Thurrock
RM20 house prices in Thurrock
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Thurrock, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£300,000
Range £156,200–£450,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
- 12-month change
- -2.6%
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 22 Apr 2024 and 7 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in RM20: the typical (median) sold price is £300,000, above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). Over the last twelve months the local median is down 2.6%. RM20 is a quiet market, with about 9 recorded sales a month. By property type, 45% were terraced homes (typically £337,750) and 38% were flats (typically £230,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,255 a year: Thurrock's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Thurrock, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on RM20: a quiet market, so take your time
RM20 has seen just 250 sales since April 2024, and prices have drifted down, so sellers should plan for a longer sale and buyers can afford to be patient.
If you are selling, RM20 sales mostly ran from £156,200 to £450,000, so start from the nearest comparable sale and work outwards; with so few sales, allow extra time and a local agent’s view; cash buyers typically offer around 70–85% of market value (a rough guide, not a quote), which only makes sense if certainty is worth that much to you.
Sell houseIf you are buying, typical prices in RM20 sit above the UK average, though prices have eased, so there may be room to negotiate; just remember one year of falls is not a forecast.
Our checklist before an offer: what has been applied for nearby (378 applications on record within 500 m), the tenure (leasehold is common here) and whether the home is at risk of flooding, plus the title, which your conveyancer should review.
Averages only go so far, so the free RM20 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
RM20 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£300,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
9.1
Across 250 sales
12-month change
-2.6%
-2.6% from last year
Local median
Council tax, Band D
£2,255
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in RM20
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in RM20
The quarterly typical price rose 15.3%, from £292,000 in Q4 2024 (29 sales) to £336,750 in Q3 2026 (12 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | £292,000 | 29 |
| Q1 2025 | £337,000 | 44 |
| Q2 2025 | £294,998 | 22 |
| Q3 2025 | £288,750 | 32 |
| Q4 2025 | £270,000 | 28 |
| Q1 2026 | £295,000 | 21 |
| Q2 2026 | £308,000 | 19 |
| Q3 2026 | £336,750 | 12 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 22 Apr 2024 and 7 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
By property type
Average house price in RM20 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £540,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £230,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 5 | £540,000 | £442,000–£8,217,000 |
| Semi-detached | 35 | £385,000 | £281,800–£450,000 |
| Terraced | 104 | £337,750 | £245,840–£407,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 89 | £230,000 | £115,800–£290,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 22 Apr 2024 and 7 Aug 2026.
Range and mix
The spread of RM20 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most RM20 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £156,200 and £450,000, around a typical £300,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 22 Apr 2024 and 7 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in RM20
Terraced homes were 45% of recorded sales (104 of 233). 63% of sales were freehold and 37% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached2%
- Semi-detached15%
- Terraced45%
- Flat / maisonette38%
Tenure
- Freehold63%
- Leasehold37%
See the figures
158 freehold (63%) and 92 leasehold (37%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in RM20. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 22 Apr 2024 and 7 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.
WITHAM HOUSE, SCHOOLFIELD WAY, GRAYS
£230,000 (2025)£245,000 (2026)+6.5% over 0.9 yrs (+7.4%/yr)
TUNNEL COTTAGES, THE ROOKERY, GRAYS
£280,000 (2024)£308,000 (2026)+10% over 1.9 yrs (+5.1%/yr)
BRINSON HOUSE, 751, LONDON ROAD, GRAYS
£225,000 (2024)£237,500 (2026)+5.6% over 1.3 yrs (+4.3%/yr)
19, ST CLEMENTS AVENUE, GRAYS
£275,000 (2024)£450,000 (2026)+63.6% over 1.2 yrs (+51.1%/yr)
609, LONDON ROAD, GRAYS
£10,505,000 (2025)£13,305,000 (2026)+26.7% over 0.7 yrs (+42.9%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where RM20 sits in Thurrock
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in RM20
13, ANGLE ROAD, GRAYS
Terraced · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£248,000
BAY HOUSE, 584, LONDON ROAD, GRAYS
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 31 Jul 2026
£188,000
57, THE CHASE, GRAYS
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 31 Jul 2026
£235,000
33, PALMERSTON ROAD, GRAYS
Terraced · Freehold · 27 Jul 2026
£467,000
8, CREDO WAY, GRAYS
Terraced · Freehold · 24 Jul 2026
£337,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). RM20 includes the Grays Riverside ward.
In plain English
What the Thurrock (RM20) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: semi-detached homes sold for a typical £385,000 against £230,000 for flats: about 1.7 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- 37% of these sales were leasehold: a genuine mix of houses and flats, so check the tenure of the home you are looking at.
- This is a quiet district: only about 9 recorded sales a month.
Only 250 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 22 April 2024 and 7 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 RM20
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 RM20
£2,255
Band D a year in Thurrock, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,503 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,754 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,004 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,255 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,756 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,257 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,758 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,509 |
These are Thurrock's charges for 2026-27, the authority RM20 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 Thurrock · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near RM20
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Harris Academy Chafford Hundred.
