Central Drive, Chesterfield house prices are built from 130 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 5 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £165,000. Across the 13 years from 2008 to 2021 the median moved +87.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +41.1%.
Median price paid
£165,000
Change in cash, 2008–2021
+87.5%
Change in real terms
+41.1%
HM Land Registry130 salesLatest sale 5 Feb 2026
Section 01
How Central Drive, Chesterfield prices moved
The chart tracks the median Central Drive, Chesterfield house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2021. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 | £45,750 | £101,587 |
| 2000s | 6 | £119,500 | £217,694 |
| 2010s | 4 | £175,000 | £246,750 |
| 2020s | 2 | £328,000 | £335,130 |
The highest yearly median on record for Central Drive, Chesterfield is £360,000 in 2020; the lowest is £43,750 in 1996. Across the full 26-year record the cash median has moved from £43,750 to £328,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £94,904, so the real change over the whole record is +336.7% — about +6.07% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +87.5% in cash against +41.1% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 5 Feb 2026 | Detached | £267,750 | £267,750 |
| 70 | 20 Jun 2025 | Detached | £377,500 | £385,707 |
| 29 | 14 Mar 2025 | Detached | £500,000 | £510,870 |
| 76 | 30 May 2024 | Detached | £390,000 | £410,373 |
| 9 | 28 Feb 2023 | Semi-detached | £165,000 | £178,276 |
| 2 | 16 Dec 2022 | Detached | £525,000 | £608,258 |
| 52 | 28 Sep 2021 | Detached | £465,000 | £587,500 |
| 56 | 30 Jul 2021 | Semi-detached | £200,000 | £252,688 |
| 38 | 30 Jun 2021 | Detached | £391,000 | £494,005 |
| 54 | 30 Jun 2021 | Detached | £265,000 | £334,812 |
| 58 | 19 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £187,750 | £237,211 |
| 56 | 5 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £171,000 | £216,048 |
| 48 | 26 Feb 2021 | Detached | £762,500 | £963,374 |
| 36 | 19 Feb 2021 | Detached | £420,000 | £530,645 |
| 49 | 19 Nov 2020 | Detached | £575,000 | £744,490 |
| 2 | 4 Nov 2020 | Detached | £362,500 | £469,353 |
| 9 | 23 Oct 2020 | Detached | £390,000 | £504,959 |
| 71 | 28 Feb 2020 | Detached | £350,000 | £453,168 |
| 32 | 21 Feb 2020 | Detached | £315,000 | £407,851 |
| 27 | 24 Jan 2020 | Detached | £357,500 | £462,879 |
| 19 | 4 Nov 2019 | Semi-detached | £121,000 | £158,265 |
| 121 | 2 Aug 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £92,000 | £120,334 |
| 37 | 13 Nov 2018 | Detached | £337,000 | £449,121 |
| 115 | 25 Aug 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £109,950 | £149,642 |
| 62 | 30 Jun 2017 | Terraced | £190,000 | £258,591 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Central Drive, Chesterfield values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 Central Drive | £89,750 (2000) | £267,750 (2026) | +4.3% | +1.5% |
| 70 Central Drive | £269,950 (2007) | £377,500 (2025) | +1.9% | -1.1% |
| 29 Central Drive | £122,500 (2002) | £500,000 (2025) | +6.3% | +3.4% |
| 9 Central Drive | £112,000 (1997) | £165,000 (2023) | +1.5% | -1.1% |
| 2 Central Drive | £165,000 (2012) | £525,000 (2022) | +12.3% | +9.5% |
| 52 Central Drive | £375,000 (2013) | £465,000 (2021) | +2.7% | +0.9% |
| 56 Central Drive | £174,950 (2008) | £200,000 (2021) | +1.0% | -1.1% |
| 54 Central Drive | £235,000 (2008) | £265,000 (2021) | +0.9% | -1.3% |
| 58 Central Drive | £174,950 (2008) | £187,750 (2021) | +0.5% | -1.6% |
| 48 Central Drive | £175,000 (2014) | £762,500 (2021) | +23.4% | +21.2% |
| 71 Central Drive | £279,000 (2015) | £350,000 (2020) | +4.6% | +2.9% |
| 32 Central Drive | £275,000 (2017) | £315,000 (2020) | +4.6% | +2.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Central Drive, Chesterfield is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 68 | 52.3% | £265,000 | £62,900 – £845,000 |
| Semi-detached | 54 | 41.5% | £87,000 | £33,500 – £295,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 6 | 4.6% | £89,950 | £69,000 – £279,950 |
| Terraced | 2 | 1.5% | £160,950 | £160,950 – £190,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Central Drive, Chesterfield
7 of the sales on record are leasehold and 123 freehold — 5.4% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £84,000 and the median freehold sale £171,000 — a gap of +103.6%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 7 | 5.4% | £84,000 |
| Freehold | 123 | 94.6% | £171,000 |
| New build | 12 | 9.2% | £202,450 |
| Existing home | 118 | 90.8% | £162,975 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +24.2%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 3 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Central Drive, Chesterfield
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Bolsover, 48.1% of 43,413 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.2% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 313 | 0.7% |
| B | 5,662 | 13.0% |
| C | 14,902 | 34.3% |
| D | 14,933 | 34.4% |
| E | 5,764 | 13.3% |
| F | 1,433 | 3.3% |
| G | 406 | 0.9% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Bolsover at £712 a month as of Jun 2026 — £501 for a one-bedroom home and £752 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £165,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.18% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of S42, 76 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 49 violent, 2 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 7 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.2 times quieter.
