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Southway, Colchester

MyStreetCheck free street report: Southway, Colchester · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/colchester-essex/southway/

House prices, sold prices and local information for CO2 7FA, CO2 7BA, CO3 3FL.

Average price (last 12 months)
£167,000
1 sale
Average price (since 2017)
£149,588
17 sales
Price range
£110k – £175k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
10 Apr 2026
CO2 7FA

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At a glance

House prices£150k averageSince 2017 (few recent sales) CrimeHigher than averageHigher crime than about 80% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationAbout averageDecile 4 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station7 min walkColchester Town station Schools2 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles, 1 Outstanding Ultrafast broadband0% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold80% leaseholdAcross 30 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

17 property sales on Southway, Colchester have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2017. In the last 12 months 1 home sold here for an average of £167,000. Most sales here are flat homes, which have sold for an average of £149,588. 8 homes here have sold more than once since 2017; 5 of them sold for more the second time. Recorded sale prices on Southway range from £110,000 to £175,000. 20% of homes sold here were freehold and 80% leasehold.

House prices on Southway compared

CO2 postcode area£296,548
Colchester£356,821
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Southway has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all CO2 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2017: £133,000 (1 sales)2017£133k2018: £170,000 (1 sales)2018£170k2019: £143,333 (3 sales)2019£143k2020: £170,000 (1 sales)2020£170k2021: £117,500 (2 sales)2021£118k2022: £161,667 (3 sales)2022£162k2023: £149,333 (3 sales)2023£149k2024: £152,500 (2 sales)2024£153k2026: £167,000 (1 sales)2026£167k

Tenure: 20% freehold and 80% leasehold across 30 recorded sales. Lease extension calculator.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Flat17£149,58810 Apr 2026

Sold prices on Southway

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
Flat 12, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 10 Apr 2026£167,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 5, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 5 Dec 2025£148,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 15, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 3 Jun 2025£121,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 14, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 26 Sep 2024£175,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 18, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 16 May 2024£130,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 14, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 28 Mar 2024£190,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 16, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 13 Oct 2023£155,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 6, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 4 Jul 2023£200,000 OtherLeasehold
Flat 7, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 3 Feb 2023£136,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 2, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 20 Jan 2023£157,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 9, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 28 Oct 2022£167,500 FlatLeasehold
Flat 5, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 15 Jul 2022£157,500 FlatLeasehold
Flat 12, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 25 Mar 2022£160,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 3, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 28 Sep 2021£125,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 13, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 2 Jun 2021£110,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 1, Essex House, Southway CO3 3FL 25 May 2021£130,325 OtherFreehold
Flat 4, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 7 May 2021£133,000 FlatLeasehold
23, Southway CO2 7BA 1 Mar 2021£750,000 OtherFreehold
Flat 11, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 16 Apr 2020£170,000 FlatLeasehold
Falkland House, 25, Southway CO3 3EG 29 Nov 2019£550,000 DetachedFreehold
Flat 1, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 14 Oct 2019£150,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 8, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 15 May 2019£154,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 18, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 10 May 2019£130,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 9, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 1 May 2019£150,000 FlatLeasehold
22 - 30, Southway CO2 7BA 15 Jan 2019£1,230,000 OtherFreehold
Flat 14, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 9 Oct 2018£170,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 1, Essex House, Southway CO3 3FL 6 Apr 2018£1,610,000 OtherFreehold
Flat 4, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 20 Oct 2017£133,000 FlatLeasehold
22 - 30, Southway CO2 7BA 18 Jan 2017£486,000 OtherFreehold
Flat 4, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway CO2 7FA 31 Mar 2016£122,000 FlatLeasehold

