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Most expensive places to buy a home in England and Wales

Every council area in England and Wales ranked by its typical sale over the 12 months to August 2026, most expensive first.

typical sale in Kensington and Chelsea, the most expensive place in England and Wales

Cheapest place

£120,000

Burnley

Dearest neighbourhood

£1,352,000

Marylebone, Westminster

All 317 places, most expensive first

Typical sale over the last 12 months, places with 50 or more homes sold. Open one for its streets, buildings and neighbourhoods.

1Kensington and ChelseaLondon · 1,466 homes sold
£1,000,000
2WestminsterLondon · 2,041 homes sold
£770,000
3City of LondonLondon · 126 homes sold
£730,000
4CamdenLondon · 1,751 homes sold
£710,000
5Richmond upon ThamesTwickenham · 2,292 homes sold
£700,000
6Hammersmith and FulhamLondon · 1,879 homes sold
£652,000
7ElmbridgeWalton-On-Thames · 1,866 homes sold
£630,000
8IslingtonLondon · 1,801 homes sold
£630,000
9WandsworthLondon · 4,215 homes sold
£625,000
10St Albans1,831 homes sold
£614,000
11HackneyLondon · 1,977 homes sold
£567,000
12Mole ValleyDorking · 1,021 homes sold
£565,000
13BarnetLondon · 3,191 homes sold
£558,000
14HaringeyLondon · 2,119 homes sold
£550,000
15Epsom and EwellEpsom · 956 homes sold
£548,000
16Three RiversRickmansworth · 1,008 homes sold
£536,000
17Kingston upon Thames1,777 homes sold
£535,000
18Waltham ForestLondon · 2,549 homes sold
£530,000
19WaverleyGodalming · 1,719 homes sold
£530,000
20Harrow1,686 homes sold
£525,000
21HertsmerePotters Bar · 1,135 homes sold
£525,000
22MertonLondon · 2,006 homes sold
£524,000
23Windsor and MaidenheadWindsor · 1,759 homes sold
£518,000
24LambethLondon · 3,268 homes sold
£517,000
25SouthwarkLondon · 2,706 homes sold
£515,000
26EalingLondon · 2,644 homes sold
£510,000
27BrentLondon · 2,066 homes sold
£510,000
28Epping ForestChigwell · 1,565 homes sold
£505,000
29BromleyOrpington · 4,008 homes sold
£500,000
30HillingdonUxbridge · 2,559 homes sold
£500,000
31Brentwood1,192 homes sold
£500,000
32RedbridgeIlford · 2,310 homes sold
£495,000
33Guildford1,755 homes sold
£490,000
34TandridgeCaterham · 1,063 homes sold
£484,000
35WokinghamReading · 2,269 homes sold
£475,000
36Reigate and BansteadHorley · 1,947 homes sold
£475,000
37Sevenoaks1,511 homes sold
£475,000
38Surrey HeathCamberley · 1,240 homes sold
£475,000
39Cambridge1,164 homes sold
£474,000
40Hounslow2,105 homes sold
£460,000
41UttlesfordSaffron Walden · 1,297 homes sold
£460,000
42RunnymedeVirginia Water · 1,109 homes sold
£460,000
43SpelthorneStaines-Upon-Thames · 1,198 homes sold
£454,000
44BuckinghamshireHigh Wycombe · 6,695 homes sold
£450,000
45HaveringRomford · 3,097 homes sold
£450,000
46GreenwichLondon · 2,642 homes sold
£450,000
47Tower HamletsLondon · 2,319 homes sold
£450,000
48Sutton2,120 homes sold
£450,000
49Winchester1,727 homes sold
£450,000
50HartFleet · 1,379 homes sold
£450,000
51Oxford1,315 homes sold
£450,000
52DacorumHemel Hempstead · 1,877 homes sold
£445,000
53South OxfordshireOxford · 1,853 homes sold
£443,000
54East HertfordshireHertford · 2,061 homes sold
£442,000
55LewishamLondon · 2,897 homes sold
£440,000
56EnfieldLondon · 2,620 homes sold
