That is the middle of 450 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 5.6 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.
450 homes sold in three years: 86 detached houses, 118 semi-detached houses, 205 terraced houses and 41 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£435K
median sale · 86 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£370K–£515K
Last 12 months
£447K18 sold
New build
£438K
Semi-detached houses£289K
median sale · 118 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£350K
Last 12 months
£290K37 sold
New build
£330K
Terraced houses£240K
median sale · 205 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£210K–£268K
Last 12 months
£240K57 sold
New build
£317K
Flats and maisonettes£150K
median sale · 41 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£138K–£174K
Last 12 months
£147K12 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 46% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses19%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses46%
Flats and maisonettes9%
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 New Mills’s homes sold for between £215K and £350K
One sale in ten was under £170K and one in ten over £445K. 43% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £260,000, sits in the £250–300K band
450 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.6 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £46,000 in 1995 to £259,250 in the last 12 months (£180,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
124 sales in the last 12 months, against 265 in 2002, the busiest year, and 70 in 2008. Sales fell by 59% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 34% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
New Mills costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: New Mills, 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
£85K
£91K
£212K
£230K
£261K
£370K
£447K
Semi-detached houses
£53K
£66K
£155K
£145K
£170K
£229K
£290K
Terraced houses
£43K
£50K
£119K
£120K
£139K
£175K
£240K
Flats and maisonettes
£38K
£41K
£90K
£85K
£91K
£121K
£147K
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
7% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
294 new homes have been sold in New Mills since 1995; the share peaked at 17% in 2006.
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 £401,450
against £250,000 for a home sold on, 61% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
44% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 39% sold leasehold in New Mills. 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
Barnes Street is New Mills’s busiest street, with 42 sales in three years
29 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 10 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
Barnes Street
SK22
42
£401,450
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Hyde Bank Road
SK22
25
£170,000
Mostly flats
3
Low Leighton Road
SK22
16
£277,500
Mixed
4
St Georges Road
SK22
14
£266,250
Mostly terraced houses
5
New Street
SK22
14
£228,500
Mostly terraced houses
6
Laneside Road
SK22
13
£250,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Albion Road
SK22
12
£251,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Church Road
SK22
11
£300,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Jubilee Street
SK22
11
£240,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Bridge Street
SK22
10
£288,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
High Lea Road
SK22
8
£320,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Peveril Gardens
SK12
8
£259,000
Mixed
13
Millward Close
SK22
7
£457,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
14
Hayfield Road
SK22
7
£257,500
Mixed
15
Highfield Terrace
SK22
7
£245,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Millward Close: £457,950
New Mills median£260K
Millward Close£458K
Barnes Street£401K
St Marys Road£395K
Alsfeld Way£345K
High Lea Road£320K
Cheapest streets
High Street: £156,750
New Mills median£260K
High Street£157K
Hyde Bank Road£170K
Wirksmoor Road£208K
Park Road£208K
Buxton Road (SK12)£215K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.9 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
New Mills is the 14th most expensive of 59 towns in Derbyshire
New Mills 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 New Mills
What is the average house price in New Mills?
The median home in New Mills sold for £260,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 450 standard sales (£259,250 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £434,975, semi-detached houses £289,085, terraced houses £240,000 and flats and maisonettes £150,000.
Are house prices going up in New Mills?
The median was £274,500 in 2025, up 10% on 2024 (£250,000), and £259,250 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 New Mills each year?
124 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 162 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in New Mills?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Millward Close (SK22, £457,950), Barnes Street (SK22, £401,450) and St Marys Road (SK22, £395,000).
How much does a new build cost in New Mills?
New homes sold for a median £401,450 over three years, against £250,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 12% of sales.
Is New Mills expensive for Derbyshire?
New Mills is the 14th 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.
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