UK Property Check

House prices by council area

Across the 316 council areas of England and Wales with at least 300 sales, the median sale price ran from £136,500 in Burnley to £1,150,000 in Kensington and Chelsea, for standard sales from September 2024 to August 2026.

Each region shows its dearest council areas, drawn to the same scale, then the rest in a list you can open. Select a region's name for its own page. Each council page lists every postcode district. To look up a single district, use house prices by postcode.

London

32 boroughs

Median £525,000 across 149,758 standard sales.

  1. Kensington and Chelsea2,905 sales£1,150,000£13,825−13.8% in 12 months
  2. Westminster3,782 sales£865,000£11,457−14.3% in 12 months
  3. Camden3,574 sales£770,000£11,223−10.6% in 12 months
  4. Richmond upon Thames4,791 sales£717,500£8,1440.0% in 12 months
  5. Hammersmith and Fulham3,886 sales£705,000£10,057−5.1% in 12 months
  6. Islington3,567 sales£640,000£9,397−8.6% in 12 months
  7. Wandsworth8,722 sales£640,000£8,636−5.3% in 12 months
  8. Hackney3,984 sales£585,000£9,439−1.6% in 12 months
  9. Barnet6,153 sales£575,000£6,683−4.4% in 12 months
  10. Haringey4,018 sales£575,000£7,200−1.4% in 12 months
Show all 32 boroughs
  1. Islington£640,000
  2. Wandsworth£640,000
  3. Hackney£585,000
  4. Barnet£575,000
  5. Haringey£575,000
  6. Brent£550,000
  7. Harrow£550,000
  8. Kingston upon Thames£550,000
  9. Lambeth£543,000
  10. Merton£542,500
  11. Waltham Forest£538,500
  12. Southwark£535,000
  13. Ealing£530,000
  14. Bromley£520,000
  15. Redbridge£507,000
  16. Hillingdon£505,000
  17. Tower Hamlets£500,000
  18. Hounslow£485,000
  19. Enfield£475,000
  20. Lewisham£475,000
  21. Greenwich£455,000
  22. Sutton£455,000
  23. Havering£450,000
  24. Newham£447,000
  25. Bexley£430,000
  26. Croydon£425,000
  27. Barking and Dagenham£380,000

South East

64 council areas

Median £383,000 across 238,116 standard sales.

  1. Elmbridge3,822 sales£650,000£6,657+0.7% in 12 months
  2. Mole Valley2,171 sales£580,000£5,772+1.4% in 12 months
  3. Waverley3,633 sales£550,000£5,419−2.0% in 12 months
  4. Epsom and Ewell1,899 sales£545,000£5,655+3.2% in 12 months
  5. Windsor and Maidenhead3,664 sales£535,000£5,463−0.2% in 12 months
  6. Guildford3,643 sales£500,000£5,867+0.6% in 12 months
  7. Tandridge2,178 sales£492,000£5,000−1.1% in 12 months
  8. Wokingham4,695 sales£488,000£5,158−2.5% in 12 months
  9. Sevenoaks3,024 sales£482,500£5,122+0.4% in 12 months
  10. Reigate and Banstead4,032 sales£480,000£5,173+0.3% in 12 months
Show all 64 council areas
  1. Guildford£500,000
  2. Tandridge£492,000
  3. Wokingham£488,000
  4. Sevenoaks£482,500
  5. Reigate and Banstead£480,000
  6. Surrey Heath£479,000
  7. Spelthorne£461,000
  8. Buckinghamshire£460,000
  9. Hart£460,000
  10. Winchester£460,000
  11. Runnymede£456,000
  12. Oxford£450,000
  13. South Oxfordshire£450,000
  14. Woking£450,000
  15. Mid Sussex£440,000
  16. Tunbridge Wells£435,000
  17. Horsham£433,500
  18. Chichester£422,500
  19. East Hampshire£422,000
  20. Bracknell Forest£420,000
  21. Brighton and Hove£418,000
  22. Tonbridge and Malling£415,000
  23. Vale of White Horse£397,500
  24. West Berkshire£397,500
  25. Slough£395,000
  26. West Oxfordshire£395,000
  27. New Forest£384,000
  28. Lewes£383,500
  29. Wealden£382,500
  30. Adur£378,000
  31. Dartford£375,500
  32. Basingstoke and Deane£372,500
  33. Maidstone£367,500
  34. Test Valley£365,000
  35. Rushmoor£364,500
  36. Gravesham£361,500
  37. Rother£358,500
  38. Cherwell£355,500
  39. Crawley£350,000
  40. Milton Keynes£350,000
  41. Reading£350,000
  42. Worthing£350,000
  43. Canterbury£347,500
  44. Arun£345,000
  45. Ashford£345,000
  46. Eastleigh£345,000
  47. Fareham£345,000
  48. Havant£320,000
  49. Folkestone and Hythe£317,500
  50. Medway£312,000
  51. Swale£310,000
  52. Dover£293,500
  53. Thanet£293,000
  54. Hastings£280,000
  55. Eastbourne£276,000
  56. Isle of Wight£260,000
  57. Southampton£260,000
  58. Portsmouth£258,000
  59. Gosport£255,000

