Bowes Drive, Ongar house prices

Bowes Drive, Ongar house prices are built from 69 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1999 and the most recent on 13 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £289,950. Across the 15 years from 1999 to 2014 the median moved +138.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +67.6%.

HM Land Registry69 sales15 with floor areaLatest sale 13 Feb 2026

The chart tracks the median Bowes Drive, Ongar house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1999 to 2014. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.

The highest yearly median on record for Bowes Drive, Ongar is £300,000 in 2014; the lowest is £126,000 in 1999. Across the full 16-year record the cash median has moved from £126,000 to £300,000.

In 2026 money that first median is worth £256,734, so the real change over the whole record is +67.6% — about +3.50% 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: +138.1% in cash against +67.6% 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.

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.

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 Bowes Drive, Ongar values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.

The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Bowes Drive, Ongar is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.

0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 69 freehold — 0.0% 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 across the whole archive is £157,500. Bowes Drive, Ongar sits above that national figure — +84.1%.

Within Ongar the street ranks 95 of 146 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £295,000 (-1.7%).

Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £4,828 per square metre, across 15 of the 69 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 £77,000 to £560,000. 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.

Streets nearby

• High Street£215,000 median
• Longfields£292,500 median
• Great Stony Park£312,500 median
• Fyfield Road£235,000 median
• The Gables£352,500 median
• Walter Mead Close£266,000 median
• Cripsey Avenue£202,875 median
• Moreton Road£280,000 median
• Mayflower Court£149,950 median
• Mayflower Way£284,950 median
• Abigail Court£115,000 median
• Queensway£225,250 median
• Coopers Hill£279,250 median
• London Road£475,000 median
• Fairbank Close£200,000 median
• Onslow Gardens£319,000 median

Addresses with more than one recorded sale

• 25 Bowes Drive4 sales
• 16 Bowes Drive3 sales
• 39 Bowes Drive3 sales
• 37 Bowes Drive3 sales
• 41 Bowes Drive3 sales
• 42 Bowes Drive3 sales
• 51 Bowes Drive3 sales
• 5 Bowes Drive2 sales
• 9 Bowes Drive2 sales
• 24 Bowes Drive2 sales
• 26 Bowes Drive2 sales
• 33 Bowes Drive2 sales
• 1 Bowes Drive2 sales
• 30 Bowes Drive2 sales
• 10 Bowes Drive2 sales
• 45 Bowes Drive2 sales
• 32 Bowes Drive2 sales
• 35 Bowes Drive2 sales
• 12 Bowes Drive2 sales
• 34 Bowes Drive2 sales

Back to Ongar house prices.

What is the average house price in Bowes Drive, Ongar?

The median price paid in Bowes Drive, Ongar across every sale on the register is £289,950. 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 Bowes Drive, Ongar?

69 sales are on record for Bowes Drive, Ongar, the most recent completing on 13 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.

Have Bowes Drive, Ongar house prices actually risen?

In cash, the median rose +138.1% between 1999 and 2014. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +67.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.

When were Bowes Drive, Ongar house prices at their highest?

The highest yearly median on record is £300,000, set in 2014. 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 Bowes Drive, Ongar?

£4,828 per square metre, from the 15 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 13 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, “Bowes Drive, Ongar 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.