That is the middle of 569 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.
A third of Shaftesbury’s sales are terraced houses
569 homes sold in three years: 179 detached houses, 132 semi-detached houses, 199 terraced houses and 59 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£425K
median sale · 179 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£355K–£520K
Last 12 months
£397K54 sold
New build
£450K
Semi-detached houses£281K
median sale · 132 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£330K
Last 12 months
£285K25 sold
New build
£297K
Terraced houses£230K
median sale · 199 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£200K–£276K
Last 12 months
£220K58 sold
New build
£278K
Flats and maisonettes£143K
median sale · 59 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£110K–£182K
Last 12 months
£140K15 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
Detached houses31%
Semi-detached houses23%
Terraced houses35%
Flats and maisonettes10%
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 Shaftesbury’s homes sold for between £220K and £380K
One sale in ten was under £158K and one in ten over £505K. 37% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £282,000, sits in the £250–300K band
569 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 £53,000 in 1995 to £280,000 in the last 12 months (£225,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
152 sales in the last 12 months, against 266 in 2018, the busiest year, and 111 in 2009. Sales fell by 39% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 31% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Shaftesbury costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Shaftesbury, 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
£74K
£149K
£279K
£273K
£273K
£345K
£397K
Semi-detached houses
£55K
£93K
£185K
£190K
£209K
£240K
£285K
Terraced houses
£46K
£69K
£139K
£163K
£166K
£196K
£220K
Flats and maisonettes
£29K
£42K
£88K
£94K
£100K
£145K
£140K
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
5% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
985 new homes have been sold in Shaftesbury since 1995; the share peaked at 38% 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
A new home sold for a median £361,000
against £270,000 for a home sold on, 34% 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.
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.7% sold leasehold in Shaftesbury. 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
Foxglove Crescent is Shaftesbury’s busiest street, with 33 sales in three years
43 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 12 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
Foxglove Crescent
SP7
33
£315,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
2
Vale View
SP7
26
£473,725
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
St James Street
SP7
15
£333,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Maple Road
SP7
15
£248,000
Mixed
5
Blackmore Road
SP7
15
£150,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Sweetmans Road
SP7
13
£230,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Linden Park
SP7
12
£437,500
Mostly detached houses
8
Mampitts Lane
SP7
12
£237,000
Mixed
9
Salisbury Street
SP7
11
£365,000
Mixed
10
Anstee Road
SP7
10
£260,250
Mixed
11
Barton Hill
SP7
10
£237,500
Mixed
12
Bleke Street
SP7
10
£73,500
Mostly flats
13
Trinity Road
SP7
9
£260,000
Mixed
14
Homefield
SP7
8
£372,500
Mostly detached houses
15
Bimport
SP7
8
£368,500
Mixed
Dearest streets
Grosvenor Road: £500,000
Shaftesbury median£282K
Grosvenor Road£500K
Layton Lane£475K
Vale View£474K
Linden Park£438K
Border Close£395K
Cheapest streets
Bleke Street: £73,500
Shaftesbury median£282K
Bleke Street£74K
Blackmore Road£150K
Greenacre Way£210K
Ten Acres£215K
Burton Close£215K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.8 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
Shaftesbury is the 26th most expensive of 32 towns in Dorset
Shaftesbury is one of Dorset’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 Shaftesbury
What is the average house price in Shaftesbury?
The median home in Shaftesbury sold for £282,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 569 standard sales (£280,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £425,000, semi-detached houses £280,837, terraced houses £230,000 and flats and maisonettes £143,000.
Are house prices going up in Shaftesbury?
The median was £275,000 in 2025, down 5% on 2024 (£289,750), and £280,000 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 Shaftesbury each year?
152 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 213 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Shaftesbury?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Grosvenor Road (SP7, £500,000), Layton Lane (SP7, £475,000) and Vale View (SP7, £473,725).
How much does a new build cost in Shaftesbury?
New homes sold for a median £361,000 over three years, against £270,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 14% of sales.
Is Shaftesbury expensive for Dorset?
Shaftesbury is the 26th 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.
Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0