East of England

45 council areas

Median £349,000 across 164,052 standard sales.

  1. St Albans3,861 sales£621,000£6,512+3.2% in 12 months
  2. Three Rivers2,074 sales£550,000£5,786+0.9% in 12 months
  3. Hertsmere2,212 sales£545,000£5,661+1.5% in 12 months
  4. Epping Forest3,248 sales£515,000£5,456−0.3% in 12 months
  5. Brentwood2,382 sales£500,000£5,573+0.3% in 12 months
  6. Cambridge2,295 sales£490,000£5,954−2.2% in 12 months
  7. Uttlesford2,793 sales£465,000£4,527+0.1% in 12 months
  8. Dacorum3,731 sales£450,000£5,245+0.1% in 12 months
  9. East Hertfordshire4,347 sales£450,000£5,049+1.9% in 12 months
  10. Welwyn Hatfield2,375 sales£435,000£4,936+0.7% in 12 months
Show all 45 council areas
  1. Cambridge£490,000
  2. Uttlesford£465,000
  3. Dacorum£450,000
  4. East Hertfordshire£450,000
  5. Welwyn Hatfield£435,000
  6. Broxbourne£433,000
  7. South Cambridgeshire£432,000
  8. North Hertfordshire£425,000
  9. Watford£420,000
  10. Chelmsford£408,500
  11. Rochford£405,000
  12. Maldon£390,000
  13. Central Bedfordshire£367,500
  14. Castle Point£365,000
  15. Basildon£363,500
  16. Thurrock£360,000
  17. Bedford£349,000
  18. Braintree£345,000
  19. Southend-on-Sea£345,000
  20. Stevenage£344,000
  21. East Cambridgeshire£340,000
  22. Harlow£335,000
  23. Babergh£330,000
  24. Colchester£325,000
  25. Huntingdonshire£321,000
  26. Mid Suffolk£315,500
  27. Luton£315,000
  28. Broadland£308,000
  29. North Norfolk£300,000
  30. South Norfolk£300,000
  31. West Suffolk£290,000
  32. East Suffolk£287,000
  33. Tendring£285,000
  34. King's Lynn and West Norfolk£270,000
  35. Breckland£267,500
  36. Peterborough£245,000
  37. Ipswich£240,000
  38. Fenland£235,000
  39. Norwich£235,000
  40. Great Yarmouth£222,000

South West

26 council areas

Median £310,000 across 158,638 standard sales.

