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East Hill, Colchester

MyStreetCheck free street report: East Hill, Colchester · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/colchester-essex/east-hill/

House prices, sold prices and local information for CO1 2QX, CO1 2QZ, CO1 2QW.

Average price (last 12 months)
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0 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£228,800
20 sales
Price range
£117k – £480k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
25 Oct 2024
CO1 2QX

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At a glance

House prices£229k averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeHigher than averageHigher crime than about 90% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationAbout averageDecile 4 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station7 min walkColchester Town station Schools4 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles, 1 Outstanding Ultrafast broadband73% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold89% freeholdAcross 38 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

20 property sales on East Hill, Colchester have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. The most recent sale was on 25 Oct 2024. Most sales here are terraced homes, which have sold for an average of £232,038. Average sale prices rose from £223,750 in 2016 to £291,000 in 2024 (+30%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. 5 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 5 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 65% terraced, 20% flat, 10% semi-detached. Recorded sale prices on East Hill range from £117,000 to £480,000. 89% of homes sold here were freehold and 11% leasehold.

House prices on East Hill compared

CO1 postcode area£250,439
Colchester£356,821
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. East Hill has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all CO1 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £223,750 (4 sales)2016£224k2017: £274,998 (2 sales)2017£275k2018: £191,250 (2 sales)2018£191k2019: £222,000 (1 sales)2019£222k2020: £150,000 (1 sales)2020£150k2021: £224,625 (4 sales)2021£225k2022: £224,000 (4 sales)2022£224k2024: £291,000 (2 sales)2024£291k

Tenure: 89% freehold and 11% leasehold across 38 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Terraced13£232,03825 Oct 2024
Flat4£157,37524 Jun 2022
Semi-detached2£350,0006 Oct 2022
Detached1£230,00011 Mar 2016

Sold prices on East Hill

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
Parking Space, 17, East Hill CO1 2QX 9 Jul 2026£126,000 TerracedFreehold
53, East Hill CO1 2QY 25 Sep 2025£161,500 TerracedFreehold
32, East Hill CO1 2QX 11 Dec 2024£44,700 OtherFreehold
37, East Hill CO1 2QX 25 Oct 2024£205,000 TerracedFreehold
30, East Hill CO1 2QX 18 Oct 2024£133,000 TerracedFreehold
58, East Hill CO1 2QZ 16 May 2024£377,000 TerracedFreehold
38, East Hill CO1 2QX 22 Sep 2023£300,000 TerracedFreehold
36A, East Hill CO1 2QX 20 Jul 2023£200,000 TerracedFreehold
29, East Hill CO1 2QX 13 Oct 2022£175,000 TerracedFreehold
4, East Hill CO1 2QL 6 Oct 2022£480,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
17A, East Hill CO1 2QX 24 Jun 2022£124,000 FlatFreehold
17A, East Hill CO1 2QX 30 Mar 2022£117,000 FlatFreehold
31, East Hill CO1 2QX 15 Oct 2021£175,000 TerracedFreehold
92, East Hill CO1 2QN 22 Sep 2021£320,000 TerracedLeasehold
92A, East Hill CO1 2QN 16 Jul 2021£260,000 FlatLeasehold
1, Arch House, East Hill CO1 2GE 2 Jul 2021£128,500 FlatLeasehold
37, East Hill CO1 2QX 5 Mar 2021£190,000 TerracedFreehold
24, East Hill CO1 2QX 12 Nov 2020£160,000 TerracedFreehold
75, East Hill CO1 2QW 25 Sep 2020£370,000 OtherFreehold
22, East Hill CO1 2QX 28 Aug 2020£15,000 OtherLeasehold
55B, East Hill CO1 2QZ 22 Apr 2020£150,000 TerracedFreehold
5, East Hill CO1 2QL 28 Mar 2019£340,000 OtherFreehold
55, East Hill CO1 2QZ 18 Jan 2019£222,000 TerracedFreehold
20, East Hill CO1 2QX 15 Jan 2019£750,000 OtherFreehold
58, East Hill CO1 2QZ 14 Dec 2018£265,000 TerracedFreehold
73, East Hill CO1 2QW 26 Nov 2018£495,000 OtherFreehold
76, East Hill CO1 2QW 12 Oct 2018£525,000 OtherFreehold
31, East Hill CO1 2QX 1 Oct 2018£117,500 TerracedFreehold
82 - 82C, East Hill CO1 2QW 28 Sep 2018£525,000 OtherFreehold
12 - 14, East Hill CO1 2QX 31 Oct 2017£253,000 OtherFreehold
8, East Hill CO1 2QX 20 Sep 2017£340,000 TerracedFreehold
49, East Hill CO1 2QY 23 Jun 2017£209,995 TerracedFreehold
11, East Hill CO1 2QX 30 May 2017£130,000 OtherFreehold
26, East Hill CO1 2QX 12 Jan 2017£165,000 TerracedFreehold
55A, East Hill CO1 2QZ 29 Jul 2016£220,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
20, East Hill CO1 2QX 5 May 2016£225,000 TerracedFreehold
21, East Hill CO1 2QX 5 May 2016£220,000 TerracedFreehold
55C, East Hill CO1 2QZ 11 Mar 2016£230,000 DetachedFreehold

