Homes in Orwell sell for a median £540,000
That is the middle of 31 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 4.7 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.
58% of Orwell’s sales are detached houses
31 homes sold in three years: 18 detached houses, 7 semi-detached houses and 6 terraced houses.
median sale · 18 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £450K–£740K
- Last 12 months
- £675K8 sold
Semi-detached houses: 7 sold, median £430K
Terraced houses: 6 sold, median £317K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: 58% 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 Orwell’s homes sold for between £395K and £705K
One sale in ten was under £318K and one in ten over £765K. 3% sold for under £250K.
The median, £540,000, sits in the £500–750K band
31 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 4.7 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £113,250 in 1995 to £530,500 in the last 12 months (£376,250 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
12 sales in the last 12 months, against 41 in 2021, the busiest year, and 4 in 2008. Sales fell by 41% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 25%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 86% more sales than 2020.
Orwell costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Orwell, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Each type, year by year
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £134K | £228K | £330K | £327K | £495K | £495K | £675K |
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 45% in 2020
53 new homes have been sold in Orwell since 1995; the share peaked at 45% in 2020.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
3% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.2% sold leasehold in Orwell. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Orwell’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Melbourn.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orwell | — | £540K | 12 | +40% |
| Barrington | 2.1 | £540K | 10 | +5% |
| Meldreth | 2.6 | £477K | 17 | +37% |
| Haslingfield | 3.1 | £512K | 14 | +7% |
| Foxton | 3.4 | £611K | 11 | +34% |
| Melbourn | 3.8 | £400K | 64 | +10% |
| Bassingbourn | 4 | £398K | 14 | +22% |
| Comberton | 4.1 | £450K | 29 | +23% |
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 Orwell
What is the average house price in Orwell?
The median home in Orwell sold for £540,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 31 standard sales (£530,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £670,000, semi-detached houses £430,000 and terraced houses £316,500.
Are house prices going up in Orwell?
The median was £486,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£500,000), and £530,500 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 Orwell each year?
12 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 18 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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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