£440,000
57Mid SussexHaywards Heath · 2,224 homes sold
£435,000
58CotswoldCheltenham · 1,362 homes sold
£431,000
59Horsham2,044 homes sold
£430,000
60Woking1,453 homes sold
£430,000
61Tunbridge Wells1,535 homes sold
£425,000
62Welwyn HatfieldHatfield · 1,195 homes sold
£425,000
63BroxbourneWaltham Cross · 1,181 homes sold
£425,000
64South CambridgeshireCambridge · 1,888 homes sold
£422,000
65NewhamLondon · 1,958 homes sold
£420,000
66East HampshirePetersfield · 1,730 homes sold
£420,000
67North HertfordshireHitchin · 1,716 homes sold
£420,000
68Chichester1,641 homes sold
£418,000
69BexleySidcup · 2,602 homes sold
£417,000
70Bracknell ForestBracknell · 1,681 homes sold
£415,000
71Brighton and HoveBrighton · 3,564 homes sold
£411,000
72CroydonLondon · 3,915 homes sold
£410,000
73Watford993 homes sold
£410,000
74Rochford1,213 homes sold
£402,000
75Tonbridge and MallingTonbridge · 1,769 homes sold
£400,000
76Chelmsford2,404 homes sold
£398,000
77Slough997 homes sold
£390,000
78West OxfordshireWitney · 1,476 homes sold
£388,000
79Bath and North East SomersetBath · 2,507 homes sold
£382,000
80New ForestSouthampton · 2,474 homes sold
£381,000
81West BerkshireReading · 2,085 homes sold
£380,000
82Barking and DagenhamDagenham · 1,415 homes sold
£380,000
83Maldon901 homes sold
£380,000
84AdurLancing · 828 homes sold
£378,000
85TraffordManchester · 2,916 homes sold
£375,000
86Vale of White HorseAbingdon · 1,934 homes sold
£375,000
87Lewes1,451 homes sold
£375,000
88WealdenHailsham · 2,330 homes sold
£372,000
89Dartford1,526 homes sold
£368,000
90Basingstoke and DeaneBasingstoke · 2,457 homes sold
£365,000
91Castle PointBenfleet · 1,209 homes sold
£365,000
92Stratford-On-AvonAlcester · 2,115 homes sold
£362,000
93RushmoorAldershot · 1,205 homes sold
£360,000
94Central BedfordshireDunstable · 4,326 homes sold
£360,000
95Basildon2,443 homes sold
£357,000
96GraveshamGravesend · 1,140 homes sold
£355,000
97Maidstone2,419 homes sold
£350,000
98ThurrockGrays · 2,025 homes sold
£350,000
99Test ValleyAndover · 1,743 homes sold
£350,000
100South HamsDartmouth · 1,350 homes sold
£350,000
101Crawley1,130 homes sold
£348,000
102Bristol6,085 homes sold
£345,000
103WarwickLeamington Spa · 2,207 homes sold
£345,000
104CherwellBicester · 2,073 homes sold
£342,000
105Fareham1,761 homes sold
£342,000
106Bedford2,270 homes sold
£340,000
107Eastleigh2,019 homes sold
£340,000
108Reading1,981 homes sold
£340,000
109RotherBexhill-On-Sea · 1,385 homes sold
£340,000
110Stevenage895 homes sold
£340,000
111Canterbury2,003 homes sold
£336,000
112Ashford1,728 homes sold
£336,000
113Bromsgrove1,231 homes sold
£336,000
114DorsetWeymouth · 5,722 homes sold
£335,000
115South GloucestershireBristol · 4,015 homes sold
£335,000
116Braintree2,172 homes sold
£335,000
117Stroud1,678 homes sold
£335,000
118Worthing1,561 homes sold
£335,000
119Harlow1,000 homes sold
£335,000
120ArunLittlehampton · 2,665 homes sold
£330,000
121Southend-On-Sea2,562 homes sold
£330,000
122East CambridgeshireEly · 1,121 homes sold
£330,000
123Malvern HillsWorcester · 1,111 homes sold
£330,000
124RutlandOakham · 612 homes sold
£330,000
125Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleBournemouth · 5,623 homes sold
