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Property report — EC2Y 8BN

Open-data due diligence for EC2Y 8BN and the area around it.

EC2Y 8BN in brief: 100 recorded sales (£101,000–£1,450,000) · no modelled flood risk · 5 schools nearby.

What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for EC2Y 8BN itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the EC2Y 8 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.

Avg sold price

£963,066

sector EC2Y 8 · 76 sales

Population

7,055

sector EC2Y 8

Crimes recorded

11

sector EC2Y 8 · Apr 26

Schools

2

sector EC2Y 8

Flood risk

None modelled

this postcode

Gigabit broadband

95%

sector EC2Y 8 of premises

Sold-price trend (1995–2026)

1995: mean £114,067, median £105,000 (126 sales)1996: mean £117,193, median £105,000 (153 sales)1997: mean £149,493, median £138,038 (226 sales)1998: mean £170,091, median £160,000 (175 sales)1999: mean £184,122, median £172,000 (219 sales)2000: mean £251,109, median £229,500 (137 sales)2001: mean £257,914, median £235,000 (152 sales)2002: mean £294,312, median £275,000 (154 sales)2003: mean £322,798, median £277,500 (150 sales)2004: mean £350,340, median £325,000 (129 sales)2005: mean £349,223, median £330,000 (135 sales)2006: mean £420,116, median £392,000 (115 sales)2007: mean £523,731, median £482,500 (107 sales)2008: mean £484,430, median £465,000 (32 sales)2009: mean £506,573, median £477,500 (82 sales)2010: mean £564,308, median £499,995 (129 sales)2011: mean £535,090, median £497,475 (106 sales)2012: mean £568,780, median £530,000 (70 sales)2013: mean £769,675, median £715,002 (73 sales)2014: mean £832,032, median £775,000 (84 sales)2015: mean £889,682, median £846,000 (84 sales)2016: mean £1,020,623, median £880,000 (68 sales)2017: mean £1,206,143, median £860,000 (139 sales)2018: mean £881,010, median £765,000 (85 sales)2019: mean £884,168, median £825,000 (58 sales)2020: mean £873,992, median £808,500 (58 sales)2021: mean £969,843, median £815,000 (83 sales)2022: mean £902,731, median £817,500 (78 sales)2023: mean £1,473,403, median £890,000 (72 sales)2024: mean £963,066, median £877,500 (76 sales)2025: mean £1,048,851, median £925,000 (82 sales)2026: mean £792,813, median £693,000 (8 sales)1995: mean £114,067, median £105,000 (126 sales)1996: mean £117,193, median £105,000 (153 sales)1997: mean £149,493, median £138,038 (226 sales)1998: mean £170,091, median £160,000 (175 sales)1999: mean £184,122, median £172,000 (219 sales)2000: mean £251,109, median £229,500 (137 sales)2001: mean £257,914, median £235,000 (152 sales)2002: mean £294,312, median £275,000 (154 sales)2003: mean £322,798, median £277,500 (150 sales)2004: mean £350,340, median £325,000 (129 sales)2005: mean £349,223, median £330,000 (135 sales)2006: mean £420,116, median £392,000 (115 sales)2007: mean £523,731, median £482,500 (107 sales)2008: mean £484,430, median £465,000 (32 sales)2009: mean £506,573, median £477,500 (82 sales)2010: mean £564,308, median £499,995 (129 sales)2011: mean £535,090, median £497,475 (106 sales)2012: mean £568,780, median £530,000 (70 sales)2013: mean £769,675, median £715,002 (73 sales)2014: mean £832,032, median £775,000 (84 sales)2015: mean £889,682, median £846,000 (84 sales)2016: mean £1,020,623, median £880,000 (68 sales)2017: mean £1,206,143, median £860,000 (139 sales)2018: mean £881,010, median £765,000 (85 sales)2019: mean £884,168, median £825,000 (58 sales)2020: mean £873,992, median £808,500 (58 sales)2021: mean £969,843, median £815,000 (83 sales)2022: mean £902,731, median £817,500 (78 sales)2023: mean £1,473,403, median £890,000 (72 sales)2024: mean £963,066, median £877,500 (76 sales)2025: mean £1,048,851, median £925,000 (82 sales)2026: mean £792,813, median £693,000 (8 sales) MeanMedian £1,473,403 £105,000 1995 2026*

Annual sold price in EC2Y 8, 1995–2026 — mean (blue) and median (terracotta). The median is the typical sale; a wide gap to the mean means a few high-value sales pull the average up. 2026 is a part year (8 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.