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
37, East Hill £190,000 (Mar 2021) → £205,000 (Oct 2024) +8%
over 4 yrs
58, East Hill £265,000 (Dec 2018) → £377,000 (May 2024) +42%
over 5 yrs
17A, East Hill £117,000 (Mar 2022) → £124,000 (Jun 2022) +6%
over under a year
31, East Hill £117,500 (Oct 2018) → £175,000 (Oct 2021) +49%
over 3 yrs
20, East Hill £225,000 (May 2016) → £750,000 (Jan 2019) +233%
over 3 yrs

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Schools near East Hill

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester 209 pupils Primary Catholic 4–11 Outstanding Report 0.1 mi
St James the Great Church of England Primary School 438 pupils Primary Church of England 2–11 Good Report 0.2 mi
St John's Green Primary School 591 pupils Primary 5–11 Report 0.6 mi
The Sixth Form College Colchester 16 plus 16–99 Report 0.7 mi
St. George's School 609 pupils Primary 3–11 Good Report 0.7 mi
North Primary School and Nursery 458 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.8 mi
Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery 186 pupils Primary 3–11 Good Report 0.8 mi
Colchester Prep & High School 280 pupils Other independent school 2–16 Report 0.9 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train stations

  • Colchester Town station 0.3 mi · 7 min walk
  • Hythe (Essex) station 0.8 mi · 16 min walk
  • Colchester station 1.1 mi · 21 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • The Surgery (opp, East Hill) 1 min walk
  • The Surgery (o/s, East Hill) 1 min walk
  • Brook Street (opp, East St) 3 min walk
  • Coach Stop (W-bound, High St) 4 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Colchester Medical Practice
    78 East Hill, Colchester · 0.1 mi
  • East Hill Surgery
    78 East Hill, Colchester · 0.1 mi
  • Beacon House Ministries
    24 Crouch Street, Colchester · 0.7 mi
  • Creffield Medical Group
    Creffield Medical Centre, 15 Cavalry Road, Colchester · 0.9 mi

Supermarkets

  • Aldi Aldi Colchester · 0.3 mi
  • Sainsburys Sainsburys Colchester · 0.3 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Colchester Magdalen Express · 0.3 mi
  • Lidl Lidl Colchester St Andrews Avenue · 0.4 mi

Pharmacies

  • Day Lewis Pharmacy · 0.0 mi
  • Queen Street Pharmacy · 0.3 mi
  • Fittleworth Medical Ltd · 0.3 mi

Dentists

  • Dentoworld · 0.0 mi
  • Dental Health Centre · 0.3 mi
  • Dental Health Centre · 0.3 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

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 4 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income4 of 10
Employment4 of 10
Education and skills7 of 10
Health and disability3 of 10
Crime1 of 10
Access to housing and services8 of 10
Living environment4 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned53.9%62.5%
Private rented35.5%20.3%
Social rented10.5%17.1%
Households1,168

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1515.7%17.4%
Aged 15–6466.6%64.1%
Aged 65+17.7%18.6%
Residents2,375

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)73%80%
Gigabit-capable73%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 networks84%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network99%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks99%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks86%92%

Share of homes across Colchester 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 East Hill

Ethnic group

HereColchester
White83.7%87%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.6%5.1%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.1%2.9%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4%3.5%
Other ethnic group2.7%1.5%

Religion

HereColchester
No religion44.5%44.3%
Christian42.7%44.4%
Not answered6.4%6.2%
Muslim3.3%2.1%
Buddhist1.1%0.7%
Hindu0.8%1.3%
Other religion0.7%0.6%
Jewish0.3%0.2%

Country of birth

HereColchester
Born in the UK79.1%85.5%
Born outside the UK20.9%14.5%

Highest qualification

HereColchester
Level 4 qualifications and above36.8%32.2%
Level 3 qualifications17.9%19.5%
Level 2 qualifications15.1%14.8%
No qualifications14.3%15.4%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.3%10.3%
Apprenticeship4.2%5.2%
Other qualifications2.4%2.6%

General health

HereColchester
Very good health49.5%49.2%
Good health33.5%34.7%
Fair health12.3%11.9%
Bad health3.6%3.3%
Very bad health1.1%0.9%

Cars or vans per household

HereColchester
1 car or van in household50.3%42.3%
No cars or vans in household30.8%18.2%
2 cars or vans in household15.4%29.1%
3 or more cars or vans in household3.4%10.4%

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 Colchester.

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