Photo: David Bowd-Exworth · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Alderton sell for a median £438,750
That is the middle of 58 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 4.9 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.
Two thirds of Alderton’s sales are detached houses
58 homes sold in three years: 39 detached houses, 14 semi-detached houses and 5 terraced houses.
median sale · 39 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £397K–£614K
- Last 12 months
- £577K6 sold
- New build
- £492K
median sale · 14 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £265K–£476K
- Last 12 months
- £285K5 sold
Terraced houses: 5 sold, median £265K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: two thirds 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 Alderton’s homes sold for between £360K and £573K
One sale in ten was under £265K and one in ten over £700K. 5% sold for under £250K.
The median, £438,750, sits in the £400–500K band
58 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 4.9 times as much as in 1996, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £71,000 in 1996 to £345,000 in the last 12 months (£412,500 in 2019).
About as many homes sell as usual
15 sales in the last 12 months, against 34 in 2016, the busiest year, and 6 in 2009.
Alderton costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Alderton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Detached houses rose the most since 1996
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £181K | — | £320K | £338K | — | £577K |
| Semi-detached houses | — | £218K | £220K | — | — | £285K |
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.
7% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
78 new homes have been sold in Alderton since 1995; the share peaked at 74% in 2016.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £492,475
against £423,750 for a home sold on, 16% 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.
5% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 5.2% sold leasehold in Alderton. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Polysend Drive is Alderton’s busiest street, with 10 sales in three years
5 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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 | Polysend Drive | GL20 | 10 | £443,475 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Beckford Road | GL20 | 9 | £502,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 3 | St Margarets Road | GL20 | 5 | £572,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 4 | Brentyard Close | GL20 | 5 | £440,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 5 | Willow Bank Road | GL20 | 5 | £265,000 | Mostly terraced 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.
Alderton’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Bishop's Cleeve and Northway.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alderton | — | £439K | 15 | −3% |
| Winchcombe | 3.2 | £399K | 70 | +35% |
| Gotherington | 3.3 | £535K | 3 | +30% |
| Bishop's Cleeve | 4.3 | £340K | 245 | +28% |
| Ashchurch | 4.4 | £330K | 21 | — |
| Northway | 4.9 | £245K | 49 | +48% |
| Bredon | 5.2 | £368K | 21 | +37% |
| Prestbury | 6.2 | £440K | 51 | +31% |
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 Alderton
What is the average house price in Alderton?
The median home in Alderton sold for £438,750 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 58 standard sales (£345,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £517,500, semi-detached houses £370,000 and terraced houses £265,000.
Are house prices going up in Alderton?
The median was £403,335 in 2025, down 15% on 2024 (£476,000), and £345,000 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 Alderton each year?
15 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 18 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
How much does a new build cost in Alderton?
New homes sold for a median £492,475 over three years, against £423,750 for homes sold on. New builds were 24% of sales.
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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