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Russell Street, WC2B

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

Median sold price
£580,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£12,407
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
2
Distinct homes
2
Price range
£385,000£775,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2022
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Russell Street is a street almost entirely of flats. The median sale price is £580,000, about 54% below the typical WC2B sale. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £12,407, below the district's £16,376. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across WC2B prices have held broadly level over the last few years. HM Land Registry records 2 sales across 2 homes since 2001 — homes here come up rarely.

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Russell Street prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 2 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianWC2B district trend
£0£500k£1M£1.5M£2M200520102015202020252001: £385,000 median · 1 sale2022: £775,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the WC2B district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Russell Street compares

Russell Street against the WC2B district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Parker Street£1.78M · 32
Kean Street£1.38M · 11
Drury Lane£1.38M · 7
Stukeley Street£1.37M · 7
Newton Street£1.26M · 44
Broad Court£1.16M · 8
Macklin Street£615k · 9
Russell Street£580k · 2*
Martlett Court£513k · 10

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
£580,000
median · all recorded sales
WC2B district
£1,259,000
median · last 8 years · street -54%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Russell Street's £580,000 median sits about 54% below WC2B's £1,259,000; on floor space it runs £12,407/m² against the district's £16,376/m² (-24%).

Street and WC2B 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 Russell Street

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
21 Feb 2022Flat C, 10 · WC2B 5HZFlat£775,000
16 Sept 202126 · WC2B 5HFnon-standardOther£2,069,738
24 Oct 2018Drury House, 34 - 43 · WC2B 5HAnon-standardOther£43,750,000
17 Aug 2017Ground Floor, Drury House, 34 - 43 · WC2B 5HAnon-standardOther£26,428
1 Aug 2001Flat A, 8 · WC2B 5HZFlat£385,000

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 WC2B

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider WC2B area guide.

Newton StreetDrury LaneMacklin StreetMartlett CourtKean StreetKingswayWild StreetParker StreetBroad CourtStukeley StreetCrown CourtGreat Queen Street
WC2B house prices & area guide →

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.