Tower Hamlets
E1W house prices in Tower Hamlets
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Tower Hamlets, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£630,000
Range £324,500–£1,258,560 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 8 Jul 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in E1W: the typical (median) sold price is £630,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). E1W is an active market, with about 19 recorded sales a month. By property type, 96% were flats (typically £615,000) and 4% were terraced homes (typically £1,040,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £1,838 a year: Tower Hamlets's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Tower Hamlets, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on E1W: steady sales, so price from the evidence
Roughly 19 homes a month change hands in E1W, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
If you are thinking of selling, most E1W sales sit between £324,500 and £1,258,560, which makes £630,000 a blunt instrument, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; most homes here sell leasehold, so have the lease length, ground rent and service charge paperwork ready before you list.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, on price, E1W is well above the UK average, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.
On any E1W home we would check the lease (length, ground rent and service charge), what has been applied for nearby (2,609 applications on record within 500 m) and whether a new-build premium is baked into the price, and ask a conveyancer to read the title.
Averages only go so far, so the free E1W OfferCheck sets flood, crime, planning and council tax beside the sold prices.
Get OfferCheckOur opinion, drawn from the figures on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.
At a glance
E1W in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£630,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
18.7
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£1,838
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in E1W
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in E1W by property type
Terraced homes have the highest typical price at £1,040,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £615,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 11 | £1,040,000 | £750,000–£1,260,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 235 | £615,000 | £322,000–£1,251,800 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 8 Jul 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in E1W
The quarterly typical price fell 38.0%, from £797,375 in Q3 2025 (94 sales) to £494,500 in Q3 2026 (15 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | £797,375 | 94 |
| Q4 2025 | £547,000 | 62 |
| Q1 2026 | £530,000 | 41 |
| Q2 2026 | £495,000 | 38 |
| Q3 2026 | £494,500 | 15 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 8 Jul 2025 and 20 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of E1W prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most E1W homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £324,500 and £1,258,560, around a typical £630,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 8 Jul 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in E1W
Flat / maisonette homes were 96% of recorded sales (235 of 246). 6% of sales were freehold and 94% leasehold.
Property type
- Terraced4%
- Flat / maisonette96%
Tenure
- Freehold6%
- Leasehold94%
See the figures
16 freehold (6%) and 234 leasehold (94%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in E1W, including 70 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 8 Jul 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
HALCYON WHARF, 5, WAPPING HIGH STREET, LONDON
£653,750 (2025)£850,000 (2026)+30% over 1.1 yrs (+27.8%/yr)
LOWDER HOUSE, WAPPING LANE, LONDON
£407,000 (2025)£305,000 (2026)-25.1% over 0.7 yrs (-35.5%/yr)
MERCHANT COURT, 61, WAPPING WALL, LONDON
£820,000 (2025)£605,000 (2026)-26.2% over 0.7 yrs (-37.3%/yr)
TRAFALGAR COURT, WAPPING WALL, LONDON
£540,000 (2025)£500,000 (2026)-7.4% over 0.6 yrs (-11.8%/yr)
ROSS HOUSE, PRUSOM STREET, LONDON
£350,000 (2025)£405,000 (2026)+15.7% over 0.5 yrs (+33.8%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where E1W sits in Tower Hamlets
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in E1W
HALCYON WHARF, 5, WAPPING HIGH STREET, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 20 Aug 2026
£850,000
LOWDER HOUSE, WAPPING LANE, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 31 Jul 2026
£305,000
78, WAPPING HIGH STREET, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 30 Jul 2026
£262,500
PENANG HOUSE, PRUSOM STREET, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 30 Jul 2026
£445,000
CAPITAL WHARF, 50, WAPPING HIGH STREET, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 30 Jul 2026
£890,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). E1W includes the Shadwell ward.
In plain English
What the Tower Hamlets (E1W) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: terraced homes sold for a typical £1,040,000 against £615,000 for flats: about 1.7 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £324,500 and £1,258,560, so the median says little about any one home.
- 94% of these sales were leasehold, which marks a flat-heavy market. Buyers here weigh remaining lease length, ground rent and service charges as much as the price.
- 28% of these sales were new builds, which often sell at a premium the first time around and can lift the median above what resale homes make.
- This is an active district: about 19 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 8 July 2025 and 20 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on E1W
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in E1W
£1,838
Band D a year in Tower Hamlets, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,225 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,429 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £1,634 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £1,838 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,246 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £2,655 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,063 |
| H | over £320,000 | £3,676 |
These are Tower Hamlets's charges for 2026-27, the authority E1W falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Tower Hamlets · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near E1W
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School.
All schools
St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · E1W 3QT
326 m
Outstanding · 2019
Blue Gate Fields Junior School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · E1 0EH
341 m
Good · 2023
Blue Gate Fields Infants' School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · E1 0EH
341 m
Good · 2015
Bigland Green Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · E1 2ND
359 m
Outstanding · 2017
Jamiatul Ummah School
Independent schools · E1 2ND
359 m
Not graded
Buttercup Primary School
Independent schools · E1 2LX
477 m
Not graded
St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · E1 8HY
485 m
Outstanding · 2013
Mulberry Academy London Dock
Middle deemed secondary · Free Schools · E1W 2AD
511 m
Not graded
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the E1W district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 5 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near E1W
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around E1W
2,609
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
TowerHamlets/PA/26/01231/NCUndecided
270 m
Proposal to grant a Variation to Leep Networks (Water) Ltd, to allow it to supply Water and Sewerage services to a site called London Docks G, H & J, Wapping.
