The light blue properties, the second cheapest set on the board, are geographically connected - Pentonville Road runs east from King's Cross as a continuation of Euston Road, and finishes at the Angel, Islington. But the average property in Old Kent Road, south east London, now sells for over £800,000 - quite a mark-up from the original £60 rent. The brown pair of locations are the cheapest on the original Monopoly board. While it won’t be a surprise that these prices are now heavily inflated, it is interesting to note that the areas that are now the most expensive don't necessarily match up with the most expensive locations on the board. It's over 80 years since Victor Watson acquired the rights to the UK version of Monopoly, and while many of the place names on the board remain familiar to Londoners, property prices bear increasingly little resemblance to those in the real world.Ī new infographic from loan provider West One has given the original Monopoly board a makeover to demonstrate the true value of the London locations on the board - all the way from Old Kent Road to Mayfair.
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