  1. Cotswold2,593 sales£450,000£4,455−2.3% in 12 months
  2. Bath and North East Somerset4,969 sales£395,000£4,225−1.8% in 12 months
  3. South Hams2,956 sales£360,000£3,702+0.8% in 12 months
  4. Bristol11,315 sales£350,000£4,177+0.9% in 12 months
  5. Dorset11,776 sales£345,000£3,745−0.4% in 12 months
  6. South Gloucestershire8,092 sales£340,000£3,998+1.0% in 12 months
  7. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole10,621 sales£338,000£3,955−1.9% in 12 months
  8. Stroud3,516 sales£335,000£3,718+2.2% in 12 months
  9. East Devon4,790 sales£330,000£3,750+2.1% in 12 months
  10. Cheltenham3,698 sales£328,000£4,366+0.9% in 12 months
Show all 26 council areas
  1. South Gloucestershire£340,000
  2. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£338,000
  3. Stroud£335,000
  4. East Devon£330,000
  5. Cheltenham£328,000
  6. Tewkesbury£325,000
  7. North Somerset£320,000
  8. Wiltshire£320,000
  9. Exeter£300,000
  10. Teignbridge£300,000
  11. Mid Devon£295,000
  12. West Devon£295,000
  13. North Devon£293,000
  14. Cornwall£287,500
  15. Somerset£285,000
  16. Swindon£280,000
  17. Forest of Dean£275,000
  18. Torridge£275,000
  19. Gloucester£255,000
  20. Torbay£250,000
  21. Plymouth£225,000

West Midlands

30 council areas

Median £255,000 across 130,833 standard sales.

  1. Stratford-on-Avon4,527 sales£370,000£3,942+1.3% in 12 months
  2. Warwick4,479 sales£360,000£4,281+1.5% in 12 months
  3. Bromsgrove2,588 sales£340,000£3,741+1.2% in 12 months
  4. Solihull5,349 sales£332,500£3,744+0.2% in 12 months
  5. Malvern Hills2,378 sales£330,000£3,537+4.3% in 12 months
  6. Wychavon3,501 sales£327,500£3,430−0.4% in 12 months
  7. Lichfield3,157 sales£312,500£3,451+2.7% in 12 months
  8. Rugby3,370 sales£297,000£3,358−2.2% in 12 months
  9. Herefordshire4,871 sales£295,000£3,241+1.9% in 12 months
  10. South Staffordshire2,710 sales£290,000£3,444+2.3% in 12 months
Show all 30 council areas
  1. Wychavon£327,500
  2. Lichfield£312,500
  3. Rugby£297,000
  4. Herefordshire£295,000
  5. South Staffordshire£290,000
  6. Shropshire£275,500
  7. North Warwickshire£265,000
  8. Redditch£260,000
  9. Stafford£260,000
  10. Worcester£258,000
  11. Wyre Forest£257,000
  12. Tamworth£248,000
  13. Nuneaton and Bedworth£244,000
  14. Birmingham£240,000
  15. Dudley£240,000
  16. East Staffordshire£240,000
  17. Telford and Wrekin£235,000
  18. Coventry£230,000
  19. Staffordshire Moorlands£228,500
  20. Cannock Chase£227,000
  21. Walsall£227,000
  22. Wolverhampton£223,000
  23. Sandwell£220,000
  24. Newcastle-under-Lyme£200,000
  25. Stoke-on-Trent£160,000

East Midlands

35 council areas

Median £250,000 across 127,434 standard sales.

