Camden
WC1B house prices in Camden
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Camden, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£1,087,500
Range £301,268–£7,145,000 · 114 real sales
- Real sales
- 114
- 12-month change
- +12.5%
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Jan 2020 and 3 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in WC1B: the typical (median) sold price is £1,087,500, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). Over the last twelve months the local median is up 12.5%, comparing 15 sales with 29, so a handful of homes can swing it. WC1B is a quiet market, with about 1 recorded sale a month. By property type, 97% were flats (typically £891,500) and 3% were terraced homes (typically £2,070,000).
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 WC1B: a quiet market, so take your time
WC1B has seen just 114 sales since January 2020, at a median above last year’s, which says something about those homes and rather less about yours.
If you are thinking of selling, a spread from £301,268 to £7,145,000 makes £1,087,500 a poor guide to any one home, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; sales are too rare here to hurry, so give the price a local agent’s sense-check; if certainty matters more than price, a quick cash sale usually means accepting about 70–85% of market value (a rough guide, not a quote).
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, on price, WC1B is well above the UK average, and still climbing, so test the asking price against recent sold homes of the same type before you stretch to meet it.
Our checklist before an offer: the lease (length, ground rent and service charge), what has been applied for nearby (9,073 applications on record within 500 m) and flood risk over the long term, plus the title, which your conveyancer should review.
For what the averages cannot tell you, the free WC1B OfferCheck brings flood, crime, planning and council tax together.
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At a glance
WC1B in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£1,087,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
1.4
Across 114 sales
12-month change
+12.5%
+12.5% from last year
Local median
Council tax, Band D
£2,208
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in WC1B
These 114 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in WC1B by property type
Terraced homes have the highest typical price at £2,070,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £891,500.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 3 | £2,070,000 | £1,122,717–£3,614,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 83 | £891,500 | £313,029–£1,645,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Jan 2020 and 3 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in WC1B
The quarterly typical price fell 97.6%, from £40,492,948 in Q4 2024 (2 sales) to £965,000 in Q3 2026 (2 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | £40,492,948 | 2 |
| Q1 2025 | £301,268 | 18 |
| Q2 2025 | £700,000 | 3 |
| Q3 2025 | £1,151,166 | 6 |
| Q4 2025 | £714,500 | 6 |
| Q1 2026 | £109,325,000 | 2 |
| Q2 2026 | £470,000 | 1 |
| Q3 2026 | £965,000 | 2 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Jan 2020 and 3 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of WC1B prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most WC1B homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £301,268 and £7,145,000, around a typical £1,087,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Jan 2020 and 3 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in WC1B
Flat / maisonette homes were 97% of recorded sales (83 of 86). 11% of sales were freehold and 89% leasehold.
Property type
- Terraced3%
- Flat / maisonette97%
Tenure
- Freehold11%
- Leasehold89%
See the figures
12 freehold (11%) and 102 leasehold (89%) across the 114 most recent recorded sales in WC1B. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Jan 2020 and 3 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.
ORMONDE MANSIONS, 100A, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON
£1,250,000 (2025)£1,200,000 (2026)-4% over 1.5 yrs (-2.7%/yr)
112, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON
£11,000,000 (2024)£217,000,000 (2026)+1872.7% over 1.5 yrs (+616.8%/yr)
BLOOMSBURY MANSIONS, 13 - 16, RUSSELL SQUARE, LONDON
£460,000 (2024)£679,000 (2025)+47.6% over 1.7 yrs (+25.1%/yr)
HAMILTON HOUSE, 81, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON
£284,145 (2025)£450,000 (2025)+58.4% over 0.7 yrs (+96.3%/yr)
RUSSELL SQUARE MANSIONS, 122, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON
£610,000 (2023)£771,000 (2025)+26.4% over 2.6 yrs (+9.4%/yr)
50, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON
£4,500,000 (2022)£880,000 (2025)-80.4% over 2.5 yrs (-47.8%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where WC1B sits in Camden
The pins are the 4 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in WC1B
CRANFIELD HOUSE, 97 - 107, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 Aug 2026
£730,000
ORMONDE MANSIONS, 100A, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 24 Jul 2026
£1,200,000
CRANFIELD HOUSE, 97 - 107, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON
Other · Leasehold · 8 Jun 2026
£470,000
MUSEUM MANSIONS, 63A, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 14 Jan 2026
£1,650,000
112, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON
Other · Leasehold · 9 Jan 2026
£217,000,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). WC1B includes the Bloomsbury ward.
In plain English
What the Camden (WC1B) numbers mean
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £301,268 and £7,145,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- 89% 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.
- This is a quiet district: only about 1 recorded sale a month.
Only 114 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
Based on 114 recorded sales between 10 January 2020 and 3 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 WC1B
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 WC1B
£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 WC1B 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 WC1B
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Odyssey House School - Bloomsbury.
All schools
Odyssey House School - Bloomsbury
Special schools · WC1B 4JP
146 m
Not graded
University of London
Universities · WC1E 7HU
222 m
Not graded
Jeannine Manuel School
Independent schools · WC1B 3DN
288 m
Not graded
Guildhouse School
Independent schools · WC1A 2RA
314 m
Not graded
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Universities · WC1E 7HT
354 m
Not graded
School of Oriental and African Studies
Universities · WC1H 0XG
388 m
Not graded
Birkbeck College
Universities · WC1E 7HX
398 m
Not graded
St Josephs Catholic Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WC2B 5NA
469 m
Good · 2018
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 WC1B district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 1 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near WC1B
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 WC1B
9,073
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 1 August 2026.
