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Lexden

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Lexden typically sold for £360,000. Half of the 237 sales were between £290k and £510k, against a typical £325,000 across Colchester.

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West Bergholt & WormingfordCentral ColchesterStanwayAbbey FieldPrettygate & Westlands
Lexden 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. £360k half sold for £290k to £510k
Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 237 July 2023 to June 2026
Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +5.9% typical price, against 5 years before
New builds 0% of sales · 11% 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 £510,000 typical
    Half between £390k and £668k · 115 sales · Colchester £460k
  • Semi-detached £320,000 typical
    Half between £277k and £360k · 69 sales · Colchester £325k
  • Terraced
    Not enough sales (26 in 3 years)
  • Flat
    Not enough sales (27 in 3 years)

Since 1995

Each year in Lexden

This neighbourhood Colchester Homes sold
£0£200k£400k 1995: £66,2501996: £67,0001997: £77,0001998: £84,9751999: £99,0002000: £110,2002001: £120,0002002: £157,0002003: £174,9722004: £196,2502005: £195,0002006: £218,0002007: £230,0002008: £225,0002009: £189,9952010: £225,0002011: £223,7502012: £229,0002013: £209,0002014: £218,0002015: £329,0002016: £317,0002017: £380,0002018: £340,0002019: £302,0002020: £330,0002021: £380,0002022: £375,0002023: £375,5002024: £332,5002025: £377,500 1995: 116 sold1996: 125 sold1997: 131 sold1998: 128 sold1999: 152 sold2000: 114 sold2001: 127 sold2002: 143 sold2003: 92 sold2004: 144 sold2005: 121 sold2006: 105 sold2007: 142 sold2008: 101 sold2009: 77 sold2010: 80 sold2011: 76 sold2012: 87 sold2013: 109 sold2014: 107 sold2015: 131 sold2016: 105 sold2017: 101 sold2018: 105 sold2019: 87 sold2020: 89 sold2021: 115 sold2022: 71 sold2023: 72 sold2024: 90 sold2025: 82 sold 1995200020052010201520202025
£0£200k£400k 1995: £66,2501996: £67,0001997: £77,0001998: £84,9751999: £99,0002000: £110,2002001: £120,0002002: £157,0002003: £174,9722004: £196,2502005: £195,0002006: £218,0002007: £230,0002008: £225,0002009: £189,9952010: £225,0002011: £223,7502012: £229,0002013: £209,0002014: £218,0002015: £329,0002016: £317,0002017: £380,0002018: £340,0002019: £302,0002020: £330,0002021: £380,0002022: £375,0002023: £375,5002024: £332,5002025: £377,500 1995: 116 sold1996: 125 sold1997: 131 sold1998: 128 sold1999: 152 sold2000: 114 sold2001: 127 sold2002: 143 sold2003: 92 sold2004: 144 sold2005: 121 sold2006: 105 sold2007: 142 sold2008: 101 sold2009: 77 sold2010: 80 sold2011: 76 sold2012: 87 sold2013: 109 sold2014: 107 sold2015: 131 sold2016: 105 sold2017: 101 sold2018: 105 sold2019: 87 sold2020: 89 sold2021: 115 sold2022: 71 sold2023: 72 sold2024: 90 sold2025: 82 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

  • Detached49% · Colchester 34%
  • Semi-detached29% · Colchester 30%
  • Flat11% · Colchester 16%
  • Terraced11% · Colchester 21%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales0% · Colchester 7%
Leaseholds, share of sales11% · 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 Lexden

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.