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WC1B house prices in Camden

The median sold price in WC1B between 10 Jan 2020 and 8 Jun 2026 was £1,087,500 across 112 recorded sales. WC1B covers part of Camden around the Bloomsbury ward. Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for this district — from official UK data, in one place.

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Typical sold price

£1,087,500

Range £301,268–£7,215,000 · 112 real sales

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Jan 2020 and 8 Jun 2026. Real recorded sales — not estimates. Scroll for the map, trend and breakdown.

The median sold price in WC1B, Camden, was £1,087,500 across 112 recorded sales between 10 Jan 2020 and 8 Jun 2026. That is +7.6% on the twelve months before — £891,500 from 17 sales against £828,878 from 29. Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,208 a year — Camden's published charge for 2026-27.

+7.6% year on year

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Camden, 2026-27. Real recorded transactions — we never publish an estimated valuation.

On the map

Where WC1B sits in Camden

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Latest sales

The most recent sales in WC1B

  • CRANFIELD HOUSE, 97 - 107, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON

    Other · Leasehold · 8 Jun 2026

    £470,000

  • MUSEUM MANSIONS, 63A, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON

    Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 14 Jan 2026

    £1,650,000

  • 112, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON

    Other · Leasehold · 9 Jan 2026

    £217,000,000

  • BEDFORD COURT MANSIONS, BEDFORD AVENUE, LONDON

    Other · Leasehold · 19 Dec 2025

    £2,350,000

  • BLOOMSBURY MANSIONS, 13 - 16, RUSSELL SQUARE, LONDON

    Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 17 Dec 2025

    £679,000

See every WC1B sale

Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors)

The data, honestly

WC1B sold prices at a glance

Typical price

£1,087,500

Lower end

£301,268

Upper end

£7,215,000

Sample size

112 sales

24-month trend

Typical price by quarter — WC1B

By property type

What each type sells for — WC1B

Sold twice — what the same home resold for

The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year — a big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.

  • CRANFIELD HOUSE, 97 - 107, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON

    £902,332 (2025)£470,000 (2026)-47.9% over 0.7 yrs (-59.2%/yr)

  • 112, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON

    £11,000,000 (2024)£217,000,000 (2026)+1872.7% over 1.5 yrs (+616.8%/yr)

  • BLOOMSBURY MANSIONS, 13 - 16, RUSSELL SQUARE, LONDON

    £460,000 (2024)£679,000 (2025)+47.6% over 1.7 yrs (+25.1%/yr)

  • HAMILTON HOUSE, 81, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON

    £284,145 (2025)£450,000 (2025)+58.4% over 0.7 yrs (+96.3%/yr)

  • RUSSELL SQUARE MANSIONS, 122, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON

    £610,000 (2023)£771,000 (2025)+26.4% over 2.6 yrs (+9.4%/yr)

  • 50, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON

    £4,500,000 (2022)£880,000 (2025)-80.4% over 2.5 yrs (-47.8%/yr)

Tenure mix

Freehold vs leasehold — WC1B

12 freehold (11%)

100 leasehold (89%)

Across the 112 most recent recorded sales in WC1B. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions — never estimates. See every WC1B sale.

Area data

What else the records hold on WC1B

Council tax, schools, area deprivation and planning activity for this district — each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.

Council tax

What council tax costs in WC1B

Band D · Camden · 2026-27

£2,208

a year — the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.

Annual council tax charge for each band in Camden, 2026-27
Band1991 valueA year
Aup to £40,000£1,472
B£40,001–£52,000£1,717
C£52,001–£68,000£1,962
D£68,001–£88,000£2,208
E£88,001–£120,000£2,698
F£120,001–£160,000£3,189
G£160,001–£320,000£3,679
Hover £320,000£4,415

These are Camden's charges for 2026-27, the authority WC1B falls in — not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Camden · data to 2026-27 financial year

Schools

Schools near WC1B

  • Odyssey House School - Bloomsbury

    Special schools · WC1B 4JP

    146 m

    Not graded

  • University of London

    Universities · WC1E 7HU

    222 m

    Not graded

  • Jeannine Manuel School

    Independent schools · WC1B 3DN

    288 m

    Not graded

  • Guildhouse School

    Independent schools · WC1A 2RA

    314 m

    Not graded

  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    Universities · WC1E 7HT

    354 m

    Not graded

  • School of Oriental and African Studies

    Universities · WC1H 0XG

    388 m

    Not graded

  • Birkbeck College

    Universities · WC1E 7HX

    398 m

    Not graded

  • St Josephs Catholic Primary School

    Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WC2B 5NA

    469 m

    Good · 2018

School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes — Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the WC1B district centroid, not from any address.

Source: Department for Education — Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 1 with a grade on record

Planning applications

Planning activity around WC1B

  • Camden/2026/3162/LUndecided

    484 m

    Repainting works to shopfront and projecting sign bracket and display of 1 x non-illuminated fascia sign and 1 x non-illuminated replacement projecting sign.

