CO7 — Colchester
The CO7 board covers Colchester in Tendring, built from 21,115 sales over 32 years of real Land Registry sales across 8 local areas.
The median sale here was £57,000 back in 1995. In 2026 it stood at £322,000, a 5.6× change. Peak momentum came in 2002, when the CO7 median climbed +28.9%. 2009 was the year the music stopped here: -11.4% on the median.
Median sold price in CO7
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £57,000 | 527 |
| 2000 | £89,000 | 749 |
| 2005 | £182,000 | 609 |
| 2010 | £200,000 | 494 |
| 2015 | £230,000 | 661 |
| 2020 | £306,000 | 635 |
| 2025 | £346,000 | 666 |
| 2026 | £322,000 | 96 |
The areas on the board
The game's reel draws from 8 areas, in proportion to how often property really changes hands there:
- Brightlingsea (32% of local sales) — busiest streets: New Street, Sydney Street, Campernell Close
- Wivenhoe (27% of local sales) — busiest streets: Chaney Road, The Avenue, Alexandra Drive
- Great Bentley (8% of local sales) — busiest streets: Plough Road, Birch Avenue, Weeley Road
- Alresford (7% of local sales) — busiest streets: Wivenhoe Road, Station Road, Crestlands
- Elmstead (7% of local sales) — busiest streets: Holly Way, Meadow Close, Lucerne Road
- East Bergholt (7% of local sales) — busiest streets: Broom Knoll, Chaplin Road, White Horse Road
- Dedham (6% of local sales) — busiest streets: Dedham Meade, Mill Lane, Long Road West
- Ardleigh (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: Colchester Road, Dedham Road, Station Road
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.