That is the middle of 1,205 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 6.1 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.
1,205 homes sold in three years: 275 detached houses, 540 semi-detached houses, 260 terraced houses and 130 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£490K
median sale · 275 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£435K–£570K
Last 12 months
£514K86 sold
Semi-detached houses£375K
median sale · 540 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£343K–£425K
Last 12 months
£390K170 sold
Terraced houses£325K
median sale · 260 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£300K–£360K
Last 12 months
£326K72 sold
Flats and maisonettes£215K
median sale · 130 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£190K–£239K
Last 12 months
£215K32 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 45% of sales
Detached houses23%
Semi-detached houses45%
Terraced houses22%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Wickford’s homes sold for between £315K and £440K
One sale in ten was under £235K and one in ten over £525K. 12% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £370,000, sits in the £300–400K band
1,205 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.1 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £62,000 in 1995 to £378,750 in the last 12 months (£313,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
360 sales in the last 12 months, against 928 in 1998, the busiest year, and 315 in 2008. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 75% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Wickford costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Wickford, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£97K
£143K
£248K
£278K
£338K
£435K
£514K
Semi-detached houses
£63K
£99K
£180K
£200K
£260K
£329K
£390K
Terraced houses
£58K
£83K
£157K
£180K
£225K
£290K
£326K
Flats and maisonettes
£40K
£53K
£129K
£150K
£170K
£211K
£215K
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
2,391 new homes have been sold in Wickford since 1995; the share peaked at 41% in 1995.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.2% sold leasehold in Wickford. 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
Beauchamps Drive is Wickford’s busiest street, with 37 sales in three years
97 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 22 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
Beauchamps Drive
SS11
37
£340,000
Mixed
2
Southend Road
SS11
23
£525,000
Mostly detached houses
3
Nevendon Road
SS12
20
£397,500
Mixed
4
Long Meadow Drive
SS11
17
£360,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Maitland Road
SS12
17
£315,000
Mixed
6
Bridge Road
SS11
17
£300,000
Mixed
7
Horkesley Way
SS12
16
£305,000
Mixed
8
Stilemans
SS11
16
£236,250
Mostly flats
9
Lower Southend Road
SS11
16
£223,500
Mostly flats
10
Golden Jubilee Way
SS12
15
£220,000
Mostly flats
11
London Road
SS12
14
£632,500
Mixed
12
Grange Avenue
SS12
14
£432,750
Mixed
13
Woodberry Road
SS11
13
£410,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Kingsley Meadows
SS12
13
£405,000
Mixed
15
Hill Avenue
SS11
13
£335,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
London Road: £632,500
Wickford median£370K
London Road£633K
Fanton Walk£629K
Farne Drive£525K
Southend Road£525K
Fanton Chase£504K
Cheapest streets
Rettendon View: £190,000
Wickford median£370K
Rettendon View£190K
Market Avenue£209K
River View£218K
Golden Jubilee Way£220K
Lower Southend Road£224K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.3 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
Wickford is the 43rd most expensive of 81 towns in Essex
Wickford 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 Wickford
What is the average house price in Wickford?
The median home in Wickford sold for £370,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,205 standard sales (£378,750 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £490,000, semi-detached houses £375,000, terraced houses £325,000 and flats and maisonettes £215,000.
Are house prices going up in Wickford?
The median was £370,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£365,000), and £378,750 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 Wickford each year?
360 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 465 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Wickford?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: London Road (SS12, £632,500), Fanton Walk (SS11, £628,750) and Farne Drive (SS12, £525,000).
Is Wickford expensive for Essex?
Wickford is the 43rd 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.
Photo: Trevor Harris · CC BY-SA 2.0