UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/house-prices/tunbridge-wells
Council areaSouth East, England
House prices in Tunbridge Wells
Homes in Tunbridge Wells sold for a median of £435,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 3,146 standard sales.
That puts it among the dearest third of the 64 council areas in the South East with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £383,000.
Prices by property type
| Type | Sales | Median price | Middle half | Per m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 792 | £765,000 | £588,000 to £991,000 | £5,042/m²from 23 sales |
| Semi-detached | 903 | £450,000 | £380,000 to £621,000 | £5,120/m²from 37 sales |
| Terraced | 682 | £375,000 | £320,000 to £473,000 | £4,699/m²from 24 sales |
| Flats and maisonettes | 769 | £266,000 | £200,000 to £370,000 | £4,447/m²from 27 sales |
Semi-detached houses and detached houses sold in similar numbers in Tunbridge Wells, at 29% and 25% of sales.
Detached houses stand out against the South East as a whole: a median of £765,000 here, 29% more than the £595,000 across the region.
248 sales in Tunbridge Wells, or 8%, were for £1 million or more, against 3% across England and Wales.
Postcode districts in Tunbridge Wells
The dearest district was TN3 (Langton Green), at £691,500, and the cheapest was TN1 (Tunbridge Wells), at £358,000.
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Post towns in Tunbridge Wells, by number of sales: Tunbridge Wells (TN1, TN2, TN3, TN4), Tonbridge (TN12), Cranbrook (TN17, TN18).
- TN3Tunbridge Wells, 251 salesMedian price £691,500Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +9%
- TN2Tunbridge Wells, 829 salesMedian price £445,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +9%
- TN17Cranbrook, 335 salesMedian price £440,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +4%
- TN4Tunbridge Wells, 859 salesMedian price £435,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +2%
- TN18Cranbrook, 155 salesMedian price £427,500Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 Too few
- TN12Tonbridge, 800 salesMedian price £425,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%
- TN1Tunbridge Wells, 415 salesMedian price £358,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −1%
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 rose most in TN2 (Tunbridge Wells) and TN3 (Langton Green), up 9%, and fell most in TN1 (Tunbridge Wells), down 1%.
Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:
- Upper Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells (TN1)37 sales
- Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells (TN4)30 sales
- Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood (TN12)26 sales
- Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells (TN2)24 sales
- Sandhurst Road, Tunbridge Wells (TN2)23 sales
- St Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells (TN4)23 sales
- Frant Road, Tunbridge Wells (TN2)20 sales
- Bathurst Road, Staplehurst (TN12)18 sales
Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Forest Road, Tunbridge Wells (TN2, £953,000), Birling Road, Tunbridge Wells (TN2, £879,000) and Culverden Park, Tunbridge Wells (TN4, £850,000).
The cheapest were St Pauls Street, Tunbridge Wells (TN4, £170,000), Dudley Road, Tunbridge Wells (TN1, flats, £187,000) and York Road, Tunbridge Wells (TN1, flats, £235,000).
Prices over time
The median rose 34%, from £332,500 in 2016 to £445,000 in 2025, more than the 30% rise across the South East as a whole.
Living in Tunbridge Wells
Crime
56 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026
Lower than 80 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
82% of homes can get it
Lower than 78 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 £2,446 a year in Tunbridge Wells for 2026 to 2027
Near the middle of all 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. Tunbridge Wells and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.
- Hart£460,000
- Winchester£460,000
- Runnymede£456,000
- Oxford£450,000
- South Oxfordshire£450,000
- Woking£450,000
- Mid Sussex£440,000
- Tunbridge Wells, this council area£435,000
- Horsham£433,500
- Chichester£422,500
- East Hampshire£422,000
- Bracknell Forest£420,000
- Brighton and Hove£418,000
- Tonbridge and Malling£415,000
- Vale of White Horse£397,500
About these figures
Tunbridge Wells's figures come from 3,146 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode. The 7 districts listed are those with most of their postcodes in Tunbridge Wells, so their sales add up to 3,644 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.