That is the middle of 215 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 4.5 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.
215 homes sold in three years: 50 detached houses, 38 semi-detached houses, 65 terraced houses and 62 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£500K
median sale · 50 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£430K–£750K
Last 12 months
£525K15 sold
Semi-detached houses£370K
median sale · 38 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£310K–£490K
Terraced houses£350K
median sale · 65 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£285K–£425K
Last 12 months
£320K20 sold
Flats and maisonettes£227K
median sale · 62 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£133K–£277K
Last 12 months
£215K17 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 30% of sales
Detached houses23%
Semi-detached houses18%
Terraced houses30%
Flats and maisonettes29%
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 Keswick’s homes sold for between £269K and £475K
One sale in ten was under £185K and one in ten over £640K. 20% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £350,000, sits in the £300–400K band
215 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.5 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £69,000 in 1995 to £313,375 in the last 12 months (£301,750 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
56 sales in the last 12 months, against 159 in 1999, the busiest year, and 66 in 2023. Sales fell by 35% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 35% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Keswick costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Keswick, 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
£106K
£157K
£356K
£375K
£405K
£450K
£525K
Terraced houses
£66K
£93K
£236K
£241K
£248K
£316K
£320K
Flats and maisonettes
£58K
£70K
£163K
£160K
£185K
£228K
£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.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
161 new homes have been sold in Keswick since 1995; the share peaked at 22% in 1995.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
31% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.6% sold leasehold in Keswick. 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
Eskin Street is Keswick’s busiest street, with 15 sales in three years
11 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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
Eskin Street
CA12
15
£90,000
Mostly flats
2
Chestnut Hill
CA12
11
£535,000
Mostly detached houses
3
Wordsworth Street
CA12
8
£357,500
Mostly terraced houses
4
Lakeland Park
CA12
7
£440,000
Mostly detached houses
5
Helvellyn Street
CA12
7
£432,000
Mixed
6
Briar Rigg
CA12
6
£496,500
Mixed
7
Blencathra Street
CA12
5
£499,000
Mixed
8
Church Street
CA12
5
£370,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Millfield Gardens
CA12
5
£290,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Latrigg Close
CA12
5
£285,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Castlehead Close
CA12
5
£205,000
Mostly 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 Cumbria
Keswick is the 2nd most expensive of 23 towns in Cumbria
Keswick 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 Keswick
What is the average house price in Keswick?
The median home in Keswick sold for £350,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 215 standard sales (£313,375 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £500,000, semi-detached houses £370,000, terraced houses £350,000 and flats and maisonettes £226,500.
Are house prices going up in Keswick?
The median was £340,000 in 2025, down 15% on 2024 (£400,000), and £313,375 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 Keswick each year?
56 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 98 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Keswick?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Chestnut Hill (CA12, £535,000), Blencathra Street (CA12, £499,000) and Briar Rigg (CA12, £496,500).
Is Keswick expensive for Cumbria?
Keswick is the 2nd 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.