County guides · England & Wales

House prices by county

Pick a county for its house-price guide — median and average sold prices, a breakdown by property type, and how it compares to England, from official Land Registry data.

We track sold prices across 113 counties in England & Wales, built from 2,407,622 sales recorded by HM Land Registry over the last three years. The middle of the pack sits at a £250,000 median. The spread is wide: Windsor And Maidenhead is the most expensive at £515,000, while County Durham is the most affordable at £120,000 — roughly 4× apart. Greater London records the most sales (268,908 over three years).

Most expensive
£515k
Windsor And Maidenhead
median · last 3 yrs
Most affordable
£120k
County Durham
median · last 3 yrs
Most sales
268,908
Greater London
recorded sales · 3 yrs
Middle of the pack
£250k
All counties ranked
median of county medians

113 places

Ranked by sales volume. Median sold price and recorded sales shown for each.

Greater London£510k269k sales · 3 yrsGreater Manchester£223k112k sales · 3 yrsWest Yorkshire£200k94k sales · 3 yrsWest Midlands£225k89k sales · 3 yrsKent£340k67k sales · 3 yrsEssex£363k65k sales · 3 yrsLancashire£186k60k sales · 3 yrsHampshire£363k59k sales · 3 yrsMerseyside£180k58k sales · 3 yrsSouth Yorkshire£180k55k sales · 3 yrsSurrey£490k49k sales · 3 yrsTyne And Wear£165k47k sales · 3 yrsHertfordshire£446k45k sales · 3 yrsNorfolk£269k42k sales · 3 yrsNottinghamshire£227k39k sales · 3 yrsWest Sussex£380k39k sales · 3 yrsDevon£310k39k sales · 3 yrsStaffordshire£240k38k sales · 3 yrsDerbyshire£225k38k sales · 3 yrsLincolnshire£220k36k sales · 3 yrsSuffolk£283k34k sales · 3 yrsLeicestershire£275k33k sales · 3 yrsNorth Yorkshire£264k31k sales · 3 yrsGloucestershire£312k30k sales · 3 yrsOxfordshire£400k29k sales · 3 yrsWarwickshire£300k28k sales · 3 yrsCambridgeshire£345k28k sales · 3 yrsCounty Durham£120k27k sales · 3 yrsSomerset£277k26k sales · 3 yrsCornwall£285k26k sales · 3 yrsEast Sussex£335k26k sales · 3 yrsWorcestershire£283k25k sales · 3 yrsWiltshire£315k22k sales · 3 yrsBuckinghamshire£450k22k sales · 3 yrsCheshire East£285k21k sales · 3 yrsWest Northamptonshire£290k19k sales · 3 yrsEast Riding Of Yorkshire£220k19k sales · 3 yrsCity Of Bristol£340k19k sales · 3 yrsDorset£340k19k sales · 3 yrsBournemouth, Christchurch And Poole£327k18k sales · 3 yrsNorthumberland£193k17k sales · 3 yrsNorth Northamptonshire£255k17k sales · 3 yrsCheshire West And Chester£250k16k sales · 3 yrsShropshire£270k14k sales · 3 yrsCentral Bedfordshire£363k14k sales · 3 yrsCardiff£260k14k sales · 3 yrsCumberland£165k14k sales · 3 yrsSouth Gloucestershire£336k13k sales · 3 yrsWestmorland And Furness£230k12k sales · 3 yrsMilton Keynes£335k12k sales · 3 yrsCity Of Plymouth£218k11k sales · 3 yrsBrighton And Hove£400k11k sales · 3 yrsMedway£300k11k sales · 3 yrsNorth Somerset£312k11k sales · 3 yrsCity Of Kingston upon Hull£128k11k sales · 3 yrsStoke-on-Trent£140k11k sales · 3 yrsCity Of Derby£201k10k sales · 3 yrsSwindon£273k10k sales · 3 yrsCity Of Nottingham£190k10k sales · 3 yrsRhondda Cynon Taff£140k9.9k sales · 3 yrsSwansea£190k9.4k sales · 3 yrsStockton-on-Tees£164k9.4k sales · 3 yrsSouthampton£250k8.9k sales · 3 yrsWarrington£241k8.7k sales · 3 yrsYork£300k8.5k sales · 3 yrsLeicester£231k8.1k sales · 3 yrsHerefordshire£292k8k sales · 3 yrsBath And North East Somerset£390k8k sales · 3 yrsNorth East Lincolnshire£145k7.9k sales · 3 yrsCity Of Peterborough£235k7.8k sales · 3 yrsWrekin£220k7.8k sales · 3 yrsSouthend-on-Sea£325k7.6k sales · 3 yrsPortsmouth£250k7.5k sales · 3 yrsBlackpool£127k7.4k sales · 3 yrsWokingham£483k7.4k sales · 3 yrsBedford£335k7.3k sales · 3 yrsNorth Lincolnshire£170k7.2k sales · 3 yrsCarmarthenshire£185k7.2k sales · 3 yrsIsle Of Wight£250k6.8k sales · 3 yrsNewport£225k6.7k sales · 3 yrsReading£345k6.6k sales · 3 yrsWest Berkshire£390k6.6k sales · 3 yrsCaerphilly£180k6.5k sales · 3 yrsBlackburn With Darwen£155k6.5k sales · 3 yrsMiddlesbrough£131k6.4k sales · 3 yrsTorbay£245k6.3k sales · 3 yrsWindsor And Maidenhead£515k6.2k sales · 3 yrsRedcar And Cleveland£154k6.1k sales · 3 yrsLuton£300k6.1k sales · 3 yrsFlintshire£205k5.9k sales · 3 yrsBridgend£203k5.9k sales · 3 yrsDarlington£152k5.8k sales · 3 yrsThurrock£348k5.8k sales · 3 yrsNeath Port Talbot£153k5.6k sales · 3 yrsConwy£210k5.6k sales · 3 yrsThe Vale Of Glamorgan£275k5.4k sales · 3 yrsBracknell Forest£403k5.4k sales · 3 yrsPembrokeshire£220k5.2k sales · 3 yrsHartlepool£120k5.2k sales · 3 yrsGwynedd£190k5k sales · 3 yrsHalton£170k4.9k sales · 3 yrsPowys£245k4.9k sales · 3 yrsWrexham£190k4.7k sales · 3 yrsDenbighshire£188k4k sales · 3 yrsMonmouthshire£316k3.9k sales · 3 yrsSlough£375k3.6k sales · 3 yrsTorfaen£190k3.2k sales · 3 yrsCeredigion£235k2.7k sales · 3 yrsBlaenau Gwent£125k2.5k sales · 3 yrsIsle Of Anglesey£224k2.5k sales · 3 yrsMerthyr Tydfil£130k2k sales · 3 yrsRutland£339k1.8k sales · 3 yrsIsles Of Scilly£405k62 sales · 3 yrs

