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Central Colchester

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Central Colchester typically sold for £225,000. Half of the 582 sales were between £165k and £305k, against a typical £325,000 across Colchester.

Postcodes CO1, CO3

All of Colchester
LexdenNew Town & HytheAbbey FieldParson's HeathMile End North, Braiswick & Kingswood HeathMile End South
Central Colchester and the neighbourhoods next to it, in Colchester.Open the map
Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £225k half sold for £165k to £305k
Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 582 July 2023 to June 2026
Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +6.1% typical price, against 5 years before
New builds 6% of sales · 50% leasehold

By type of home

What homes sold for

The band is the middle half of sales, a quarter sold for less and a quarter for more, with the typical price marked. The dashed line is the typical price for the same type across Colchester.

  • Detached £411,000 typical
    Half between £329k and £524k · 44 sales · Colchester £460k
  • Semi-detached £319,000 typical
    Half between £283k and £355k · 86 sales · Colchester £325k
  • Terraced £278,750 typical
    Half between £227k and £330k · 164 sales · Colchester £273k
  • Flat £167,250 typical
    Half between £135k and £201k · 288 sales · Colchester £175k

Since 1995

Each year in Central Colchester

This neighbourhood Colchester Homes sold
£0£200k£400k 1995: £44,9981996: £45,0001997: £45,0001998: £53,0001999: £59,5002000: £72,5002001: £80,0002002: £105,2252003: £133,2502004: £159,4502005: £159,2252006: £170,7502007: £174,9952008: £142,4522009: £148,6602010: £147,5002011: £166,5002012: £161,0002013: £162,7502014: £168,7482015: £159,0002016: £172,5002017: £195,0002018: £182,0002019: £198,0002020: £195,0002021: £228,5002022: £234,5002023: £230,0002024: £215,0002025: £245,250 1995: 200 sold1996: 219 sold1997: 280 sold1998: 275 sold1999: 335 sold2000: 327 sold2001: 342 sold2002: 356 sold2003: 377 sold2004: 368 sold2005: 348 sold2006: 545 sold2007: 439 sold2008: 259 sold2009: 244 sold2010: 198 sold2011: 174 sold2012: 205 sold2013: 236 sold2014: 290 sold2015: 275 sold2016: 373 sold2017: 293 sold2018: 293 sold2019: 226 sold2020: 189 sold2021: 295 sold2022: 359 sold2023: 212 sold2024: 193 sold2025: 204 sold 1995200020052010201520202025
£0£200k£400k 1995: £44,9981996: £45,0001997: £45,0001998: £53,0001999: £59,5002000: £72,5002001: £80,0002002: £105,2252003: £133,2502004: £159,4502005: £159,2252006: £170,7502007: £174,9952008: £142,4522009: £148,6602010: £147,5002011: £166,5002012: £161,0002013: £162,7502014: £168,7482015: £159,0002016: £172,5002017: £195,0002018: £182,0002019: £198,0002020: £195,0002021: £228,5002022: £234,5002023: £230,0002024: £215,0002025: £245,250 1995: 200 sold1996: 219 sold1997: 280 sold1998: 275 sold1999: 335 sold2000: 327 sold2001: 342 sold2002: 356 sold2003: 377 sold2004: 368 sold2005: 348 sold2006: 545 sold2007: 439 sold2008: 259 sold2009: 244 sold2010: 198 sold2011: 174 sold2012: 205 sold2013: 236 sold2014: 290 sold2015: 275 sold2016: 373 sold2017: 293 sold2018: 293 sold2019: 226 sold2020: 189 sold2021: 295 sold2022: 359 sold2023: 212 sold2024: 193 sold2025: 204 sold 199520102025

The typical price is the middle sale of each full year, shown where at least 5 homes sold. It moves with which homes happened to sell, so a single year can jump.

The homes that sell here

  • Flat50% · Colchester 16%
  • Terraced28% · Colchester 21%
  • Semi-detached15% · Colchester 30%
  • Detached8% · Colchester 34%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales6% · Colchester 7%
Leaseholds, share of sales50% · Colchester 16%

New builds can take up to a year to appear in Land Registry's figures, so the latest year may show fewer than were sold.

Next door

Neighbourhoods around Central Colchester

About these figures

Every standard home sale registered with HM Land Registry since 1995: homes sold at full market value to a person, so repossessions and sales to companies are left out. Recent months fill in as late sales are registered. Not financial advice.

Sources and licences

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Neighbourhood names: contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 (House of Commons Library). Neighbourhood boundaries and the postcode lookup: source, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.