Homes in Garden City sell for a median £249,995
That is the middle of 182 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.
Half of Garden City’s sales are detached houses
182 homes sold in three years: 84 detached houses, 56 semi-detached houses and 42 terraced houses.
median sale · 84 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £273K–£316K
- Last 12 months
- £308K9 sold
- New build
- £286K
median sale · 56 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £160K–£237K
- Last 12 months
- £175K11 sold
- New build
- £233K
median sale · 42 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £157K–£230K
- Last 12 months
- £215K8 sold
- New build
- £230K
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 Garden City’s homes sold for between £191K and £285K
One sale in ten was under £145K and one in ten over £317K. 51% sold for under £250K.
The median, £249,995, sits in the £200–250K band
182 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 Wales’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £39,500 in 1995 to £231,175 in the last 12 months (£120,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
28 sales in the last 12 months, against 108 in 2021, the busiest year, and 10 in 2012. Sales fell by 76% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 24%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 163% more sales than 2020.
Garden City costs more than Wales as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Garden City, every standard sale in Wales, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | £45K | £45K | £105K | £97K | £132K | £225K | £175K |
| Terraced houses | £25K | £41K | £99K | — | £96K | £118K | £215K |
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.
46% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
295 new homes have been sold in Garden City since 1995; the share peaked at 73% in 2021.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £269,995
against £161,000 for a home sold on, 68% 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.
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Garden City. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Estuary Way is Garden City’s busiest street, with 37 sales in three years
10 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 | Estuary Way | CH5 | 37 | £232,995 | Mixed · new builds |
| 2 | Rollason Grove | CH5 | 33 | £274,995 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 3 | Bayley Road | CH5 | 21 | £287,995 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 4 | Green Lane Estate | CH5 | 13 | £160,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 5 | Navigation View | CH5 | 10 | £266,500 | Mixed · new builds |
| 6 | Anderson Road | CH5 | 7 | £312,546 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 7 | Farm Road | CH5 | 6 | £142,250 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 8 | Lorenz Road | CH5 | 5 | £299,246 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 9 | Leopard Moth Road | CH5 | 5 | £275,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 10 | Riverside Park | CH5 | 5 | £105,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
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.
Garden City’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Shotton, Aston and Connah's Quay.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden City | — | £250K | 28 | +127% |
| Shotton | 1.4 | £160K | 50 | +36% |
| Aston | 1.9 | £219K | 35 | +37% |
| Hawarden | 2.2 | £235K | 147 | +31% |
| Saughall | 2.3 | £300K | 32 | +60% |
| Connah's Quay | 2.4 | £195K | 205 | +43% |
| Northop Hall | 3.6 | £258K | 15 | +4% |
| Broughton | 3.6 | £225K | 64 | +25% |
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 Garden City
What is the average house price in Garden City?
The median home in Garden City sold for £249,995 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 182 standard sales (£231,175 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £286,247, semi-detached houses £217,098 and terraced houses £194,997.
Are house prices going up in Garden City?
The median was £251,622 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£241,997), and £231,175 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 Garden City each year?
28 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 50 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Garden City?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Anderson Road (CH5, £312,546), Lorenz Road (CH5, £299,246) and Bayley Road (CH5, £287,995).
How much does a new build cost in Garden City?
New homes sold for a median £269,995 over three years, against £161,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 64% of sales.
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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