That is the middle of 189 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 6.6 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.
189 homes sold in three years: 89 detached houses, 25 semi-detached houses, 31 terraced houses and 44 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£660K
median sale · 89 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£515K–£830K
Last 12 months
£605K22 sold
Semi-detached houses£360K
median sale · 25 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£275K–£440K
Last 12 months
£333K8 sold
Terraced houses£375K
median sale · 31 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£265K–£460K
Last 12 months
£290K7 sold
Flats and maisonettes£293K
median sale · 44 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£210K–£402K
Last 12 months
£315K11 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses47%
Semi-detached houses13%
Terraced houses16%
Flats and maisonettes23%
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 Lyme Regis’s homes sold for between £320K and £660K
One sale in ten was under £215K and one in ten over £930K. 12% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £450,000, sits in the £400–500K band
189 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.6 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £62,000 in 1995 to £411,250 in the last 12 months (£345,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
48 sales in the last 12 months, against 153 in 2002, the busiest year, and 61 in 2025. Sales fell by 31% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Lyme Regis costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Lyme Regis, 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
£93K
£193K
£307K
£375K
£420K
£560K
£605K
Semi-detached houses
£63K
£76K
£215K
£270K
£275K
£388K
£333K
Terraced houses
£50K
£110K
£223K
£278K
£321K
£330K
£290K
Flats and maisonettes
£54K
£73K
£157K
£237K
£201K
£177K
£315K
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
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
308 new homes have been sold in Lyme Regis since 1995; the share peaked at 22% in 2018.
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 £360,000
against £455,000 for a home sold on, 21% less, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
24% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.8% sold leasehold in Lyme Regis. 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
Talbot Road is Lyme Regis’s busiest street, with 10 sales in three years
13 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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
Talbot Road
DT7
10
£450,000
Mostly detached houses
2
Sidmouth Road
DT7
7
£620,000
Mixed
3
Woodberry Down Way
DT7
7
£570,000
Mostly detached houses
4
Uplyme Road
DT7
7
£525,000
Mixed
5
Timber Hill
DT7
6
£723,750
Mostly detached houses
6
Coombe Street
DT7
6
£467,500
Mixed
7
Broad Street
DT7
6
£357,500
Mostly flats
8
Anning Road
DT7
6
£190,000
Mostly flats
9
Church Street
DT7
5
£385,000
Mixed
10
Henrys Way
DT7
5
£368,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Charmouth Road
DT7
5
£330,000
Mostly flats
12
Lym Close
DT7
5
£255,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Clappentail Lane
DT7
5
£175,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Timber Hill: £723,750
Lyme Regis median£450K
Timber Hill£724K
Sidmouth Road£620K
Woodberry Down Way£570K
Uplyme Road£525K
Coombe Street£468K
Cheapest streets
Clappentail Lane: £175,000
Lyme Regis median£450K
Clappentail Lane£175K
Anning Road£190K
Lym Close£255K
Charmouth Road£330K
Broad Street£358K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.1 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
Lyme Regis is the 3rd most expensive of 32 towns in Dorset
Lyme Regis is one of Dorset’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 Lyme Regis
What is the average house price in Lyme Regis?
The median home in Lyme Regis sold for £450,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 189 standard sales (£411,250 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £660,000, semi-detached houses £360,000, terraced houses £375,000 and flats and maisonettes £292,500.
Are house prices going up in Lyme Regis?
The median was £430,000 in 2025, down 7% on 2024 (£460,000), and £411,250 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 Lyme Regis each year?
48 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 98 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Lyme Regis?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Timber Hill (DT7, £723,750), Sidmouth Road (DT7, £620,000) and Woodberry Down Way (DT7, £570,000).
How much does a new build cost in Lyme Regis?
New homes sold for a median £360,000 over three years, against £455,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.6% of sales.
Is Lyme Regis expensive for Dorset?
Lyme Regis is the 3rd 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.
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