Housing in Overseal and Castle Gresley · HM Land Registry
Homes in Overseal and Castle Gresley sell for a median £225,000
That is the middle of 235 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 5.4 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.
43% of Overseal and Castle Gresley’s sales are semi-detached houses
235 homes sold in three years: 75 detached houses, 101 semi-detached houses, 55 terraced houses and 4 flats and maisonettes.
Detached houses£315K
median sale · 75 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£272K–£407K
Last 12 months
£345K23 sold
Semi-detached houses£220K
median sale · 101 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£190K–£238K
Last 12 months
£220K29 sold
Terraced houses£180K
median sale · 55 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£152K–£213K
Last 12 months
£190K20 sold
Fewer sales
Flats and maisonettes: 4 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 43% of sales
Detached houses32%
Semi-detached houses43%
Terraced houses23%
Flats and maisonettes2%
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 Overseal and Castle Gresley’s homes sold for between £186K and £285K
One sale in ten was under £155K and one in ten over £395K. 65% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £225,000, sits in the £200–250K band
235 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £41,725 in 1995 to £225,500 in the last 12 months (£192,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
74 sales in the last 12 months, against 169 in 2003, the busiest year, and 46 in 2011. Sales fell by 45% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Overseal and Castle Gresley costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Overseal and Castle Gresley, 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
£69K
£93K
£185K
£233K
£221K
£300K
£345K
Semi-detached houses
£42K
£50K
£115K
£121K
£173K
£185K
£220K
Terraced houses
£36K
£43K
£100K
£107K
£100K
£138K
£190K
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 47% in 2017
624 new homes have been sold in Overseal and Castle Gresley since 1995; the share peaked at 47% in 2017.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
2% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.4% sold leasehold in Overseal and Castle Gresley. 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
Woodville Road is Overseal and Castle Gresley’s busiest street, with 16 sales in three years
16 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.
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Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Woodville Road
DE12
16
£208,500
Mixed
2
Burton Road (DE12)
DE12
15
£275,000
Mixed
3
Burton Road (DE11)
DE11
13
£187,000
Mixed
4
Mount Pleasant Road
DE11
12
£192,500
Mixed
5
Furnace Lane
DE11
11
£215,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Forest View
DE12
10
£235,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Oak Close
DE11
9
£265,000
Mostly detached houses
8
Headstock Drive
DE11
9
£220,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Moira Road
DE12
8
£377,500
Mixed
10
Linton Road
DE11
8
£207,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Main Street
DE12
7
£280,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Coronation Street
DE12
7
£192,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Edward Street
DE12
7
£158,000
Mixed
14
Mount Road
DE11
6
£255,000
Mixed
15
Ferny Close
DE12
6
£231,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Moira Road: £377,500
Overseal and Castle Gresley median£225K
Moira Road£378K
Main Street£280K
Burton Road (DE12)£275K
Oak Close£265K
Mount Road£255K
Cheapest streets
Edward Street: £158,000
Overseal and Castle Gresley median£225K
Edward Street£158K
Burton Road (DE11)£187K
Mount Pleasant Road£193K
Coronation Street£193K
Linton Road£208K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.4 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
Overseal and Castle Gresley is the 27th most expensive of 59 towns in Derbyshire
Overseal and Castle Gresley 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 Overseal and Castle Gresley
What is the average house price in Overseal and Castle Gresley?
The median home in Overseal and Castle Gresley sold for £225,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 235 standard sales (£225,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £315,000, semi-detached houses £220,000 and terraced houses £180,000.
Are house prices going up in Overseal and Castle Gresley?
The median was £235,000 in 2025, up 7% on 2024 (£220,000), and £225,500 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 Overseal and Castle Gresley each year?
74 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 110 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Overseal and Castle Gresley?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Moira Road (DE12, £377,500), Main Street (DE12, £280,000) and Burton Road (DE12, £275,000).
Is Overseal and Castle Gresley expensive for Derbyshire?
Overseal and Castle Gresley is the 27th 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.