Photo: Russ Hamer · CC BY-SA 3.0The median home in Barrow upon Trent sells for £285,387
That is the middle of 122 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 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.
57% of Barrow upon Trent’s sales are detached houses
122 homes sold in three years: 70 detached houses, 32 semi-detached houses, 16 terraced houses and 4 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 70 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £294K–£372K
- Last 12 months
- £393K8 sold
- New build
- £318K
median sale · 32 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £205K–£245K
- New build
- £209K
median sale · 16 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £200K–£245K
- New build
- £237K
Flats and maisonettes: 4 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: 57% of homes sold stand on their own plot
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 Barrow upon Trent’s homes sold for between £237K and £340K
One sale in ten was under £200K and one in ten over £390K. 38% sold for under £250K.
The median, £285,387, sits in the £250–300K band
122 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 3 times as much as in 1996, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £99,974 in 1996 to £298,000 in the last 12 months (£237,500 in 2019).
More homes sell than in most years
14 sales in the last 12 months, against 75 in 2024, the busiest year, and 3 in 2013.
Barrow upon Trent costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Barrow upon Trent, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
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.
7% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
129 new homes have been sold in Barrow upon Trent since 1995; the share peaked at 88% in 2023.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £284,953
against £308,500 for a home sold on, 8% less, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
3% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Barrow upon Trent. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Dalbeattie Avenue is Barrow upon Trent’s busiest street, with 44 sales in three years
8 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 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 | Dalbeattie Avenue | DE24 | 44 | £295,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Hayfield Drive | DE24 | 20 | £277,725 | Mixed · new builds |
| 3 | Ambleside Close | DE24 | 12 | £305,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 4 | Rosedale Place | DE24 | 7 | £279,950 | Mixed · new builds |
| 5 | Hall Park | DE73 | 7 | £270,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 6 | Edale Gardens | DE24 | 6 | £246,475 | Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds |
| 7 | Malvern Lane | DE24 | 6 | £223,750 | Mostly terraced houses · new builds |
| 8 | Swarkestone Road | DE73 | 5 | £275,000 | Mostly semi-detached 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.
Barrow upon Trent’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Derby.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow upon Trent | — | £285K | 14 | — |
| Melbourne | 2.9 | £310K | 66 | +15% |
| Findern | 3.1 | £298K | 19 | +12% |
| Repton | 3.1 | £365K | 31 | +26% |
| Willington | 3.4 | £294K | 39 | +28% |
| Aston-on-Trent | 3.8 | £312K | 36 | −17% |
| Derby | 4 | £220K | 2,771 | +47% |
| Shardlow | 5.2 | £278K | 20 | +33% |
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 Barrow upon Trent
What is the average house price in Barrow upon Trent?
The median home in Barrow upon Trent sold for £285,387 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 122 standard sales (£298,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £327,500, semi-detached houses £234,350 and terraced houses £237,476.
Are house prices going up in Barrow upon Trent?
The median was £325,000 in 2025, up 16% on 2024 (£279,000), and £298,000 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 Barrow upon Trent each year?
14 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 18 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Barrow upon Trent?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Ambleside Close (DE24, £305,000), Dalbeattie Avenue (DE24, £295,000) and Rosedale Place (DE24, £279,950).
How much does a new build cost in Barrow upon Trent?
New homes sold for a median £284,953 over three years, against £308,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 77% of sales.
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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