Homes in Wimborne Minster sell for a median £390,000
That is the middle of 837 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 5.6 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.
A third of Wimborne Minster’s sales are detached houses
837 homes sold in three years: 289 detached houses, 218 semi-detached houses, 182 terraced houses and 148 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£520K
median sale · 289 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£430K–£645K
Last 12 months
£531K82 sold
New build
£535K
Semi-detached houses£389K
median sale · 218 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£340K–£435K
Last 12 months
£395K49 sold
New build
£396K
Terraced houses£325K
median sale · 182 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£298K–£385K
Last 12 months
£320K40 sold
New build
£448K
Flats and maisonettes£220K
median sale · 148 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£170K–£295K
Last 12 months
£203K37 sold
New build
£505K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
Detached houses35%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses22%
Flats and maisonettes18%
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 Wimborne Minster’s homes sold for between £315K and £510K
One sale in ten was under £217K and one in ten over £635K. 15% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £390,000, sits in the £300–400K band
837 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.6 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £70,000 in 1995 to £395,000 in the last 12 months (£356,750 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
208 sales in the last 12 months, against 465 in 2021, the busiest year, and 175 in 2008. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 45% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Wimborne Minster costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Wimborne Minster, 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
£90K
£160K
£278K
£329K
£385K
£490K
£531K
Semi-detached houses
£69K
£107K
£216K
£221K
£281K
£365K
£395K
Terraced houses
£59K
£100K
£195K
£200K
£264K
£285K
£320K
Flats and maisonettes
£50K
£66K
£145K
£151K
£180K
£200K
£203K
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
New builds have slowed: 2% of sales in the last 12 months, after 30% in 2020
1,003 new homes have been sold in Wimborne Minster since 1995; the share peaked at 30% in 2020.
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 £455,000
against £376,250 for a home sold on, 21% 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.
19% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.9% sold leasehold in Wimborne Minster. 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
Wheatsheaf Road is Wimborne Minster’s busiest street, with 38 sales in three years
50 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 19 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
Wheatsheaf Road
BH21
38
£370,000
Mixed · new builds
2
Leigh Road
BH21
27
£330,000
Mixed
3
Furrow Place
BH21
25
£455,000
Mixed · new builds
4
Cutlers Place
BH21
22
£374,000
Mixed
5
Allenview Road
BH21
20
£175,000
Mostly flats
6
Ensor Mews
BH21
19
£510,000
Mostly flats · new builds
7
The Old Market Gardens
BH21
17
£535,000
Mixed · new builds
8
Haymeadow Way
BH21
14
£367,500
Mixed · new builds
9
Poole Road
BH21
14
£127,500
Mostly flats
10
Lacy Drive
BH21
13
£505,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Wimborne Road West
BH21
13
£451,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Rodway
BH21
13
£245,000
Mostly flats
13
New Borough Road
BH21
12
£400,000
Mixed
14
Foxcroft Drive
BH21
12
£368,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Bridle Way
BH21
12
£321,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Park Homer Drive: £697,500
Wimborne Minster median£390K
Park Homer Drive£698K
Middlehill Road£675K
Leigh Lane£590K
Rowlands Hill£578K
Lonnen Road£550K
Cheapest streets
Poole Road: £127,500
Wimborne Minster median£390K
Poole Road£128K
Victoria Place£173K
Allenview Road£175K
Redcotts Lane£180K
Newmans Close£210K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.5 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
Wimborne Minster is the 11th most expensive of 32 towns in Dorset
Wimborne Minster 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 Wimborne Minster
What is the average house price in Wimborne Minster?
The median home in Wimborne Minster sold for £390,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 837 standard sales (£395,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £520,000, semi-detached houses £388,750, terraced houses £325,000 and flats and maisonettes £220,000.
Are house prices going up in Wimborne Minster?
The median was £386,200 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£395,000), and £395,000 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 Wimborne Minster each year?
208 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 319 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Wimborne Minster?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Park Homer Drive (BH21, £697,500), Middlehill Road (BH21, £675,000) and Leigh Lane (BH21, £590,000).
How much does a new build cost in Wimborne Minster?
New homes sold for a median £455,000 over three years, against £376,250 for homes sold on. New builds were 16% of sales.
Is Wimborne Minster expensive for Dorset?
Wimborne Minster is the 10th 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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