That is the middle of 253 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 5.2 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.
253 homes sold in three years: 94 detached houses, 75 semi-detached houses, 50 terraced houses and 34 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£335K
median sale · 94 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£295K–£398K
Last 12 months
£350K23 sold
New build
£349K
Semi-detached houses£220K
median sale · 75 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£200K–£268K
Last 12 months
£213K22 sold
New build
£264K
Terraced houses£183K
median sale · 50 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£165K–£215K
Last 12 months
£192K15 sold
Flats and maisonettes£115K
median sale · 34 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£89K–£150K
Last 12 months
£115K9 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses37%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses20%
Flats and maisonettes13%
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 Coleford’s homes sold for between £180K and £315K
One sale in ten was under £130K and one in ten over £397K. 53% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £239,950, sits in the £200–250K band
253 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £42,500 in 1995 to £220,000 in the last 12 months (£162,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
69 sales in the last 12 months, against 166 in 2004, the busiest year, and 38 in 2008. Sales fell by 43% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 67% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Coleford costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Coleford, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£65K
£95K
£220K
£249K
£245K
£300K
£350K
Semi-detached houses
£48K
£60K
£140K
£138K
£172K
£176K
£213K
Terraced houses
£38K
£50K
£119K
£123K
£105K
£153K
£192K
Flats and maisonettes
£26K
£30K
£75K
£99K
£73K
£113K
£115K
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
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 31% in 2015
351 new homes have been sold in Coleford since 1995; the share peaked at 31% in 2015.
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 £329,995
against £220,000 for a home sold on, 50% 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.
15% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.3% sold leasehold in Coleford. 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
Fairways Avenue is Coleford’s busiest street, with 20 sales in three years
16 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
Fairways Avenue
GL16
20
£178,000
Mostly terraced houses
2
Kings Meade
GL16
15
£180,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Ridgeway Avenue
GL16
13
£298,995
Mixed · new builds
4
Crabtree Meadow
GL16
10
£349,747
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Lawdley Road
GL16
10
£236,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Poolway Place
GL16
7
£270,000
Mixed
7
Victoria Road
GL16
7
£265,000
Mixed
8
The Links
GL16
7
£225,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Orchard Road
GL16
6
£357,500
Mostly detached houses
10
Newland Street
GL16
6
£227,475
Mixed
11
Springfield Close
GL16
6
£162,500
Mostly terraced houses
12
Bank Street
GL16
6
£82,500
Mostly flats
13
Nash Way
GL16
5
£220,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Gloucester Road
GL16
5
£216,000
Mixed
15
Greenways Drive
GL16
5
£188,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Orchard Road: £357,500
Coleford median£240K
Orchard Road£358K
Crabtree Meadow£350K
Ridgeway Avenue£299K
Poolway Place£270K
Victoria Road£265K
Cheapest streets
Bank Street: £82,500
Coleford median£240K
Bank Street£83K
Spout Lane£150K
Springfield Close£163K
Fairways Avenue£178K
Kings Meade£180K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.3 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
Coleford is the 47th most expensive of 48 towns in Gloucestershire
Coleford is one of Gloucestershire’s cheapest 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 Coleford
What is the average house price in Coleford?
The median home in Coleford sold for £239,950 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 253 standard sales (£220,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £335,497, semi-detached houses £220,000, terraced houses £183,000 and flats and maisonettes £115,000.
Are house prices going up in Coleford?
The median was £220,000 in 2025, down 18% on 2024 (£269,000), and £220,000 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 Coleford each year?
69 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 101 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Coleford?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Orchard Road (GL16, £357,500), Crabtree Meadow (GL16, £349,747) and Ridgeway Avenue (GL16, £298,995).
How much does a new build cost in Coleford?
New homes sold for a median £329,995 over three years, against £220,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 9.9% of sales.
Is Coleford expensive for Gloucestershire?
Coleford is the 47th 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.
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