Sold prices on this postcode

DatePriceAddressType
2026-04-30£775,000FLAT 702, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2024-03-08£835,000FLAT 533, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2024-01-22£955,000FLAT 601, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2023-02-17£975,000FLAT 518, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2023-02-01£645,000FLAT 702, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2023-01-24£710,000FLAT 541, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2022-11-14£775,000FLAT 502, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2022-07-20£835,000FLAT 516, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2020-01-13£1,150,000FLAT 519, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2019-02-11£725,000FLAT 529, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2018-12-03£1,180,000FLAT 507, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2017-08-11£955,000FLAT 713, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2017-07-31£835,000FLAT 525, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2017-02-17£960,000FLAT 718, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2017-01-20£1,180,000FLAT 544, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2016-07-20£1,040,000FLAT 401, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2016-06-27£845,000FLAT 508, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2016-05-20£760,000FLAT 402, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2016-03-11£795,000FLAT 533, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2015-10-02£1,450,000FLAT 708, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2015-10-02£1,075,000FLAT 404, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2014-12-19£995,000FLAT 531, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2014-03-28£965,000FLAT 519, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2013-03-14£572,500FLAT 502, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2012-07-19£495,000FLAT 508, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2012-04-27£535,516FLAT 516, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2012-02-24£981,500FLAT 710, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2011-11-14£545,000FLAT 525, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2011-09-16£750,000FLAT 531, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2011-07-15£446,500FLAT 504, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2011-04-07£650,000FLAT 404, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2010-08-13£455,000FLAT 541, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2009-09-04£375,000FLAT 402, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2009-08-24£550,000FLAT 506, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2008-04-30£840,000FLAT 721, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2007-12-07£483,333FLAT 715, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2007-11-15£845,000FLAT 706, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2007-08-23£425,000FLAT 525, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2007-02-28£575,000FLAT 544, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2007-02-27£380,000FLAT 702, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2006-09-01£495,000FLAT 527, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2006-07-28£640,250FLAT 719, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2006-07-28£344,750FLAT 403, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2006-05-19£570,000FLAT 536, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2006-01-06£484,500FLAT 517, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2005-08-25£387,500FLAT 539, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2005-06-03£350,000FLAT 701, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2005-05-27£495,000FLAT 717, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2005-04-21£312,500FLAT 508, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2005-04-21£415,000FLAT 401, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2004-09-30£356,473FLAT 531, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2004-08-13£540,000FLAT 505, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2004-03-15£332,500FLAT 524, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2004-02-17£370,000FLAT 526, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2003-12-04£255,000FLAT 702, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2003-10-15£245,000FLAT 603, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2003-08-01£330,000FLAT 713, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2003-07-23£331,000FLAT 535, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2003-05-02£237,500FLAT 543, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2003-04-04£270,000FLAT 522, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2002-09-12£377,500FLAT 534, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2002-08-27£240,000FLAT 402, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2002-02-04£245,000FLAT 541, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2002-02-04£325,000FLAT 401, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2001-11-06£335,000FLAT 705, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2001-09-11£311,750FLAT 515, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2001-06-29£385,000FLAT 505, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2001-06-22£232,500FLAT 508, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2001-06-15£275,000FLAT 539, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2001-04-19£285,000FLAT 519, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2000-12-11£270,000FLAT 526, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2000-11-24£197,240FLAT 602, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2000-09-22£305,000FLAT 718, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2000-08-11£290,000FLAT 703, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2000-03-27£220,000FLAT 522, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
2000-01-25£185,000FLAT 603, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1999-12-24£188,000FLAT 723, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1999-04-16£178,000FLAT 506, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1999-01-29£225,000FLAT 513, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1999-01-15£220,000FLAT 509, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1999-01-06£243,600FLAT 710, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1999-01-04£197,500FLAT 538, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1998-12-11£232,500FLAT 536, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1998-10-16£178,000FLAT 544, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1998-09-29£127,000FLAT 541, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1998-09-10£151,000FLAT 523, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1998-08-27£220,000FLAT 517, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1998-08-04£199,500FLAT 722, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1998-05-19£192,000FLAT 530, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1998-05-01£179,500FLAT 542, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1997-11-05£250,000FLAT 708, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1997-01-17£107,000FLAT 508, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1996-07-16£155,000FLAT 513, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1996-07-08£152,000FLAT 540, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1995-12-14£114,000FLAT 527, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1995-09-01£108,000FLAT 724, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1995-09-01£147,500FLAT 711, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1995-06-30£135,000FLAT 528, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1995-05-05£101,000FLAT 522, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat
1995-01-25£124,000FLAT 716, WILLOUGHBY HOUSE BARBICANFlat

100 recorded sales on EC2Y 8BN. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.

