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Colchester Avenue, Penylan, Cardiff

MyStreetCheck free street report: Colchester Avenue, Penylan, Cardiff · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/cardiff-cardiff/colchester-avenue/

House prices, sold prices and local information for CF23 9AZ, CF23 9AY, CF23 9BP.

Average price (last 12 months)
£469,643
7 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£424,260
46 sales
Price range
£129k – £700k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
24 Aug 2026
CF23 9BP

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At a glance

House prices£470k average49% above the Cardiff average Crime523 reportedWithin about a mile, latest month Flood riskNo flood warning areasFrom rivers or the sea Nearest station22 min walkCathays station Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold98% freeholdAcross 54 Land Registry sales Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

46 property sales on Colchester Avenue, Penylan, Cardiff have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 7 homes sold here for an average of £469,643. Most sales here are terraced homes, which have sold for an average of £391,302. Average sale prices rose from £376,990 in 2016 to £504,583 in 2026 (+34%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. That is 49% above the Cardiff average of £315,449 over the same period. 10 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 10 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 50% terraced, 35% semi-detached, 13% detached. Recorded sale prices on Colchester Avenue range from £128,500 to £700,000. 98% of homes sold here were freehold and 2% leasehold. Of 702 streets in Cardiff with at least two sales in the last year, Colchester Avenue ranks 67th for average price, putting it in the top 10%.

House prices on Colchester Avenue compared

Colchester Avenue£469,643
CF23 postcode area£348,189
Cardiff£315,449
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all CF23 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £376,990 (5 sales)2016£377k2017: £271,667 (3 sales)2017£272k2018: £397,667 (3 sales)2018£398k2019: £264,125 (4 sales)2019£264k2020: £397,500 (2 sales)2020£398k2021: £443,444 (9 sales)2021£443k2022: £514,583 (6 sales)2022£515k2023: £232,500 (1 sales)2023£233k2024: £534,000 (2 sales)2024£534k2025: £473,000 (5 sales)2025£473k2026: £504,583 (6 sales)2026£505k

Tenure: 98% freehold and 2% leasehold across 54 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Terraced23£391,30224 Aug 2026
Semi-detached16£478,2816 Mar 2026
Detached6£455,83325 Jun 2026
Flat1£128,5008 Nov 2019

Sold prices on Colchester Avenue

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
42, Colchester Avenue CF23 9BP 24 Aug 2026£587,500 TerracedFreehold
119, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AY 25 Jun 2026£490,000 DetachedFreehold
32, Colchester Avenue CF23 9BP 24 Jun 2026£500,000 TerracedFreehold
103, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AY 24 Apr 2026£250,000 TerracedFreehold
17, Colchester Avenue CF23 9BN 6 Mar 2026£685,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
92, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AZ 28 Jan 2026£515,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
97, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AY 8 Dec 2025£260,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
83, Colchester Avenue CF23 9NY 17 Oct 2025£330,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
Unit 1, 147, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AN 18 Aug 2025£2,490,000 OtherFreehold
84, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AZ 1 Aug 2025£480,000 TerracedFreehold
88, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AZ 4 Apr 2025£700,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
38, Colchester Avenue CF23 9BP 24 Mar 2025£595,000 TerracedFreehold
7, Colchester Avenue CF23 9BN 14 Mar 2025£615,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
17, Colchester Avenue CF23 9BN 12 Jun 2024£378,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
88, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AZ 29 May 2024£690,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
103, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AY 2 Oct 2023£232,500 TerracedFreehold
Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd, Colchester Avenue CF23 9XN 20 Dec 2022£38,480,000 OtherFreehold
106, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AZ 16 Dec 2022£505,000 TerracedFreehold
100, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AZ 30 Nov 2022£430,000 TerracedFreehold
115, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AY 28 Sep 2022£590,000 DetachedFreehold
87, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AY 8 Aug 2022£307,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
43, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AX 22 Jul 2022£635,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
111, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AY 14 Jun 2022£480,000 DetachedFreehold
5, Colchester Avenue CF23 9BN 11 Feb 2022£570,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
49, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AX 2 Dec 2021£530,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
91, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AY 26 Oct 2021£224,000 TerracedFreehold
86, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AZ 9 Sep 2021£410,000 TerracedFreehold
78, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AZ 10 Aug 2021£485,000 TerracedFreehold
32, Colchester Avenue CF23 9BP 30 Jul 2021£530,000 TerracedFreehold
75, Colchester Avenue CF23 9NY 30 Jun 2021£447,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
28, Colchester Avenue CF23 9BP 24 May 2021£430,000 TerracedFreehold
64, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AZ 1 Apr 2021£450,000 TerracedFreehold
4, Colchester Avenue CF23 9BP 27 Jan 2021£485,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
113, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AY 8 Dec 2020£475,000 DetachedFreehold
86, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AZ 1 Dec 2020£320,000 TerracedFreehold
21, Colchester Avenue CF23 9BN 30 Oct 2020£430,000 DetachedFreehold
64, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AZ 18 Jun 2020£295,000 TerracedFreehold
Flat 5, Lady Margaret Court, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AW 8 Nov 2019£128,500 FlatLeasehold
75, Colchester Avenue CF23 9NY 4 Oct 2019£400,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
93, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AY 23 Aug 2019£228,000 TerracedFreehold
Three Brewers, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AL 26 Jul 2019£600,000 OtherFreehold
Three Brewers, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AL 26 Jul 2019£660,000 OtherFreehold
65, Colchester Avenue CF23 9NY 1 May 2019£300,000 DetachedFreehold
5, Colchester Avenue CF23 9BN 7 Dec 2018£405,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
42, Colchester Avenue CF23 9BP 2 Oct 2018£505,000 TerracedFreehold
32, Colchester Avenue CF23 9BP 13 Apr 2018£283,000 TerracedFreehold
91, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AY 30 Jun 2017£170,000 TerracedFreehold
63, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AX 27 Apr 2017£330,000 TerracedFreehold
71, Colchester Avenue CF23 9NY 10 Apr 2017£315,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
72, Colchester Avenue CF23 9AZ 25 Nov 2016£499,950 TerracedFreehold
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Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