All schools
Harris Academy Chafford Hundred
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · RM16 6SA
711 m
Outstanding · 2024
Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred
Primary · Academies · RM16 6SA
711 m
Outstanding · 2018
Harris Primary Academy Mayflower
Primary · Free Schools · RM16 6SA
711 m
Outstanding · 2017
Warren Primary School
Primary · Academies · RM16 6NB
1.4 km
Good · 2019
Belmont Castle Academy
Primary · Academies · RM17 5YN
1.9 km
Good · 2012
Thames Park Secondary School
Middle deemed secondary · Free Schools · RM17 5FP
2.1 km
Good · 2023
Tudor Court Primary School
Primary · Academies · RM16 6PL
2.6 km
Good · 2023
The Light Christian School
Independent schools · RM17 5DF
2.7 km
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 RM20 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 7 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near RM20
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 RM20
378
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 13 September 2026.
Recent applications
Thurrock/26/00977/NMAUndecided
310 m
Application for a proposed non-material amendment to amend rear facing Bi-Fold doors and window arrangment of planning permission ref 26/00406/HHA (Single story rear extension with two skylights).
Received 2026-08-24
Thurrock/26/00956/LBCUndecided
496 m
Strenghtinging/Remidial Repairs to Ground Floor Beam.
Received 2026-08-19
Thurrock/26/00445/PHAPermitted
452 m
Rear extension with a depth of 6.00 metres from the original rear wall of the property, with a maximum height of 3.00 metres and eaves height of 2.80 metres
Received 2026-04-24 · decided 2026-05-27
Thurrock/26/00406/HHAPermitted
287 m
Single storey rear extension with two skylights
Received 2026-04-13 · decided 2026-06-10
Thurrock/26/00304/PHAPermitted
445 m
Rear extension with a depth of 5.00 metres from the original rear wall of the property, with a maximum height of 3.48 metres and eaves height of 3.00 metres.
Received 2026-03-17 · decided 2026-04-27
Thurrock/26/00238/CONDCPermitted
452 m
Application for the approval of details reserved by condition no. 4 (Location of affordable units) of planning permission ref. 23/00411/FUL (Redevelopment of land to provide 36 apartments with parking and private/communal gardens)
Received 2026-03-03 · decided 2026-04-22
Applications are matched within 500 m of the RM20 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 RM20 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 378 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 13 September 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for RM20
Decile 6 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 RM20 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 4 to decile 6, with a median of decile 6 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
RM20 4AP, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 6 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 RM20 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in RM20: 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 RM20, band by band
Thurrock's council tax for 2026-27 set against the RM20 median sold price of £300,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearThurrock | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £300,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,503 | £125 | 0.50% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,754 | £146 | 0.58% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,004 | £167 | 0.67% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,255 | £188 | 0.75% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,756 | £230 | 0.92% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,257 | £271 | 1.09% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,758 | £313 | 1.25% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,509 | £376 | 1.50% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the RM20 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, Thurrock, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in RM20 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 235 distinct addresses in the records we hold for RM20. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
13, ANGLE ROAD, GRAYS
RM20 4AP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£248,000
2026-08-07
BAY HOUSE, 584, LONDON ROAD, GRAYS
RM20 3BJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£188,000
2026-07-31
57, THE CHASE, GRAYS
RM20 4BF · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£235,000
2026-07-31
33, PALMERSTON ROAD, GRAYS
RM20 4YH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£467,000
2026-07-27
8, CREDO WAY, GRAYS
RM20 3JE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£337,000
2026-07-24
16, EAST STREET, GRAYS
RM20 4XJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£280,000
2026-07-24
8, CHASE WAY, GRAYS
RM20 4BP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£338,500
2026-07-24
42, SECOND AVENUE, GRAYS
RM20 3JL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£465,000
2026-07-23
128, PALMERSTON ROAD, GRAYS
RM20 4YP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£367,000
2026-07-17
98, MOORE AVENUE, GRAYS
RM20 4XW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£336,500
2026-07-07
24, CHARLTON STREET, GRAYS
RM20 4XU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£345,000
2026-07-06
24, ESSEX ROAD, GRAYS
RM20 3JA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£298,500
2026-07-03
31, FLORENCE CLOSE, GRAYS
RM20 4AE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£334,000
2026-06-29
10, ST CLEMENTS AVENUE, GRAYS
RM20 3BU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£425,000
2026-06-29
5, CHAPEL CLOSE, GRAYS
RM20 3JG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£130,000
2026-06-18
43, MILL LANE, GRAYS
RM20 4YE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£345,000
2026-06-18
385, LONDON ROAD, GRAYS
RM20 4AA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£302,500
2026-06-05
WITHAM HOUSE, SCHOOLFIELD WAY, GRAYS
RM20 3AF · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£245,000
2026-05-29
13, FLINT STREET, GRAYS
RM20 3HA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-05-28
TUNNEL COTTAGES, THE ROOKERY, GRAYS
RM20 3HT · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£308,000
2026-05-26
40, DEVONSHIRE CLOSE, GRAYS
RM20 4BU · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£285,000
2026-05-15
137, PALMERSTON ROAD, GRAYS
RM20 4YL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£402,000
2026-05-14
3, CHARLTON STREET, GRAYS
RM20 4XU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£270,000
2026-05-08
161, PALMERSTON ROAD, GRAYS
RM20 4YL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-05-08
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
Every RM20 figure is official and dated
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.