Great Russell Street, London

MyStreetCheck free street report: Great Russell Street, London · 1 November 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/london-greater-london/great-russell-street/

House prices, sold prices and local information for WC1B 3BN, WC1B 3PH, WC1B 3BA.

Average price (last 12 months)

£1,200,000

2 sales

Average price (since 2016)

£1,045,188

13 sales

Price range

£450k – £1.65m

lowest to highest sale

Last sale

14 Jan 2026

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At a glance

House prices£1.2m average59% above the London average CrimeAbout averageHigher crime than about 60% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationAbout averageDecile 4 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskNear a flood alert areaLower risk than a warning area Nearest station4 min walkHolborn Underground Station Schools1 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles, 1 Outstanding Ultrafast broadband79% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold60% 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

13 property sales on Great Russell Street, London have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 2 homes sold here for an average of £1,200,000. Most sales here are flat homes, which have sold for an average of £1,045,188. That is 59% above the London average of £755,818 over the same period. 4 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 4 of them sold for more the second time. Recorded sale prices on Great Russell Street range from £450,000 to £1,650,000. 40% of homes sold here were freehold and 60% leasehold.

House prices on Great Russell Street compared

Great Russell Street£1,200,000

WC1B postcode area£944,143

London£755,818

England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all WC1B house prices.

Average sale price by year

Tenure: 40% freehold and 60% leasehold across 30 recorded sales. Lease extension calculator.

Prices by property type

Type	Sales	Average price	Last sold
Flat	13	£1,045,188	14 Jan 2026

Sold prices on Great Russell Street

Address	Date	Price	Type	Tenure
Flat 15, Museum Mansions, 63A, Great Russell Street WC1B 3BJ	14 Jan 2026	£1,650,000	Flat	Leasehold
Premises At, 112, Great Russell Street WC1B 3NQ	9 Jan 2026	£217,000,000	Other	Leasehold
Flat 5, 70, Great Russell Street WC1B 3BN	14 Nov 2025	£750,000	Flat	Leasehold
36, Great Russell Street WC1B 3PP	15 Aug 2025	£10,210,000	Other	Freehold
Flat 5, 50, Great Russell Street WC1B 3BA	27 Jun 2025	£880,000	Flat	Leasehold
41, Great Russell Street WC1B 3PE	28 Mar 2025	£2,540,000	Other	Freehold
Flat 14, Great Russell Mansions 59-61, Great Russell Street WC1B 3BE	12 Aug 2024	£1,625,000	Flat	Leasehold
Premises At, 112, Great Russell Street WC1B 3NQ	5 Jul 2024	£11,000,000	Other	Leasehold
112, Great Russell Street WC1B 3NP	5 Jul 2024	£11,000,000	Other	Freehold
Premises At, 112, Great Russell Street WC1B 3NQ	22 Mar 2024	£3,300,000	Other	Leasehold
66, Great Russell Street WC1B 3BN	5 Oct 2023	£2,149,879	Other	Freehold
109, Great Russell Street WC1B 3LD	13 Apr 2023	£2,750,000	Other	Freehold
50, Great Russell Street WC1B 3BA	23 Dec 2022	£4,500,000	Other	Freehold
71, Great Russell Street WC1B 3BP	2 Dec 2022	£4,000,000	Terraced	Freehold
Flat 4, 67, Great Russell Street WC1B 3BN	8 Apr 2022	£765,000	Flat	Leasehold
Flat 4, 66, Great Russell Street WC1B 3BN	30 Sep 2021	£560,000	Flat	Leasehold
Flat C, 105A, Great Russell Street WC1B 3LA	8 Oct 2020	£940,000	Other	Leasehold
49, Great Russell Street WC1B 3BA	31 Jan 2020	£9,050,000	Other	Freehold
43, Great Russell Street WC1B 3PD	4 Jul 2019	£1,500,000	Other	Freehold
Flat 5, 70, Great Russell Street WC1B 3BN	27 Jun 2019	£675,000	Flat	Leasehold
Helen Graham House, 57, Great Russell Street WC1B 3BD	26 Jun 2019	£53,700,000	Other	Freehold
Helen Graham House, 57, Great Russell Street WC1B 3BD	26 Jun 2019	£53,700,000	Other	Freehold
Flat 2, 39, Great Russell Street WC1B 3PH	3 Dec 2018	£987,500	Flat	Leasehold
Flat 15, Museum Mansions, 63A, Great Russell Street WC1B 3BJ	9 Nov 2018	£1,500,000	Flat	Leasehold
Flat 1, 69, Great Russell Street WC1B 3BN	19 Oct 2018	£900,000	Flat	Leasehold
Suite 5, Russell House, 37, Great Russell Street WC1B 3PP	17 Oct 2018	£5,148,352	Other	Freehold
Flat 12, Great Russell Mansions 59-61, Great Russell Street WC1B 3BE	16 May 2017	£1,535,000	Flat	Leasehold
Flat 1, 39, Great Russell Street WC1B 3PH	31 Mar 2016	£450,000	Flat	Leasehold
Flat 3, 67, Great Russell Street WC1B 3BN	11 Mar 2016	£919,950	Flat	Leasehold
Flat 2, 39, Great Russell Street WC1B 3PH	4 Mar 2016	£950,000	Flat	Leasehold

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

Address	Sales	Change
Flat 15, Museum Mansions, 63A, Great Russell Street	£1,500,000 (Nov 2018) → £1,650,000 (Jan 2026)	+10% over 7 yrs
Premises At, 112, Great Russell Street	£3,300,000 (Mar 2024) → £11,000,000 (Jul 2024) → £217,000,000 (Jan 2026)	+6476% over 2 yrs
Flat 5, 70, Great Russell Street	£675,000 (Jun 2019) → £750,000 (Nov 2025)	+11% over 6 yrs
Flat 2, 39, Great Russell Street	£950,000 (Mar 2016) → £987,500 (Dec 2018)	+4% over 3 yrs

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Crime and flood risk near Great Russell Street

Flood risk

Great Russell Street is in or near 2 Environment Agency flood areas:

Tidal Thames in the boroughs of Tower Hamlets, City of London, City of Westminster, Ken and Chelsea Flood alert area
Tidal Thames riverside from the Thames Barrier to Putney Bridge Flood 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.

