NN1 — Northampton
Northampton's NN1 postcode sits in Northampton. The board behind it is assembled from 22,175 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical NN1 sale went from £37,000 in 1995 to £200,000 in 2026 — 5.4× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2002 — prices moved +20.3% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -11.8%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in NN1
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £37,000 | 557 |
| 2000 | £67,000 | 901 |
| 2005 | £128,000 | 873 |
| 2010 | £122,250 | 416 |
| 2015 | £143,500 | 734 |
| 2020 | £178,000 | 475 |
| 2025 | £200,000 | 500 |
| 2026 | £200,000 | 80 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Northampton (NN1 4) (36% of local sales) — busiest streets: Abington Avenue, Ashburnham Road, Birchfield Road
- Northampton (NN1 5) (27% of local sales) — busiest streets: Billing Road, Lutterworth Road, Wycliffe Road
- Northampton (NN1 3) (22% of local sales) — busiest streets: Colwyn Road, Wellington Street, Hood Street
- Northampton (NN1 2) (8% of local sales) — busiest streets: Broad Street, St Andrews Street, Upper Priory Street
- Northampton (NN1 1) (6% of local sales) — busiest streets: Scholars Court, Albion Place, Derngate
- Cliftonville (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: The Avenue
- Abington (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Derby Road, Derby Mews
- Minley Road (0% of local sales)
Reading about 2002 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the NN1 board.
Local business? Put your name on the NN1 board — one sponsor per postcode.
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.