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Watkins Place, BL8

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

Median sold price
£323,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£2,908
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
18
Distinct homes
11
Price range
£265,950£473,000
Sales recorded
2014 → 2024
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Watkins Place is a street almost entirely of detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £323,000 — roughly 45% above the BL8 norm. On floor area that works out near £2,908 per square metre, above the district's £2,556. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across BL8 prices have been rising over the last few years. HM Land Registry records 18 sales across 11 homes since 2014.

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Watkins Place prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 18 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianBL8 district trend
£100k£200k£300k£400k£500k20142016201820202022202420262014: £301,375 median · 2 sales2015: £318,202 median · 9 sales2017: £323,500 median · 1 sale2019: £340,000 median · 2 sales2021: £430,000 median · 1 sale2022: £460,000 median · 1 sale2023: £473,000 median · 1 sale2024: £450,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the BL8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Watkins Place compares

Watkins Place against the BL8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Premier Way£335k · 51
Watkins Place£323k · 18*
Holcombe Road£246k · 64
Brandlesholme Road£245k · 54
Bolton Road£205k · 112
Ainsworth Road£178k · 81
Bury Road£173k · 95
Walshaw Road£166k · 119
Tottington Road£150k · 107
Prospect Terrace£141k · 68

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
£323,000
median · all recorded sales
BL8 district
£223,000
median · last 8 years · street +45%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Watkins Place's £323,000 median sits about 45% above BL8's £223,000; on floor space it runs £2,908/m² against the district's £2,556/m² (+14%).

Street and BL8 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 Watkins Place

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
18 Jun 202411 · BL8 3GJDetached£450,000
15 Sept 20236 · BL8 3GJDetached£473,000
11 Feb 20224 · BL8 3GJDetached£460,000
9 Apr 20212 · BL8 3GJDetached£430,000
18 Aug 20197 · BL8 3GJDetached£360,000
16 Aug 20199 · BL8 3GJDetached£320,000
12 May 20176 · BL8 3GJDetached£323,500
29 May 201517 · BL8 3GJDetachedYes£337,250
8 May 201515 · BL8 3GJDetachedYes£324,950
1 Apr 20157 · BL8 3GJDetachedYes£336,950
20 Feb 201511 · BL8 3GJDetachedYes£265,950
20 Feb 20159 · BL8 3GJDetachedYes£295,000
30 Jan 20153 · BL8 3GJDetachedYes£279,950
23 Jan 20156 · BL8 3GJDetachedYes£288,950
16 Jan 20155 · BL8 3GJDetachedYes£318,202
16 Jan 20154 · BL8 3GJDetachedYes£318,202
18 Dec 20141 · BL8 3GJDetachedYes£280,250
28 Nov 20142 · BL8 3GJDetachedYes£322,500
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More streets in BL8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider BL8 area guide.

Tottington RoadBolton RoadWalshaw RoadBury RoadAinsworth RoadHolcombe RoadBrandlesholme RoadWood StreetBooth StreetKingsbury CloseScobell StreetWatling 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.