Camden
WC1N house prices in Camden
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Camden, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£730,000
Range £364,639–£3,305,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
- 12-month change
- -13.6%
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Feb 2021 and 4 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in WC1N: the typical (median) sold price is £730,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). Over the last twelve months the local median is down 13.6%, comparing 41 sales with 39, so a handful of homes can swing it. WC1N is a quiet market, with about 4 recorded sales a month. By property type, 86% were flats (typically £660,000) and 12% were terraced homes (typically £2,050,000).
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 WC1N: a quiet market, so take your time
At around 4 sales a month, WC1N is quiet, and prices have drifted down, so sellers should plan for a longer sale and buyers can afford to be patient.
If you are thinking of selling, with terraced homes at £2,050,000 and flats at £660,000, the £364,639 to £3,305,000 spread is really several markets, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; with so few sales, allow extra time and a local agent’s view; 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, WC1N sits well above the UK average for typical prices, though prices have eased, so there may be room to negotiate; just remember one year of falls is not a forecast.
Before an offer goes in on any WC1N home, look at the lease (length, ground rent and service charge), what has been applied for nearby (6,946 applications on record within 500 m) and long-term flood risk, and leave the title to your conveyancer.
Averages only go so far, so the free WC1N 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
WC1N in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£730,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
3.8
Across 250 sales
12-month change
-13.6%
-13.6% from last year
Local median
Council tax, Band D
£2,208
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in WC1N
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in WC1N by property type
Semi-detached homes have the highest typical price at £2,862,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £660,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 4 | £2,862,500 | £1,828,000–£3,102,500 |
| Terraced | 25 | £2,050,000 | £1,454,000–£4,616,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 176 | £660,000 | £413,000–£1,300,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Feb 2021 and 4 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in WC1N
The quarterly typical price fell 20.5%, from £730,000 in Q4 2024 (13 sales) to £580,000 in Q3 2026 (3 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | £730,000 | 13 |
| Q1 2025 | £826,250 | 8 |
| Q2 2025 | £3,100,000 | 3 |
| Q3 2025 | £720,000 | 14 |
| Q4 2025 | £662,500 | 12 |
| Q1 2026 | £530,000 | 11 |
| Q2 2026 | £511,250 | 8 |
| Q3 2026 | £580,000 | 3 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Feb 2021 and 4 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of WC1N prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most WC1N homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £364,639 and £3,305,000, around a typical £730,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Feb 2021 and 4 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in WC1N
Flat / maisonette homes were 86% of recorded sales (176 of 205). 23% of sales were freehold and 77% leasehold.
Property type
- Semi-detached2%
- Terraced12%
- Flat / maisonette86%
Tenure
- Freehold23%
- Leasehold77%
See the figures
58 freehold (23%) and 192 leasehold (77%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in WC1N. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Feb 2021 and 4 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.
HUNTER HOUSE, HUNTER STREET, LONDON
£550,000 (2024)£580,000 (2026)+5.5% over 1.6 yrs (+3.3%/yr)
ABERDEEN MANSIONS, KENTON STREET, LONDON
£850,000 (2025)£695,000 (2026)-18.2% over 1 yrs (-17.8%/yr)
QUEEN COURT, QUEEN SQUARE, LONDON
£685,000 (2025)£555,000 (2026)-19% over 0.8 yrs (-24.3%/yr)
O'DONNELL COURT, BRUNSWICK CENTRE, LONDON
£720,000 (2024)£765,000 (2026)+6.3% over 2.1 yrs (+2.9%/yr)
BERNARD MANSIONS, BERNARD STREET, LONDON
£480,000 (2022)£625,000 (2026)+30.2% over 3.7 yrs (+7.4%/yr)
84, MARCHMONT STREET, LONDON
£535,000 (2024)£470,000 (2026)-12.1% over 2.2 yrs (-5.7%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where WC1N 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 WC1N
HUNTER HOUSE, HUNTER STREET, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 Aug 2026
£580,000
QUEEN COURT, QUEEN SQUARE, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 31 Jul 2026
£555,000
ABERDEEN MANSIONS, KENTON STREET, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 31 Jul 2026
£695,000
FOUNDLING COURT, BRUNSWICK CENTRE, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 30 Jun 2026
£500,000
O'DONNELL COURT, BRUNSWICK CENTRE, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 18 Jun 2026
£765,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). WC1N includes the Bloomsbury ward.
In plain English
What the Camden (WC1N) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: terraced homes sold for a typical £2,050,000 against £660,000 for flats: about 3.1 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £364,639 and £3,305,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- 77% 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.
Only 250 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
- This is a quiet district: only about 4 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 10 February 2021 and 4 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 WC1N
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 WC1N
£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 WC1N 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 WC1N
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
80 m
Outstanding · 2014
St George the Martyr Church of England Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WC1N 2NX
263 m
Outstanding · 2024
Thomas Coram Centre
Nursery · Local authority maintained schools · WC1N 2NY
293 m
Outstanding · 2014
Capital City College
16 plus · Colleges · WC1X 8RA
448 m
Not graded
Odyssey House School - Bloomsbury
Special schools · WC1B 4JP
471 m
Not graded
Christopher Hatton Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · EC1R 4PQ
492 m
Outstanding · 2022
Guildhouse School
Independent schools · WC1A 2RA
520 m
Not graded
University of the Arts London
Universities · WC1V 7EY
619 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 WC1N district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 4 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near WC1N
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 WC1N
6,946
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
Camden/2026/2889/PUndecided
359 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/2026/0599/PUndecided
390 m
Minor alteration to an existing building only: Core drill a 100mm diameter hole into external wall in order to install cables and pipework to serve an external wall mounted condenser unit. Unit to be located below street level. The proposal allows for air conditioning to be installed to the basement server, which includes additional electrical conduit to ceiling and walls where new cables will run. Where possible the existing conduit will be utilised.
