The median home in Shap sells for £190,000
That is the middle of 43 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 times as much as in 1996. 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.
40% of Shap’s sales are terraced houses
43 homes sold in three years: 7 detached houses, 14 semi-detached houses, 17 terraced houses and 5 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 14 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £160K–£245K
median sale · 17 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £140K–£200K
- Last 12 months
- £155K5 sold
Detached houses: 7 sold, median £260K
Flats and maisonettes: 5 sold, median £120K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 40% of sales
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 Shap’s homes sold for between £140K and £245K
One sale in ten was under £120K and one in ten over £298K. 77% sold for under £250K.
The median, £190,000, sits in the £150–200K band
43 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 4 times as much as in 1996, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £48,250 in 1996 to £192,000 in the last 12 months.
About as many homes sell as usual
15 sales in the last 12 months, against 32 in 2001, the busiest year, and 6 in 2009.
Shap costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Shap, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Each type, year by year
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | £49K | — | £130K | £143K | £152K | £155K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
45 new homes have been sold in Shap since 1995; the share peaked at 30% in 2002.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Shap. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Shap’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shap | — | £190K | 15 | +48% |
| Appleby-in-Westmorland | 8.1 | £207K | 50 | +12% |
| Penrith | 9.7 | £229K | 262 | +39% |
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 Shap
What is the average house price in Shap?
The median home in Shap sold for £190,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 43 standard sales (£192,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £260,000, semi-detached houses £191,000, terraced houses £190,000 and flats and maisonettes £120,000.
How many homes sell in Shap each year?
15 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 14 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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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