Camden
WC1A house prices in Camden
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Camden, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£1,410,000
Range £527,400–£6,654,400 · 113 real sales
- Real sales
- 113
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 3 Jan 2020 and 16 Jul 2026.
Summary
House prices in WC1A: the typical (median) sold price is £1,410,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). WC1A is a quiet market, with about 1 recorded sale a month. By property type, 96% were flats (typically £1,368,750) and 4% were terraced homes (typically £2,700,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,208 a year: Camden's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Camden, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on WC1A: few sales, so go in with your eyes open
At around 1 sale a month, WC1A is quiet, so no single figure here should carry much weight, and the individual sold homes are the better guide.
When selling here, the spread in WC1A is wide, with most sales between £527,400 and £6,654,400, so lean on the nearest like-for-like sale rather than the middle figure; 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 houseFor buyers, WC1A sits well above the UK average for typical prices, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.
Do your own homework first: lease length, ground rent and service charge, planning history nearby (8,905 applications on record within 500 m) and what you are paying for a new-build premium, then hand the title to your conveyancer.
The sold prices leave a lot open; the free WC1A OfferCheck closes some of the gap with flood, crime, planning and council tax.
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
WC1A in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£1,410,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
1.4
Across 113 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,208
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in WC1A
These 113 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in WC1A by property type
Terraced homes have the highest typical price at £2,700,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £1,368,750.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 4 | £2,700,000 | £2,037,000–£3,685,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 91 | £1,368,750 | £550,000–£6,300,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 3 Jan 2020 and 16 Jul 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in WC1A
The quarterly typical price rose 440.8%, from £888,000 in Q3 2024 (7 sales) to £4,802,500 in Q3 2026 (2 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | £888,000 | 7 |
| Q4 2024 | £6,350,000 | 3 |
| Q1 2025 | £4,052,500 | 4 |
| Q2 2025 | £17,575,000 | 3 |
| Q3 2025 | £3,850,000 | 3 |
| Q4 2025 | £470,000 | 3 |
| Q1 2026 | £1,467,500 | 2 |
| Q3 2026 | £4,802,500 | 2 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 3 Jan 2020 and 16 Jul 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of WC1A prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most WC1A homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £527,400 and £6,654,400, around a typical £1,410,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 3 Jan 2020 and 16 Jul 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in WC1A
Flat / maisonette homes were 96% of recorded sales (91 of 95). 12% of sales were freehold and 88% leasehold.
Property type
- Terraced4%
- Flat / maisonette96%
Tenure
- Freehold12%
- Leasehold88%
See the figures
13 freehold (12%) and 100 leasehold (88%) across the 113 most recent recorded sales in WC1A, including 41 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 3 Jan 2020 and 16 Jul 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.
CENTRE POINT TOWER, 101 - 103, NEW OXFORD STREET, LONDON
£5,600,000 (2025)£9,000,000 (2026)+60.7% over 0.8 yrs (+75.9%/yr)
RUSSELL CHAMBERS, BURY PLACE, LONDON
£755,000 (2024)£450,000 (2025)-40.4% over 0.9 yrs (-42.9%/yr)
7 - 8, BLOOMSBURY SQUARE, LONDON
£630,000 (2024)£830,000 (2025)+31.7% over 1 yrs (+31.4%/yr)
40, NEW OXFORD STREET, LONDON
£485,000 (2020)£888,000 (2024)+83.1% over 4.5 yrs (+14.3%/yr)
MUSEUM CHAMBERS, BURY PLACE, LONDON
£1,010,000 (2022)£980,000 (2024)-3% over 1.5 yrs (-1.9%/yr)
LYTTON COURT, BARTER STREET, LONDON
£485,000 (2023)£890,000 (2023)+83.5% over 0.9 yrs (+93.8%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where WC1A sits in Camden
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in WC1A
17, BURY PLACE, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 16 Jul 2026
£605,000
CENTRE POINT TOWER, 101 - 103, NEW OXFORD STREET, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 Jul 2026
£9,000,000
PIED BULL COURT, GALEN PLACE, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 19 Mar 2026
£1,325,000
7, BURY PLACE, LONDON
Other · Freehold · 16 Jan 2026
£1,610,000
PIED BULL COURT, GALEN PLACE, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 7 Nov 2025
£537,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). WC1A includes the Bloomsbury ward.
