CO2 8US

Darwin Close, Colchester

Median, last 3 years

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No sales in Jun 2023 – May 2026

Last standard sale

£255,000

30 Oct 2020

Standard sales

since 1997 (+2 additional entries)

CO2 district median

£285,000

481 sales, 12 months to May 2026

Medians count standard sales only (Price Paid category A). Additional entries (category B) - repossessions, buy-to-lets with an identifiable mortgage, and purchases by companies and other non-private buyers - are listed below but left out.

Median price by year

2006 to 2020. Every year since 1997 is in the figures below.

Paler bars rest on fewer than three sales, so they show which homes sold more than how prices moved.

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Median sale price and number of sales by year
Year	Median	Sales
2020 (few sales)	£247,500	2
2019 (few sales)	£220,000	1
2018 (few sales)	£221,250	2
2017 (few sales)	£185,000	1
2016 (few sales)	£210,000	1
2015 (few sales)	£167,500	2
2012 (few sales)	£138,000	1
2007 (few sales)	£151,750	2
2006 (few sales)	£122,750	2
2005 (few sales)	£135,000	1
2004 (few sales)	£129,500	2
2003 (few sales)	£115,500	1
2002 (few sales)	£83,750	2
2001 (few sales)	£74,500	2
2000 (few sales)	£64,975	2
1999 (few sales)	£63,000	1
1998	£47,950	3
1997 (few sales)	£43,000	1

Sale history (31 records · 9 homes sold more than once)

Address	Date	Type	Price
19, DARWIN CLOSE Cat B 15 May 2024 · Semi-detached · Freehold	15 May 2024	Semi-detached · Freehold	£255,000
4, DARWIN CLOSE 30 Oct 2020 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £242,500 (Dec 2018) · +5%	30 Oct 2020	Semi-detached · Freehold	£255,000
8, DARWIN CLOSE 20 Feb 2020 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £152,000 (Sep 2007) · +58%	20 Feb 2020	Semi-detached · Freehold	£240,000
12, DARWIN CLOSE 5 Apr 2019 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £134,000 (Jun 2004) · +64%	5 Apr 2019	Semi-detached · Freehold	£220,000
4, DARWIN CLOSE 20 Dec 2018 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £185,000 (Feb 2017) · +31%	20 Dec 2018	Semi-detached · Freehold	£242,500
17, DARWIN CLOSE 6 Jul 2018 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £80,000 (May 2002) · +150%	6 Jul 2018	Semi-detached · Freehold	£200,000
23, DARWIN CLOSE Cat B 29 Jun 2018 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £210,000 (Apr 2016)	29 Jun 2018	Semi-detached · Freehold	£215,000
4, DARWIN CLOSE 23 Feb 2017 · Semi-detached · Freehold	23 Feb 2017	Semi-detached · Freehold	£185,000
23, DARWIN CLOSE 7 Apr 2016 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £150,000 (Jun 2015) · +40%	7 Apr 2016	Semi-detached · Freehold	£210,000
9, DARWIN CLOSE 15 Jul 2015 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £151,500 (Oct 2007) · +22%	15 Jul 2015	Semi-detached · Freehold	£185,000
23, DARWIN CLOSE 16 Jun 2015 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £125,000 (Nov 2004) · +20%	16 Jun 2015	Semi-detached · Freehold	£150,000
3, DARWIN CLOSE 14 Aug 2012 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £102,000 (Nov 2006) · +35%	14 Aug 2012	Semi-detached · Freehold	£138,000
9, DARWIN CLOSE 26 Oct 2007 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £135,000 (Jul 2005) · +12%	26 Oct 2007	Semi-detached · Freehold	£151,500
8, DARWIN CLOSE 4 Sep 2007 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £79,000 (Sep 2001) · +92%	4 Sep 2007	Semi-detached · Freehold	£152,000
14, DARWIN CLOSE 13 Dec 2006 · Semi-detached · Freehold	13 Dec 2006	Semi-detached · Freehold	£143,500
3, DARWIN CLOSE 6 Nov 2006 · Terraced · Freehold · New build	6 Nov 2006	Terraced · Freehold · New build	£102,000
9, DARWIN CLOSE 5 Jul 2005 · Semi-detached · Freehold	5 Jul 2005	Semi-detached · Freehold	£135,000
23, DARWIN CLOSE 1 Nov 2004 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £70,000 (Sep 2001) · +79%	1 Nov 2004	Semi-detached · Freehold	£125,000
12, DARWIN CLOSE 4 Jun 2004 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £87,500 (May 2002) · +53%	4 Jun 2004	Semi-detached · Freehold	£134,000
11, DARWIN CLOSE 10 Jan 2003 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £60,000 (Oct 1998) · +93%	10 Jan 2003	Semi-detached · Freehold	£115,500
17, DARWIN CLOSE 10 May 2002 · Semi-detached · Freehold	10 May 2002	Semi-detached · Freehold	£80,000
12, DARWIN CLOSE 10 May 2002 · Semi-detached · Freehold	10 May 2002	Semi-detached · Freehold	£87,500
23, DARWIN CLOSE 28 Sep 2001 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £59,950 (Aug 2000) · +17%	28 Sep 2001	Semi-detached · Freehold	£70,000
8, DARWIN CLOSE 3 Sep 2001 · Semi-detached · Freehold	3 Sep 2001	Semi-detached · Freehold	£79,000
16, DARWIN CLOSE 27 Oct 2000 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £47,950 (Feb 1998) · +46%	27 Oct 2000	Semi-detached · Freehold	£70,000
23, DARWIN CLOSE 11 Aug 2000 · Semi-detached · Freehold	11 Aug 2000	Semi-detached · Freehold	£59,950
21, DARWIN CLOSE 29 Nov 1999 · Terraced · Freehold	29 Nov 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£63,000
11, DARWIN CLOSE 13 Oct 1998 · Semi-detached · Freehold	13 Oct 1998	Semi-detached · Freehold	£60,000
16, DARWIN CLOSE 20 Feb 1998 · Semi-detached · Freehold	20 Feb 1998	Semi-detached · Freehold	£47,950
7, DARWIN CLOSE 23 Jan 1998 · Semi-detached · Freehold	23 Jan 1998	Semi-detached · Freehold	£47,500
15, DARWIN CLOSE 18 May 1997 · Semi-detached · Freehold	18 May 1997	Semi-detached · Freehold	£43,000

