Homes in Burnham-on-Crouch sell for a median £345,000
That is the middle of 376 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 6.6 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.
38% of Burnham-on-Crouch’s sales are detached houses
376 homes sold in three years: 144 detached houses, 112 semi-detached houses, 95 terraced houses and 25 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for twice what a flat does.
Detached houses£444K
median sale · 144 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£380K–£570K
Last 12 months
£405K36 sold
New build
£570K
Semi-detached houses£329K
median sale · 112 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£295K–£363K
Last 12 months
£320K25 sold
New build
£360K
Terraced houses£280K
median sale · 95 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£253K–£314K
Last 12 months
£283K19 sold
Flats and maisonettes£223K
median sale · 25 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£180K–£255K
Last 12 months
£218K10 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 38% of sales
Detached houses38%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses25%
Flats and maisonettes7%
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 Burnham-on-Crouch’s homes sold for between £280K and £435K
One sale in ten was under £235K and one in ten over £570K. 13% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £345,000, sits in the £300–400K band
376 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.6 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £51,500 in 1995 to £340,000 in the last 12 months (£320,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
90 sales in the last 12 months, against 264 in 1999, the busiest year, and 102 in 2008. Sales fell by 51% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Burnham-on-Crouch costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Burnham-on-Crouch, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Flats and maisonettes rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£89K
£128K
£250K
£248K
£287K
£407K
£405K
Semi-detached houses
£52K
£85K
£164K
£173K
£215K
£280K
£320K
Terraced houses
£44K
£72K
£145K
£159K
£185K
£235K
£283K
Flats and maisonettes
£27K
£45K
£120K
£95K
£125K
£174K
£218K
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
3% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
385 new homes have been sold in Burnham-on-Crouch since 1995; the share peaked at 37% 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 £435,000
against £330,000 for a home sold on, 32% 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.
8% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.4% sold leasehold in Burnham-on-Crouch. 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 Burnham-on-Crouch’s busiest street, with 15 sales in three years
30 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
Station Road
CM0
15
£312,500
Mixed
2
Maple Way
CM0
13
£370,000
Mostly detached houses
3
Grangewood Park Avenue
CM0
12
£397,500
Mostly detached houses
4
Leslie Park
CM0
11
£305,000
Mixed
5
Kings Road
CM0
10
£258,500
Mixed
6
Acorn Street
CM0
9
£360,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
7
Lilian Road
CM0
9
£272,500
Mostly terraced houses
8
Belvedere Road
CM0
9
£235,000
Mostly flats
9
Cherry Mead
CM0
8
£612,497
Mostly detached houses · new builds
10
Queens Road
CM0
8
£236,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Cedar Grove
CM0
7
£335,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Fernlea Road
CM0
7
£330,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Arcadia Road
CM0
7
£307,500
Mixed
14
High Street
CM0
7
£295,000
Mixed
15
Maldon Road
CM0
6
£480,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Mangapp Chase: £880,000
Burnham-on-Crouch median£345K
Mangapp Chase£880K
Cherry Mead£612K
Maldon Road£480K
Bramley Avenue£435K
Elland Road£424K
Cheapest streets
Belvedere Road: £235,000
Burnham-on-Crouch median£345K
Belvedere Road£235K
Queens Road£236K
Kings Road£259K
Falklands Road£265K
Crouch Road£268K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.7 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 Essex
Burnham-on-Crouch is the 55th most expensive of 81 towns in Essex
Burnham-on-Crouch is in the middle of Essex’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 Burnham-on-Crouch
What is the average house price in Burnham-on-Crouch?
The median home in Burnham-on-Crouch sold for £345,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 376 standard sales (£340,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £443,750, semi-detached houses £328,750, terraced houses £280,000 and flats and maisonettes £222,500.
Are house prices going up in Burnham-on-Crouch?
The median was £350,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£340,000), and £340,000 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 Burnham-on-Crouch each year?
90 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 159 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Burnham-on-Crouch?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Mangapp Chase (CM0, £880,000), Cherry Mead (CM0, £612,497) and Maldon Road (CM0, £480,000).
How much does a new build cost in Burnham-on-Crouch?
New homes sold for a median £435,000 over three years, against £330,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 9.3% of sales.
Is Burnham-on-Crouch expensive for Essex?
Burnham-on-Crouch is the 55th most expensive of 81 towns of 2,500 or more in Essex 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.