That is the middle of 489 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 5.5 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.
489 homes sold in three years: 264 detached houses, 95 semi-detached houses, 67 terraced houses and 63 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£440K
median sale · 264 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£380K–£540K
Last 12 months
£435K89 sold
Semi-detached houses£345K
median sale · 95 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£310K–£375K
Last 12 months
£345K31 sold
Terraced houses£295K
median sale · 67 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£330K
Last 12 months
£300K15 sold
Flats and maisonettes£174K
median sale · 63 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£127K–£210K
Last 12 months
£195K19 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses54%
Semi-detached houses19%
Terraced houses14%
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 West Moors’s homes sold for between £303K and £450K
One sale in ten was under £209K and one in ten over £600K. 15% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £375,000, sits in the £300–400K band
489 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.5 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £68,575 in 1995 to £377,500 in the last 12 months (£310,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
154 sales in the last 12 months, against 323 in 2006, the busiest year, and 102 in 2008. Sales fell by 42% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 42% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
West Moors costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: West Moors, 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
£85K
£150K
£250K
£280K
£324K
£380K
£435K
Semi-detached houses
£60K
£112K
£187K
£222K
£247K
£296K
£345K
Terraced houses
£43K
£78K
£164K
£168K
£192K
£248K
£300K
Flats and maisonettes
£35K
£60K
£142K
£205K
£149K
£163K
£195K
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
304 new homes have been sold in West Moors since 1995; the share peaked at 13% in 1996.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
13% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.2% sold leasehold in West Moors. 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
Station Road is West Moors’s busiest street, with 41 sales in three years
35 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
Station Road
BH22
41
£165,000
Mostly flats
2
Uplands Road
BH22
27
£415,000
Mostly detached houses
3
Pinehurst Road
BH22
23
£535,000
Mostly detached houses
4
Queens Close
BH22
14
£400,000
Mostly detached houses
5
Maloren Way
BH22
13
£425,000
Mostly detached houses
6
Glenwood Way
BH22
13
£407,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Heathfield Road
BH22
12
£375,000
Mixed
8
Farm Road
BH22
12
£336,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Oakhurst Road
BH22
11
£400,000
Mostly detached houses
10
Glenwood Road
BH22
10
£620,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Riverside Road
BH22
10
£317,500
Mixed
12
Barns Road
BH22
10
£272,500
Mixed
13
Pennington Road
BH22
9
£390,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Cracklewood Close
BH22
9
£330,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Severn Road
BH22
9
£280,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Glenwood Road: £620,000
West Moors median£375K
Glenwood Road£620K
Pinehurst Road£535K
Abbey Road£504K
Elmhurst Road£460K
Arnold Road£445K
Cheapest streets
Station Road: £165,000
West Moors median£375K
Station Road£165K
Thames Close£176K
Priory Gardens£205K
Derwent Close£231K
Fairways£264K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.8 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
West Moors is the 13th most expensive of 32 towns in Dorset
West Moors 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 West Moors
What is the average house price in West Moors?
The median home in West Moors sold for £375,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 489 standard sales (£377,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £440,000, semi-detached houses £345,000, terraced houses £295,000 and flats and maisonettes £174,000.
Are house prices going up in West Moors?
The median was £375,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£366,500), and £377,500 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 West Moors each year?
154 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 174 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in West Moors?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Glenwood Road (BH22, £620,000), Pinehurst Road (BH22, £535,000) and Abbey Road (BH22, £503,750).
Is West Moors expensive for Dorset?
West Moors is the 13th 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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