Received 2026-07-02
Camden/2026/2411/PUndecided
96 m
Alterations to flat roof covering with increase in roof height.
Received 2026-06-25
Camden/2026/2671/PUndecided
394 m
Variation of condition 2 (approved drawings) to permission 2024/1332/P dated 09.10.2025 (for: Change of use from office (Class E) to residential (Class C3) to form a self-contained dwelling and external alterations including new roof lantern, replacement fourth floor extension and roof terrace with glass balustrade) chiefly to revise the roof extension, rationalise internal layouts, upgrade doors. remove modern finishes to lightwell and entrance, reinstate historic chimney stacks and other minor alterations.
Received 2026-06-25
Camden/2026/2635/LUndecided
394 m
Internal and external alterations to the building including refurbishment, alterations to the floor plan, new roof lantern, replacement fourth floor extension and roof terrace with glass balustrade, reinstatement of historic chimney stacks.
Received 2026-06-23
Camden/2026/2627/PUndecided
324 m
Change of use of retail unit (Class E) to Pet Boarding facility (Sui Generis).
Received 2026-06-23
Applications are matched within 500 m of the WC1N 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 WC1N for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 6946 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for WC1N
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 WC1N postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 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.
WC1N 3BB, 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 WC1N spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in WC1N: 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 WC1N, band by band
Camden's council tax for 2026-27 set against the WC1N median sold price of £730,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearCamden | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £730,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,472 | £123 | 0.20% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,717 | £143 | 0.24% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £1,962 | £164 | 0.27% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,208 | £184 | 0.30% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,698 | £225 | 0.37% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,189 | £266 | 0.44% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,679 | £307 | 0.50% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,415 | £368 | 0.60% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the WC1N 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, Camden, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in WC1N sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 155 distinct addresses in the records we hold for WC1N. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
HUNTER HOUSE, HUNTER STREET, LONDON
WC1N 1BE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£580,000
2026-08-04
QUEEN COURT, QUEEN SQUARE, LONDON
WC1N 3BB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£555,000
2026-07-31
ABERDEEN MANSIONS, KENTON STREET, LONDON
WC1N 1NL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£695,000
2026-07-31
FOUNDLING COURT, BRUNSWICK CENTRE, LONDON
WC1N 1QE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£500,000
2026-06-30
O'DONNELL COURT, BRUNSWICK CENTRE, LONDON
WC1N 1AQ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 5 recorded sales
£765,000
2026-06-18
BERNARD MANSIONS, BERNARD STREET, LONDON
WC1N 1LB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£625,000
2026-06-10
84, MARCHMONT STREET, LONDON
WC1N 1AG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£470,000
2026-05-22
2, DOUGHTY STREET, LONDON
WC1N 2PN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£530,000
2026-05-19
MILLMAN COURT, 27 - 39, MILLMAN STREET, LONDON
WC1N 3EN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£522,500
2026-05-07
76, MARCHMONT STREET, LONDON
WC1N 1AG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£485,000
2026-05-07
35, DOUGHTY STREET, LONDON
WC1N 2AA · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£235,000
2026-04-01
BEVAN HOUSE, BOSWELL STREET, LONDON
WC1N 3BT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 5 recorded sales
£450,000
2026-03-31
GROUND FLOOR SHOP, 67, MARCHMONT STREET, LONDON
WC1N 1AP · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£5,000
2026-03-31
GUILFORD COURT, 51, GUILFORD STREET, LONDON
WC1N 1ES · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£300,000
2026-03-27
19, COLONNADE, LONDON
WC1N 1JA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,775,000
2026-03-17
FOUNDLING COURT, BRUNSWICK CENTRE, LONDON
WC1N 1QG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 6 recorded sales
£640,000
2026-02-13
CORAM HOUSE, HERBRAND STREET, LONDON
WC1N 1HQ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£430,000
2026-02-12
BRUNSWICK MANSIONS, 8, HANDEL STREET, LONDON
WC1N 1PE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£530,000
2026-01-29
21, JOHN STREET, LONDON
WC1N 2BF · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£1,250,000
2026-01-27
87 - 89, MARCHMONT STREET, LONDON
WC1N 1AL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£860,000
2026-01-21
5, HANDEL STREET, LONDON
WC1N 1PB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£850,000
2026-01-14
43, OLD GLOUCESTER STREET, LONDON
WC1N 3AD · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£425,000
2026-01-09
14, NORTHINGTON STREET, LONDON
WC1N 2NW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,350,000
2025-12-22
106, GUILFORD STREET, LONDON
WC1N 1DP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£650,000
2025-12-22
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.