That is the middle of 1,314 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.
1,314 homes sold in three years: 372 detached houses, 302 semi-detached houses, 471 terraced houses and 169 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£350K
median sale · 372 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£308K–£415K
Last 12 months
£344K124 sold
New build
£370K
Semi-detached houses£265K
median sale · 302 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£230K–£310K
Last 12 months
£268K74 sold
New build
£290K
Terraced houses£215K
median sale · 471 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£180K–£250K
Last 12 months
£208K128 sold
New build
£403K
Flats and maisonettes£148K
median sale · 169 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£115K–£180K
Last 12 months
£155K43 sold
New build
£298K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Detached houses28%
Semi-detached houses23%
Terraced houses36%
Flats and maisonettes13%
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 Barnstaple’s homes sold for between £193K and £327K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £413K. 48% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £252,625, sits in the £250–300K band
1,314 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 £46,500 in 1995 to £247,500 in the last 12 months (£220,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
369 sales in the last 12 months, against 881 in 2000, the busiest year, and 369 in 2008. Sales fell by 46% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 35% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Barnstaple costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Barnstaple, 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
£60K
£107K
£220K
£232K
£257K
£310K
£344K
Semi-detached houses
£51K
£73K
£168K
£178K
£200K
£237K
£268K
Terraced houses
£38K
£57K
£135K
£145K
£153K
£185K
£208K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
£41K
£112K
£125K
£111K
£145K
£155K
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: 1% of sales in the last 12 months, after 26% in 2021
2,317 new homes have been sold in Barnstaple since 1995; the share peaked at 26% in 2021.
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 £358,000
against £249,250 for a home sold on, 44% 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.
15% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.2% sold leasehold in Barnstaple. 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
Mills Way is Barnstaple’s busiest street, with 39 sales in three years
90 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 23 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
Mills Way
EX31
39
£147,500
Mostly flats
2
Taw Wharf
EX31
38
£373,350
Mostly terraced houses · new builds
3
Blakewell Close
EX31
19
£285,000
Mixed · new builds
4
Chanters Hill
EX32
14
£271,500
Mixed
5
Silverwood Heights
EX32
14
£271,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Westaway Heights
EX31
14
£171,000
Mixed
7
Oakland Park South
EX31
13
£258,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Long Meadow Drive
EX32
13
£170,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Fair View
EX31
12
£215,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Speedwell Close
EX32
12
£191,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Chaddiford Lane
EX31
11
£350,000
Mixed
12
Greenmeadow Drive
EX31
11
£245,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Gloster Road
EX32
11
£240,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Victoria Street
EX32
11
£200,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Orchard Road
EX32
11
£192,500
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Trayne Heights: £420,000
Barnstaple median£253K
Trayne Heights£420K
Hillcrest Road£406K
Rookabear Avenue£393K
Elizabeth Drive£393K
Fallow Fields£383K
Cheapest streets
Alexandra Road: £89,500
Barnstaple median£253K
Alexandra Road£90K
Muddle Brook£116K
Barton Road£116K
Barum Court£123K
Mills Way£148K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.7 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 Devon
Barnstaple is the 38th most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Barnstaple is one of Devon’s cheapest 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 Barnstaple
What is the average house price in Barnstaple?
The median home in Barnstaple sold for £252,625 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,314 standard sales (£247,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £350,000, semi-detached houses £265,000, terraced houses £215,000 and flats and maisonettes £147,500.
Are house prices going up in Barnstaple?
The median was £257,750 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£253,250), and £247,500 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 Barnstaple each year?
369 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 570 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Barnstaple?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Trayne Heights (EX31, £420,000), Hillcrest Road (EX32, £406,000) and Rookabear Avenue (EX31, £393,000).
How much does a new build cost in Barnstaple?
New homes sold for a median £358,000 over three years, against £249,250 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.7% of sales.
Is Barnstaple expensive for Devon?
Barnstaple is the 38th most expensive of 47 towns of 2,500 or more in Devon 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.