The median home in Abbeytown sells for £179,995
That is the middle of 64 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 times as much as in 1997. 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 Abbeytown’s sales are detached houses
64 homes sold in three years: 31 detached houses, 24 semi-detached houses and 9 terraced houses.
median sale · 31 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £212K–£297K
- Last 12 months
- £321K5 sold
- New build
- £237K
median sale · 24 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £135K–£170K
- New build
- £160K
Terraced houses: 9 sold, median £133K
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 Abbeytown’s homes sold for between £155K and £255K
One sale in ten was under £100K and one in ten over £300K. 73% sold for under £250K.
The median, £179,995, sits in the £150–200K band
64 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5 times as much as in 1997, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £48,500 in 1997 to £242,500 in the last 12 months (£123,000 in 2019).
About as many homes sell as usual
10 sales in the last 12 months, against 34 in 2024, the busiest year, and 3 in 2010.
Abbeytown costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Abbeytown, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
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 76% in 2024
45 new homes have been sold in Abbeytown since 1995; the share peaked at 76% in 2024.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £179,995
against £167,000 for a home sold on, 8% 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 Abbeytown. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Abbeytown’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Annan.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeytown | — | £180K | 10 | +33% |
| Silloth | 4.1 | £165K | 31 | +68% |
| Wigton | 5.4 | £199K | 85 | +83% |
| Aspatria | 5.6 | £165K | 33 | +56% |
| Annan | 10 | £111K | 144 | — |
| Dearham | 11 | £185K | 47 | +8% |
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 Abbeytown
What is the average house price in Abbeytown?
The median home in Abbeytown sold for £179,995 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 64 standard sales (£242,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £254,000, semi-detached houses £159,995 and terraced houses £133,000.
Are house prices going up in Abbeytown?
The median was £207,495 in 2025, up 6% on 2024 (£194,995), and £242,500 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 Abbeytown each year?
10 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 13 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
How much does a new build cost in Abbeytown?
New homes sold for a median £179,995 over three years, against £167,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 58% 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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