Castle Point
SS8 house prices in Castle Point
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Castle Point, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£317,850
Range £244,850–£441,400 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Jan 2026 and 25 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in SS8: the typical (median) sold price is £317,850, above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). SS8 is an active market, with about 36 recorded sales a month. By property type, 48% were detached homes (typically £355,000) and 31% were semi-detached homes (typically £315,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,319 a year: Castle Point's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Castle Point, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on SS8: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
250 sales since January 2026 make SS8 a steady market, so there is a fair body of evidence, but not enough of it for a trustworthy twelve-month trend.
When selling here, £244,850 to £441,400 is what most SS8 buyers have actually paid, so the real question is where in it your home sits; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseFor buyers, SS8 sits above the UK average for typical prices, so compare any asking price with sold homes of the same type before you commit.
Before you offer in SS8, check planning history nearby (969 applications on record within 500 m), whether the home is at risk of flooding and council tax (Band D is £2,319 a year), and ask your conveyancer about the title.
Our free SS8 OfferCheck puts the rest of the picture alongside these prices, and the Report explains which parts deserve a second look.
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At a glance
SS8 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£317,850
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
36.4
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,319
A year
On the map
Where SS8 sits in Castle Point
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in SS8
19A, DENHAM ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
Detached · Freehold · 25 Aug 2026
£250,000
192, LINK ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
Terraced · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£300,000
16B, WESTWOOD ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
Detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£430,000
12, ORMSBY ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
Detached · Freehold · 20 Aug 2026
£650,000
30, TARANTO ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
Semi-detached · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£380,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). SS8 includes the Canvey Island Central ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in SS8
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in SS8 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £355,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £210,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 119 | £355,000 | £250,000–£501,000 |
| Semi-detached | 77 | £315,000 | £260,000–£387,740 |
| Terraced | 45 | £290,000 | £209,400–£328,900 |
| Flat / maisonette | 8 | £210,000 | £148,500–£251,250 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Jan 2026 and 25 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in SS8
The quarterly typical price rose 4.0%, from £312,500 in Q1 2026 (87 sales) to £325,000 in Q3 2026 (61 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | £312,500 | 87 |
| Q2 2026 | £317,500 | 102 |
| Q3 2026 | £325,000 | 61 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Jan 2026 and 25 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of SS8 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most SS8 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £244,850 and £441,400, around a typical £317,850.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Jan 2026 and 25 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in SS8
Detached homes were 48% of recorded sales (119 of 249). 97% of sales were freehold and 3% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached48%
- Semi-detached31%
- Terraced18%
- Flat / maisonette3%
Tenure
- Freehold97%
- Leasehold3%
See the figures
242 freehold (97%) and 8 leasehold (3%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in SS8. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Jan 2026 and 25 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Castle Point (SS8) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £355,000 against £210,000 for flats: about 1.7 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Nearly all of these sales (97%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 36 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 28 January 2026 and 25 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 SS8
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 SS8
£2,319
Band D a year in Castle Point, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,546 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,803 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,061 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,319 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,834 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,349 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,864 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,637 |
These are Castle Point's charges for 2026-27, the authority SS8 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 Castle Point · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near SS8
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Nursery.
All schools
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academies · SS8 9DP
121 m
Good · 2024
Castle View School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · SS8 7FH
331 m
Requires improvement · 2023
Athena School
Special schools · SS8 0HN
793 m
Not graded
William Read Primary Academy
Primary · Academies · SS8 0JE
866 m
Good · 2014
St Katherine's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SS8 9QA
1.0 km
Good · 2011
Winter Gardens Academy
Primary · Academies · SS8 9QA
1.0 km
Good · 2022
Lubbins Park Primary Academy
Primary · Academies · SS8 7HF
1.2 km
Good · 2019
Canvey Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SS8 0JG
1.3 km
Good · 2023
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 SS8 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 SS8
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 SS8
969
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
CastlePoint/26/0401/FULUndecided
414 m
Demolish rear extension, raise roof and construct hip to gable loft extension with side dormers, 1.5 storey rear extension with rear balcony, and external alterations
Received 2026-07-13
CastlePoint/26/0377/FULUndecided
185 m
Change of use from residential dwelling (Use Class C3) to residential family assessment centre (use class Sui Generis)
Received 2026-07-02
CastlePoint/26/0367/HPAUndecided
408 m
Construction of single storey rear extension projecting 8 metres from the rear of the original wall of the dwelling, with a maximum height of 2.69 metres and an eaves height of 2.69 metres
Received 2026-06-30
CastlePoint/26/0317/FULUndecided
101 m
Construct first floor side extension, enlarged front and rear dormers, garage conversion and external alterations
Received 2026-06-05
CastlePoint/26/0295/FULPermitted
288 m
Replacement shop front, relocation of air conditioning unit and external alterations including front lighting
Received 2026-05-22 · decided 2026-07-16
CastlePoint/26/0286/NOTPermitted
373 m
The removal of existing headframe and the installation of a 7.5m extension with 2 no. faceframes. The removal of 6 no. replacement antenna, and the installation of 9 no. antenna and ancillary radio equipment onto new support poles at existing lattice mast. Ancillary development thereto.
Received 2026-05-20 · decided 2026-06-12
Applications are matched within 500 m of the SS8 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 SS8 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 969 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for SS8
Decile 4 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 SS8 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 to decile 5, with a median of decile 4 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
SS8 9TB, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 4 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 SS8 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in SS8: 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 SS8, band by band
Castle Point's council tax for 2026-27 set against the SS8 median sold price of £317,850 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearCastle Point | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £317,850 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,546 | £129 | 0.49% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,803 | £150 | 0.57% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,061 | £172 | 0.65% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,319 | £193 | 0.73% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,834 | £236 | 0.89% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,349 | £279 | 1.05% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,864 | £322 | 1.22% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,637 | £386 | 1.46% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the SS8 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, Castle Point, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in SS8 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 245 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SS8. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
19A, DENHAM ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 9HB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-08-25
192, LINK ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 9TB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-08-21
16B, WESTWOOD ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 0ED · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£430,000
2026-08-21
12, ORMSBY ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 0NH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£650,000
2026-08-20
30, TARANTO ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 7LH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£380,000
2026-08-17
35, WELBECK ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 0EB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£385,000
2026-08-17
103A, MAURICE ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 7HS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£290,000
2026-08-14
2, BEACHWAY, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 0BD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£340,000
2026-08-14
63, URMOND ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 9AF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£255,000
2026-08-14
265, HIGH STREET, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 7RS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£385,000
2026-08-14
19, SEAWAY, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 0AX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£367,500
2026-08-12
22, WAALWYK DRIVE, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 8BN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£440,000
2026-08-12
52, MAYLAND AVENUE, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 0BU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£385,000
2026-08-12
9, DELGADA ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 7JR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£280,000
2026-08-12
32, FAIRVIEW, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 9TS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£322,500
2026-08-07
20, DELVIEW, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 9TR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£358,000
2026-08-07
15, LETZEN ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 9AW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£290,000
2026-08-07
2, PAPENBURG ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 9PW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£525,000
2026-08-07
31, NEVADA ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 8EX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£240,000
2026-08-07
2A, MARINE APPROACH, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 0AL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-08-07
22, SHELL BEACH ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 7NU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-08-07
42, HANDEL ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 7HL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£258,000
2026-08-07
11, BROOKSIDE, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 9XY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-08-04
142, FOURTH WALK, CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 9ST · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£255,000
2026-08-04
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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The closest districts to SS8 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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Data sources
Every SS8 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.