The median home in Sturminster Newton sells for £276,000
That is the middle of 198 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 4.8 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 Sturminster Newton’s sales are terraced houses
198 homes sold in three years: 56 detached houses, 53 semi-detached houses, 63 terraced houses and 26 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£375K
median sale · 56 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£330K–£425K
Last 12 months
£390K17 sold
New build
£380K
Semi-detached houses£277K
median sale · 53 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£255K–£315K
Last 12 months
£278K12 sold
New build
£258K
Terraced houses£250K
median sale · 63 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£230K–£290K
Last 12 months
£235K13 sold
New build
£255K
Flats and maisonettes£127K
median sale · 26 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£97K–£140K
Last 12 months
£127K10 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 32% of sales
Detached houses28%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses32%
Flats and maisonettes13%
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 Sturminster Newton’s homes sold for between £235K and £345K
One sale in ten was under £140K and one in ten over £408K. 31% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £276,000, sits in the £250–300K band
198 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.8 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £58,000 in 1995 to £276,000 in the last 12 months (£222,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
52 sales in the last 12 months, against 168 in 2002, the busiest year, and 48 in 2019. Sales fell by 64% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 40% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Sturminster Newton costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Sturminster Newton, 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
£79K
£132K
£225K
£290K
£250K
£318K
£390K
Semi-detached houses
£55K
£84K
£182K
£190K
£219K
£237K
£278K
Terraced houses
£48K
£68K
£157K
£170K
£169K
£208K
£235K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£49K
£95K
£100K
£109K
£124K
£127K
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
10% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
524 new homes have been sold in Sturminster Newton since 1995; the share peaked at 62% in 2002.
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 £265,996
against £280,000 for a home sold on, 5% 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.
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.6% sold leasehold in Sturminster Newton. 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
Hammer Mill Lane is Sturminster Newton’s busiest street, with 16 sales in three years
13 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 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
Hammer Mill Lane
DT10
16
£254,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
2
Drovers
DT10
15
£162,500
Mostly flats
3
Bath Road
DT10
14
£126,500
Mixed
4
Field Close
DT10
12
£232,500
Mostly terraced houses
5
White Lane Close
DT10
10
£437,500
Mostly detached houses
6
Newfoundland Drive
DT10
8
£276,495
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
7
Badgers Way
DT10
7
£324,000
Mostly detached houses
8
Dashwood Close
DT10
7
£310,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Honeymead Lane
DT10
7
£307,500
Mixed
10
The Gavel
DT10
6
£235,000
Mixed
11
Brinsley Close
DT10
5
£360,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Swanskin Close
DT10
5
£359,095
Mostly detached houses · new builds
13
Barnes Close
DT10
5
£235,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
White Lane Close: £437,500
Sturminster Newton median£276K
White Lane Close£438K
Brinsley Close£360K
Swanskin Close£359K
Badgers Way£324K
Dashwood Close£310K
Cheapest streets
Bath Road: £126,500
Sturminster Newton median£276K
Bath Road£127K
Drovers£163K
Field Close£233K
The Gavel£235K
Barnes Close£235K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.5 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
Sturminster Newton is the 29th most expensive of 32 towns in Dorset
Sturminster Newton 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 Sturminster Newton
What is the average house price in Sturminster Newton?
The median home in Sturminster Newton sold for £276,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 198 standard sales (£276,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £375,000, semi-detached houses £277,000, terraced houses £250,000 and flats and maisonettes £126,500.
Are house prices going up in Sturminster Newton?
The median was £277,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£277,497), and £276,000 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 Sturminster Newton each year?
52 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 66 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Sturminster Newton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: White Lane Close (DT10, £437,500), Brinsley Close (DT10, £360,000) and Swanskin Close (DT10, £359,095).
How much does a new build cost in Sturminster Newton?
New homes sold for a median £265,996 over three years, against £280,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 17% of sales.
Is Sturminster Newton expensive for Dorset?
Sturminster Newton is the 29th 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: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0