£326,000
126Milton Keynes3,546 homes sold
£325,000
127Solihull2,825 homes sold
£325,000
128Cheltenham1,922 homes sold
£325,000
129WychavonEvesham · 1,687 homes sold
£325,000
130TewkesburyGloucester · 1,545 homes sold
£325,000
131MonmouthshireCaldicot · 1,199 homes sold
£325,000
132RushcliffeNottingham · 1,875 homes sold
£325,000
133HarboroughLeicester · 1,537 homes sold
£322,000
134East DevonAxminster · 2,254 homes sold
£320,000
135Havant1,628 homes sold
£320,000
136BaberghIpswich · 1,389 homes sold
£320,000
137WiltshireSalisbury · 7,007 homes sold
£315,000
138Colchester2,756 homes sold
£315,000
139North SomersetBristol · 3,382 homes sold
£312,000
140HuntingdonshireHuntingdon · 2,668 homes sold
£312,000
141Folkestone and HytheFolkestone · 1,670 homes sold
£310,000
142BroadlandNorwich · 2,022 homes sold
£305,000
143Derbyshire DalesMatlock · 1,019 homes sold
£305,000
144Lichfield1,553 homes sold
£304,000
145Luton1,982 homes sold
£302,000
146Stockport4,244 homes sold
£300,000
147MedwayRochester · 3,572 homes sold
£300,000
148Mid SuffolkBury St Edmunds · 1,646 homes sold
£300,000
149Exeter1,510 homes sold
£300,000
150York2,656 homes sold
£298,000
151SwaleSittingbourne · 2,126 homes sold
£295,000
152South NorfolkNorwich · 2,123 homes sold
£295,000
153TeignbridgeNewton Abbot · 1,964 homes sold
£290,000
154North NorfolkNorwich · 1,596 homes sold
£290,000
155West DevonYelverton · 775 homes sold
£290,000
156HerefordshireHereford · 2,387 homes sold
£288,000
157Cheshire EastCrewe · 6,379 homes sold
£285,000
158West NorthamptonshireNorthampton · 5,962 homes sold
£285,000
159ThanetRamsgate · 2,101 homes sold
£285,000
160North DevonBarnstaple · 1,399 homes sold
£282,000
161South StaffordshireWolverhampton · 1,373 homes sold
£282,000
162CornwallTruro · 7,872 homes sold
£280,000
163East SuffolkLowestoft · 3,679 homes sold
£280,000
164West SuffolkBury St Edmunds · 2,527 homes sold
£280,000
165The Vale of GlamorganBarry · 1,876 homes sold
£280,000
166Dover1,723 homes sold
£280,000
167Rugby1,584 homes sold
£280,000
168BlabyLeicester · 1,377 homes sold
£280,000
169Mid DevonTiverton · 1,004 homes sold
£280,000
170SomersetTaunton · 8,118 homes sold
£275,000
171Oadby and WigstonWigston · 663 homes sold
£275,000
172Forest of DeanCinderford · 1,021 homes sold
£272,000
173ShropshireShrewsbury · 4,479 homes sold
£272,000
174Swindon3,184 homes sold
£270,000
175CharnwoodLoughborough · 2,553 homes sold
£270,000
176Eastbourne1,446 homes sold
£270,000
177Hastings1,314 homes sold
£270,000
178Cardiff4,463 homes sold
£268,000
179TendringClacton-On-Sea · 2,490 homes sold
£265,000
180Ribble ValleyClitheroe · 996 homes sold
£265,000
181TorridgeHolsworthy · 939 homes sold
£265,000
182MeltonMelton Mowbray · 815 homes sold
£265,000
183King's Lynn and West NorfolkKing's Lynn · 2,149 homes sold
£263,000
184North YorkshireYork · 9,540 homes sold
£260,000
185Cheshire West and ChesterChester · 5,108 homes sold
£260,000
186North West LeicestershireCoalville · 1,733 homes sold
£260,000
187High Peak1,315 homes sold
£260,000
188North WarwickshireAtherstone · 913 homes sold
£260,000
189South KestevenGrantham · 2,155 homes sold
£259,000
190Hinckley and BosworthLeicester · 1,785 homes sold