    Received 2026-07-27

  • Camden/2026/3098/PUndecided

    475 m

    Details pursuant to Condition 4 (Shopfront Details) of planning permission ref. 2025/5741/P (dated 08/06/2026) for: Installation of new timber shopfront.

    Received 2026-07-23

  • Camden/2026/3113/PUndecided

    447 m

    Change of use from Sui Generis (Institutional Use) to Hotel (C1), removal of the existing upper levels on floors seven Red Lion Square), five and six (Drake Street) and erection of new floors (7th floor - Red Lion Square) (5th, 6th and 7th floors - Drake Street) to make an 8 storey building throughout, retention and alterations to the facades including entrance and bay on Red Lion Square.

    Received 2026-07-23

  • Camden/2026/3081/PUndecided

    53 m

    Details of the preliminary risk assessment pursuant to condition 19 part A of planning permission ref. 2025/5094/P dated 24/06/2026 (for: Erection of 2no. visitor welcome pavilions within the northern and southern forecourts of the British Museum and the erection of associated queuing and wayfinding infrastructure, railings, and seating. Landscaping of the western and eastern lawns in the southern forecourt and alterations to dwarf walls surrounding both lawns. Alterations to curbs and associated landscaping of northern forecourt. All for a temporary period of up to 10 years)

    Received 2026-07-22

  • Camden/2026/3058/PUndecided

    53 m

    Details of the building foundations of the southern paviliion pursuant to condition 15 of planning permission ref. 2025/5094/P dated 24/06/2026 (for: Erection of 2no. visitor welcome pavilions within the northern and southern forecourts of the British Museum and the erection of associated queuing and wayfinding infrastructure, railings, and seating. Landscaping of the western and eastern lawns in the southern forecourt and alterations to dwarf walls surrounding both lawns. Alterations to curbs and associated landscaping of northern forecourt. All for a temporary period of up to 10 years)

    Received 2026-07-21

  • Camden/2026/2987/PUndecided

    53 m

    Details of fenestration and vents required by Condition 6 of planning permission ref 2023/4648/P dated 16/10/2024 for Erection of new energy centre incorporating maintenance support accommodation to internal West Road, new substation off Montague Street, all together with associated internal and external works, service runs, erection of plant, landscaping, and temporary works associated with construction following demolition of existing Energy Centre to internal West Road and removal of temporary buildings to the south of the existing energy centre on the internal West Road and to the north and east of the White Wing facing Montague Street.

    Received 2026-07-16

Applications are matched within 500 m of the WC1B district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for WC1B for the current picture.

Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 9073 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 1 August 2026

Deprivation (IMD)

Area profile for WC1B

Across the 12 sampled WC1B postcodes, deprivation runs decile 3 to decile 6, with a median of decile 4 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.

1 · most deprived10 · least deprived

WC1B 3BJ, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 4 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so WC1B spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in WC1B that have recorded sales and 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices

Two sources, one table

What it costs to run a home in WC1B, band by band

Camden's council tax for 2026-27 set against the WC1B median sold price of £1,087,500 across 112 recorded sales — the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.

Council tax band, its 1991 valuation range, the annual and monthly charge in Camden for 2026-27, and that charge as a share of the WC1B median sold price
Band1991 valueVOA basisA yearCamdenA month÷ 12Of the median÷ £1,087,500
Aup to £40,000£1,472£1230.14%
B£40,001–£52,000£1,717£1430.16%
C£52,001–£68,000£1,962£1640.18%
D£68,001–£88,000£2,208£1840.20%
E£88,001–£120,000£2,698£2250.25%
F£120,001–£160,000£3,189£2660.29%
G£160,001–£320,000£3,679£3070.34%
Hover £320,000£4,415£3680.41%

The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the WC1B median sold price — a comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 112 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Camden, 2026-27.

Address by address

What individual homes in WC1B sold for

The 24 most recently sold doors of the 45 distinct addresses in the records we hold for WC1B. Real recorded transactions — never estimates.

  • CRANFIELD HOUSE, 97 - 107, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON

    WC1B 4HH · Other · Leasehold · 5 recorded sales

    £470,000

    2026-06-08

  • MUSEUM MANSIONS, 63A, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON

    WC1B 3BJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale

    £1,650,000

    2026-01-14

  • 112, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON

    WC1B 3NQ · Other · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales

    £217,000,000

    2026-01-09

  • BEDFORD COURT MANSIONS, BEDFORD AVENUE, LONDON

    WC1B 3AD · Other · Leasehold · 6 recorded sales

    £2,350,000

    2025-12-19

  • BLOOMSBURY MANSIONS, 13 - 16, RUSSELL SQUARE, LONDON

    WC1B 5ER · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 11 recorded sales

