CO4 3YW

Orwell Close, Colchester

Median, last 3 years

£250,000

9 sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026

Last standard sale

£245,000

18 Nov 2025

Standard sales

since 1995

CO4 district median

£325,000

637 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

2011 to 2025. Every year since 1995 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
2025	£247,500	5
2024	£252,000	3
2023 (few sales)	£250,000	1
2022 (few sales)	£275,000	1
2021 (few sales)	£245,000	1
2020	£217,500	6
2019 (few sales)	£220,000	1
2018 (few sales)	£255,000	2
2017	£215,000	5
2016 (few sales)	£200,000	1
2015	£169,000	6
2014	£164,000	3
2012 (few sales)	£140,000	1
2011 (few sales)	£124,000	1
2010	£127,500	3
2009 (few sales)	£141,500	2
2008 (few sales)	£130,000	1
2007	£157,500	5
2006	£148,000	5
2005	£148,000	4
2004 (few sales)	£130,500	2
2003 (few sales)	£131,000	1
2002	£88,750	6
2001	£72,750	6
2000 (few sales)	£69,000	1
1999	£59,000	5
1998	£59,250	4
1997	£47,000	5
1996	£47,600	3
1995 (few sales)	£59,750	2

Sale history (92 records · 24 homes sold more than once)

Address	Date	Type	Price
8, ORWELL CLOSE 10 Mar 2006 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £54,000 (May 1999) · +149%	10 Mar 2006	Terraced · Freehold	£134,500
32, ORWELL CLOSE 9 Mar 2006 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £85,000 (Sep 2001) · +73%	9 Mar 2006	Terraced · Freehold	£147,000
17, ORWELL CLOSE 24 Feb 2006 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £60,000 (Jun 1998) · +147%	24 Feb 2006	Semi-detached · Freehold	£148,000
34, ORWELL CLOSE 31 Oct 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £97,500 (Oct 2002) · +39%	31 Oct 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£136,000
16, ORWELL CLOSE 25 Aug 2005 · Terraced · Freehold	25 Aug 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£175,000
39, ORWELL CLOSE 28 Jul 2005 · Detached · Freehold	28 Jul 2005	Detached · Freehold	£160,000
37, ORWELL CLOSE 6 May 2005 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £80,500 (Mar 2002) · +57%	6 May 2005	Semi-detached · Freehold	£126,000
35, ORWELL CLOSE 16 Apr 2004 · Terraced · Freehold	16 Apr 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£121,000
18, ORWELL CLOSE 6 Feb 2004 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £68,000 (Oct 1999) · +106%	6 Feb 2004	Semi-detached · Freehold	£140,000
31, ORWELL CLOSE 9 Oct 2003 · Terraced · Freehold	9 Oct 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£131,000
34, ORWELL CLOSE 25 Oct 2002 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £60,000 (Mar 2001) · +63%	25 Oct 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£97,500
28, ORWELL CLOSE 26 Apr 2002 · Terraced · Freehold	26 Apr 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£95,000
6, ORWELL CLOSE 19 Apr 2002 · Terraced · Freehold	19 Apr 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£82,500
37, ORWELL CLOSE 1 Mar 2002 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £61,995 (Nov 1999) · +30%	1 Mar 2002	Semi-detached · Freehold	£80,500
30, ORWELL CLOSE 22 Feb 2002 · Terraced · Freehold	22 Feb 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£77,500
27, ORWELL CLOSE 8 Feb 2002 · Terraced · Freehold	8 Feb 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£96,000
32, ORWELL CLOSE 28 Sep 2001 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £46,500 (Dec 1997) · +83%	28 Sep 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£85,000