Schools near Great Russell Street

School	Type	Ages	Ofsted	Distance
Guildhouse School 143 pupils	Other independent school	15–24	Report	0.1 mi
Odyssey House School - Bloomsbury 19 pupils	Other independent special school	7–19	Report	0.2 mi
St Josephs Catholic Primary School 133 pupils	Primary Catholic	3–11	Report	0.2 mi
Jeannine Manuel School 687 pupils	Other independent school	2–18	Report	0.2 mi
Children's Hospital School at Gt Ormond Street and UCH	Foundation special school	4–18	Report	0.3 mi
The Royal Ballet School 227 pupils	Other independent school	12–19	Report	0.4 mi
St Clement Danes CofE Primary School 193 pupils	Primary Church of England	4–11	Report	0.4 mi
St George the Martyr Church of England Primary School 190 pupils	Primary Church of England	3–11	Outstanding Report	0.4 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, tram & metro stations

London Charing Cross station 0.7 mi · 15 min walk
London Euston station 0.8 mi · 15 min walk
Farringdon station 0.9 mi · 17 min walk
Holborn Underground Station 0.2 mi · 4 min walk
Tottenham Court Road Underground Station 0.3 mi · 6 min walk

Nearest bus stops

British Museum (Stop W, GREAT RUSSELL STREET) 1 min walk
British Museum (Stop U, GREAT RUSSELL STREET) 1 min walk
Museum Street (Stop E, BLOOMSBURY WAY) 1 min walk
Museum Street (Stop C) 2 min walk

GP surgeries

Museum Practice
58 Great Russell Street, London · 0.1 mi
Gower Street Practice
20 Gower Street, London · 0.2 mi
Covent Garden Medical Centre
47 Shorts Gardens, London · 0.3 mi
Ridgmount Practice
8 Ridgmount Street, London · 0.3 mi

Supermarkets

Sainsburys Local Sainsburys Bloomsbury Southampton Row Local · 0.1 mi
Sainsburys Local Sainsburys Holborn Local · 0.2 mi
Tesco Express Tesco Dominion London Express · 0.3 mi
Little Waitrose Little Waitrose High Holborn · 0.3 mi

Pharmacies

Kerrs Chemist · 0.1 mi
Holborn Pharmacy · 0.2 mi
Zen Pharmacy · 0.2 mi

Dentists

Forest And Ray Dental · 0.0 mi
The Covent Garden Dental Spa · 0.2 mi
Smilepod Holborn · 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.

Income	5 of 10
Employment	5 of 10
Education and skills	6 of 10
Health and disability	5 of 10
Crime	4 of 10
Access to housing and services	6 of 10
Living environment	1 of 10

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

Homes

	Here	Eng & Wales
Owned	19.6%	62.5%
Private rented	32.8%	20.3%
Social rented	47.2%	17.1%
Households	815

People

	Here	Eng & Wales
Under 15	7.3%	17.4%
Aged 15–64	80.5%	64.1%
Aged 65+	12.2%	18.6%
Residents	1,796

Broadband

	Here	UK
Superfast (30Mbit+)	86%	95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)	79%	80%
Gigabit-capable	79%	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

	Here	Eng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks	100%	89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network	100%	100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks	100%	99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks	100%	92%

Share of homes across Camden 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.

Energy ratings and home sizes on Great Russell Street

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Who lives around Great Russell Street

Ethnic group

	Here	Camden
White	55.2%	59.5%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh	26.1%	18.1%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	6.6%	6.6%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African	6.5%	9%
Other ethnic group	5.7%	6.8%

Religion

	Here	Camden
No religion	38.1%	34.6%
Christian	33.4%	31.4%
Muslim	13.2%	16.1%
Not answered	8.4%	8.9%
Buddhist	2.3%	1.1%
Hindu	2%	1.9%
Other religion	1.2%	0.9%
Jewish	1%	4.8%

Country of birth

	Here	Camden
Born in the UK	47.2%	54.5%
Born outside the UK	52.8%	45.5%

Highest qualification

	Here	Camden
Level 4 qualifications and above	51.8%	57.3%
Level 3 qualifications	19.6%	14.1%
No qualifications	10.1%	11.8%
Level 2 qualifications	7.8%	7.2%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications	4.5%	5.1%
Other qualifications	4.1%	2.6%
Apprenticeship	2.1%	1.9%

General health

	Here	Camden
Very good health	49.4%	55.5%
Good health	32.6%	29.3%
Fair health	10.9%	10%
Bad health	5.7%	3.8%
Very bad health	1.3%	1.3%

Cars or vans per household

	Here	Camden
No cars or vans in household	80.9%	63.7%
1 car or van in household	16.8%	30.2%
2 cars or vans in household	1.6%	5.2%
3 or more cars or vans in household	0.7%	1%

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 Camden.

Planning and heritage near Great Russell Street

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Estate agents near Great Russell Street

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