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The most expensive towns & cities in England & Wales

Towns and cities ranked by median sold price over the last three years, from HM Land Registry data.

Beaconsfield tops the table with a £955,000 median. Cobham and Esher follow at £897,500 and £885,000, and the No. 50 entry, Tadworth, sits at £555,000 — a 1.7× spread from top to bottom. Every town or city here links to its full guide — the trend, prices by type and how it compares to England.

#Town or cityMedian · 5-yr

1Beaconsfield£955,000+12.8%2Cobham£897,500+2.2%3Esher£885,000+11%4Virginia Water£835,000-12.1%5Gerrards Cross£815,000+7.5%6Radlett£800,000+1.9%7East Molesey£785,000-1.6%8Chalfont St Giles£773,750+3.3%9Harpenden£766,750+14.8%10Thames Ditton£732,500+21.6%11Henley-on-Thames£725,000-2.3%12Teddington£724,500-5.4%13Welwyn£708,750+5.5%14Amersham£700,000+19.7%15Ashtead£695,000+7.7%16Ingatestone£685,000+3.9%17Pinner£674,000+2%18Ascot£670,000-4.4%19Leatherhead£660,000+4.1%20West Wickham£650,000+7.7%21Marlow£650,000+6.7%22Northwood£640,000+9.5%23Berkhamsted£631,000+8.9%24Twickenham£630,000+10.7%25New Malden£625,000+11.9%26Rickmansworth£625,000+11.2%27Burford£615,000+12.6%28Hindhead£615,000-7.9%29Chislehurst£605,000+8%30Stockbridge£600,929+9.7%31Petworth£600,000+9.9%32Kingston upon Thames£600,000+2.8%33Banstead£600,000+8.4%34Hampton£599,950+1%35Great Missenden£592,500+3.3%36Buckhurst Hill£588,000+12.6%37Barnet£583,995-0.5%38Epping£580,000+4.8%39Oxted£580,000+11.6%40Weybridge£575,000-11.9%41St Albans£575,000+5.4%42Cranleigh£574,950+12.3%43Sevenoaks£570,000+21.6%44Stanmore£570,000+4.3%45Woodford Green£567,500+9.3%46Bourne End£567,000+1.9%47Potters Bar£560,000+9.8%48London£558,000-0.8%49Tring£555,000+1.3%50Tadworth£555,000-5.9%

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 towns and cities with a meaningful number of recent sales are ranked.

Journalists: this table is free to quote and republish with attribution to Housometerand a link to this page. The figures recompute as HM Land Registry registers new sales, so the page won’t go stale under a story. For a custom cut — a narrower area, the opposite end of the table, or year-on-year moves — get in touch, usually same-day.

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Most expensive towns & cities — FAQs

What is the most expensive town or city in England & Wales?

Beaconsfield, with a £955,000 median (HM Land Registry sold-price data, among England & Wales towns and cities with at least 200 recent sales).

Which are the top three most expensive towns and cities?

1. Beaconsfield (£955,000); 2. Cobham (£897,500); 3. Esher (£885,000).

How is this ranking calculated?

From HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: each town or city's median sold price over the last three years, with a floor of 200 recent sales so thin, noisy markets don't distort the table. Updated daily.