That is the middle of 258 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 5.3 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.
A third of Darley Dale’s sales are detached houses
258 homes sold in three years: 96 detached houses, 84 semi-detached houses, 48 terraced houses and 30 flats and maisonettes.
Detached houses£397K
median sale · 96 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£340K–£470K
Last 12 months
£415K17 sold
New build
£395K
Semi-detached houses£239K
median sale · 84 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£218K–£280K
Last 12 months
£230K13 sold
New build
£245K
Terraced houses£193K
median sale · 48 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£174K–£226K
Last 12 months
£210K13 sold
New build
£215K
Flats and maisonettes£333K
median sale · 30 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£375K
Last 12 months
£240K6 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses37%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses19%
Flats and maisonettes12%
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 Darley Dale’s homes sold for between £218K and £388K
One sale in ten was under £168K and one in ten over £485K. 40% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £291,250, sits in the £250–300K band
258 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.3 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £49,000 in 1995 to £258,000 in the last 12 months (£247,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
49 sales in the last 12 months, against 103 in 1998, the busiest year, and 39 in 2008. Sales fell by 29% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 21% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Darley Dale costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Darley Dale, 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
£77K
£144K
£235K
£313K
£275K
£314K
£415K
Semi-detached houses
£48K
£59K
£153K
£150K
£162K
£220K
£230K
Terraced houses
£43K
£58K
£136K
£125K
£135K
£135K
£210K
Flats and maisonettes
—
—
—
£249K
£340K
£295K
£240K
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: 2% of sales in the last 12 months, after 37% in 2023
325 new homes have been sold in Darley Dale since 1995; the share peaked at 37% in 2023.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £279,995
against £300,000 for a home sold on, 7% 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.
15% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.5% sold leasehold in Darley Dale. 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
Weavers Road is Darley Dale’s busiest street, with 48 sales in three years
12 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 6 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
Weavers Road
DE4
48
£277,497
Mixed · new builds
2
Palatine Gardens
DE4
14
£460,000
Mixed · new builds
3
Northwood Lane
DE4
13
£287,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
Dale Road North
DE4
13
£225,000
Mixed
5
Carriage Drive
DE4
11
£235,000
Mixed · new builds
6
St Elphins Park
DE4
10
£385,000
Mostly flats
7
Greenaway Lane
DE4
9
£490,000
Mostly detached houses
8
The Parkway
DE4
7
£345,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Willow Way
DE4
7
£235,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Pollard Way
DE4
6
£317,500
Mostly flats
11
Chesterfield Road
DE4
6
£260,000
Mixed
12
Carlton Avenue
DE4
5
£258,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Greenaway Lane: £490,000
Darley Dale median£291K
Greenaway Lane£490K
Palatine Gardens£460K
St Elphins Park£385K
The Parkway£345K
Pollard Way£318K
Cheapest streets
Dale Road North: £225,000
Darley Dale median£291K
Dale Road North£225K
Willow Way£235K
Carriage Drive£235K
Carlton Avenue£258K
Chesterfield Road£260K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.2 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
Darley Dale is the 8th most expensive of 59 towns in Derbyshire
Darley Dale is one of Derbyshire’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 Darley Dale
What is the average house price in Darley Dale?
The median home in Darley Dale sold for £291,250 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 258 standard sales (£258,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £396,500, semi-detached houses £239,000, terraced houses £192,500 and flats and maisonettes £332,500.
Are house prices going up in Darley Dale?
The median was £300,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£300,000), and £258,000 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 Darley Dale each year?
49 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 82 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Darley Dale?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Greenaway Lane (DE4, £490,000), Palatine Gardens (DE4, £460,000) and St Elphins Park (DE4, £385,000).
How much does a new build cost in Darley Dale?
New homes sold for a median £279,995 over three years, against £300,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 26% of sales.
Is Darley Dale expensive for Derbyshire?
Darley Dale is the 8th 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.