Photo: Michael Trolove · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Sawtry sell for a median £299,625
That is the middle of 312 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 5.9 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.
57% of Sawtry’s sales are detached houses
312 homes sold in three years: 179 detached houses, 94 semi-detached houses, 36 terraced houses and 3 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 179 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £300K–£435K
- Last 12 months
- £336K48 sold
- New build
- £440K
median sale · 94 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £230K–£282K
- Last 12 months
- £260K27 sold
median sale · 36 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £170K–£245K
- Last 12 months
- £185K11 sold
- New build
- £250K
Flats and maisonettes: 3 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: 57% 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 Sawtry’s homes sold for between £249K and £375K
One sale in ten was under £210K and one in ten over £485K. 26% sold for under £250K.
The median, £299,625, sits in the £250–300K band
312 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.9 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £49,000 in 1995 to £290,000 in the last 12 months (£239,995 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
88 sales in the last 12 months, against 202 in 1999, the busiest year, and 53 in 2008. Sales fell by 53% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 51% more sales than 2020.
Sawtry costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Sawtry, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £60K | £98K | £195K | £180K | £260K | £298K | £336K |
| Semi-detached houses | £45K | £70K | £145K | £139K | £169K | £210K | £260K |
| Terraced houses | £38K | £49K | £118K | £115K | £126K | £195K | £185K |
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.
6% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
393 new homes have been sold in Sawtry since 1995; the share peaked at 32% in 2014.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £422,000
against £283,500 for a home sold on, 49% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
2% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1% sold leasehold in Sawtry. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Clarke Crescent is Sawtry’s busiest street, with 16 sales in three years
18 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 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 | Clarke Crescent | PE28 | 16 | £476,725 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Green End Road | PE28 | 12 | £334,750 | Mixed |
| 3 | Wright Way | PE28 | 11 | £440,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 4 | Rockingham Road | PE28 | 11 | £255,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 5 | Paddison Close | PE28 | 10 | £359,725 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 6 | Aversley Road | PE28 | 9 | £303,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 7 | Peacock Drive | PE28 | 7 | £380,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 8 | Rowell Way | PE28 | 7 | £275,000 | Mixed |
| 9 | Deerpark Road | PE28 | 7 | £265,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 10 | Shawley Road | PE28 | 7 | £252,500 | Mixed |
| 11 | Stanch Hill Road | PE28 | 7 | £195,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 12 | Beaumaris Road | PE28 | 7 | £185,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 13 | Papyrus Way | PE28 | 6 | £266,750 | Mostly detached houses |
| 14 | Coppins Close | PE28 | 6 | £255,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 15 | Allen Close | PE28 | 5 | £352,250 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
Clarke Crescent: £476,725
Beaumaris Road: £185,000
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.6 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.
Sawtry is the 35th most expensive of 51 towns in Cambridgeshire
Sawtry is in the middle of Cambridgeshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Cambridgeshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Sawtry’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Yaxley.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sawtry | — | £300K | 88 | +43% |
| Stilton | 3.7 | £299K | 33 | +52% |
| Alconbury | 4.9 | £325K | 21 | +39% |
| Alconbury Weald | 5.1 | £380K | 52 | +27% |
| Yaxley | 5.7 | £250K | 96 | +35% |
| Bury | 7.2 | £287K | 25 | +39% |
| Warmington | 7.2 | £381K | 18 | +27% |
| Farcet | 7.4 | £241K | 20 | +48% |
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 Sawtry
What is the average house price in Sawtry?
The median home in Sawtry sold for £299,625 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 312 standard sales (£290,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £355,000, semi-detached houses £258,000 and terraced houses £193,500.
Are house prices going up in Sawtry?
The median was £300,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£300,000), and £290,000 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 Sawtry each year?
88 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 111 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Sawtry?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Clarke Crescent (PE28, £476,725), Wright Way (PE28, £440,000) and Peacock Drive (PE28, £380,000).
How much does a new build cost in Sawtry?
New homes sold for a median £422,000 over three years, against £283,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 14% of sales.
Is Sawtry expensive for Cambridgeshire?
Sawtry is the 35th most expensive of 51 towns of 2,500 or more in Cambridgeshire 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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