HP5 — Chesham
Chesham's HP5 postcode sits in Chiltern. The board behind it is assembled from 13,570 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical HP5 sale went from £76,000 in 1995 to £480,000 in 2026 — 6.3× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2003 — prices moved +18.8% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -5.7%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in HP5
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £76,000 | 388 |
| 2000 | £130,000 | 494 |
| 2005 | £204,000 | 486 |
| 2010 | £244,500 | 332 |
| 2015 | £325,000 | 484 |
| 2020 | £385,000 | 352 |
| 2025 | £430,000 | 331 |
| 2026 | £480,000 | 74 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Chesham (HP5 2) (35% of local sales) — busiest streets: Chartridge Lane, Bellingdon Road, Sunnyside Road
- Chesham (HP5 3) (30% of local sales) — busiest streets: Eskdale Avenue, Berkhampstead Road, Broad Street
- Chesham (HP5 1) (29% of local sales) — busiest streets: Waterside, Bois Moor Road, Woodley Hill
- Ashley Green (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Chesham Road, Two Dells Lane, Hog Lane
- Bellingdon (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Bloomfield Cottages, Ramscote Lane, Cedar Grove
- Latimer (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: The Ridings, The Grove, Spring Close
- Ley Hill (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Crown Cottages, Kiln Lane, Holly Tree Close
- Chartridge (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Cogdells Lane, Cogdells Close, Chapel Cottages
Reading about 2003 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the HP5 board.
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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.