Cat B An additional Price Paid entry (category B): a repossession, a buy-to-let with an identifiable mortgage, a purchase by a company or other non-private buyer, or a sale of another kind of property. Left out of every average.

Area

Postcode district: CO2
Country: England
Deprivation decile: 5 of 10
LSOA (2021): E01021640
Introduced: Jan 1980

From the English Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019, for the 2011 neighbourhood (LSOA) this postcode sits in. Decile 1 is the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 the least; ranks are not comparable between nations.

UK House Price Index

Colchester, July 2026 (provisional)

Average price: £297,824
Change since July 2025: −0.5%
First-time buyers: £249,875

Average by property type

Detached: £501,116
Semi-detached: £331,089
Terraced: £266,290
Flat / maisonette: £162,307

The official index for Colchester as a whole, not CO2 8US alone. It is a modelled average, adjusted for the mix of homes sold, so it differs from a median of recorded sales, and its newest months are revised as late registrations arrive. Source: UK House Price Index (about the data).

Location

Postcode centroid, not a specific property.

Nearby postcodes

Median sold price and number of sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026; otherwise the last sale, if it was in the last ten years.

CO2 8UN £275,000 · 5 sales
CO2 8UE £280,000 · last sale 2018
CO2 8UD £285,000 · 3 sales
CO2 8UR £295,000 · 2 sales
CO2 8UP £287,200 · 5 sales
CO2 8UH £225,000 · last sale 2020
CO2 8UF £322,500 · 2 sales
CO2 8UA £280,000 · last sale 2022
CO2 8UB £291,500 · 6 sales
CO2 8UG £291,000 · 2 sales
CO2 8UJ £270,500 · 2 sales
CO2 8PW £340,000 · 1 sale