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The most affordable counties in England & Wales

Counties where homes sell for the least — ranked by lowest median sold price over the last three years, floored to reasonably active markets.

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Hartlepool tops the table with a £120,000 median. County Durham and Blaenau Gwent follow at £120,000 and £125,000, and the No. 60 entry, North Northamptonshire, sits at £255,000 — a 2.1× spread from top to bottom. Every county here links to its full guide — the trend, prices by type and how it compares to England.

#CountyMedian · 5-yr

1Hartlepool£120,000+8.1%2County Durham£120,000+5.7%3Blaenau Gwent£125,000+29.8%4Blackpool£127,350+14.5%5City Of Kingston upon Hull£128,000+10%6Merthyr Tydfil£130,000+17.2%7Middlesbrough£131,000+11.4%8Stoke-on-Trent£140,000+20.3%9Rhondda Cynon Taff£140,000+19.2%10North East Lincolnshire£145,000+7.7%11Darlington£152,000-0.7%12Neath Port Talbot£152,500+24.5%13Redcar And Cleveland£154,000+12.6%14Blackburn With Darwen£155,000+15.8%15Stockton-on-Tees£164,000+8.7%16Tyne And Wear£164,995+5.2%17Cumberland£165,000-21.4%18North Lincolnshire£169,998+10.7%19Halton£170,000+15.2%20Merseyside£180,000+18.5%21Caerphilly£180,000+24.1%22South Yorkshire£180,000+16.9%23Carmarthenshire£185,000+20.9%24Lancashire£185,680+9.3%25Denbighshire£188,000+6.6%26Wrexham£190,000+16.2%27Gwynedd£190,000+9.3%28City Of Nottingham£190,000+20.8%29Torfaen£190,000+12.5%30Swansea£190,000+17.2%31Northumberland£192,500+6.1%32West Yorkshire£200,000+15.2%33City Of Derby£201,000+16.6%34Bridgend£202,500+24.2%35Flintshire£205,000+13.1%36Conwy£210,000+7.5%37City Of Plymouth£217,500+15.7%38Wrekin£220,000+8.2%39Lincolnshire£220,000+6.6%40East Riding Of Yorkshire£220,000+2.9%41Pembrokeshire£220,000+13.2%42Greater Manchester£222,500+16%43Isle Of Anglesey£224,000+11.1%44Derbyshire£225,000+7.8%45Newport£225,000+14.3%46West Midlands£225,000+15.4%47Nottinghamshire£227,000+11.3%48Westmorland And Furness£230,000-16.7%49Leicester£231,000+16%50City Of Peterborough£235,000+7.4%51Ceredigion£235,000+8.1%52Staffordshire£240,000+10.8%53Warrington£241,250+13.2%54Torbay£245,000+5.7%55Powys£245,000+19.2%56Cheshire West And Chester£250,000+10.1%57Isle Of Wight£250,000+1.2%58Southampton£250,000+13.8%59Portsmouth£250,000+11.2%60North Northamptonshire£255,000+3.5%

Median sold price over the last three years from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; 5-year change is on a mix-robust median index. Only counties with a meaningful number of recent sales are ranked.

Most affordable counties — FAQs

What is the most affordable county in England & Wales?

Hartlepool, with a £120,000 median (HM Land Registry sold-price data, among counties with at least 1,500 recent sales).

Which are the top three most affordable counties?

1. Hartlepool (£120,000); 2. County Durham (£120,000); 3. Blaenau Gwent (£125,000).

How is this ranking calculated?

From HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: each county's median sold price over the last three years, with a floor of 1,500 recent sales so thin, noisy markets don't distort the table. Updated daily.