In plain English
What the Camden (WC1A) numbers mean
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £527,400 and £6,654,400, so the median says little about any one home.
- 88% 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.
- 36% 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.
Only 113 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
- This is a quiet district: only about 1 recorded sale a month.
Based on 113 recorded sales between 3 January 2020 and 16 July 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 WC1A
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 WC1A
£2,208
Band D a year in Camden, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,472 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,717 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £1,962 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,208 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,698 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,189 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,679 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,415 |
These are Camden's charges for 2026-27, the authority WC1A 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 Camden · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near WC1A
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Children's Hospital School at Gt Ormond Street and UCH.
All schools
Children's Hospital School at Gt Ormond Street and UCH
Special schools · WC1N 3JH
215 m
Outstanding · 2014
Guildhouse School
Independent schools · WC1A 2RA
240 m
Not graded
St George the Martyr Church of England Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WC1N 2NX
328 m
Outstanding · 2024
Odyssey House School - Bloomsbury
Special schools · WC1B 4JP
380 m
Not graded
University of the Arts London
Universities · WC1V 7EY
381 m
Not graded
St Josephs Catholic Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WC2B 5NA
471 m
Good · 2018
City Junior School
Independent schools · WC1R 5EY
499 m
Not graded
City Lit
16 plus · Colleges · WC2B 4BA
571 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 WC1A district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 3 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near WC1A
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 WC1A
8,905
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 25 July 2026.
Recent applications
Camden/2026/3045/AUndecided
343 m
Installation of vertical illuminated building signage, main entrance canopy signage and retail flag signage.
Received 2026-07-21
Camden/2026/2945/PUndecided
486 m
Amendments to planning permission ref. 2025/0038/P dated 03 March 2025 for Continued use of single storey structures in the south and north entrances to provide an external search facility to the museum for a temporary period for 18 months (until 3rd September 2026): namely to remove reference to time limits in the description of development.
Received 2026-07-14
Camden/2026/2889/PUndecided
104 m
Details to discharge Condition 3 (Sample of Brick Materials) of planning reference 2025/0210/P dated 30/07/25 for refurbishment and recladding of existing building with extensions at fourth floor adjacent to Theobalds Road and associated works.
Received 2026-07-09
Camden/2026/2881/PUndecided
486 m
Details of SuDS lifetime maintenance plan pursuant to condition 20 of planning permission ref. 2025/5094/P dated 24/06/2026 (for: Erection of 2no. visitor welcome pavilions within the northern and southern forecourts of the British Museum and the erection of associated queuing and wayfinding infrastructure, railings, and seating. Landscaping of the western and eastern lawns in the southern forecourt and alterations to dwarf walls surrounding both lawns. Alterations to curbs and associated landscaping of northern forecourt. All for a temporary period of up to 10 years.)
Received 2026-07-09
Camden/2026/2788/PUndecided
486 m
Details of cycle parking pursuant to condition 16 of planning permission ref. 2025/5094/P dated 24/06/2026 (for: Erection of 2no. visitor welcome pavilions within the northern and southern forecourts of the British Museum and the erection of associated queuing and wayfinding infrastructure, railings, and seating. Landscaping of the western and eastern lawns in the southern forecourt and alterations to dwarf walls surrounding both lawns. Alterations to curbs and associated landscaping of northern forecourt. All for a temporary period of up to 10 years)
Received 2026-07-02
Camden/2026/2673/PUndecided
344 m
Installation of a new condenser unit in the lower ground floor level lightwell of the commercial building.