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
Flat 12, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway £160,000 (Mar 2022) → £167,000 (Apr 2026) +4%
over 4 yrs
Flat 5, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway £157,500 (Jul 2022) → £148,000 (Dec 2025) -6%
over 3 yrs
Flat 14, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway £170,000 (Oct 2018) → £190,000 (Mar 2024) → £175,000 (Sep 2024) +3%
over 6 yrs
Flat 18, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway £130,000 (May 2019) → £130,000 (May 2024) +0%
over 5 yrs
Flat 9, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway £150,000 (May 2019) → £167,500 (Oct 2022) +12%
over 3 yrs
Flat 1, Essex House, Southway £1,610,000 (Apr 2018) → £130,325 (May 2021) -92%
over 3 yrs
Flat 4, Crown House, 34 - 38, Southway £122,000 (Mar 2016) → £133,000 (Oct 2017) → £133,000 (May 2021) +9%
over 5 yrs
22 - 30, Southway £486,000 (Jan 2017) → £1,230,000 (Jan 2019) +153%
over 2 yrs

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Schools near Southway

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
St John's Green Primary School 591 pupils Primary 5–11 Report 0.1 mi
Colchester Prep & High School 280 pupils Other independent school 2–16 Report 0.2 mi
The Sixth Form College Colchester 16 plus 16–99 Report 0.3 mi
Colchester Royal Grammar School 1,073 pupils Secondary Christian 11–18 Inadequate Report 0.4 mi
St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester 209 pupils Primary Catholic 4–11 Outstanding Report 0.5 mi
Hamilton Primary School 420 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 0.5 mi
St Helena School 986 pupils Secondary 11–16 Good Report 0.6 mi
North Primary School and Nursery 458 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.7 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 0.4 mi · 7 min walk
  • Colchester station 1.0 mi · 20 min walk
  • Hythe (Essex) station 1.3 mi · 27 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Police Station (o/s, Butt Rd) 1 min walk
  • St John's Street (Stop Cd, St John's St) 2 min walk
  • St John's Street (Stop Cc, St John's St) 2 min walk
  • Head Street (Stop Ea, Head St) 2 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Beacon House Ministries
    24 Crouch Street, Colchester · 0.1 mi
  • Creffield Medical Group
    Creffield Medical Centre, 15 Cavalry Road, Colchester · 0.4 mi
  • Colchester Medical Practice
    78 East Hill, Colchester · 0.6 mi
  • East Hill Surgery
    78 East Hill, Colchester · 0.6 mi

Supermarkets

  • Iceland Iceland Colchester 3 · 0.1 mi
  • Spar Spar - Maldon Road · 0.2 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Colchester Crouch St Express · 0.2 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Colchester Express · 0.2 mi

Pharmacies

  • Boots · 0.2 mi
  • Day Lewis Pharmacy · 0.2 mi
  • Colchester City Pharmacy · 0.3 mi

Dentists

  • Optident Dental Clinic · 0.1 mi
  • Dental Smiles Flagstaff · 0.2 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 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.

Income3 of 10
Employment4 of 10
Education and skills7 of 10
Health and disability5 of 10
Crime2 of 10
Access to housing and services9 of 10
Living environment3 of 10

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

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned49.0%62.5%
Private rented45.7%20.3%
Social rented5.2%17.1%
Households1,046

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1518.4%17.4%
Aged 15–6473.6%64.1%
Aged 65+8.0%18.6%
Residents2,166

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)0%80%
Gigabit-capable0%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 Southway

Ethnic group

HereColchester
White76.4%87%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh11.5%5.1%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.8%3.5%
Other ethnic group4%1.5%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.3%2.9%

Religion

HereColchester
No religion48.8%44.3%
Christian32.9%44.4%
Not answered7%6.2%
Muslim4.3%2.1%
Hindu3%1.3%
Buddhist2.1%0.7%
Other religion1.6%0.6%
Sikh0.2%–

Country of birth

HereColchester
Born in the UK74.9%85.5%
Born outside the UK25.1%14.5%

Highest qualification

HereColchester
Level 4 qualifications and above41.6%32.2%
Level 3 qualifications18%19.5%
Level 2 qualifications13.5%14.8%
No qualifications12.7%15.4%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8%10.3%
Apprenticeship3.5%5.2%
Other qualifications2.8%2.6%

General health

HereColchester
Very good health50.7%49.2%
Good health35%34.7%
Fair health10.4%11.9%
Bad health2.8%3.3%
Very bad health1%0.9%

Cars or vans per household

HereColchester
1 car or van in household53.3%42.3%
No cars or vans in household28%18.2%
2 cars or vans in household16.7%29.1%
3 or more cars or vans in household2%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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