Spooky street names

Spooky street names

In this short article our friends at Dataloft have identified the top 20 spookiest street names, from Wizard Way to Headless Close.

  • It's Halloween this week and we are all in need of something to lift our spirits.
  • There have been 3,550 house sales at the top 20 spookiest road names since 1995. 67% of these were on Cemetery Road and 20% on Dark Hill.
  • Lucky for some, we don't all get too superstitious. So far this year 3,406 house sales have taken place across England and Wales on properties numbered ‘13’.
  • Properties numbered '13' on average achieve 15% more than the average sale price in England and Wales. Source: Dataloft, Land Registry



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