That is the middle of 795 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.
795 homes sold in three years: 312 detached houses, 111 semi-detached houses, 179 terraced houses and 193 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for twice what a flat does.
Detached houses£623K
median sale · 312 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£503K–£792K
Last 12 months
£605K92 sold
Semi-detached houses£380K
median sale · 111 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£290K–£450K
Last 12 months
£372K30 sold
Terraced houses£315K
median sale · 179 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£380K
Last 12 months
£308K48 sold
Flats and maisonettes£290K
median sale · 193 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£203K–£410K
Last 12 months
£295K58 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses39%
Semi-detached houses14%
Terraced houses23%
Flats and maisonettes24%
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 Sidmouth’s homes sold for between £290K and £600K
One sale in ten was under £223K and one in ten over £800K. 14% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £415,000, sits in the £400–500K band
795 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 £77,250 in 1995 to £410,000 in the last 12 months (£370,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
228 sales in the last 12 months, against 450 in 2004, the busiest year, and 197 in 2008. Sales fell by 24% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 67% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Sidmouth costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Sidmouth, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£112K
£175K
£345K
£385K
£393K
£515K
£605K
Semi-detached houses
£68K
£103K
£230K
£245K
£255K
£345K
£372K
Terraced houses
£57K
£83K
£196K
£218K
£240K
£270K
£308K
Flats and maisonettes
£63K
£100K
£163K
£215K
£227K
£275K
£295K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
571 new homes have been sold in Sidmouth since 1995; the share peaked at 20% in 2011.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
24% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1% sold leasehold in Sidmouth. 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
All Saints Road is Sidmouth’s busiest street, with 29 sales in three years
54 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 16 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
All Saints Road
EX10
29
£267,500
Mostly flats
2
Cotmaton Road
EX10
24
£423,750
Mixed
3
Manor Road
EX10
18
£675,000
Mostly flats
4
Manstone Avenue
EX10
14
£246,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Malden Road
EX10
13
£540,000
Mostly detached houses
6
Higher Woolbrook Park
EX10
13
£515,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Winslade Road
EX10
12
£342,500
Mixed
8
South Lawn
EX10
12
£306,500
Mostly flats
9
Woolbrook Road
EX10
12
£227,500
Mixed
10
Alexandria Road
EX10
11
£425,000
Mixed
11
Higher Brook Meadow
EX10
11
£420,000
Mixed
12
Temple Street
EX10
11
£280,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Brewery Lane
EX10
11
£243,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Sidford Road
EX10
10
£512,500
Mostly detached houses
15
Cottington Court
EX10
10
£352,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Hillside Road: £975,000
Sidmouth median£415K
Hillside Road£975K
Cotlands£857K
Bickwell Valley£850K
Livonia Road£775K
Sid Road£750K
Cheapest streets
Temple Gardens: £91,000
Sidmouth median£415K
Temple Gardens£91K
Ladymead£215K
Woolbrook Road£228K
Church Street£235K
Brewery Lane£243K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 10.7 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
Sidmouth is the 3rd most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Sidmouth is one of Devon’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 Sidmouth
What is the average house price in Sidmouth?
The median home in Sidmouth sold for £415,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 795 standard sales (£410,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £622,500, semi-detached houses £380,000, terraced houses £315,000 and flats and maisonettes £290,000.
Are house prices going up in Sidmouth?
The median was £432,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£415,000), and £410,000 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 Sidmouth each year?
228 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 311 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Sidmouth?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Hillside Road (EX10, £975,000), Cotlands (EX10, £857,000) and Bickwell Valley (EX10, £850,000).
Is Sidmouth expensive for Devon?
Sidmouth is the 3rd 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.