£258,000
191Southampton2,809 homes sold
£255,000
192BrecklandDereham · 2,071 homes sold
£255,000
193Redditch1,067 homes sold
£255,000
194Worcester1,387 homes sold
£251,000
195North NorthamptonshireKettering · 5,171 homes sold
£250,000
196Portsmouth2,521 homes sold
£250,000
197Isle of WightNewport · 2,090 homes sold
£250,000
198Stafford2,010 homes sold
£250,000
199Gosport1,132 homes sold
£250,000
200Warrington2,923 homes sold
£250,000
201Gloucester1,748 homes sold
£249,000
202BroxtoweNottingham · 1,594 homes sold
£247,000
203Manchester5,514 homes sold
£245,000
204South DerbyshireDerby · 1,785 homes sold
£245,000
205Wyre ForestKidderminster · 1,438 homes sold
£245,000
206PowysHereford · 1,310 homes sold
£245,000
207Tamworth1,058 homes sold
£245,000
208GedlingNottingham · 1,733 homes sold
£240,000
209Leeds10,006 homes sold
£236,000
210North East DerbyshireChesterfield · 1,382 homes sold
£235,000
211Dudley3,585 homes sold
£235,000
212Bury2,473 homes sold
£235,000
213TorbayPaignton · 2,099 homes sold
£235,000
214North KestevenLincoln · 1,887 homes sold
£235,000
215FyldeLytham St Annes · 1,408 homes sold
£235,000
216CeredigionTregaron · 830 homes sold
£235,000
217Leicester2,592 homes sold
£235,000
218Peterborough2,332 homes sold
£233,000
219Birmingham10,177 homes sold
£230,000
220Westmorland and FurnessBarrow-In-Furness · 3,587 homes sold
£230,000
221Norwich1,930 homes sold
£230,000
222Newark and SherwoodNewark · 1,919 homes sold
£230,000
223Ipswich1,766 homes sold
£230,000
224West LancashireOrmskirk · 1,617 homes sold
£230,000
225South HollandSpalding · 1,444 homes sold
£230,000
226Isle of AngleseyAmlwch · 770 homes sold
£229,000
227Nuneaton and BedworthNuneaton · 1,755 homes sold
£228,000
228SalfordManchester · 3,514 homes sold
£225,000
229Newport2,072 homes sold
£225,000
230East StaffordshireBurton-On-Trent · 1,774 homes sold
£225,000
231Staffordshire MoorlandsStoke-On-Trent · 1,242 homes sold
£225,000
232FenlandWisbech · 1,461 homes sold
£224,000
233Plymouth3,773 homes sold
£222,000
234Chorley1,684 homes sold
£222,000
235Coventry3,752 homes sold
£220,000
236Amber ValleyHeanor · 1,919 homes sold
£220,000
237PembrokeshireHaverfordwest · 1,562 homes sold
£220,000
238Cannock ChaseCannock · 1,321 homes sold
£220,000
239East Riding of YorkshireHull · 5,801 homes sold
£219,000
240SeftonLiverpool · 3,687 homes sold
£218,000
241West LindseyMarket Rasen · 1,542 homes sold
£218,000
242Wirral4,588 homes sold
£215,000
243Walsall2,714 homes sold
£215,000
244SandwellSmethwick · 2,686 homes sold
£215,000
245WrekinTelford · 2,393 homes sold
£215,000
246Wolverhampton2,265 homes sold
£215,000
247Bridgend1,993 homes sold
£215,000
248South RibbleLeyland · 1,817 homes sold
£214,000
249Derby3,316 homes sold
£210,000
250FlintshireHolywell · 2,005 homes sold
£210,000
251ConwyColwyn Bay · 1,804 homes sold
£210,000
252ErewashNottingham · 1,668 homes sold
£210,000
253Great Yarmouth1,390 homes sold
£210,000
254TamesideAshton-Under-Lyne · 2,798 homes sold
£208,000
255Sheffield6,095 homes sold
£206,000
256KirkleesHuddersfield · 5,400 homes sold
£205,000
257North TynesideWhitley Bay · 2,835 homes sold
£205,000
258East LindseySkegness · 2,017 homes sold
£205,000
