That is the middle of 102 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 5.5 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.
102 homes sold in three years: 31 detached houses, 12 semi-detached houses, 34 terraced houses and 25 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for twice what a flat does.
Detached houses£640K
median sale · 31 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£515K–£790K
Last 12 months
£700K8 sold
Semi-detached houses£431K
median sale · 12 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£330K–£750K
Terraced houses£373K
median sale · 34 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£265K–£425K
Last 12 months
£321K8 sold
Flats and maisonettes£320K
median sale · 25 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£210K–£333K
Last 12 months
£320K7 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses30%
Semi-detached houses12%
Terraced houses33%
Flats and maisonettes25%
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 Ambleside’s homes sold for between £282K and £600K
One sale in ten was under £215K and one in ten over £750K. 15% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £397,500, sits in the £300–400K band
102 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.5 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £73,750 in 1995 to £402,500 in the last 12 months (£325,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
26 sales in the last 12 months, against 92 in 1998, the busiest year, and 30 in 2023. Sales fell by 31% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 32% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Ambleside costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Ambleside, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£113K
£190K
£323K
£480K
£473K
£495K
£700K
Terraced houses
£72K
£92K
£226K
£250K
£290K
£353K
£321K
Flats and maisonettes
£55K
£80K
£220K
£215K
£243K
£175K
£320K
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% of sales in the last 12 months
54 new homes have been sold in Ambleside since 1995; the share peaked at 12% in 2015.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
28% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.9% sold leasehold in Ambleside. 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
Millans Park is Ambleside’s busiest street, with 7 sales in three years
5 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. 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
Millans Park
LA22
7
£510,000
Mixed
2
Ellerigg Road
LA22
7
£395,000
Mixed
3
Millans Court
LA22
6
£178,500
Mostly flats
4
Lake Road
LA22
5
£375,000
Mostly detached houses
5
High Greenbank
LA22
5
£267,000
Mixed
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 Cumbria
Ambleside is the most expensive of 23 towns in Cumbria
Ambleside is one of Cumbria’s dearest 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 Ambleside
What is the average house price in Ambleside?
The median home in Ambleside sold for £397,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 102 standard sales (£402,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £640,000, semi-detached houses £431,000, terraced houses £372,500 and flats and maisonettes £320,000.
Are house prices going up in Ambleside?
The median was £337,500 in 2025, down 22% on 2024 (£435,000), and £402,500 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 Ambleside each year?
26 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 49 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
Is Ambleside expensive for Cumbria?
Ambleside is the most expensive of 23 towns of 2,500 or more in Cumbria 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.