🔍
— ACRERIGHT AREA REPORT · NEIGHBOURHOOD
Home › Tower Hamlets › Bow · neighbourhood

Bow

⇄⌂

21,988 people · median £437,000 · Tower Hamlets

Good for schools
Tower Hamlets Council · Aspire (directly-elected mayor)   33/45 seats · 73% · OCD 2026
Loading…

What does it cost? This neighbourhood

dearestcheapest
£437,000 median 5th cheapest of 21 neighbourhoods
among 21 neighbourhoods in Tower Hamlets

A typical home here sells for £437,000, down 2.5% over five years. That's about 7.5× local earnings — around the 9.1× five-year average.

Sold price history

2026 · 123 sales
£215k£280k£345k£410k£475k2011201820262014 +18%−9%£450,000
Median sold price · 12 months to May 2026£437,000
5-year change-2.5%
Full history since 1995
£18k£138k£257k£377k£496k1995201020262000 +25%−9%£450,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Terraced
£902k
Flat
£407k
Typical home price compared with annual local pay7.5× · five-year average 9.1×
HM Land Registry, 12 months

Resold at a loss from Tower Hamlets24.3%

Of the homes across Tower Hamlets that sold again within five years, 24.3% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Worse than London (18.4%).

By property type
Flats24.3%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new31.6%
Bought second-hand19.9%
Overall
Typical resale gain+14.9% · ~9.1-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (6,940 resale pairs) across Tower Hamlets — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted

Home ownership25%

Owned outright
8%
With a mortgage
17%
Private rented
32%
Social rented
40%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£1,838

London Borough of Tower Hamlets£1,327
Greater London Authority£511
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,225
Band B£1,429
Band C£1,634
Band D (baseline)£1,838
Band E£2,246
Band F£2,655
Band G£3,063
Band H£3,676
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

£5,282 per square metre

What this means ▾

The sold price divided by the home's recorded floor area, which makes differently-sized homes easier to compare. The median across districts Acreright covers is £3,803.

HM Land Registry + EPC floor areas

Prices by street in Bow 60 streets — this neighbourhood, broken down

StreetMedian priceSales5-year change
Fairfield Road£218,3752,042-6.8%
Wellington Way£141,000377-4.1%
Tredegar Road£237,556355-4.9%
St Stephens Road£196,884312-3.9%
Hereford Road£249,950283-11.2%
Old Ford Road£244,248278+28.1%
Bow Road£226,500253-8.5%
Rainhill Way£295,000242-6.1%
Median & 5-year change use residential sales only (category-A, type D/S/T/F); the 5-year change compares the last 24 months vs the 24 months five years earlier. Each street’s sales recorded inside this area since 1995 — click a street → its full sold-price page · HM Land Registry Price Paid

Neighbourhood prices in Tower Hamlets how Bow compares · from Tower Hamlets

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: East Smithfield +27.5%
NeighbourhoodMedian price5-year changeSales, 12m
East Smithfield£806,300+27.5%324
Canary Wharf£635,000+14.9%270
Bethnal Green£500,000+11.6%288
Globe Town£475,000+6.1%232
Hughesfield Estate£485,000+5.3%94
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Bow — sold prices

Filters
AddressTypeBedsEPCPriceDate
382 sales in 12 months — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
Loading…
Loading…
Loading…
Loading…
Loading…
Loading…
Loading…

One short email when this area’s prices, crime and schools figures update. No accounts, no spam, one-click unsubscribe. Privacy.

Sources & dates: every figure carries its own source line with the data vintage; the full table is in Overview → "All figures, sources and dates".

Part of Tower Hamlets

Plot Check  ·  Valuations  ·  About  ·  Methodology  ·  Attribution  ·  Press
build 053b38e · 2026-11-01 20:41