Council areaSouth East, England

House prices in Rother

Homes in Rother sold for a median of £358,500 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 2,654 standard sales.

That puts it in the middle third of the 64 council areas in the South East with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £383,000.

Median sale price£358,5002,654 standard sales
Middle half of prices£265,000 to £500,000
Change since 2016+34%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices by property type

Standard sales in Rother, 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
Detached1,133£500,000£402,000 to £645,000£3,857/m²from 44 sales
Semi-detached541£343,500£300,000 to £417,000£3,846/m²from 25 sales
Terraced411£300,000£260,000 to £355,000Too few
Flats and maisonettes569£196,000£155,000 to £245,000Too few

Detached houses were the most common type sold in Rother, at 43% of sales, ahead of flats and maisonettes at 21%.

Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £3,624 per m², 17% below the £4,375 across the South East as a whole.

Postcode districts in Rother

The dearest district was TN19 (Etchingham), at £465,000, and the cheapest was TN40 (Bexhill-on-Sea), at £270,000.

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Each dot is a postcode district in Rother, placed at the centre of its postcodes and, where it has 100 or more standard sales, labelled with the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in Rother, by number of sales: Bexhill-on-Sea (TN39, TN40), Rye (TN31), Battle (TN33), Etchingham (TN19), Robertsbridge (TN32), Winchelsea (TN36).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. TN19Etchingham, 114 salesMedian price £465,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 Too few
  2. TN31Rye, 408 salesMedian price £405,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −9%
  3. TN33Battle, 297 salesMedian price £400,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%
  4. TN39Bexhill-on-Sea, 861 salesMedian price £374,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −1%
  5. TN40Bexhill-on-Sea, 625 salesMedian price £270,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −3%

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: TN32 £505k (99 sales), TN36 £423k (58 sales).

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.

From 2024 to 2025, the median held or fell in every district with enough sales to compare, most in TN31 (Rye), down 9%.

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

  • Cooden Drive, Bexhill-on-Sea (TN39)39 sales
  • West Parade, Bexhill-on-Sea (TN39)29 sales
  • De La Warr Parade, Bexhill-on-Sea (TN40)28 sales
  • Elizabeth Gardens, Northiam (TN31)22 sales
  • Dorset Road, Bexhill-on-Sea (TN40)18 sales
  • Amherst Road, Bexhill-on-Sea (TN40)17 sales
  • Park Road, Bexhill-on-Sea (TN39)16 sales
  • Turkey Road, Bexhill-on-Sea (TN39)16 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Main Street, Beckley (TN31, £516,000), Barnhorn Road, Bexhill-on-Sea (TN39, detached houses, £470,000) and Station Road, Northiam (TN31, detached houses, £470,000).

The cheapest were Brookfield Road, Bexhill-on-Sea (TN40, flats, £115,000), De La Warr Parade, Bexhill-on-Sea (TN40, flats, £127,000) and Cranfield Road, Bexhill-on-Sea (TN40, flats, £146,000).

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £265,000
  2. 2017: £278,000
  3. 2018: £285,000
  4. 2019: £295,500
  5. 2020: £325,000
  6. 2021: £343,500
  7. 2022: £365,000
  8. 2023: £355,000
  9. 2024: £365,000
  10. 2025: £355,000
  11. 2026, January to August: £350,000
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 34%, from £265,000 in 2016 to £355,000 in 2025, more than the 30% rise across the South East as a whole.

Living in Rother

Crime

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

Lower than 74 in 100 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

75% of homes can get it

Lower than 91 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of council areas are between 84% and 95%.

Radon

No postcode is in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Lower than 86 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 £2,701 a year in Rother for 2026 to 2027

Higher than 97 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.

Council areas in the South East

Median sale price of the 64 council areas in the South East with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. Rother and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.

  1. Adur£378,000
  2. Dartford£375,500
  3. Basingstoke and Deane£372,500
  4. Maidstone£367,500
  5. Test Valley£365,000
  6. Rushmoor£364,500
  7. Gravesham£361,500
  8. Rother, this council area£358,500
  9. Cherwell£355,500
  10. Crawley£350,000
  11. Milton Keynes£350,000
  12. Reading£350,000
  13. Worthing£350,000
  14. Canterbury£347,500
  15. Arun£345,000

About these figures

Rother's figures come from 2,654 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode. The 7 districts listed are those with most of their postcodes in Rother, so their sales add up to 2,462 instead (how we build council pages).

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.