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House prices in Great Bentley
Colchester · 55 sales registered so far in the 12 months to June 2026 · HM Land Registry data
Small town: 55 sales in the last year; trend and street figures use five years, with Colchester for context.
Average house price in Great Bentley
The average (median) house price in Great Bentley, Colchester was £375,000 in the 12 months to June 2026, from 55 sales registered so far. That is 7.4% down on the year before and 5.6% up on five years ago. Detached homes were the most common sale at a median £450,000; semi-detached £339,500. Homes with a recorded floor area sold for about £347 per square foot (£3,735/m²), based on 148 of 170 sales over two years.
- Median sold price
- £375,000
- 12 months to June 2026
- Half of sales were above this price, half below
- Change on a year ago
- −7.4%
- median vs the previous 12 months
- Shown only when both years have 30+ sales
- Price per sq ft
- £347
- typical range £324–£367
- From 148 of 170 sales with an EPC floor area (2 years)
- Sales registered so far
- 55
- 12 months to June 2026
- Recent months are still being registered; counts are never compared year on year
- vs Essex
- +1%
- Essex median £370,000
- Difference between the two medians
Sales completed to August 2026, as registered by 4 Oct 2026 · headline figures cover the 12 months to June 2026 (later months are still being registered) Great Bentley = the postcodes closer to Great Bentley's centre than to any neighbouring area centre within Colchester
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Great Bentley house price trend
Great Bentley median Essex median sales per period still being registered
| Period | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | £370,000 | 17 |
| 2020 | £352,500 | 40 |
| 2021 | £374,000 | 76 |
| 2022 | £420,000 | 71 |
| 2023 | £420,000 | 36 |
| 2024 | £399,975 | 74 |
| 2025 | £375,000 | 100 |
| 2026 | £390,000 | 19 |
Median of completed sales per period, not seasonally adjusted; the latest months are still being registered.
Sold house prices in Great Bentley
| Sold | Address | Type | Price | Floor area | £/sq ft | vs last sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Aug 2026 | Greenvale, the Green CO7 8LY | Semi-detached | £317,000 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 4, Newman Fields CO7 8FU | Semi-detached | £400,000 | 1,475 sq ft | £271 | −6% (2024) |
| 25 Jun 2026 | 5, Pump Lane CO7 8GF | Detached | £475,000 | 1,163 sq ft | £409 | +23% (2021) |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 1, Pine Close CO7 8NX | Detached | £406,000 | 1,561 sq ft | £260 | n/a |
| 29 May 2026 | 2, Finch Drive CO7 8PU | Detached | £321,500 | 958 sq ft | £336 | n/a |
| 26 May 2026 | 23, Middletown Road CO7 8TL New build | Detached | £465,000 | 1,367 sq ft | £340 | n/a |
| 1 May 2026 | 2, Hall View Road CO7 8LW | Detached | £450,000 | 1,539 sq ft | £292 | n/a |
| 1 May 2026 | 7, Pine Close CO7 8NX | Detached | £390,000 | 1,313 sq ft | £297 | n/a |
| 1 May 2026 | 65, Birch Avenue CO7 8LS | Semi-detached | £315,000 | 1,001 sq ft | £315 | +9% (2019) |
| 24 Apr 2026 | 49, Larkfield Road CO7 8PX | Terraced | £285,000 | 883 sq ft | £323 | n/a |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Wellers, Thorrington Road CO7 8PR | Detached | £385,000 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 8 Apr 2026 | The Old Mill House, Heckfords Road CO7 8PQ | Detached | £1,275,000 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 12 Mar 2026 | 22, Cherrywoods CO7 8QF | Detached | £414,500 | 1,195 sq ft | £347 | n/a |
| 27 Feb 2026 | 7, Sycamore Place CO7 8LP | Semi-detached | £387,000 | 1,442 sq ft | £268 | n/a |
| 12 Feb 2026 | 13, Windsor Road CO7 8TH | Semi-detached | £325,000 | 958 sq ft | £339 | −6% (2024) |
The most recent registered sales. Full histories, including every sale since 1995, are on the street pages.
Postcode districts in Great Bentley
| District | Sales (12m) | Median | £/sq ft | Change (1y) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO7 | 55 | £375,000 | £347 | −7.4% |
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Sold prices at developments in Great Bentley
- Ufford Chase Phase 2, Great Bentley · Cala Homes59 first sales· median £469,950· from 2022
- Hartford Green · Taylor Wimpey22 first sales· median £374,500· from 2023
New-build sales register 6–12 months after completion; "resale" means a later sale at an address whose first recorded sale was a new build.
House prices near Great Bentley
- Manningtree Essex · 9.7 km 91% of here
- Jaywick Clacton-on-sea · 9 km 48% of here
- Clacton-on-sea Essex · 7.9 km 66% of here
- Frinton-on-Sea Essex · 12 km 87% of here
- Colchester Essex · 12.3 km 89% of here
- Walton on the Naze Essex · 13.9 km 69% of here
- Harwich Essex · 15.7 km 65% of here
- Hadleigh Ipswich · 22.2 km 79% of here
- Ipswich Suffolk · 23.6 km 73% of here
- Southminster Essex · 24.6 km 96% of here
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What's my home worth?
A 90 m² (970 sq ft) home in Great Bentley is worth roughly £314k–£356k at the area's typical £324–£367 per square foot. That is a range, not a valuation.
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›What is the average house price in Great Bentley?
The median sold price in Great Bentley, Colchester was £375,000 in the 12 months to June 2026 (55 sales registered so far); the mean was £412,717. We quote medians because a few very expensive or very cheap sales pull a mean around. The Essex median over the same period was £370,000. Portals and the ONS publish different figures because they use different boundaries, windows and adjustments.
›How much is a house in Great Bentley per square foot?
Homes sold in Great Bentley, Colchester over the two years to June 2026 with a recorded floor area achieved a median £347 per square foot (interquartile range £324–£367), from 148 sales matched to an Energy Performance Certificate floor area.
›Are house prices in Great Bentley going up or down?
In the 12 months to June 2026, the median was 7.4% down on the previous 12 months and 5.6% up on five years earlier. These compare completed sales registered so far; the most recent months are still being registered, so the latest figures move as late registrations arrive.
›What is the most expensive street in Great Bentley?
Of streets with at least five sales in the last five years, Newman Fields (CO7) has the highest median sold price at £632,000 across 5 sales.
›Where does this data come from and how up to date is it?
Every sale is from HM Land Registry's Price Paid Data for England and Wales, which we re-import monthly. Sales completed to August 2026, as registered by 4 Oct 2026 · headline figures cover the 12 months to June 2026 (later months are still being registered). Floor areas come from Energy Performance Certificates matched by address.
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Sources and method. Sales completed to August 2026, as registered by 4 Oct 2026 · headline figures cover the 12 months to June 2026 (later months are still being registered).Next HM Land Registry release ~28 Oct 2026. Medians unless stated; averages only where 30 or more sales. Category A sales only (standard price-paid transactions), houses and flats.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Floor areas derived from Energy Performance Certificate data © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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