That is the middle of 650 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 6.3 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.
650 homes sold in three years: 233 detached houses, 109 semi-detached houses, 179 terraced houses and 129 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£490K
median sale · 233 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£418K–£625K
Last 12 months
£480K73 sold
Semi-detached houses£350K
median sale · 109 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£295K–£435K
Last 12 months
£343K30 sold
Terraced houses£270K
median sale · 179 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£220K–£325K
Last 12 months
£270K59 sold
Flats and maisonettes£173K
median sale · 129 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£135K–£219K
Last 12 months
£165K37 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Detached houses36%
Semi-detached houses17%
Terraced houses28%
Flats and maisonettes20%
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 Bridport’s homes sold for between £230K and £475K
One sale in ten was under £155K and one in ten over £625K. 29% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £340,000, sits in the £300–400K band
650 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.3 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £52,500 in 1995 to £330,000 in the last 12 months (£260,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
199 sales in the last 12 months, against 423 in 2004, the busiest year, and 186 in 2008. Sales fell by 27% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 35% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bridport costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bridport, 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
£79K
£135K
£275K
£300K
£327K
£383K
£480K
Semi-detached houses
£59K
£95K
£197K
£204K
£233K
£262K
£343K
Terraced houses
£44K
£77K
£164K
£172K
£186K
£225K
£270K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£59K
£144K
£133K
£140K
£160K
£165K
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
871 new homes have been sold in Bridport since 1995; the share peaked at 23% in 2000.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
21% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.3% sold leasehold in Bridport. 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
St Andrews Road is Bridport’s busiest street, with 37 sales in three years
35 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 11 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
St Andrews Road
DT6
37
£215,000
Mixed
2
East Street
DT6
21
£145,000
Mixed
3
North Allington
DT6
20
£230,500
Mostly terraced houses
4
Jessopp Avenue
DT6
16
£445,500
Mostly detached houses
5
West Allington
DT6
15
£180,000
Mostly flats
6
Victoria Grove
DT6
13
£450,000
Mixed
7
South Street
DT6
13
£214,220
Mostly terraced houses
8
Crock Lane
DT6
12
£437,500
Mostly detached houses
9
St Swithins Road
DT6
12
£211,500
Mixed
10
Foxglove Way
DT6
11
£325,000
Mixed
11
West Bay Road
DT6
10
£537,500
Mostly detached houses
12
Valley Road
DT6
9
£445,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Slades Green
DT6
9
£425,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Barrack Street
DT6
9
£314,620
Mixed
15
Happy Island Way
DT6
9
£258,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
De Legh Grove: £570,000
Bridport median£340K
De Legh Grove£570K
West Bay Road£538K
West Walk£478K
Victoria Grove£450K
Coopers Drive£448K
Cheapest streets
Downes Street: £117,000
Bridport median£340K
Downes Street£117K
East Street£145K
Alexandra Court£160K
West Allington£180K
Meadow Court£180K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.9 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 Dorset
Bridport is the 16th most expensive of 32 towns in Dorset
Bridport is in the middle of Dorset’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 Bridport
What is the average house price in Bridport?
The median home in Bridport sold for £340,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 650 standard sales (£330,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £490,000, semi-detached houses £350,000, terraced houses £270,000 and flats and maisonettes £172,500.
Are house prices going up in Bridport?
The median was £335,750 in 2025, down 5% on 2024 (£352,500), and £330,000 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 Bridport each year?
199 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 262 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bridport?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: De Legh Grove (DT6, £570,000), West Bay Road (DT6, £537,500) and West Walk (DT6, £477,500).
Is Bridport expensive for Dorset?
Bridport is the 16th most expensive of 32 towns of 2,500 or more in Dorset 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.