DriveHigh StreetManor RoadRamsey RoadLee RoadGravel Hill WayGarland RoadWilliamsburg Avenue
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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.