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Recreation Road, CO9

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

Median sold price
£287,500
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,547
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
22
Distinct homes
11
Price range
£170,000£485,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Recreation Road is mostly detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £287,500 — roughly 8% below the CO9 norm. On floor area that works out near £3,547 per square metre, in line with 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. HM Land Registry records 22 sales across 11 homes since 2001.

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Recreation Road prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 22 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£500k200520102015202020252001: £220,000 median · 1 sale2003: £170,000 median · 1 sale2005: £180,000 median · 1 sale2006: £232,500 median · 2 sales2007: £299,995 median · 1 sale2008: £225,000 median · 1 sale2009: £222,500 median · 2 sales2010: £210,000 median · 1 sale2013: £247,000 median · 1 sale2014: £300,000 median · 2 sales2015: £295,000 median · 1 sale2019: £440,000 median · 1 sale2021: £432,500 median · 2 sales2022: £450,000 median · 3 sales2025: £460,000 median · 2 sales

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 Road compares

Recreation Road 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
Recreation Road£288k · 22*
Kings Road£268k · 41
Hawthorn Close£264k · 42
Hedingham Road£255k · 42
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
£287,500
median · all recorded sales
CO9 district
£311,000
median · last 8 years · street -8%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Recreation Road's £287,500 median sits about 8% below CO9's £311,000; on floor space it runs £3,547/m² against the district's £3,495/m².

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 Road.

Detached
£295,000
19 sales
Terraced
£225,000
3 sales

Every recorded sale on Recreation Road

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
13 Aug 202515 · CO9 3JGDetached£485,000
10 Jan 202513 · CO9 3JGDetached£435,000
21 Oct 20224 · CO9 3JGDetached£410,000
1 Jul 20227 · CO9 3JGDetached£450,000
20 May 202212 · CO9 3JGDetached£475,000
10 Jun 202114 · CO9 3JGDetached£450,000
25 Feb 20211 · CO9 3JGDetached£415,000
7 Jun 20196 · CO9 3JGTerraced£440,000
2 Mar 20152 · CO9 3JGDetached£295,000
20 Jun 201411 · CO9 3JGDetached£320,000
6 May 20142 · CO9 3JGDetached£280,000
30 Oct 20134 · CO9 3JGDetached£247,000
9 Feb 20104 · CO9 3JGDetached£210,000
28 Oct 200913 · CO9 3JGDetached£275,000
16 Jun 2009Moonrakers · CO9 3NLDetached£170,000
28 Mar 20086 · CO9 3JGTerraced£225,000
5 Apr 200712 · CO9 3JGDetached£299,995
27 Sept 20066 · CO9 3JGTerraced£215,000
17 Mar 200611 · CO9 3JGDetached£250,000
11 Oct 20057 · CO9 3JGDetached£180,000
31 Oct 20034 · CO9 3JGDetached£170,000
6 Dec 20012 · CO9 3JGDetached£220,000
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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.