That is the middle of 740 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 5.4 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.
740 homes sold in three years: 285 detached houses, 211 semi-detached houses, 164 terraced houses and 80 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£500K
median sale · 285 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£413K–£590K
Last 12 months
£478K71 sold
New build
£565K
Semi-detached houses£330K
median sale · 211 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£292K–£375K
Last 12 months
£332K62 sold
New build
£299K
Terraced houses£275K
median sale · 164 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£355K
Last 12 months
£304K38 sold
New build
£350K
Flats and maisonettes£199K
median sale · 80 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£163K–£265K
Last 12 months
£191K27 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses39%
Semi-detached houses29%
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 Thornbury’s homes sold for between £277K and £470K
One sale in ten was under £215K and one in ten over £595K. 16% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £360,000, sits in the £300–400K band
740 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £66,000 in 1995 to £357,500 in the last 12 months (£321,475 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
198 sales in the last 12 months, against 372 in 2018, the busiest year, and 117 in 2010. Sales fell by 21% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Thornbury costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Thornbury, 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
£96K
£149K
£280K
£290K
£379K
£470K
£478K
Semi-detached houses
£60K
£93K
£183K
£200K
£250K
£300K
£332K
Terraced houses
£51K
£77K
£155K
£160K
£194K
£270K
£304K
Flats and maisonettes
£31K
£57K
£127K
£130K
£230K
£171K
£191K
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: 2% of sales in the last 12 months, after 55% in 2019
1,278 new homes have been sold in Thornbury since 1995; the share peaked at 55% in 2019.
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 £505,000
against £340,000 for a home sold on, 49% 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.
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.1% sold leasehold in Thornbury. 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
Barley Fields is Thornbury’s busiest street, with 25 sales in three years
53 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 19 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
Barley Fields
BS35
25
£375,000
Mixed
2
Cleve Wood Road
BS35
22
£392,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Horse Leaze
BS35
19
£570,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Collester Way
BS35
18
£395,000
Mixed · new builds
5
Badger Road
BS35
18
£380,000
Mostly detached houses
6
Cleve Leaze
BS35
17
£435,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
7
Swallow Park
BS35
17
£410,000
Mostly detached houses
8
Stokefield Close
BS35
17
£350,000
Mostly flats
9
Epicure Road
BS35
15
£645,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
10
Ten Acres Road
BS35
15
£565,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
11
Osprey Park
BS35
14
£232,500
Mixed
12
Jubilee Drive
BS35
13
£505,000
Mixed
13
Rock Street
BS35
12
£252,500
Mostly flats
14
Midland Way
BS35
11
£160,000
Mostly flats
15
Nelmes Close
BS35
10
£575,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
Dearest streets
Gloucester Road: £657,500
Thornbury median£360K
Gloucester Road£658K
Epicure Road£645K
Colwell Close£585K
Bells Close£585K
Nelmes Close£575K
Cheapest streets
Midland Way: £160,000
Thornbury median£360K
Midland Way£160K
Leaze Close£185K
Osprey Park£233K
North Road£240K
Kestrel Close£249K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.1 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
Thornbury is the 14th most expensive of 48 towns in Gloucestershire
Thornbury 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 Thornbury
What is the average house price in Thornbury?
The median home in Thornbury sold for £360,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 740 standard sales (£357,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £499,500, semi-detached houses £330,000, terraced houses £275,000 and flats and maisonettes £199,225.
Are house prices going up in Thornbury?
The median was £341,000 in 2025, down 6% on 2024 (£363,000), and £357,500 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 Thornbury each year?
198 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 291 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Thornbury?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Gloucester Road (BS35, £657,500), Epicure Road (BS35, £645,000) and Colwell Close (BS35, £585,000).
How much does a new build cost in Thornbury?
New homes sold for a median £505,000 over three years, against £340,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 18% of sales.
Is Thornbury expensive for Gloucestershire?
Thornbury is the 14th 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.
Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0