Mill Road, Colchester house prices are built from 539 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 21 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £185,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +63.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +18.1%.
Median price paid
£185,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+63.0%
Change in real terms
+18.1%
Median per m²
£2,475
HM Land Registry539 sales11 with floor areaLatest sale 21 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Mill Road, Colchester prices moved
The chart tracks the median Mill Road, Colchester house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2025. 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 | 5 | £74,250 | £164,870 |
| 2000s | 10 | £148,000 | £269,612 |
| 2010s | 10 | £208,000 | £293,280 |
| 2020s | 6 | £310,000 | £316,739 |
The highest yearly median on record for Mill Road, Colchester is £440,000 in 2025; the lowest is £65,950 in 1995. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £65,950 to £440,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £146,440, so the real change over the whole record is +207.0% — about +3.81% 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: +63.0% in cash against +18.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 21 Apr 2026 | Detached | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| Poplar View | 27 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £410,000 | £410,000 |
| 176 | 28 Nov 2025 | Detached | £300,000 | £306,522 |
| Millcroft | 30 Oct 2025 | Detached | £590,000 | £602,826 |
| 158 | 9 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £515,000 | £526,196 |
| 449 | 12 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £490,000 | £500,652 |
| 306 | 15 Aug 2025 | Detached | £515,000 | £526,196 |
| 194 | 15 Aug 2025 | Semi-detached | £440,000 | £449,565 |
| 361 | 8 Aug 2025 | Detached | £450,000 | £459,783 |
| 256 | 7 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £342,500 | £349,946 |
| 2 Thatchers Cottages | 12 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £355,000 | £362,717 |
| 307 | 27 May 2025 | Terraced | £325,000 | £332,065 |
| Red Brick House | 14 May 2025 | Detached | £515,000 | £526,196 |
| 17 | 7 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £332,065 |
| 310 | 31 Mar 2025 | Detached | £495,000 | £505,761 |
| 155 | 27 Mar 2025 | Detached | £340,000 | £347,391 |
| 108 | 27 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £319,000 | £325,935 |
| 288 | 14 Mar 2025 | Detached | £315,000 | £321,848 |
| 352 | 17 Jan 2025 | Detached | £607,000 | £620,196 |
| 237 | 16 Dec 2024 | Terraced | £280,000 | £294,627 |
| Stanwill | 25 Oct 2024 | Semi-detached | £440,000 | £462,985 |
| 335 | 15 Aug 2024 | Detached | £530,000 | £557,687 |
| 295 | 8 Aug 2024 | Terraced | £260,000 | £273,582 |
| 339 | 1 Aug 2024 | Detached | £476,000 | £500,866 |
| 325 | 10 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £247,000 | £259,903 |
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 Mill Road, Colchester values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Mill Road | £249,999 (2007) | £310,000 (2026) | +1.1% | -1.8% |
| POPLAR VIEW Mill Road | £315,000 (2015) | £410,000 (2026) | +2.4% | -0.7% |
| 176 Mill Road | £230,000 (2019) | £300,000 (2025) | +4.5% | +0.3% |
| MILLCROFT Mill Road | £129,000 (1996) | £590,000 (2025) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| 158 Mill Road | £100,000 (2010) | £515,000 (2025) | +11.5% | +8.3% |
| 449 Mill Road | £250,000 (2003) | £490,000 (2025) | +3.1% | +0.3% |
| 306 Mill Road | £390,000 (2013) | £515,000 (2025) | +2.3% | -0.6% |
| 194 Mill Road | £138,000 (2013) | £440,000 (2025) | +10.1% | +6.9% |
| 361 Mill Road | £108,950 (1996) | £450,000 (2025) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| 256 Mill Road | £57,000 (1996) | £342,500 (2025) | +6.4% | +3.7% |
| 307 Mill Road | £162,500 (2003) | £325,000 (2025) | +3.2% | +0.4% |
| RED BRICK HOUSE Mill Road | £189,950 (2001) | £515,000 (2025) | +4.2% | +1.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Mill Road, Colchester 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 | 212 | 39.3% | £225,000 | £25,000 – £875,000 |
| Semi-detached | 198 | 36.7% | £171,000 | £1,500 – £515,000 |
| Terraced | 125 | 23.2% | £167,500 | £27,000 – £340,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 4 | 0.7% | £185,000 | £31,000 – £355,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Mill Road, Colchester
4 of the sales on record are leasehold and 535 freehold — 0.7% 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 £80,000 and the median freehold sale £185,000 — a gap of +131.3%. 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 | 4 | 0.7% | £80,000 |
| Freehold | 535 | 99.3% | £185,000 |
| New build | 89 | 16.5% | £179,950 |
| Existing home | 450 | 83.5% | £185,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -2.7%. 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 29 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 Mill Road, Colchester
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Braintree, 48.3% of 69,960 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 274 | 0.4% |
| B | 10,725 | 15.3% |
| C | 22,773 | 32.6% |
| D | 23,376 | 33.4% |
| E | 9,378 | 13.4% |
| F | 2,780 | 4.0% |
| G | 654 | 0.9% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Braintree at £1,224 a month as of Jun 2026 — £858 for a one-bedroom home and £1,366 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £185,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 7.94% 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.
