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Recreation Ground, CO9

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

Median sold price
£243,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,142
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
14
Distinct homes
7
Price range
£150,000£465,000
Sales recorded
2003 → 2022
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Recreation Ground is mostly detached houses. The median sale price is £243,000, about 22% below the typical CO9 sale. On floor area that works out near £3,142 per square metre, below the district's £3,495. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; CO9 prices as a whole have been easing. The record shows 14 sales across 7 homes since 2003.

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Recreation Ground prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 14 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianCO9 district trend
£100k£200k£300k£400k£500k200520102015202020252003: £172,000 median · 1 sale2007: £220,000 median · 1 sale2009: £150,000 median · 1 sale2011: £230,000 median · 1 sale2013: £233,750 median · 2 sales2015: £285,000 median · 1 sale2016: £234,500 median · 2 sales2017: £243,500 median · 1 sale2020: £335,000 median · 1 sale2021: £300,000 median · 2 sales2022: £465,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the CO9 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Recreation Ground compares

Recreation Ground against the CO9 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Church Road£417k · 44
Reynolds Drive£345k · 52
Colchester Road£343k · 52
Swan Street£335k · 47
Kings Road£268k · 41
Hawthorn Close£264k · 42
Hedingham Road£255k · 42
Recreation Ground£243k · 14*
New Street£229k · 38
Colne Road£226k · 40

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
£243,000
median · all recorded sales
CO9 district
£311,000
median · last 8 years · street -22%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Recreation Ground's £243,000 median sits about 22% below CO9's £311,000; on floor space it runs £3,142/m² against the district's £3,495/m² (-10%).

Street and CO9 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 Recreation Ground.

Detached
£264,250
10 sales
Semi-detached
£196,000
4 sales

Every recorded sale on Recreation Ground

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
14 Nov 20221a · CO9 3JDDetached£465,000
23 Jul 20219 · CO9 3JDSemi-detached£290,000
4 Mar 20212 · CO9 3JDDetached£310,000
14 Dec 20206 · CO9 3JDDetached£335,000
11 Aug 20172 · CO9 3JDDetached£243,500
18 Aug 20161 · CO9 3JDDetached£319,000
31 Mar 20168 · CO9 3JDSemi-detached£150,000
30 Nov 20151a · CO9 3JDDetached£285,000
30 Apr 20149 · CO9 3JDnon-standardSemi-detached£195,500
23 Sept 20136 · CO9 3JDDetached£242,500
22 Aug 20131 · CO9 3JDDetached£225,000
15 Jul 20116 · CO9 3JDDetached£230,000
6 Apr 20093 · CO9 3JDDetached£150,000
11 Apr 20079 · CO9 3JDSemi-detached£220,000
14 Nov 20039 · CO9 3JDSemi-detached£172,000

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 CO9

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider CO9 area guide.

Hedingham RoadSwan StreetParsonage StreetColne RoadKings RoadHawthorn CloseColchester RoadTrinity RoadChurch RoadTidings HillHighfieldsNew 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.