Recent applications
Camden/2026/3162/LUndecided
484 m
Repainting works to shopfront and projecting sign bracket and display of 1 x non-illuminated fascia sign and 1 x non-illuminated replacement projecting sign.
Received 2026-07-27
Camden/2026/3098/PUndecided
475 m
Details pursuant to Condition 4 (Shopfront Details) of planning permission ref. 2025/5741/P (dated 08/06/2026) for: Installation of new timber shopfront.
Received 2026-07-23
Camden/2026/3113/PUndecided
447 m
Change of use from Sui Generis (Institutional Use) to Hotel (C1), removal of the existing upper levels on floors seven Red Lion Square), five and six (Drake Street) and erection of new floors (7th floor - Red Lion Square) (5th, 6th and 7th floors - Drake Street) to make an 8 storey building throughout, retention and alterations to the facades including entrance and bay on Red Lion Square.
Received 2026-07-23
Camden/2026/3081/PUndecided
53 m
Details of the preliminary risk assessment pursuant to condition 19 part A 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 2026-07-22
Camden/2026/3058/PUndecided
53 m
Details of the building foundations of the southern paviliion pursuant to condition 15 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 2026-07-21
Camden/2026/2987/PUndecided
53 m
Details of fenestration and vents required by Condition 6 of planning permission ref 2023/4648/P dated 16/10/2024 for Erection of new energy centre incorporating maintenance support accommodation to internal West Road, new substation off Montague Street, all together with associated internal and external works, service runs, erection of plant, landscaping, and temporary works associated with construction following demolition of existing Energy Centre to internal West Road and removal of temporary buildings to the south of the existing energy centre on the internal West Road and to the north and east of the White Wing facing Montague Street.
Received 2026-07-16
Applications are matched within 500 m of the WC1B 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 WC1B for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 9073 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 1 August 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for WC1B
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 WC1B 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.
WC1B 4BJ, 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 WC1B spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in WC1B: 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 WC1B, band by band
Camden's council tax for 2026-27 set against the WC1B median sold price of £1,087,500 across 114 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÷ £1,087,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,472 | £123 | 0.14% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,717 | £143 | 0.16% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £1,962 | £164 | 0.18% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,208 | £184 | 0.20% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,698 | £225 | 0.25% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,189 | £266 | 0.29% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,679 | £307 | 0.34% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,415 | £368 | 0.41% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the WC1B 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 114 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 WC1B sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 45 distinct addresses in the records we hold for WC1B. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
CRANFIELD HOUSE, 97 - 107, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON
WC1B 4HH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 6 recorded sales
£730,000
2026-08-03
ORMONDE MANSIONS, 100A, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON
WC1B 4BJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£1,200,000
2026-07-24
MUSEUM MANSIONS, 63A, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON
WC1B 3BJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,650,000
2026-01-14
112, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON
WC1B 3NQ · Other · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£217,000,000
2026-01-09
BEDFORD COURT MANSIONS, BEDFORD AVENUE, LONDON
WC1B 3AD · Other · Leasehold · 6 recorded sales
£2,350,000
2025-12-19
BLOOMSBURY MANSIONS, 13 - 16, RUSSELL SQUARE, LONDON
WC1B 5ER · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 11 recorded sales
£679,000
2025-12-17
HAMILTON HOUSE, 81, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON
WC1B 4HA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 17 recorded sales
£450,000
2025-11-24
70, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON
WC1B 3BN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£750,000
2025-11-14
BEDFORD COURT MANSIONS, BEDFORD AVENUE, LONDON
WC1B 3AE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 7 recorded sales
£1,250,000
2025-10-24
BLOOMSBURY PLAZA, 12 - 18, BLOOMSBURY STREET, LONDON
WC1B 3QA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£625,000
2025-10-06
RUSSELL SQUARE MANSIONS, 122, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON
WC1B 5AE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£771,000
2025-09-15
36, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON
WC1B 3PP · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£10,210,000
2025-08-15
BEDFORD COURT MANSIONS, BEDFORD AVENUE, LONDON
WC1B 3AG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 5 recorded sales
£1,400,000
2025-08-08
4, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON
WC1B 3RD · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£5,820,000
2025-07-11
50, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON
WC1B 3BA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£880,000
2025-06-27
26, MORWELL STREET, LONDON
WC1B 3AZ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£700,000
2025-06-12
41, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON
WC1B 3PE · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,540,000
2025-03-28
74, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON
WC1B 4AR · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£189,922
2025-03-06
22, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON
WC1B 3HH · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£885,896
2024-12-09
THE PRINCIPAL LONDON HOTEL, 1 - 8, RUSSELL SQUARE, LONDON
WC1B 5BE · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£80,100,000
2024-11-19
8, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON
WC1B 3RA · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,070,000
2024-09-04
BRISTOL HOUSE, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON
WC1B 4BA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 6 recorded sales
£1,100,000
2024-08-19
GREAT RUSSELL MANSIONS 59-61, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON
WC1B 3BE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,625,000
2024-08-12
112, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON
WC1B 3NP · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£11,000,000
2024-07-05
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 WC1B 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.