No street-level crime was published for CO5 in Jun 2026. Several forces do not supply street-level data to police.uk, so this is a gap in the source rather than a crime-free month — and printing a zero would say something the data does not.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Mill Road, Colchester
The 2021 census counted 155,268 residents in Braintree across 64,983 households. 68.6% of those households own their home and 31.4% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
12 state and independent schools have a CO5 postcode: 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurstable School | Secondary | Academy converter | 932 |
| Kelvedon St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 464 |
| Mersea Island School | Primary | Foundation school | 394 |
| St Luke's Church of England Controlled Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 267 |
| St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Rowhedge | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 223 |
| Tiptree Heath Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 198 |
| Milldene Primary School | Primary | Community school | 185 |
| Feering Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 147 |
| Langenhoe Community Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 104 |
| Baynards Primary School | Primary | Community school | 98 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Marks Tey Rail Station | Rail | 7.7 km |
| Kelvedon Rail Station | Rail | 8.4 km |
| Colchester Town Rail Station | Rail | 9.9 km |
| Wivenhoe Rail Station | Rail | 10.5 km |
Section 09
How Mill Road, Colchester compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Mill Road, Colchester sits above that national figure — +17.5%.
Within Colchester the street ranks 1666 of 2866 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £178,000 (+3.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,475 per square metre, across 11 of the 539 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £1,500 to £875,000. 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.
Mill Road, Colchester sits in Braintree, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Braintree at 9.2 times median local earnings of £37,704 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
- Maldon Road£210,000 median
- Church Road£235,000 median
- Station Road£166,750 median
- Rectory Road£172,000 median
- Layer Road£175,000 median
- Church Street£218,000 median
- Fingringhoe Road£135,000 median
- East Road£220,000 median
- Seaview Avenue£175,000 median
- Wilkin Drive£194,500 median
- Green Lane£255,000 median
- Fairhaven Avenue£265,000 median
- Holly Way£168,748 median
- Feering Hill£268,750 median
- Grove Road£236,500 median
- Coast Road£298,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 79 Mill Road7 sales
- 17 Mill Road6 sales
- 91 Mill Road6 sales
- 11 Mill Road6 sales
- 19 Mill Road6 sales
- 307 Mill Road5 sales
- 237 Mill Road5 sales
- 131 Mill Road5 sales
- 12 Mill Road4 sales
- 40 Mill Road4 sales
- 364 Mill Road4 sales
- 7 Mill Road4 sales
- 327 Mill Road4 sales
- 371 Mill Road4 sales
- AMORE Mill Road4 sales
- 39 Mill Road4 sales
- 59 Mill Road4 sales
- 21 Mill Road4 sales
- 305 Mill Road4 sales
- 23 Mill Road4 sales
- 20 Mill Road4 sales
- 37 Mill Road4 sales
- 323 Mill Road4 sales
- 366 Mill Road4 sales
Back to Colchester house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Mill Road, Colchester?
The median price paid in Mill Road, Colchester across every sale on the register is £185,000. 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 Mill Road, Colchester?
539 sales are on record for Mill Road, Colchester, the most recent completing on 21 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Mill Road, Colchester house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +63.0% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +18.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Mill Road, Colchester house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £440,000, set in 2025. 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 Mill Road, Colchester?
£2,475 per square metre, from the 11 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 21 Apr 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, “Mill Road, Colchester 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.