That is the middle of 369 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 3.9 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.
369 homes sold in three years: 156 detached houses, 93 semi-detached houses, 80 terraced houses and 40 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£398K
median sale · 156 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£320K–£495K
Last 12 months
£423K52 sold
Semi-detached houses£240K
median sale · 93 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£218K–£270K
Last 12 months
£241K28 sold
Terraced houses£215K
median sale · 80 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£180K–£250K
Last 12 months
£219K33 sold
Flats and maisonettes£161K
median sale · 40 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£120K–£210K
Last 12 months
£135K16 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 42% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses42%
Semi-detached houses25%
Terraced houses22%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Ashbourne’s homes sold for between £211K and £375K
One sale in ten was under £155K and one in ten over £500K. 42% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £270,000, sits in the £250–300K band
369 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 3.9 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £69,500 in 1995 to £270,000 in the last 12 months (£240,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
129 sales in the last 12 months, against 283 in 2021, the busiest year, and 92 in 2008. Sales fell by 50% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 17%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 65% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Ashbourne costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Ashbourne, 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
£90K
£120K
£258K
£250K
£290K
£341K
£423K
Semi-detached houses
£50K
£64K
£155K
£162K
£189K
£205K
£241K
Terraced houses
£45K
£56K
£156K
£138K
£161K
£168K
£219K
Flats and maisonettes
£39K
—
£120K
£158K
£124K
£158K
£135K
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
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 45% in 2019
1,066 new homes have been sold in Ashbourne since 1995; the share peaked at 45% in 2019.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.8% sold leasehold in Ashbourne. 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
Harlow Way is Ashbourne’s busiest street, with 13 sales in three years
30 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 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
Harlow Way
DE6
13
£408,000
Mostly detached houses
2
Lodge Farm Chase
DE6
12
£320,000
Mostly detached houses
3
The Green Road
DE6
12
£298,000
Mixed
4
Belper Road
DE6
11
£302,500
Mixed
5
King Edward Street
DE6
10
£212,500
Mostly flats
6
Old Derby Road
DE6
9
£315,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Park Avenue
DE6
9
£240,000
Mixed
8
Highfield Road
DE6
9
£180,000
Mixed
9
Park Road
DE6
8
£194,000
Mixed
10
Derby Road
DE6
7
£235,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Park View
DE6
7
£116,000
Mostly flats
12
Manor Road
DE6
6
£378,750
Mostly detached houses
13
Peak View Drive
DE6
6
£377,500
Mostly detached houses
14
Acorn Drive
DE6
6
£327,500
Mostly detached houses
15
Thorpe View
DE6
6
£277,500
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Windmill Lane: £650,000
Ashbourne median£270K
Windmill Lane£650K
Wyaston Road£433K
Harlow Way£408K
Manor Road£379K
Peak View Drive£378K
Cheapest streets
Park View: £116,000
Ashbourne median£270K
Park View£116K
South Street£135K
Union Street£180K
Highfield Road£180K
Park Road£194K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.6 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of 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 Derbyshire
Ashbourne is the 13th most expensive of 59 towns in Derbyshire
Ashbourne is in the middle of Derbyshire’s 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 Ashbourne
What is the average house price in Ashbourne?
The median home in Ashbourne sold for £270,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 369 standard sales (£270,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £397,500, semi-detached houses £240,000, terraced houses £215,000 and flats and maisonettes £161,250.
Are house prices going up in Ashbourne?
The median was £277,000 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£268,000), and £270,000 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 Ashbourne each year?
129 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 181 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Ashbourne?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Windmill Lane (DE6, £650,000), Wyaston Road (DE6, £432,500) and Harlow Way (DE6, £408,000).
Is Ashbourne expensive for Derbyshire?
Ashbourne is the 12th most expensive of 59 towns of 2,500 or more in Derbyshire 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.