That is the middle of 179 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.
179 homes sold in three years: 34 detached houses, 37 semi-detached houses, 62 terraced houses and 46 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£696K
median sale · 34 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£510K–£875K
Last 12 months
£600K7 sold
Semi-detached houses£350K
median sale · 37 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£330K–£462K
Last 12 months
£333K12 sold
Terraced houses£315K
median sale · 62 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£375K
Last 12 months
£326K20 sold
Flats and maisonettes£180K
median sale · 46 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£140K–£233K
Last 12 months
£202K13 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
Detached houses19%
Semi-detached houses21%
Terraced houses35%
Flats and maisonettes26%
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 Windermere’s homes sold for between £230K and £465K
One sale in ten was under £160K and one in ten over £745K. 31% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £330,000, sits in the £300–400K band
179 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 £59,500 in 1995 to £330,000 in the last 12 months (£273,750 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
52 sales in the last 12 months, against 184 in 2002, the busiest year, and 56 in 2024. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 43% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Windermere costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Windermere, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£121K
£218K
£352K
£415K
£445K
£455K
£600K
Semi-detached houses
£68K
£87K
£197K
£260K
£247K
£310K
£333K
Terraced houses
£55K
£85K
£185K
£216K
£205K
£228K
£326K
Flats and maisonettes
£39K
£60K
£146K
£145K
£125K
£200K
£202K
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
60 new homes have been sold in Windermere since 1995; the share peaked at 9% in 2008.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
27% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3% sold leasehold in Windermere. 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
Elleray Gardens is Windermere’s busiest street, with 9 sales in three years
11 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
Elleray Gardens
LA23
9
£160,000
Mostly flats
2
Thornbarrow Road
LA23
8
£491,250
Mostly detached houses
3
Limethwaite Road
LA23
7
£350,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Ellerthwaite Road
LA23
7
£60,000
Mostly flats
5
Ambleside Road
LA23
6
£670,000
Mixed
6
Thornthwaite Road
LA23
6
£310,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Main Road
LA23
6
£235,000
Mostly flats
8
Oakthwaite Road
LA23
5
£430,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Park Road
LA23
5
£395,000
Mixed
10
Claife Avenue
LA23
5
£265,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Droomer Drive
LA23
5
£245,000
Mostly terraced 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.
Across Cumbria
Windermere is the 3rd most expensive of 23 towns in Cumbria
Windermere 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 Windermere
What is the average house price in Windermere?
The median home in Windermere sold for £330,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 179 standard sales (£330,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £696,000, semi-detached houses £350,000, terraced houses £314,500 and flats and maisonettes £180,000.
Are house prices going up in Windermere?
The median was £330,000 in 2025, down 8% on 2024 (£357,475), and £330,000 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 Windermere each year?
52 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 83 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Windermere?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Ambleside Road (LA23, £670,000), Thornbarrow Road (LA23, £491,250) and Oakthwaite Road (LA23, £430,000).
Is Windermere expensive for Cumbria?
Windermere is the 3rd 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.