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Drury Lane market report WC2B, London
The WC2B (Drury Lane) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Everything below comes from 753 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in WC2B (London) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Sales recorded to March 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.
In short: the middle 2026 sale in WC2B (London) came in at £2,300,000, out of 1 registered, up 43% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £2,300,000, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £15,670 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 753 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
WC2B is a postcode district covering Drury Lane, Kingsway, Aldwych in London. It is the most useful size for market figures: tight enough to describe somewhere real, large enough that sales keep coming and the medians hold steady.
Where WC2B sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
What WC2B homes really sell for
Take the 1 registered 2026 sales in WC2B and the middle price, the median, is £2,300,000. The mean lands at £2,300,000, practically level with it: prices here bunch tightly around the middle.
House prices per square metre in WC2B
By floor space, homes in WC2B have sold for about £15,670 per square metre on average over the last five years: the like-for-like measure that lets you compare a small flat with a large house, from the Energy Performance Certificate floor areas behind each sale.
Set against the £285,000 England and Wales median, WC2B sits 707% above the national market.
The price of a typical WC2B home, 1995 to 2026
Two lines: the median in the money of its day, and the same years restated by ONS CPIH into today's money, which is the truer test of getting dearer. Hover for exact figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £2,300,000 | £2,300,000 | 1 |
| 2025 | £1,137,500 | £1,164,701 | 14 |
| 2024 | £1,300,000 | £1,382,167 | 17 |
| 2023 | £1,369,500 | £1,504,746 | 13 |
| 2022 | £1,300,000 | £1,524,398 | 29 |
| 2021 | £1,612,500 | £2,041,633 | 24 |
| 2020 | £1,432,500 | £1,858,698 | 26 |
| 2019 | £1,200,000 | £1,572,913 | 15 |
| 2018 | £613,500 | £817,807 | 10 |
| 2017 | £1,300,000 | £1,773,069 | 15 |
| 2016 | £860,000 | £1,203,149 | 23 |
| 2015 | £950,000 | £1,342,350 | 19 |
| 2014 | £702,500 | £996,619 | 18 |
| 2013 | £952,500 | £1,370,552 | 18 |
| 2012 | £825,000 | £1,214,297 | 21 |
| 2011 | £700,900 | £1,058,089 | 18 |
| 2010 | £690,000 | £1,082,098 | 19 |
| 2009 | £360,000 | £578,703 | 16 |
| 2008 | £560,000 | £917,958 | 17 |
| 2007 | £625,000 | £1,060,174 | 23 |
| 2006 | £475,000 | £824,539 | 33 |
| 2005 | £540,000 | £960,982 | 31 |
| 2004 | £275,000 | £499,454 | 25 |
| 2003 | £385,000 | £709,263 | 33 |
| 2002 | £402,500 | £757,300 | 36 |
| 2001 | £362,500 | £696,888 | 47 |
| 2000 | £390,000 | £765,375 | 62 |
| 1999 | £275,000 | £548,061 | 59 |
| 1998 | £160,000 | £322,971 | 27 |
| 1997 | £133,500 | £273,782 | 14 |
| 1996 | £115,000 | £242,530 | 17 |
| 1995 | £125,000 | £271,731 | 13 |
In cash terms the typical WC2B home went from £125,000 in 1995 to £2,300,000 in 2026, roughly 18 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 746%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs.
Year-on-year change in the WC2B median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2026 (+102.2% on the year before); the weakest, 2018 (−52.8%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Growth per year, over one to twenty years
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +102.2% | +97.5% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +7.4% | +2.4% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +10.3% | +6.7% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +8.2% | +5.3% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
Sales activity in WC2B
The year-by-year sales count
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
Month by month, five years back
Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.
The register shows 22 WC2B sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 36 sales a year before the financial crisis and 15 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.
What tenants pay around WC2B
For renting purposes WC2B sits in Camden. The ONS average private rent there is £2,759 a month (May 2026). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £2,008 a month here against £3,890 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Camden
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £2,300,000 median sold price, £2,759 a month is £33,108 a year, a gross yield of 1.4%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.
How WC2B trades
This is a thin market: 22 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing. Among the 14 measurable districts of its area, WC2B ranks 2 by median price: firmly in the dearer tier.
Asked and answered: WC2B (Drury Lane)
Is WC2B (Drury Lane) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in WC2B (Drury Lane)?
Are property prices falling in WC2B (Drury Lane)?
Will WC2B prices rise from here?
Prediction is not this page's business. Its business is the record, which says: the median is up 43% over five years in cash and up 13% after inflation. Read the volume chart with the price chart before acting on either, remembering that registrations trail the deals themselves by weeks.
On the market in WC2B today
Everything above is what homes in WC2B sold for. Turning to what is actually available: 3 homes on the market right now, from 2 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 80% below the WC2B median sold price.
0% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
See every WC2B home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
The price of an extra bedroom in WC
What homes of each size actually sold for across the WC area, from the Land Registry record. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | £495,000 | £860,000 (+74%) | £1,405,000 (+63%) | — | — |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
WC2B ranks 2 of 14 in the WC area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
WC area districts: five years of change
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full report.
Inside WC2B, sector by sector
Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets with its own market report. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| WC2B 4 | £2,342,500 | 2 |
| WC2B 5 | £2,300,000 | 1 |
How WC2B compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the WC area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| WC1A | £5,162,500 | +29% |
| WC2B (this report) | £2,300,000 | +43% |
| WC2A | £2,060,000 | +18% |
| WC1B | £1,650,000 | +50% |
| WC2N | £1,200,000 | +24% |
| WC2H | £855,000 | -14% |
| WC2E | £800,000 | +37% |
| WC1X | £793,000 | -29% |
| WC1E | £770,000 | -17% |
| WC1V | £763,000 | +35% |
| WC1R | £590,000 | -28% |
| WC2R | £575,000 | -41% |
| WC1N | £530,000 | -13% |
| WC1H | £445,000 | +13% |
Thinking of selling in WC2B? Get a rough value first
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at WC2B's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
Estate agents working WC2B: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim WC2B.
Go deeper
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with WC2B already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
The live map plots every individual WC2B sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on a real purchase.
How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.