That is the middle of 5,298 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 5.8 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.
A third of Cheltenham’s sales are semi-detached houses
5,298 homes sold in three years: 841 detached houses, 1,576 semi-detached houses, 1,480 terraced houses and 1,401 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£620K
median sale · 841 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£450K–£858K
Last 12 months
£630K255 sold
Semi-detached houses£365K
median sale · 1,576 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£290K–£474K
Last 12 months
£371K453 sold
Terraced houses£295K
median sale · 1,480 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£248K–£410K
Last 12 months
£300K453 sold
Flats and maisonettes£205K
median sale · 1,401 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£157K–£285K
Last 12 months
£200K397 sold
New build
£350K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 30% of sales
Detached houses16%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses28%
Flats and maisonettes26%
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 Cheltenham’s homes sold for between £240K and £480K
One sale in ten was under £173K and one in ten over £742K. 27% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £320,750, sits in the £300–400K band
5,298 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.8 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £56,450 in 1995 to £325,000 in the last 12 months (£265,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,558 sales in the last 12 months, against 3,487 in 2006, the busiest year, and 1,589 in 2023. Sales fell by 43% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 46% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Cheltenham costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Cheltenham, 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
£105K
£198K
£298K
£344K
£387K
£506K
£630K
Semi-detached houses
£59K
£96K
£185K
£215K
£243K
£313K
£371K
Terraced houses
£50K
£85K
£163K
£182K
£210K
£251K
£300K
Flats and maisonettes
£40K
£73K
£138K
£145K
£165K
£175K
£200K
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: 0.3% of sales in the last 12 months
5,597 new homes have been sold in Cheltenham since 1995; the share peaked at 13% in 2008.
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 £365,000
against £320,000 for a home sold on, 14% 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.
27% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.1% sold leasehold in Cheltenham. 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
Gloucester Road is Cheltenham’s busiest street, with 58 sales in three years
381 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 119 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
Gloucester Road
GL51
58
£327,500
Mixed
2
London Road
GL52
54
£437,500
Mixed
3
St Georges Road
GL50
51
£170,000
Mostly flats
4
Brookbank Close
GL50
43
£190,000
Mostly flats
5
Lansdown Road (GL51)
GL51
37
£200,000
Mostly flats
6
Prestbury Road
GL52
34
£502,500
Mixed
7
Bath Road
GL53
34
£280,000
Mostly flats
8
The Park
GL50
33
£485,000
Mostly flats
9
Hatherley Road
GL51
33
£405,000
Mixed
10
Hatherley Lane
GL51
32
£348,725
Mostly flats · new builds
11
Queens Road
GL50
32
£317,500
Mostly flats
12
Evesham Road
GL52
31
£225,000
Mostly flats
13
Pittville Circus Road
GL52
31
£220,000
Mostly flats
14
Leckhampton Road
GL53
30
£795,000
Mixed
15
Old Bath Road
GL53
30
£610,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Ashley Road: £2,225,000
Cheltenham median£321K
Ashley Road£2.2M
Oakley Road£1.7M
Hall Road£1.3M
Sandy Lane£1.3M
Tivoli Road£1.3M
Cheapest streets
Talbot Road: £100,000
Cheltenham median£321K
Talbot Road£100K
Westbourne Drive£105K
Swindon Close£121K
St Peters Close£129K
High Street (GL52)£130K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 22.3 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 Gloucestershire
Cheltenham is the 25th most expensive of 48 towns in Gloucestershire
Cheltenham is in the middle of Gloucestershire’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 Cheltenham
What is the average house price in Cheltenham?
The median home in Cheltenham sold for £320,750 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 5,298 standard sales (£325,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £620,000, semi-detached houses £365,000, terraced houses £295,000 and flats and maisonettes £205,000.
Are house prices going up in Cheltenham?
The median was £320,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£325,000), and £325,000 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 Cheltenham each year?
1,558 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 2,166 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Cheltenham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Ashley Road (GL52, £2,225,000), Oakley Road (GL52, £1,685,000) and Hall Road (GL53, £1,332,500).
How much does a new build cost in Cheltenham?
New homes sold for a median £365,000 over three years, against £320,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.5% of sales.
Is Cheltenham expensive for Gloucestershire?
Cheltenham is the 25th most expensive of 48 towns of 2,500 or more in Gloucestershire 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.