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Water Lane, SG8

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

Median sold price
£270,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,667
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
35
Distinct homes
24
Price range
£81,672 – £715,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Sales on Water Lane are mostly semi-detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £270,000 — roughly 34% below the SG8 norm. On floor area that works out near £3,667 per square metre, below the district's £4,212. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; SG8 prices as a whole have been easing. HM Land Registry records 35 sales across 24 homes since 2001 — homes here come up rarely.

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Water Lane prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 35 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianSG8 district trend
£0£200k£400k£600k£800k200520102015202020252001: £153,000 median · 1 sale2002: £114,000 median · 2 sales2003: £81,672 median · 1 sale2004: £191,500 median · 3 sales2005: £196,250 median · 2 sales2006: £244,225 median · 6 sales2007: £188,500 median · 1 sale2009: £270,000 median · 1 sale2010: £249,999 median · 1 sale2011: £185,000 median · 1 sale2013: £200,000 median · 1 sale2015: £271,000 median · 2 sales2016: £365,000 median · 1 sale2017: £324,000 median · 2 sales2018: £345,000 median · 1 sale2020: £715,000 median · 1 sale2021: £476,000 median · 1 sale2022: £401,500 median · 4 sales2023: £435,000 median · 2 sales2025: £320,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the SG8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Water Lane compares

Water Lane against the SG8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Hampshire Road£557k · 104
High Street£520k · 226
Lambert Way£497k · 48
Poppy Crescent£475k · 47
Clover Way£420k · 65
Old North Road£420k · 43
Mill Road£320k · 49
Water Lane£270k · 35*
Princes Mews£235k · 41
Goodes Court£200k · 61

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
£270,000
median · all recorded sales
SG8 district
£407,000
median · last 8 years · street -34%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Water Lane's £270,000 median sits about 34% below SG8's £407,000; on floor space it runs £3,667/m² against the district's £4,212/m² (-13%).

Street and SG8 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 Water Lane.

Semi-detached
£270,000
23 sales
Detached
£260,000
12 sales

Every recorded sale on Water Lane

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
17 Jan 202525 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£320,000
15 Aug 202310 · SG8 6AYDetached—£550,000
27 Jan 202317 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£320,000
3 Nov 202240 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£440,000
15 Sept 202227 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£350,000
30 May 202220 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£408,000
23 May 202238 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£395,000
24 Feb 202112 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£476,000
11 Dec 202045 · SG8 6AZDetached—£715,000
25 Jul 201840 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£345,000
15 Sept 201720 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£358,000
28 Jul 201710 · SG8 6AYnon-standardDetached—£370,000
20 Jun 201715 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£290,000
28 Nov 201639 · SG8 6AYDetached—£365,000
9 Dec 201521 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£270,000
18 Nov 201523 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£272,000
16 Jan 201319 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£200,000
29 Mar 201119 · SG8 6AYDetached—£185,000
20 Oct 20106 · SG8 6AYDetached—£249,999
27 Nov 200929 · SG8 6AYDetached—£270,000
13 Dec 200723 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£188,500
12 Oct 200643 · SG8 6AZDetached—£239,950
29 Sept 20064 · SG8 6AYDetached—£420,000
6 Sept 200633 · SG8 6AYDetached—£365,000
27 Jul 200616 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£230,000
12 May 200643 · SG8 6AZDetached—£175,000
6 Jan 20062 · SG8 6AYDetached—£248,500
10 Aug 200513 · SG8 6AYDetached—£220,000
9 Mar 200521 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£172,500
16 Dec 200420 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£195,000
7 Dec 200427 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£178,000
17 Sept 200418 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£191,500
3 Mar 200318 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£81,672
2 Dec 200240 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£93,000
16 Aug 200265 · SG8 6AZSemi-detached—£135,000
11 May 200112 · SG8 6AYSemi-detached—£153,000

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 SG8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider SG8 area guide.

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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.