259BassetlawWorksop · 1,726 homes sold
£202,000
260Rochdale2,693 homes sold
£200,000
261Oldham2,501 homes sold
£200,000
262Wrexham1,578 homes sold
£200,000
263DenbighshirePrestatyn · 1,330 homes sold
£200,000
264GwyneddCaernarfon · 1,415 homes sold
£198,000
265Swansea2,866 homes sold
£196,000
266Wakefield4,694 homes sold
£195,000
267Newcastle upon Tyne3,456 homes sold
£193,000
268LancasterMorecambe · 1,956 homes sold
£193,000
269NorthumberlandHexham · 4,988 homes sold
£193,000
270Bolton3,617 homes sold
£190,000
271Nottingham3,265 homes sold
£190,000
272CarmarthenshireCarmarthen · 2,259 homes sold
£190,000
273AshfieldSutton-In-Ashfield · 1,794 homes sold
£190,000
274Newcastle-Under-LymeNewcastle · 1,654 homes sold
£190,000
275Chesterfield1,575 homes sold
£190,000
276TorfaenCwmbran · 1,016 homes sold
£190,000
277Boston918 homes sold
£190,000
278CaerphillyNewport · 2,088 homes sold
£189,000
279WyreThornton-Cleveleys · 1,887 homes sold
£188,000
280Wigan4,492 homes sold
£185,000
281CalderdaleHalifax · 3,110 homes sold
£185,000
282KnowsleyLiverpool · 1,662 homes sold
£185,000
283Lincoln1,361 homes sold
£184,000
284Rotherham3,297 homes sold
£183,000
285Bradford6,575 homes sold
£180,000
286St Helens2,470 homes sold
£180,000
287Preston2,128 homes sold
£180,000
288Mansfield1,529 homes sold
£180,000
289HaltonWidnes · 1,456 homes sold
£180,000
290Rossendale1,038 homes sold
£180,000
291BolsoverMansfield · 1,236 homes sold
£172,000
292CumberlandCarlisle · 4,291 homes sold
£170,000
293North LincolnshireScunthorpe · 2,426 homes sold
£170,000
294Doncaster4,481 homes sold
£168,000
295Barnsley3,366 homes sold
£167,000
296Liverpool5,557 homes sold
£166,000
297Stockton-On-Tees2,882 homes sold
£166,000
298Neath Port TalbotNeath · 1,715 homes sold
£158,000
299Gateshead2,562 homes sold
£157,000
300Redcar and ClevelandRedcar · 1,940 homes sold
£155,000
301South TynesideSouth Shields · 1,648 homes sold
£155,000
302Darlington1,817 homes sold
£152,000
303Rhondda Cynon TaffPontypridd · 3,217 homes sold
£150,000
304Blackburn With DarwenBlackburn · 1,883 homes sold
£150,000
305PendleNelson · 1,400 homes sold
£145,000
306Stoke-On-Trent3,302 homes sold
£144,000
307North East LincolnshireGrimsby · 2,673 homes sold
£142,000
308Middlesbrough1,807 homes sold
£140,000
309Sunderland3,622 homes sold
£135,000
310Merthyr Tydfil628 homes sold
£135,000
311Kingston upon HullHull · 3,418 homes sold
£130,000
312Blackpool2,304 homes sold
£130,000
313HyndburnBlackburn · 1,201 homes sold
£130,000
314Blaenau GwentTredegar · 772 homes sold
£129,000
315County DurhamDurham · 8,223 homes sold
£126,000
316Hartlepool1,577 homes sold
£125,000
317Burnley1,528 homes sold
£120,000

Most expensive neighbourhoods

Council wards in England and Wales with 20 or more homes sold over the last 12 months.

NeighbourhoodAreaTypical
MaryleboneWestminster£1,352,000
Dulwich VillageSouthwark£1,252,000
West EndWestminster£1,250,000
Garden SuburbBarnet£1,208,000
BarnesRichmond upon Thames£1,200,000
HollandKensington and Chelsea£1,188,000
NorlandKensington and Chelsea£1,188,000
NorthcoteWandsworth£1,175,000
Nine ElmsWandsworth£1,139,000
PembridgeKensington and Chelsea£1,100,000

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