Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0The median home in Althorne sells for £385,000
That is the middle of 41 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. 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.
61% of Althorne’s sales are detached houses
41 homes sold in three years: 25 detached houses, 9 semi-detached houses and 7 terraced houses.
median sale · 25 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £375K–£460K
- Last 12 months
- £453K6 sold
Semi-detached houses: 9 sold, median £309K
Terraced houses: 7 sold, median £275K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: 61% of homes sold stand on their own plot
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.
Half of Althorne’s homes sold for between £315K and £440K
One sale in ten was under £275K and one in ten over £503K. 7% sold for under £250K.
The median, £385,000, sits in the £300–400K band
41 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
20 new homes have been sold in Althorne since 1995; the share peaked at 31% in 2005.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 9.8% sold leasehold in Althorne. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Summerhill is Althorne’s busiest street, with 9 sales in three years
4 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. 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 | Summerhill | CM3 | 9 | £440,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 2 | Burnham Road | CM3 | 9 | £417,500 | Mixed |
| 3 | Highfield Rise | CM3 | 6 | £372,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 4 | Garden Close | CM3 | 5 | £350,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
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.
Althorne’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Southminster and Burnham-on-Crouch.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Althorne | — | £385K | 8 | +36% |
| Latchingdon | 1.9 | £365K | 26 | +9% |
| Mayland | 1.9 | £410K | 47 | +36% |
| Southminster | 2.8 | £325K | 47 | +35% |
| Burnham-on-Crouch | 2.9 | £345K | 90 | +46% |
| Canewdon | 2.9 | £326K | 12 | +10% |
| Cold Norton | 4 | £543K | 11 | +13% |
| Ramsey Island | 4.9 | £379K | 22 | +49% |
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 Althorne
What is the average house price in Althorne?
The median home in Althorne sold for £385,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 41 standard sales. By type: detached houses £415,000, semi-detached houses £309,000 and terraced houses £275,000.
Are house prices going up in Althorne?
The median was £387,000 in 2025, up 9% on 2024 (£356,000). A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
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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