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The most expensive local authorities in England & Wales

Local authorities (council areas) ranked by median sold price over the last three years.

Kensington And Chelsea tops the table with a £1,150,000 median. City Of Westminster and City Of London follow at £920,000 and £875,000, and the No. 50 entry, Enfield, sits at £448,000 — a 2.6× spread from top to bottom. Every local authority here links to its full guide — the trend, prices by type and how it compares to England.

#Local authorityMedian · 5-yr

1Kensington And Chelsea£1,150,000-11.9%2City Of Westminster£920,000-10.2%3City Of London£875,000-3.8%4Camden£769,000-3.9%5Hammersmith And Fulham£750,000-11%6Richmond upon Thames£685,000+4.7%7Islington£660,000-0.2%8Wandsworth£637,000+0.2%9Elmbridge£635,000+6.5%10St Albans£610,000+6.9%11Hackney£572,500-4.5%12Mole Valley£560,000+3.8%13Barnet£545,000+2%14Waverley£540,000+5.2%15Haringey£540,000+9.4%16Southwark£540,000-3.6%17Lambeth£535,000-5.5%18Kingston upon Thames£535,000+6.5%19Epsom And Ewell£532,750+10.4%20Three Rivers£525,000+12.6%21Hertsmere£525,000+6.2%22Brent£525,000+4.7%23Merton£520,000+1.5%24Harrow£520,000+9.6%25Windsor And Maidenhead£515,000+4.9%26Waltham Forest£510,000+13.1%27Ealing£510,000+2.2%28Epping Forest£500,000+4%29Bromley£495,000+4.8%30Tower Hamlets£492,500-15%31Guildford£490,000+3.1%32Cambridge£490,000+9.1%33Hillingdon£485,000+12.8%34Brentwood£485,000+0.4%35Wokingham£482,500+8.2%36Tandridge£480,000+4.8%37Redbridge£480,000+8%38Hounslow£472,000+6%39Surrey Heath£470,000+9.3%40Sevenoaks£470,000+13.8%41Reigate And Banstead£465,000+6.3%42Hart£460,000+2.6%43Uttlesford£460,000+2.8%44Winchester£456,000+0.6%45Oxford£450,000+5%46Cotswold£450,000+7.5%47Lewisham£450,000+3.7%48Greenwich£450,000-1.3%49Buckinghamshire£450,000+5.7%50Enfield£448,000+5.2%

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 local authorities with a meaningful number of recent sales are ranked.

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Most expensive local authorities — FAQs

What is the most expensive local authority in England & Wales?

Kensington And Chelsea, with a £1,150,000 median (HM Land Registry sold-price data, among England & Wales local authorities with at least 300 recent sales).

Which are the top three most expensive local authorities?

1. Kensington And Chelsea (£1,150,000); 2. City Of Westminster (£920,000); 3. City Of London (£875,000).

How is this ranking calculated?

From HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: each local authority's median sold price over the last three years, with a floor of 300 recent sales so thin, noisy markets don't distort the table. Updated daily.