  1. Rushcliffe3,857 sales£342,000£3,504−1.0% in 12 months
  2. Rutland1,196 sales£340,000£3,298−2.7% in 12 months
  3. Harborough3,232 sales£332,000£3,501+5.0% in 12 months
  4. Derbyshire Dales1,991 sales£320,000£3,285−0.4% in 12 months
  5. West Northamptonshire11,506 sales£300,000£3,375+0.2% in 12 months
  6. Blaby2,718 sales£282,000£3,269+3.4% in 12 months
  7. Oadby and Wigston1,298 sales£280,000£3,300−1.5% in 12 months
  8. Charnwood4,815 sales£275,000£3,242+0.4% in 12 months
  9. North West Leicestershire3,464 sales£272,500£3,121+1.7% in 12 months
  10. Melton1,772 sales£270,000£2,929+4.1% in 12 months
Show all 35 council areas
  1. Blaby£282,000
  2. Oadby and Wigston£280,000
  3. Charnwood£275,000
  4. North West Leicestershire£272,500
  5. Melton£270,000
  6. High Peak£265,000
  7. Hinckley and Bosworth£265,000
  8. South Kesteven£265,000
  9. North Northamptonshire£264,000
  10. South Derbyshire£260,000
  11. Broxtowe£253,500
  12. Gedling£250,000
  13. North East Derbyshire£245,000
  14. Leicester£243,000
  15. North Kesteven£242,500
  16. Newark and Sherwood£240,000
  17. South Holland£239,000
  18. Amber Valley£235,000
  19. West Lindsey£232,000
  20. Derby£220,000
  21. Erewash£218,000
  22. East Lindsey£215,500
  23. Bassetlaw£210,000
  24. Boston£205,000
  25. Ashfield£200,000
  26. Chesterfield£200,000
  27. Nottingham£200,000
  28. Mansfield£190,000
  29. Lincoln£188,500
  30. Bolsover£183,000

Yorkshire and the Humber

15 council areas

Median £215,000 across 135,980 standard sales.

  1. York5,137 sales£307,500£3,800+0.7% in 12 months
  2. North Yorkshire18,772 sales£270,000£3,003+1.7% in 12 months
  3. Leeds18,505 sales£248,000£3,167+2.4% in 12 months
  4. East Riding of Yorkshire11,315 sales£225,000£2,584+0.4% in 12 months
  5. Sheffield11,626 sales£220,000£2,699+0.6% in 12 months
  6. Kirklees10,431 sales£215,000£2,658+5.1% in 12 months
  7. Wakefield8,535 sales£205,000£2,601+2.9% in 12 months
  8. Rotherham6,226 sales£195,000£2,533+0.7% in 12 months
  9. Calderdale5,628 sales£194,000£2,369+7.8% in 12 months
  10. Bradford12,134 sales£186,000£2,440+2.1% in 12 months
Show all 15 council areas
  1. Kirklees£215,000
  2. Wakefield£205,000
  3. Rotherham£195,000
  4. Calderdale£194,000
  5. Bradford£186,000
  6. Barnsley£180,000
  7. Doncaster£180,000
  8. North Lincolnshire£177,000
  9. North East Lincolnshire£165,000
  10. Kingston upon Hull£140,000

North West

35 council areas

Median £225,000 across 182,453 standard sales.

  1. Trafford5,745 sales£375,000£4,118+6.4% in 12 months
  2. Stockport8,320 sales£310,000£3,646+3.9% in 12 months
  3. Cheshire East12,994 sales£300,000£3,421+4.5% in 12 months
  4. Ribble Valley2,063 sales£277,000£2,963+1.6% in 12 months
  5. Cheshire West and Chester9,971 sales£265,000£3,031+3.7% in 12 months
  6. Warrington5,438 sales£260,000£3,211+2.8% in 12 months
  7. Manchester8,718 sales£252,500£3,457+2.1% in 12 months
  8. Bury4,417 sales£250,000£2,880+2.8% in 12 months
  9. West Lancashire3,005 sales£248,000£2,845+5.6% in 12 months
  10. Fylde2,672 sales£245,000£2,888+0.9% in 12 months
Show all 35 council areas
  1. Warrington£260,000
  2. Manchester£252,500
  3. Bury£250,000
  4. West Lancashire£248,000
  5. Fylde£245,000
  6. Westmorland and Furness£240,000
  7. Salford£235,000
  8. Sefton£230,000
  9. Chorley£225,000
  10. Wirral£222,500
  11. South Ribble£220,000
  12. Tameside£220,000
  13. Rochdale£210,500
  14. Oldham£210,000
  15. Bolton£209,000
  16. Lancaster£203,000
  17. Preston£200,000
  18. Wigan£200,000
  19. Wyre£200,000
  20. Knowsley£197,000
  21. Halton£195,000
  22. St. Helens£193,000
  23. Rossendale£190,000
  24. Liverpool£185,000
  25. Cumberland£177,000
  26. Blackburn with Darwen£172,000
  27. Pendle£148,000
  28. Hyndburn£140,000
  29. Blackpool£139,000
  30. Burnley£136,500