Received 2026-06-25
Applications are matched within 500 m of the WC1A 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 WC1A for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 8905 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 25 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for WC1A
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 WC1A postcodes, deprivation runs decile 3 to decile 6, with a median of decile 4 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
WC1A 2JB, 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 WC1A spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in WC1A: 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 WC1A, band by band
Camden's council tax for 2026-27 set against the WC1A median sold price of £1,410,000 across 113 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearCamden | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £1,410,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,472 | £123 | 0.10% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,717 | £143 | 0.12% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £1,962 | £164 | 0.14% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,208 | £184 | 0.16% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,698 | £225 | 0.19% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,189 | £266 | 0.23% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,679 | £307 | 0.26% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,415 | £368 | 0.31% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the WC1A 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 113 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Camden, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in WC1A sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 42 distinct addresses in the records we hold for WC1A. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
17, BURY PLACE, LONDON
WC1A 2JB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£605,000
2026-07-16
CENTRE POINT TOWER, 101 - 103, NEW OXFORD STREET, LONDON
WC1A 1DB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 41 recorded sales
£9,000,000
2026-07-01
PIED BULL COURT, GALEN PLACE, LONDON
WC1A 2JR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 7 recorded sales
£1,325,000
2026-03-19
7, BURY PLACE, LONDON
WC1A 2LA · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,610,000
2026-01-16
PARNELL HOUSE, STREATHAM STREET, LONDON
WC1A 1JB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£470,000
2025-11-05
RUSSELL CHAMBERS, BURY PLACE, LONDON
WC1A 2JU · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£450,000
2025-10-23
7 - 8, BLOOMSBURY SQUARE, LONDON
WC1A 2LP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 6 recorded sales
£830,000
2025-09-22
7, COPTIC STREET, LONDON
WC1A 1NH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£3,850,000
2025-08-28
24 - 28, BLOOMSBURY WAY, LONDON
WC1A 2SL · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£41,250,000
2025-06-13
34, BLOOMSBURY WAY, LONDON
WC1A 2SA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,100,000
2025-06-02
13, SOUTHAMPTON PLACE, LONDON
WC1A 2AL · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£17,575,000
2025-04-17
RUSSELL CHAMBERS, BURY PLACE, LONDON
WC1A 2JX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£755,000
2024-11-20
21, BARTER STREET, LONDON
WC1A 2ED · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£1,019,000
2024-09-24
UNIT 106A, NEW OXFORD STREET, LONDON
WC1A 1HB · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£84,000
2024-08-02
40, NEW OXFORD STREET, LONDON
WC1A 1EP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£888,000
2024-07-23
63 - 69, NEW OXFORD STREET, LONDON
WC1A 1DG · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£3,660,000
2024-06-11
MUSEUM CHAMBERS, BURY PLACE, LONDON
WC1A 2LH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£980,000
2024-04-18
43, NEW OXFORD STREET, LONDON
WC1A 1BH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 5 recorded sales
£580,000
2024-03-01
LYTTON COURT, BARTER STREET, LONDON
WC1A 2AH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£890,000
2023-12-12
52 - 54, NEW OXFORD STREET, LONDON
WC1A 1ES · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£29,326,704
2023-12-08
THE POST BUILDING, MUSEUM STREET, LONDON
WC1A 1BA · Other · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£4,280,944
2023-11-09
22, MUSEUM STREET, LONDON
WC1A 1JN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£1,075,000
2023-10-17
34, MUSEUM STREET, LONDON
WC1A 1LH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,799,950
2023-08-11
CENTRE POINT, 103, NEW OXFORD STREET, LONDON
WC1A 1DD · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · New build · 1 recorded sale
£30,300,000
2023-08-08
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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- House prices in WC1E (London) 0.6 miles
- House prices in WC2H (London) 0.6 miles
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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.