    £679,000

    2025-12-17

  • HAMILTON HOUSE, 81, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON

    WC1B 4HA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 17 recorded sales

    £450,000

    2025-11-24

  • 70, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON

    WC1B 3BN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale

    £750,000

    2025-11-14

  • BEDFORD COURT MANSIONS, BEDFORD AVENUE, LONDON

    WC1B 3AE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 7 recorded sales

    £1,250,000

    2025-10-24

  • BLOOMSBURY PLAZA, 12 - 18, BLOOMSBURY STREET, LONDON

    WC1B 3QA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales

    £625,000

    2025-10-06

  • RUSSELL SQUARE MANSIONS, 122, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON

    WC1B 5AE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales

    £771,000

    2025-09-15

  • 36, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON

    WC1B 3PP · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £10,210,000

    2025-08-15

  • BEDFORD COURT MANSIONS, BEDFORD AVENUE, LONDON

    WC1B 3AG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 5 recorded sales

    £1,400,000

    2025-08-08

  • 4, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON

    WC1B 3RD · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale

    £5,820,000

    2025-07-11

  • 50, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON

    WC1B 3BA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales

    £880,000

    2025-06-27

  • 26, MORWELL STREET, LONDON

    WC1B 3AZ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale

    £700,000

    2025-06-12

  • 41, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON

    WC1B 3PE · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £2,540,000

    2025-03-28

  • 74, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON

    WC1B 4AR · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale

    £189,922

    2025-03-06

  • ORMONDE MANSIONS, 100A, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON

    WC1B 4BJ · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale

    £1,250,000

    2025-01-20

  • 22, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON

    WC1B 3HH · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale

    £885,896

    2024-12-09

  • THE PRINCIPAL LONDON HOTEL, 1 - 8, RUSSELL SQUARE, LONDON

    WC1B 5BE · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £80,100,000

    2024-11-19

  • 8, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON

    WC1B 3RA · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale

    £2,070,000

    2024-09-04

  • BRISTOL HOUSE, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON

    WC1B 4BA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 6 recorded sales

    £1,100,000

    2024-08-19

  • GREAT RUSSELL MANSIONS 59-61, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON

    WC1B 3BE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale

    £1,625,000

    2024-08-12

  • 112, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON

    WC1B 3NP · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £11,000,000

    2024-07-05

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link — we match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.

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  • HM Land RegistrySold prices
  • MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
  • Department for Education · OfstedSchools
  • Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
  • Police.UKStreet-level crime
  • Environment AgencyFlood risk
  • postcodes.io · ONSGeography

Questions, answered

The WC1B report: your questions

What is the average house price in WC1B?
The median sold price in WC1B, Camden was £1,087,500 across 112 recorded sales between 10 Jan 2020 and 8 Jun 2026. Most sales fell between £301,268 and £7,215,000. That is the median of real HM Land Registry transactions, not an estimate or a valuation.
Are house prices in WC1B going up or down?
Comparing the two most recent complete twelve-month periods in the records we hold, the median in WC1B moved from £828,878 (29 sales) to £891,500 (17 sales) — a change of +7.6%. Both periods are drawn from the same set of recorded sales, so they are directly comparable.
How much is council tax in WC1B?
WC1B is billed by Camden, whose Band D charge for 2026-27 is £2,208 a year. Every band from A to H is listed on this page. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and there is no free per-address dataset for it, so we never guess an individual home's band — look it up on GOV.UK and read your row.
Which schools are near WC1B?
The Department for Education's register lists 8 open schools within 3 km of the WC1B district centre, the nearest being Odyssey House School - Bloomsbury. These are nearest by straight-line distance from the district centroid — they are not catchment or admission areas, which councils set individually and do not publish centrally.
Is WC1B a deprived area?
On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, the 12 WC1B postcodes we sampled run from decile 3 to decile 6, with a median of decile 4 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. Deprivation is published for small areas, not postcode districts, so a district like WC1B usually spans several. It is area context, never a judgement on an individual home.
Have there been planning applications near WC1B?
The last check of the local planning authority register found 9073 applications within 500 m of the WC1B district centre; the most recent are listed on this page with their reference, description and status as the authority published them. For an up-to-the-minute search, use the planning tool with your full postcode.
Can I see what an individual address in WC1B sold for?
Yes — this page lists the 24 most recently sold doors of the 45 distinct addresses in the records we hold for WC1B, each with its price and date. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so a home that has never been sold does not appear; and we link an address to its own property page only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
How up to date are the WC1B sold prices?
Sold prices come from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, covering sales up to 31 July 2026. The store is rebuilt monthly. New sales can take several weeks to appear in the official register after completion, so the very latest transactions may not show yet.
Does WC1B cover my exact street?
WC1B is the outward half of the postcode and covers the whole district, so the district-wide figures on this page are medians and ranges — not a valuation of any single property. The address list gives you the door-level picture, and the free checks take a full postcode.

Where this comes from

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education — Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on — never estimates, never a valuation. Every WC1B sale in the lookup tool · About Your Property Check.