North East

12 council areas

Median £175,000 across 67,056 standard sales.

  1. North Tyneside5,733 sales£215,000£2,757+3.7% in 12 months
  2. Northumberland9,803 sales£210,000£2,500+4.5% in 12 months
  3. Newcastle upon Tyne6,426 sales£207,500£2,586+5.8% in 12 months
  4. Stockton-on-Tees5,231 sales£180,000£2,156+3.1% in 12 months
  5. Darlington3,153 sales£175,000£2,191+1.9% in 12 months
  6. Redcar and Cleveland3,379 sales£167,500£2,099−3.0% in 12 months
  7. South Tyneside3,062 sales£167,500£2,017+2.5% in 12 months
  8. Gateshead4,732 sales£165,000£2,067+4.4% in 12 months
  9. Middlesbrough2,989 sales£158,000£2,160+3.7% in 12 months
  10. Sunderland5,970 sales£157,000£1,962+4.6% in 12 months
Show all 12 council areas
  1. Redcar and Cleveland£167,500
  2. South Tyneside£167,500
  3. Gateshead£165,000
  4. Middlesbrough£158,000
  5. Sunderland£157,000
  6. Hartlepool£156,000
  7. County Durham£145,000

Wales

22 council areas

Median £217,500 across 73,382 standard sales.

  1. Monmouthshire2,459 sales£320,000£3,239+0.9% in 12 months
  2. Vale of Glamorgan3,657 sales£285,000£3,246+3.2% in 12 months
  3. Cardiff8,224 sales£270,000£3,269+2.1% in 12 months
  4. Powys2,763 sales£250,000£2,674+1.4% in 12 months
  5. Newport4,042 sales£235,000£2,760−0.1% in 12 months
  6. Ceredigion1,617 sales£234,000£2,581−1.7% in 12 months
  7. Isle of Anglesey1,514 sales£225,000£2,483−0.4% in 12 months
  8. Pembrokeshire3,041 sales£225,000£2,437−2.5% in 12 months
  9. Bridgend3,698 sales£218,000£2,613+2.8% in 12 months
  10. Conwy3,513 sales£218,000£2,722+3.0% in 12 months
Show all 22 council areas
  1. Ceredigion£234,000
  2. Isle of Anglesey£225,000
  3. Pembrokeshire£225,000
  4. Bridgend£218,000
  5. Conwy£218,000
  6. Flintshire£215,500
  7. Denbighshire£200,000
  8. Swansea£200,000
  9. Torfaen£200,000
  10. Wrexham£200,000
  11. Carmarthenshire£197,500
  12. Caerphilly£195,000
  13. Gwynedd£195,000
  14. Neath Port Talbot£165,000
  15. Rhondda Cynon Taf£165,000
  16. Merthyr Tydfil£145,000
  17. Blaenau Gwent£140,000

Standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry, placed in council areas by postcode using the ONS Postcode Directory. Council areas with fewer than 300 sales are left out. The change column is the UK House Price Index, 12 months to August 2026, as published by HM Land Registry for each council area. The latest months are provisional and HM Land Registry revises them; small council areas can swing sharply from month to month. Price per m² uses sales HM Land Registry has linked to a property reference that has an energy certificate.