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The Birches, CO9

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

Median sold price
£297,250
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,346
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
6
Distinct homes
3
Price range
£270,000£445,000
Sales recorded
2003 → 2021
first to latest sale
The street in brief

The Birches is almost entirely detached houses. The median sale price is £297,250, about 4% below the typical CO9 sale. On floor area that works out near £3,346 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. HM Land Registry records 6 sales across 3 homes since 2003.

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The Birches prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 6 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: £287,000 median · 1 sale2004: £292,750 median · 2 sales2008: £357,500 median · 1 sale2009: £270,000 median · 1 sale2021: £445,000 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 The Birches compares

The Birches 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
The Birches£297k · 6*
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
£297,250
median · all recorded sales
CO9 district
£311,000
median · last 8 years · street -4%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

The Birches's £297,250 median sits about 4% below CO9's £311,000; on floor space it runs £3,346/m² against the district's £3,495/m² (-4%).

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.

Every recorded sale on The Birches

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
30 Jul 20212 · CO9 4LJDetached£445,000
2 Oct 20092 · CO9 4LJDetached£270,000
22 Apr 20083 · CO9 4LJDetached£357,500
30 Jun 20042 · CO9 4LJDetached£278,000
24 Mar 20043 · CO9 4LJDetached£307,500
7 Feb 20031 · CO9 4LJDetached£287,000
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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.