Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0The median home in Wootton sells for £375,000
That is the middle of 251 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.6 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
Half of Wootton’s sales are detached houses
251 homes sold in three years: 127 detached houses, 85 semi-detached houses, 36 terraced houses and 3 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 127 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £395K–£545K
- Last 12 months
- £480K35 sold
median sale · 85 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £290K–£360K
- Last 12 months
- £342K23 sold
median sale · 36 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £275K–£350K
- Last 12 months
- £335K10 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 3 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Half of Wootton’s homes sold for between £320K and £475K
One sale in ten was under £280K and one in ten over £561K. 6% sold for under £250K.
The median, £375,000, sits in the £300–400K band
251 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.6 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £70,000 in 1995 to £395,000 in the last 12 months (£346,247 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
69 sales in the last 12 months, against 259 in 2021, the busiest year, and 26 in 2008. Sales fell by 55% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 19%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 37% more sales than 2020.
Wootton costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Wootton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £90K | £155K | £250K | £250K | £317K | £410K | £480K |
| Semi-detached houses | £58K | £90K | £154K | £172K | £245K | £284K | £342K |
| Terraced houses | £50K | £78K | £145K | £155K | £183K | £248K | £335K |
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 69% in 2018
1,138 new homes have been sold in Wootton since 1995; the share peaked at 69% in 2018.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
4% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.8% sold leasehold in Wootton. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Burgoyne Avenue is Wootton’s busiest street, with 13 sales in three years
16 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
| # | Street | Postcode area | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burgoyne Avenue | MK43 | 13 | £422,000 | Mixed |
| 2 | Bedford Road | MK43 | 13 | £420,000 | Mixed |
| 3 | Studley Road | MK43 | 11 | £352,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 4 | Ashpole Avenue | MK43 | 9 | £446,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 5 | Lorraine Road | MK43 | 7 | £330,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 6 | Cause End Road | MK43 | 7 | £315,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 7 | Denny Street | MK43 | 7 | £295,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 8 | Honeypot Lane | MK43 | 6 | £475,750 | Mostly detached houses |
| 9 | Arthur Black Way | MK43 | 6 | £358,750 | Mixed |
| 10 | Folkes Road | MK43 | 6 | £300,000 | Mixed |
| 11 | Elmsdale Road | MK43 | 5 | £450,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 12 | Fields Road | MK43 | 5 | £430,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 13 | Simms Close | MK43 | 5 | £395,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 14 | Moore Gardens | MK43 | 5 | £387,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 15 | Tithe Barn Road | MK43 | 5 | £333,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
Honeypot Lane: £475,750
Haycroft: £287,000
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 1.7 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Wootton is the 14th most expensive of 33 towns in Bedfordshire
Wootton is in the middle of Bedfordshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Bedfordshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Wootton’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Stewartby and Kempston.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wootton | — | £375K | 69 | +28% |
| Stewartby | 1.8 | £330K | 28 | +34% |
| Kempston | 1.9 | £290K | 179 | +32% |
| Great Denham | 2.3 | £342K | 72 | +22% |
| Marston Moretaine | 2.4 | £339K | 56 | +16% |
| Wixams | 2.5 | £375K | 142 | +34% |
| Houghton Conquest | 3 | £380K | 23 | +13% |
| Bromham | 3.6 | £415K | 52 | +40% |
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Wootton
What is the average house price in Wootton?
The median home in Wootton sold for £375,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 251 standard sales (£395,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £470,000, semi-detached houses £330,000 and terraced houses £307,500.
Are house prices going up in Wootton?
The median was £395,000 in 2025, up 11% on 2024 (£355,000), and £395,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Wootton each year?
69 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 161 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Wootton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Honeypot Lane (MK43, £475,750), Elmsdale Road (MK43, £450,000) and Ashpole Avenue (MK43, £446,000).
Is Wootton expensive for Bedfordshire?
Wootton is the 14th most expensive of 33 towns of 2,500 or more in Bedfordshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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