Council areaEast Midlands, England

House prices in Bolsover

Homes in Bolsover sold for a median of £183,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 2,386 standard sales.

That makes it the cheapest of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £250,000.

Median sale price£183,0002,386 standard sales
Middle half of prices£140,000 to £250,000
Change since 2016+53%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices by property type

Standard sales in Bolsover, September 2024 to August 2026. Per m² uses sales HM Land Registry has linked to a property reference that has an energy certificate
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached823£275,000£230,000 to £338,000£2,553/m²from 27 sales
Semi-detached972£170,000£145,000 to £200,000£2,286/m²from 31 sales
Terraced572£125,000£104,000 to £150,000£1,688/m²from 28 sales
Flats and maisonettes19£98,500£74,000 to £105,000Too few

Semi-detached houses were the most common type sold in Bolsover, at 41% of sales, ahead of detached houses at 35%.

Terraced houses stand out against the East Midlands as a whole: a median of £125,000 here, 34% less than the £190,000 across the region.

Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £2,313 per m², 20% below the £2,889 across the East Midlands as a whole.

Almost every sale here was freehold: only 2% were leasehold, against 21% across England and Wales.

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £121,000
  2. 2017: £125,000
  3. 2018: £132,000
  4. 2019: £135,000
  5. 2020: £148,000
  6. 2021: £164,000
  7. 2022: £178,000
  8. 2023: £174,000
  9. 2024: £185,000
  10. 2025: £185,000
  11. 2026, January to August: £175,000
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 53%, from £121,000 in 2016 to £185,000 in 2025, more than the 48% rise across the East Midlands as a whole.

Council areas in the East Midlands

Median sale price of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. Bolsover and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.

  1. Newark and Sherwood£240,000
  2. South Holland£239,000
  3. Amber Valley£235,000
  4. West Lindsey£232,000
  5. Derby£220,000
  6. Erewash£218,000
  7. East Lindsey£215,500
  8. Bassetlaw£210,000
  9. Boston£205,000
  10. Ashfield£200,000
  11. Chesterfield£200,000
  12. Nottingham£200,000
  13. Mansfield£190,000
  14. Lincoln£188,500
  15. Bolsover, this council area£183,000

Postcode districts in Bolsover

District medians are close together, from £168,000 in NG20 (Mansfield) to £205,000 in S44 (Chesterfield).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. S44Chesterfield, 758 salesMedian price £205,000Price per square metre £2,368Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −4%
  2. NG20Mansfield, 677 salesMedian price £168,000Price per square metre £2,314Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +4%

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Rosewood Avenue, Bolsover (S44)38 sales
  • Asgard Avenue, Warsop (NG20)24 sales
  • Sherwood Street, Warsop (NG20)20 sales
  • Juniper Drive, Bolsover (S44)17 sales
  • The Hill, Glapwell (S44)17 sales
  • Pond House View, Bolsover (S44)15 sales
  • Colliery Close, Langwith (NG20)14 sales
  • Sutherland Farm View, Bolsover (S44)14 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Sutherland Farm View, Bolsover (S44, detached houses, £417,000), Juniper Drive, Bolsover (S44, detached houses, £390,000) and Asgard Avenue, Warsop (NG20, detached houses, £359,500).

The cheapest were Central Drive, Shirebrook (NG20, £116,000), Houfton Road, Bolsover (S44, £132,500) and Top Road, Calow (S44, £137,500).

Living in Bolsover

Crime

76 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026

Near the middle of all council areas. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of council areas are between 59 and 95.

The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.

Gigabit broadband

95% of homes can get it

Higher than 72 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of council areas are between 84% and 95%.

Radon

86% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Higher than 79 in 100 council areas.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,559 a year in Bolsover for 2026 to 2027

Higher than 81 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

About these figures

Bolsover's figures come from 2,386 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode. The 2 districts listed are those with most of their postcodes in Bolsover, so their sales add up to 1,435 instead (how we build council pages). New builds made up 11% of them.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.