Postcode sector

Sector WR3 8 house prices

Barbourne & Rainbow Hill · Worcester · district WR3 · 238 postcodes

Median £3,090 per m² over 261 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 9.3% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£3,090/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−9.3%
Sales, 24 months261with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£1,400/m² to £1,590/m²: 5 sales£1,590/m² to £1,780/m²: 3 sales£1,780/m² to £1,970/m²: 5 sales£1,970/m² to £2,160/m²: 8 sales£2,160/m² to £2,350/m²: 16 sales£2,350/m² to £2,540/m²: 16 sales£2,540/m² to £2,730/m²: 22 sales£2,730/m² to £2,920/m²: 31 sales£2,920/m² to £3,110/m²: 26 sales£3,110/m² to £3,300/m²: 16 sales£3,300/m² to £3,490/m²: 27 sales£3,490/m² to £3,680/m²: 24 sales£3,680/m² to £3,870/m²: 19 sales£3,870/m² to £4,060/m²: 15 sales£4,060/m² to £4,250/m²: 8 sales£4,250/m² to £4,440/m²: 4 sales£4,440/m² to £4,630/m²: 4 sales£4,630/m² to £4,820/m²: 6 sales£4,820/m² to £5,010/m²: 2 sales£5,010/m² to £5,200/m²: 4 salesWR3 8WR3£1k£2k£3k£4k£5k£6k
WR3 8
£3,090/m² middle · £2,630–£3,660/m² middle half · 261 sales
District WR3
£3,380/m² middle · £2,830–£3,830/m² middle half · 590 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

5010015020020052010201520202025WR3 8, 2026: 101WR3, 2026: 108Worcester houses, 2026: 103
  • WR3 8
  • WR3
  • Worcester houses
  • After inflation (CPIH)
  • In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
OverWR3 8District WR3
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−9.3%−6.3%−2.2%+1.1%
5 years−1.7%+3.2%−1.1%+3.9%
10 years−0.8%+2.6%+0.1%+3.6%
20 years−0.2%+2.7%0.0%+2.9%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£2,000–£8,000/m²
  1. UB9 6Harefield£4,860–£6,320/m²
  2. WR4 0Warndon East£3,360–£4,000/m²
  3. WR9 7Droitwich Spa South£3,190–£3,920/m²
  4. WR3 7Northwick£3,010–£3,970/m²
  5. WR1 2Worcester Town South£2,650–£3,370/m²
  6. WR3 8Barbourne & Rainbow Hill£2,630–£3,660/m²
  7. WR1 1Worcester Town North£2,310–£3,200/m²
  8. WR4 9King George's Field£2,430–£3,120/m²

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Astwood Road6391 m²£2,590/m²
Rainbow Hill2376 m²£2,390/m²
Belmont Street2181 m²£2,300/m²
Lansdowne Road1993 m²£2,810/m²
Bilford Road1896 m²£3,490/m²
Gillam Street1878 m²£2,570/m²
Church Road1773 m²£2,820/m²
New Bank Street1662 m²£3,460/m²
Mayfield Road1578 m²£2,270/m²
Green Lane1272 m²£2,810/m²
Gregorys Bank12108 m²£3,350/m²
Vauxhall Street1274 m²£2,660/m²
Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.