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Russell Square, BN1

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

Median sold price
£194,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£5,951
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
150
Distinct homes
85
Price range
£50,000£750,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Sales on Russell Square are mostly flats. Homes here typically change hands around £194,000 — roughly 53% below the BN1 norm. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £5,951, above the district's £5,257. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across BN1 prices have held broadly level over the last few years. With 150 sales across 85 homes since 2000, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Russell Square prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 150 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianBN1 district trend
£0£200k£400k£600k2000200520102015202020252000: £60,000 median · 3 sales2001: £52,500 median · 3 sales2002: £97,450 median · 8 sales2003: £141,000 median · 16 sales2004: £135,250 median · 12 sales2005: £140,000 median · 11 sales2006: £129,000 median · 7 sales2007: £204,000 median · 10 sales2008: £161,750 median · 8 sales2009: £157,500 median · 5 sales2010: £187,500 median · 4 sales2011: £240,000 median · 9 sales2012: £182,500 median · 4 sales2013: £125,000 median · 5 sales2014: £211,000 median · 6 sales2015: £225,000 median · 7 sales2016: £196,250 median · 4 sales2017: £237,500 median · 4 sales2018: £475,000 median · 4 sales2019: £450,000 median · 3 sales2020: £250,000 median · 1 sale2021: £264,000 median · 6 sales2022: £225,000 median · 3 sales2023: £305,000 median · 5 sales2025: £219,000 median · 2 sales

Median sold price by year vs the BN1 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Russell Square compares

Russell Square against the BN1 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Ditchling Road£397k · 148
Kings Road£365k · 111
Buckingham Road£325k · 107
Montpelier Road£315k · 112
Stanford Avenue£302k · 94
Dyke Road£296k · 200
Springfield Road£290k · 126
Ditchling Rise£279k · 98
London Road£259k · 173
Russell Square£194k · 150*

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
£194,000
median · all recorded sales
BN1 district
£410,000
median · last 8 years · street -53%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Russell Square's £194,000 median sits about 53% below BN1's £410,000; on floor space it runs £5,951/m² against the district's £5,257/m² (+13%).

Street and BN1 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 Russell Square.

Flat
£165,000
133 sales
Terraced
£469,000
14 sales
Semi-detached
£350,000
3 sales

Every recorded sale on Russell Square

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
12 Mar 202614 · BN1 2EEnon-standardTerraced£70,000
3 Jul 202515a · BN1 2EEFlat£193,000
21 Mar 2025Lower Ground Floor Flat, 45 · BN1 2EFFlat£245,000
25 Oct 2024Flat A, 39 · BN1 2EFnon-standardFlat£216,000
13 Jun 202444 · BN1 2EFnon-standardTerraced£810,000
4 Oct 2023Flat 4, 46 · BN1 2EFFlat£217,000
19 Sept 202334, Chartwell Court · BN1 2EWFlat£440,000
23 Jun 202314 · BN1 2EEnon-standardOther£30,000
17 Mar 202314a · BN1 2EEFlat£305,000
24 Feb 202330, Chartwell Court · BN1 2EWFlat£460,000
17 Feb 2023Flat 4, 18 · BN1 2EEFlat£270,000
15 Dec 2022Flat 4, 45 · BN1 2EFFlat£207,000
22 Jul 202265, Chartwell Court · BN1 2EXFlat£600,000
23 Mar 2022Flat D, 15 · BN1 2EEFlat£225,000
21 Oct 2021Flat 8, 29 · BN1 2EEFlat£230,000
2 Sept 2021Basement Flat, 18 · BN1 2EEFlat£225,000
16 Aug 2021Ground Floor Maisonette, 36 · BN1 2EFFlat£284,000
29 Jun 2021Maisonette D, 39 · BN1 2EFFlat£430,000
26 May 2021Balcony Flat C, 39 · BN1 2EFFlat£244,000
20 Jan 202163, Chartwell Court · BN1 2EXFlat£300,000
11 Dec 2020Flat 1, 45 · BN1 2EFFlat£250,000
22 May 2020Flat 8, 29 · BN1 2EEnon-standardFlat£192,000
11 Oct 201946 · BN1 2EFFlat£250,000
9 Apr 201966, Chartwell Court · BN1 2EXFlat£515,000
2 Apr 201916, Chartwell Court · BN1 2EWFlat£450,000
17 Sept 2018Flat 9, 28 - 29 · BN1 2EEnon-standardFlat£165,000
28 Aug 2018Flat 2, 45 · BN1 2EFFlat£235,000
28 Feb 201871, Chartwell Court · BN1 2EXFlat£750,000
28 Feb 201866, Chartwell Court · BN1 2EXFlat£400,000
28 Feb 201870, Chartwell Court · BN1 2EXFlat£550,000
12 Dec 2017Ground Floor Maisonette, 36 · BN1 2EFnon-standardFlat£221,500
29 Sept 2017Flat 1, 45 · BN1 2EFnon-standardFlat£250,000
1 Sept 201726 · BN1 2EEnon-standardTerraced£320,000
2 Aug 2017Flat 5, 28 - 29 · BN1 2EEFlat£205,000
23 May 201719 · BN1 2EEnon-standardTerraced£675,000
9 May 201744 · BN1 2EFTerraced£685,000
3 Mar 20172, Chartwell Court · BN1 2EWFlat£270,000
17 Feb 2017Flat A, 39 · BN1 2EFFlat£195,000
23 Sept 2016Flat 5, 27 · BN1 2EEnon-standardFlat£170,000
20 Jun 201635 · BN1 2EFnon-standardFlat£160,000
31 Mar 20161, Chartwell Court · BN1 2EWFlat£240,000
11 Mar 2016Ground Floor Maisonette, 36 · BN1 2EFFlat£210,000
1 Mar 2016Flat 1, 45 · BN1 2EFFlat£182,500
29 Jan 2016Basement Flat, 29a · BN1 2EEFlat£155,000
7 Dec 2015Basement Flat, 41 · BN1 2EFFlat£218,000
4 Nov 201510, Chartwell Court · BN1 2EWFlat£225,000
25 Sept 2015Upper Flat, 36 · BN1 2EFFlat£300,000
9 Sept 201538 · BN1 2EFTerraced£645,000
1 Jul 2015Flat 8, 29 · BN1 2EEFlat£196,000
1 Jul 201525 · BN1 2EETerraced£620,000

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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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.