County house prices — FAQs

What is the most expensive county in England & Wales?

Windsor And Maidenhead has the highest median sold price of the 113 counties we track, at £515,000 over the last three years (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data).

What is the most affordable county in England & Wales?

County Durham has the lowest median sold price among counties with a meaningful number of recent sales, at £120,000 over the last three years.

What is the typical house price across counties in England & Wales?

The middle county of the 113 we track has a median sold price of about £250,000 — half sit below that, half above, with the full range running from £120k to £515k.

Which county has the most house sales?

Greater London recorded the most sales of any county we track — 268,908 over the last three years. More sales generally means better price evidence and a more liquid market.

Area data is just the start.

An area guide shows the market. A Housometer report tells you about the actual home — value, risk, running costs and more.

Value & sold prices

An evidence-based estimate with a confidence range, every sale since 1995, and the nearest comparables.

Energy & EPC

EPC rating, floor area, heating type and what the home costs to run.

Council tax

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Flood risk

River, sea and surface-water flood risk, with the nearest watercourse.

Ground & mining

Subsidence and ground stability, radon potential and coal-mining legacy.

Crime & safety

Recent crime in the immediate area, by type and trend, plus road safety.

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Price figures are the median sold price over the last three years, from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (© Crown copyright), under the Open Government Licence. Housometer reports add energy, risk, schools, transport and a fair-value estimate for a specific address.