14, ORWELL CLOSE 25 Jul 2001 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £59,000 (Mar 2001) · +30%	25 Jul 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£76,500
11, ORWELL CLOSE 29 Jun 2001 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £58,500 (Feb 1998) · +69%	29 Jun 2001	Semi-detached · Freehold	£98,995
34, ORWELL CLOSE 16 Mar 2001 · Terraced · Freehold	16 Mar 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£60,000
14, ORWELL CLOSE 9 Mar 2001 · Terraced · Freehold	9 Mar 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£59,000
12, ORWELL CLOSE 2 Mar 2001 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £42,500 (May 1997) · +62%	2 Mar 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£69,000
13, ORWELL CLOSE 24 Nov 2000 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £47,000 (Jun 1997) · +47%	24 Nov 2000	Terraced · Freehold	£69,000
7, ORWELL CLOSE 17 Dec 1999 · Terraced · Freehold	17 Dec 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£50,000
37, ORWELL CLOSE 5 Nov 1999 · Semi-detached · Freehold	5 Nov 1999	Semi-detached · Freehold	£61,995
18, ORWELL CLOSE 29 Oct 1999 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £49,000 (Aug 1996) · +39%	29 Oct 1999	Semi-detached · Freehold	£68,000
8, ORWELL CLOSE 21 May 1999 · Terraced · Freehold	21 May 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£54,000
9, ORWELL CLOSE 19 Mar 1999 · Terraced · Freehold	19 Mar 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£59,000
3, ORWELL CLOSE 15 Jul 1998 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £51,000 (Oct 1997) · +5%	15 Jul 1998	Terraced · Freehold	£53,500
17, ORWELL CLOSE 19 Jun 1998 · Semi-detached · Freehold	19 Jun 1998	Semi-detached · Freehold	£60,000
4, ORWELL CLOSE 8 Mar 1998 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £59,500 (Sep 1995) · +6%	8 Mar 1998	Terraced · Freehold	£63,000
11, ORWELL CLOSE 6 Feb 1998 · Semi-detached · Freehold	6 Feb 1998	Semi-detached · Freehold	£58,500
32, ORWELL CLOSE 22 Dec 1997 · Terraced · Freehold	22 Dec 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£46,500
3, ORWELL CLOSE 31 Oct 1997 · Terraced · Freehold	31 Oct 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£51,000
13, ORWELL CLOSE 20 Jun 1997 · Terraced · Freehold	20 Jun 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£47,000
12, ORWELL CLOSE 23 May 1997 · Terraced · Freehold	23 May 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£42,500
40, ORWELL CLOSE 27 Mar 1997 · Detached · Freehold Previously £60,000 (Oct 1995) · −21%	27 Mar 1997	Detached · Freehold	£47,570
18, ORWELL CLOSE 30 Aug 1996 · Semi-detached · Freehold	30 Aug 1996	Semi-detached · Freehold	£49,000
38, ORWELL CLOSE 31 May 1996 · Terraced · Freehold	31 May 1996	Terraced · Freehold	£46,000
21, ORWELL CLOSE 3 May 1996 · Semi-detached · Freehold	3 May 1996	Semi-detached · Freehold	£47,600
40, ORWELL CLOSE 16 Oct 1995 · Detached · Freehold	16 Oct 1995	Detached · Freehold	£60,000
4, ORWELL CLOSE 8 Sep 1995 · Terraced · Freehold	8 Sep 1995	Terraced · Freehold	£59,500

Area

Postcode district: CO4
Country: England
Deprivation decile: 8 of 10
LSOA (2021): E01021708
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 CO4 3YW 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.

CO4 3YN £277,500 · 2 sales
CO4 3HH £115,000 · last sale 2018
CO4 3UZ £560,000 · 3 sales
CO4 3HT £320,000 · 4 sales
CO4 3UY £375,000 · 3 sales
CO4 3UX £300,000 · 2 sales
CO4 3HA £230,000 · 1 sale
CO4 3HS £250,000 · 1 sale
CO4 3EY £345,000 · 1 sale
CO4 3HX £537,500 · 4 sales
CO4 3GQ £450,000 · 3 sales
CO4 3GB £220,000 · last sale 2017