Homes in Woolacombe sell for a median £510,000
That is the middle of 41 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 4.3 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.
Two thirds of Woolacombe’s sales are flats and maisonettes
41 homes sold in three years: 14 detached houses, 1 terraced houses and 26 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
median sale · 14 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £707K–£1.2M
median sale · 26 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £230K–£550K
- Last 12 months
- £258K10 sold
Terraced houses: 1 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A flat market: two thirds of homes sold are flats
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.
Half of Woolacombe’s homes sold for between £275K and £707K
One sale in ten was under £225K and one in ten over £1.1M. 17% sold for under £250K.
The median, £510,000, sits in the £500–750K band
41 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 4.3 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £64,000 in 1995 to £275,000 in the last 12 months (£385,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
13 sales in the last 12 months, against 53 in 2007, the busiest year, and 12 in 2025. Sales fell by 40% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 82% more sales than 2020.
Woolacombe costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Woolacombe, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Each type, year by year
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flats and maisonettes | £43K | £70K | £175K | £258K | £228K | £425K | £258K |
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 have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 39% in 2018
109 new homes have been sold in Woolacombe since 1995; the share peaked at 39% in 2018.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
63% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Woolacombe. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
The Esplanade is Woolacombe’s busiest street, with 9 sales in three years
3 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. 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 | The Esplanade | EX34 | 9 | £470,000 | Mostly flats |
| 2 | Sunnyside Road | EX34 | 5 | £1,245,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 3 | South Street | EX34 | 5 | £225,000 | Mostly 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.
Woolacombe’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Ilfracombe, Braunton and Fremington.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolacombe | — | £510K | 13 | +77% |
| Ilfracombe | 4.2 | £220K | 120 | +39% |
| Braunton | 4.8 | £375K | 81 | +56% |
| Chambercombe | 4.9 | £290K | 26 | +35% |
| Chivenor and Wrafton | 6.1 | £300K | 24 | +15% |
| Fremington | 7.7 | £330K | 89 | +35% |
| Combe Martin | 7.8 | £315K | 36 | +37% |
| Appledore | 8.2 | £363K | 24 | +58% |
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 Woolacombe
What is the average house price in Woolacombe?
The median home in Woolacombe sold for £510,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 41 standard sales (£275,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £945,000 and flats and maisonettes £320,250.
Are house prices going up in Woolacombe?
The median was £530,000 in 2025, down 4% on 2024 (£550,000), and £275,000 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 Woolacombe each year?
13 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 27 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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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