AddressSalesChange
42, Colchester Avenue £505,000 (Oct 2018) → £587,500 (Aug 2026) +16%
over 8 yrs
32, Colchester Avenue £283,000 (Apr 2018) → £530,000 (Jul 2021) → £500,000 (Jun 2026) +77%
over 8 yrs
103, Colchester Avenue £232,500 (Oct 2023) → £250,000 (Apr 2026) +8%
over 3 yrs
17, Colchester Avenue £378,000 (Jun 2024) → £685,000 (Mar 2026) +81%
over 2 yrs
88, Colchester Avenue £690,000 (May 2024) → £700,000 (Apr 2025) +1%
over under a year
5, Colchester Avenue £405,000 (Dec 2018) → £570,000 (Feb 2022) +41%
over 3 yrs
91, Colchester Avenue £170,000 (Jun 2017) → £224,000 (Oct 2021) +32%
over 4 yrs
86, Colchester Avenue £320,000 (Dec 2020) → £410,000 (Sep 2021) +28%
over under a year
75, Colchester Avenue £400,000 (Oct 2019) → £447,000 (Jun 2021) +12%
over 2 yrs
64, Colchester Avenue £295,000 (Jun 2020) → £450,000 (Apr 2021) +53%
over under a year

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Crime and flood risk near Colchester Avenue

Crime

523 crimes were reported within about a mile of Colchester Avenue in August 2026.

Violence & sexual offences115
Anti-social behaviour84
Shoplifting70
Public order64
Vehicle crime61
Criminal damage & arson37

Source: data.police.uk. Locations are approximate and cover the surrounding area, not just this street.

Flood risk

Colchester Avenue is not in or near any Environment Agency flood warning or alert area.

Flood warning areas cover places at risk from rivers and the sea. Surface water risk isn't included. Check the long-term flood risk for a postcode on GOV.UK.

Getting around, shops and health

Train stations

  • Cathays station 1.1 mi · 22 min walk
  • Cardiff Queen Street station 1.3 mi · 25 min walk
  • Heath Low Level station 1.5 mi · 30 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Waterloo Road (after, Colchester Avenue) 1 min walk
  • Colchester Avenue (o/s 41, Colchester Avenue) 1 min walk
  • Colchester Avenue (after, Waterloo Road) 1 min walk
  • Melrose Avenue (o/s 38, Melrose Avenue) 1 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Roath House Surgery
    100 Pen-Y-Lan Road, Penylan, Cardiff · 0.2 mi
  • The Penylan Surgery
    74 Pen-Y-Lan Road, Cardiff · 0.3 mi
  • Meddygfa Albany Surgery
    219 - 221 City Road, Roath, Cardiff · 0.7 mi
  • The City Surgery
    187 City Road, Roath, Cardiff · 0.8 mi

Supermarkets

  • The Co-operative Food Co-op Cardiff - Colchester Avenue · 0.3 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Cardiff Wellfield Rd Express · 0.4 mi
  • Cook Cook Cardiff · 0.4 mi
  • Sainsburys Local Sainsburys Cardiff Albany Road Local · 0.5 mi

Pharmacies

  • Central Pharmacy · 0.4 mi
  • Superdrug Pharmacy · 0.5 mi
  • Boots · 0.5 mi

Dentists

  • Dental Surgery · 0.3 mi
  • Marlborough Dental Practice · 0.3 mi
  • Mydentist · 0.8 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned68.1%62.5%
Private rented14.7%20.3%
Social rented17.1%17.1%
Households808

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1518.5%17.4%
Aged 15–6461.4%64.1%
Aged 65+20.2%18.6%
Residents1,861

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)100%80%
Gigabit-capable100%80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks98%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks99%92%

Share of homes across Cardiff with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around Colchester Avenue

Ethnic group

HereCardiff
White75%79.2%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh14.5%9.7%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.7%4%
Other ethnic group3.9%3.3%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.8%3.8%

Religion

HereCardiff
Christian46.9%38.4%
No religion34.4%42.9%
Muslim9.5%9.3%
Not answered5.3%6.3%
Hindu1.5%1.5%
Buddhist0.9%0.5%
Sikh0.9%0.4%
Jewish0.4%–

Country of birth

HereCardiff
Born in the UK81.7%83.5%
Born outside the UK18.3%16.5%

Highest qualification

HereCardiff
Level 4 qualifications and above52.7%40%
No qualifications12.3%16.3%
Level 2 qualifications11.4%11.1%
Level 3 qualifications10.6%19.2%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7%6.9%
Apprenticeship3.1%3.9%
Other qualifications2.9%2.6%

General health

HereCardiff
Very good health52.3%50.1%
Good health30%31.8%
Fair health12.3%12.2%
Bad health4.1%4.5%
Very bad health1.3%1.4%

Cars or vans per household

HereCardiff
1 car or van in household41.1%43%
2 cars or vans in household32.2%24%
No cars or vans in household20.5%26%
3 or more cars or vans in household6.2%7%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Cardiff.

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