25 Penguin Parade, CO3 8BU
Semi-detached house · Freehold · Colchester, East of England
The full report on this property
A 5 page dossier for 25 Penguin Parade: every comparable sale within 400m with price per square metre, five years of planning applications around the address, crime trend, schools and stations, and the red flags worth raising before you offer.
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Sale history
- £307,000+20%(+£52,000)+4.5%/yr22 July 2025 · Semi-detached house
- £255,00022 December 2020 · New build · Semi-detached house
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright). Completions appear roughly 7 weeks after the event.
Planning history at this property
No planning applications matched to this exact address in the records Praesago holds.
Address-matched planning coverage begins mid-2026; older applications are recorded by postcode only, so an empty history is not proof that nothing was ever filed here.
Around 25 Penguin Parade
Amber pins are planning applications from the last two years. Train and school icons show the nearest rail links and schools. Tap anything for details.
Local intelligence
Crime within 500 metres, nearest stations, schools and deprivation context around this address.
Crime within 500m
122offences in 12 months
- violence and sexual offences34
- shoplifting32
- anti social behaviour18
- public order8
Rail links
34min walk to Marks Tey
- Marks Tey2.7km · ~34 min
Schools within 1km
1within walking distance
- Doucecroft School521m
Dot = Ofsted rating: green good or outstanding, amber requires improvement
Deprivation (IMD)
7of 10
Less deprived nationally
Area context
District-level figures for CO3, not specific to this address.
Deprivation by domain across CO3
Decile 1 = most deprived 10% of England nationally · Decile 10 = least deprived. This breakdown covers the whole district; the decile 7 figure above is for this address’s immediate neighbourhood specifically, so the two can differ.
Sources: Environment Agency flood risk, Ofcom Connected Nations, Defra air quality, English Indices of Deprivation 2025. District averages, not a per-address assessment.
Energy efficiency at CO3 8BU
Postcode-level figures from the MHCLG EPC register. No certificate matched this exact address, which usually means none has been lodged since 2008.
The area: Colchester (CO3)
Whether this address is a good buy depends on where Colchester is heading. Praesago tracks prices, crime, planning, schools and 30+ official sources for CO3, updated monthly.
Recent sales near 25 Penguin Parade
| 17 Penguin Parade | £300,000 | May 2026 |
| 10 Penguin Parade | £300,000 | Mar 2026 |
| 50 Penguin Parade | £290,000 | Aug 2025 |
| 82 Penguin Parade | £410,000 | Jul 2025 |
| 27 Penguin Parade | £305,000 | Oct 2024 |
| 22 Penguin Parade | £360,000 | May 2024 |
| 46 Penguin Parade | £300,000 | May 2024 |
| 46 Penguin Parade | £300,000 | May 2024 |
25 Penguin Parade common questions
When did 25 Penguin Parade last sell and for how much?
25 Penguin Parade, CO3 8BU last sold for £307,000 on 22 July 2025, according to HM Land Registry.
How many times has 25 Penguin Parade been sold?
HM Land Registry records 2 sales at this address since 1995, from £255,000 in 2020 to £307,000 in 2025.
Is Colchester a good area?
Praesago scores Colchester (CO3) 53 out of 100 for area trajectory, based on 30+ official data sources covering prices, crime, planning and more. See the full Colchester area page for the breakdown.
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