Received 2026-07-17
TowerHamlets/PA/26/01180/NCUndecided
492 m
The intention is to do the following: - Single storey rear and side extension. - Works to boundary wall with Hilliards Court. - Minor alterations to existing windows and rooflights. - Alteration to Internal layout and whole house refurbishment.
Received 2026-07-09
TowerHamlets/PA/26/01146/NCUndecided
333 m
3m ground floor rear extension enlargement of ground floor front window
Received 2026-07-06
TowerHamlets/PA/26/01128/SUndecided
232 m
Submission of detail pursuant to condition no.12 (Phasing Plan) of planning application ref PA/23/02079 dated 26/06/2024
Received 2026-07-02
TowerHamlets/PA/26/01139/SPermitted
83 m
Application for non-material amendment of planning permission dated 02/06/2026, ref: PA/24/01804. Non Material Amendment(s) Sought: Amend the description of development to remove reference to mortuary building.
Received 2026-07-02 · decided 2026-07-13
TowerHamlets/PA/26/00967/NCUndecided
90 m
Erection of (relocated) gravestones (gravestones removed under planning permission PA/24/01804 and listed building consent PA/24/01803) and associated works to the wall against which they will be attached
Received 2026-06-19
Applications are matched within 500 m of the E1W district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for E1W for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 2609 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for E1W
Decile 7 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled E1W postcodes, deprivation runs decile 4 to decile 10, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
E1W 2NB, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 7 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so E1W spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in E1W: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in E1W, band by band
Tower Hamlets's council tax for 2026-27 set against the E1W median sold price of £630,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearTower Hamlets | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £630,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,225 | £102 | 0.19% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,429 | £119 | 0.23% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £1,634 | £136 | 0.26% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £1,838 | £153 | 0.29% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,246 | £187 | 0.36% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £2,655 | £221 | 0.42% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,063 | £255 | 0.49% |
| H | over £320,000 | £3,676 | £306 | 0.58% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the E1W median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Tower Hamlets, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in E1W sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 135 distinct addresses in the records we hold for E1W. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
HALCYON WHARF, 5, WAPPING HIGH STREET, LONDON
E1W 1LH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£850,000
2026-08-20
LOWDER HOUSE, WAPPING LANE, LONDON
E1W 2RJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£305,000
2026-07-31
78, WAPPING HIGH STREET, LONDON
E1W 2NB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£262,500
2026-07-30
PENANG HOUSE, PRUSOM STREET, LONDON
E1W 3RF · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£445,000
2026-07-30
CAPITAL WHARF, 50, WAPPING HIGH STREET, LONDON
E1W 1LY · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£890,000
2026-07-30
RIVERSIDE MANSIONS, MILK YARD, LONDON
E1W 3SZ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£494,500
2026-07-29
MATILDA HOUSE, ST KATHARINES WAY, LONDON
E1W 1LG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£470,000
2026-07-24
FENNER HOUSE, WATTS STREET, LONDON
E1W 2PX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£499,999
2026-07-24
LEEWARD COURT, ASHER WAY, LONDON
E1W 2JY · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£680,000
2026-07-22
DOUGHTY COURT, PRUSOM STREET, LONDON
E1W 3RT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-07-15
ELUNA APARTMENTS, 4, WAPPING LANE, LONDON
E1W 2RG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£650,000
2026-07-07
5, DISCOVERY WALK, LONDON
E1W 2JG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£565,000
2026-07-03
RESERVOIR STUDIOS, 547, CABLE STREET, LONDON
E1W 3EW · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£415,000
2026-07-02
2, ARTICHOKE HILL, LONDON
E1W 2DE · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-07-02
1, MEWS STREET, LONDON
E1W 1UG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,921,580
2026-07-01
11, NEW CRANE PLACE, LONDON
E1W 3TU · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£435,000
2026-06-30
PARK VISTA TOWER, 5, COBBLESTONE SQUARE, LONDON
E1W 3BA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£330,000
2026-06-24
78, BURR CLOSE, LONDON
E1W 1ND · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£500,000
2026-06-23
MERCHANT COURT, 61, WAPPING WALL, LONDON
E1W 3SJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£605,000
2026-06-19
CINNABAR WHARF EAST, 28, WAPPING HIGH STREET, LONDON
E1W 1NG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 5 recorded sales
£815,000
2026-06-18
64, SPIRIT QUAY, LONDON
E1W 2UT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£328,000
2026-06-05
SCOTIA BUILDING, 5, JARDINE ROAD, LONDON
E1W 3WA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-06-04
PIERHEAD WHARF, 69, WAPPING HIGH STREET, LONDON
E1W 2YF · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£630,000
2026-05-29
ADMIRALTY HOUSE, 150, VAUGHAN WAY, LONDON
E1W 2AH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£853,000
2026-05-22
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Data sources
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Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.