Nearest schools

SchoolDistancePhaseOfsted
Prior Weston Primary School and Children's Centre0.2 miPrimaryGood (2022)
City of London Primary Academy, Islington0.4 miPrimaryOutstanding (2019)
Central Foundation Boys' School0.5 miSecondaryReport card →
St Luke's CofE Primary School0.5 miPrimaryReport card →
St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School0.6 miPrimaryGood (2023)

Straight-line distance from the postcode. Ofsted = latest overall effectiveness (newer inspections may be ungraded). Sources: Get Information about Schools (DfE) · Ofsted.

What's nearby

Nearest GP surgeries: THE NEAMAN PRACTICE (0.3 mi) · CITY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE (0.6 mi) · HEALTH E1 (0.8 mi)

Nearest hospitals: ST BARTHOLOMEWS HOSPITAL (0.4 mi) · ST BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL (0.4 mi) · ST. BARTHOLOMEWS HOSPITAL (0.4 mi)

Nearest listed buildings: THE SALTERS' HALL (Grade II) (0.1 mi) · Ceramic mural of nine panels on Cromwell Highwalk, Barbican (Grade II) (0.1 mi) · REMAINS OF TOWER TO FORMER CHURCH OF ST ALPHAGE (Grade II) (0.1 mi)

Nearest pharmacies: BOOTS (0.1 mi) · PORTMANS PHARMACY (0.2 mi) · BOOTS (0.3 mi)

Nearest stations: Moorgate (0.1 mi) · Barbican (0.3 mi) · Bank (0.4 mi)

Nearest supermarkets: Waitrose (0.2 mi) · Geranium (0.2 mi) · Whole Foods Market (0.3 mi)

Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).

Who lives here

Median age
41
One-person households
48%
Households with children
12%
Households
3,460

Owned 42% · Social rent 21% · Private rent 36%

Census 2021 (ONS), for EC2Y 8.

Recorded crime trend

May 24: 7 crimesJun 24: 9 crimesJul 24: 4 crimesAug 24: 6 crimesSep 24: 4 crimesOct 24: 11 crimesNov 24: 8 crimesDec 24: 5 crimesJan 25: 6 crimesFeb 25: 8 crimesMar 25: 8 crimesApr 25: 5 crimesMay 25: 26 crimesJun 25: 3 crimesJul 25: 1 crimesSep 25: 2 crimesOct 25: 7 crimesNov 25: 16 crimesDec 25: 9 crimesJan 26: 11 crimesFeb 26: 9 crimesMar 26: 19 crimesApr 26: 11 crimes Apr 26: 11 crimes 26 1 May 24 Apr 26

Recorded crimes per month in EC2Y 8 (May 24–Apr 26, average 8/month). Hover a point to read the count. Source: Police.uk street-level data.

Flood risk

No modelled flood risk is recorded for EC2Y 8BN in the Environment Agency dataset. This is reassuring but not a guarantee — Check the exact address on the official Environment Agency map →

Source: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (the official dataset name). Indicative catchment data, not an official property flood search.

How granular is this?

Measure DistrictEC2Y SectorEC2Y 8 PostcodeEC2Y 8BN
Average sold price£1,293,813£963,066£476,854
Population12,0477,055
Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived)9/109/10
Crimes recorded3411
Schools22
Flood riskLowLowLow
Gigabit broadband92%95%100%
Superfast broadband94%97%100%

— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (EC2Y 8); the postcode column is built from the layers that go finer (sold transactions, Ofcom broadband). Sources: HM Land Registry · Police.uk · Ofsted/GIAS · ONS & IoD2025 · Environment Agency · Ofcom.

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Report generated 2 July 2026. Open data is refreshed periodically; HM Land Registry Price Paid typically lags by around two months, so the most recent sales may not appear yet.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026

Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026

Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026

Indicative due diligence compiled from public open data. Not a substitute for a regulated conveyancing or property search, a survey, or professional advice.