Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0The median home in Ardleigh sells for £375,000
That is the middle of 43 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 3.9 times as much as in 1996. 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.
42% of Ardleigh’s sales are detached houses
43 homes sold in three years: 18 detached houses, 16 semi-detached houses, 4 terraced houses and 5 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 18 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £410K–£680K
median sale · 16 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £310K–£410K
- Last 12 months
- £375K5 sold
Terraced houses: 4 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 5 sold, median £212K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: 42% 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 Ardleigh’s homes sold for between £310K and £610K
One sale in ten was under £250K and one in ten over £730K. 9% sold for under £250K.
The median, £375,000, sits in the £300–400K band
43 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 3.9 times as much as in 1996, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £95,000 in 1996 to £375,000 in the last 12 months (£325,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
11 sales in the last 12 months, against 28 in 2018, the busiest year, and 6 in 2008. Sales fell by 33% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 19%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 69% more sales than 2020.
Ardleigh costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Ardleigh, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Each type, year by year
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | £90K | — | £185K | — | — | £375K |
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 have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 54% in 2018
57 new homes have been sold in Ardleigh since 1995; the share peaked at 54% in 2018.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 5.3% sold leasehold in Ardleigh. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Ardleigh’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Colchester and Wivenhoe.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardleigh | — | £375K | 11 | −4% |
| Elmstead Market | 2.9 | £393K | 33 | +65% |
| Lawford | 3 | £381K | 64 | +40% |
| Manningtree | 3.6 | £330K | 21 | +48% |
| East Bergholt | 3.9 | £470K | 21 | +34% |
| Brantham | 4.3 | £345K | 33 | +47% |
| Colchester | 4.4 | £305K | 1,468 | +39% |
| Wivenhoe | 4.4 | £325K | 101 | +30% |
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 Ardleigh
What is the average house price in Ardleigh?
The median home in Ardleigh sold for £375,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 43 standard sales (£375,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £577,500, semi-detached houses £362,750 and flats and maisonettes £212,000.
Are house prices going up in Ardleigh?
The median was £410,000 in 2025, up 23% on 2024 (£332,500), and £375,000 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 Ardleigh each year?
11 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 19 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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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