Against the 80,272 residents the 2021 census counted in Bolsover, that is 0.95 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Central Drive, Chesterfield
The 2021 census counted 80,272 residents in Bolsover across 35,262 households. 66.3% of those households own their home and 33.5% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
10 state and independent schools have a S42 postcode: 9 primary, 1 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tupton Hall School | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,581 |
| Walton Holymoorside Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 379 |
| North Wingfield Primary and Nursery Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 378 |
| Hunloke Park Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 357 |
| Deer Park Primary School | Primary | Community school | 338 |
| Tupton Primary and Nursery Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 237 |
| Grassmoor Primary School | Primary | Community school | 220 |
| Cutthorpe Primary School | Primary | Community school | 110 |
| Temple Normanton Primary Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 106 |
| Wigley Primary School | Primary | Community school | 56 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield Rail Station | Rail | 4.4 km |
| Alfreton Rail Station | Rail | 11.4 km |
| Matlock Rail Station | Rail | 11.5 km |
| Matlock (Peak Rail) | Metro or underground | 11.6 km |
Section 09
How Central Drive, Chesterfield compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Central Drive, Chesterfield sits above that national figure — +4.8%.
Within Chesterfield the street ranks 714 of 2230 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £119,950 (+37.6%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £33,500 to £845,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Central Drive, Chesterfield sits in Bolsover, in the East Midlands.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Bolsover at 5.0 times median local earnings of £36,167 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Williamthorpe Road£87,750 median
- Nethermoor Road£175,000 median
- Ashover Road£197,000 median
- North Wingfield Road£95,000 median
- Meadow View£106,000 median
- Elvaston Road£107,000 median
- Longedge Lane£270,000 median
- Masefield Avenue£137,995 median
- Nottingham Drive£136,475 median
- Cherry Tree Grove£88,000 median
- Station New Road£125,000 median
- Lincoln Way£143,500 median
- Deerlands Road£165,000 median
- Holymoor Road£250,000 median
- Windsor Drive£165,000 median
- St Lawrence Road£135,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 17 Central Drive6 sales
- 11 Central Drive5 sales
- 9 Central Drive4 sales
- 19 Central Drive4 sales
- 6 Central Drive4 sales
- 24 Central Drive4 sales
- 5 Central Drive4 sales
- 70 Central Drive3 sales
- 2 Central Drive3 sales
- 56 Central Drive3 sales
- 58 Central Drive3 sales
- 27 Central Drive3 sales
- 37 Central Drive3 sales
- 12 Central Drive3 sales
- 16 Central Drive3 sales
- 4 Central Drive3 sales
- 11A Central Drive3 sales
- 24A Central Drive3 sales
- 44 Central Drive2 sales
- 29 Central Drive2 sales
- 52 Central Drive2 sales
- 54 Central Drive2 sales
- 48 Central Drive2 sales
- 71 Central Drive2 sales
Back to Chesterfield house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Central Drive, Chesterfield?
The median price paid in Central Drive, Chesterfield across every sale on the register is £165,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Central Drive, Chesterfield?
130 sales are on record for Central Drive, Chesterfield, the most recent completing on 5 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Central Drive, Chesterfield house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +87.5% between 2008 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +41.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Central Drive, Chesterfield house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £360,000, set in 2020. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Central Drive, Chesterfield?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 5 Feb 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Central Drive, Chesterfield house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.