That is the middle of 1,389 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 4.9 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.
A third of Colwyn Bay’s sales are semi-detached houses
1,389 homes sold in three years: 428 detached houses, 434 semi-detached houses, 202 terraced houses and 325 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£325K
median sale · 428 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£272K–£430K
Last 12 months
£320K131 sold
New build
£427K
Semi-detached houses£215K
median sale · 434 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£178K–£265K
Last 12 months
£215K124 sold
New build
£353K
Terraced houses£150K
median sale · 202 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£128K–£181K
Last 12 months
£150K63 sold
Flats and maisonettes£125K
median sale · 325 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£87K–£182K
Last 12 months
£128K96 sold
New build
£140K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 31% of sales
Detached houses31%
Semi-detached houses31%
Terraced houses15%
Flats and maisonettes23%
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.
Price range
Half of Colwyn Bay’s homes sold for between £146K and £300K
One sale in ten was under £100K and one in ten over £400K. 61% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £213,750, sits in the £200–250K band
1,389 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.9 times as much as in 1995, in step with Wales
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £43,500 in 1995 to £213,500 in the last 12 months (£169,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
414 sales in the last 12 months, against 947 in 2002, the busiest year, and 316 in 2009. Sales fell by 59% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 56% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against Wales
Colwyn Bay costs about what Wales does
Median sale price each calendar year: Colwyn Bay, every standard sale in Wales, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£75K
£95K
£235K
£210K
£220K
£270K
£320K
Semi-detached houses
£44K
£55K
£139K
£143K
£140K
£165K
£215K
Terraced houses
£35K
£40K
£105K
£108K
£107K
£122K
£150K
Flats and maisonettes
£35K
£45K
£90K
£119K
£96K
£124K
£128K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0.5% of sales in the last 12 months
1,273 new homes have been sold in Colwyn Bay since 1995; the share peaked at 14% in 2008.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £349,995
against £211,500 for a home sold on, 65% 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.
25% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.5% sold leasehold in Colwyn Bay. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Penrhyn Avenue is Colwyn Bay’s busiest street, with 55 sales in three years
95 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 27 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
Penrhyn Avenue
LL28
55
£118,000
Mostly flats
2
Conway Road (LL29)
LL29
32
£67,750
Mostly flats
3
Abbey Road
LL28
29
£182,500
Mostly flats
4
Abergele Road
LL29
21
£91,000
Mixed
5
Marine Drive
LL28
19
£380,000
Mixed
6
Dinerth Road
LL28
18
£280,000
Mixed
7
Rhos Promenade
LL28
18
£190,475
Mostly flats
8
Coed Coch Road
LL29
18
£171,000
Mixed
9
Llysfaen Road
LL29
18
£163,000
Mixed
10
Cysgod Y Bryn
LL28
18
£125,475
Mostly flats
11
Coed Pella Road
LL29
17
£74,000
Mostly flats
12
Penmaen Bod Elias
LL29
15
£339,000
Mostly flats
13
Everard Road
LL28
15
£178,000
Mostly flats
14
Gerddi Derw
LL29
15
£160,000
Mostly flats · new builds
15
Cambrian Drive
LL28
14
£263,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Cayley Promenade: £630,000
Colwyn Bay median£214K
Cayley Promenade£630K
Pen Y Bryn Road£475K
Chatsworth Close£465K
Llanrwst Road£440K
Yr Helyg£396K
Cheapest streets
Conway Road (LL29): £67,750
Colwyn Bay median£214K
Conway Road (LL29)£68K
Coed Pella Road£74K
Abergele Road£91K
Trillo Avenue£115K
Marine Road (LL29)£115K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 9.3 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.
Across Clwyd
Colwyn Bay is the 15th most expensive of 39 towns in Clwyd
Colwyn Bay is in the middle of Clwyd’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
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 Colwyn Bay
What is the average house price in Colwyn Bay?
The median home in Colwyn Bay sold for £213,750 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,389 standard sales (£213,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £325,000, semi-detached houses £215,000, terraced houses £150,000 and flats and maisonettes £125,000.
Are house prices going up in Colwyn Bay?
The median was £221,500 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£215,000), and £213,500 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 Colwyn Bay each year?
414 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 530 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Colwyn Bay?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Cayley Promenade (LL28, £630,000), Pen Y Bryn Road (LL29, £475,000) and Chatsworth Close (LL28, £465,000).
How much does a new build cost in Colwyn Bay?
New homes sold for a median £349,995 over three years, against £211,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.4% of sales.
Is Colwyn Bay expensive for Clwyd?
Colwyn Bay is the 15th most expensive of 39 towns of 2,500 or more in Clwyd 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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