The median home in Wotton-under-Edge sells for £349,000
That is the middle of 176 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 5.9 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.
38% of Wotton-under-Edge’s sales are detached houses
176 homes sold in three years: 66 detached houses, 53 semi-detached houses, 44 terraced houses and 13 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£473K
median sale · 66 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£385K–£612K
Last 12 months
£488K16 sold
Semi-detached houses£314K
median sale · 53 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£365K
Last 12 months
£328K15 sold
Terraced houses£292K
median sale · 44 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£247K–£360K
Last 12 months
£295K14 sold
Flats and maisonettes£180K
median sale · 13 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£165K–£198K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 38% of sales
Detached houses38%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses25%
Flats and maisonettes7%
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 Wotton-under-Edge’s homes sold for between £260K and £460K
One sale in ten was under £205K and one in ten over £618K. 19% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £349,000, sits in the £300–400K band
176 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.9 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £61,500 in 1995 to £365,000 in the last 12 months (£255,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
48 sales in the last 12 months, against 123 in 2021, the busiest year, and 49 in 2008. Sales fell by 21% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 112% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Wotton-under-Edge costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Wotton-under-Edge, 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
£95K
£134K
£242K
£291K
£303K
£345K
£488K
Semi-detached houses
£56K
£89K
£188K
£206K
£249K
£293K
£328K
Terraced houses
£52K
£83K
£165K
£179K
£239K
£270K
£295K
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 26% in 2015
145 new homes have been sold in Wotton-under-Edge since 1995; the share peaked at 26% 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
7% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.6% sold leasehold in Wotton-under-Edge. 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
Bearlands is Wotton-under-Edge’s busiest street, with 15 sales in three years
12 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
Bearlands
GL12
15
£320,000
Mixed
2
Parklands
GL12
9
£475,000
Mostly detached houses
3
Court Orchard
GL12
9
£340,000
Mixed
4
Wortley Road
GL12
7
£490,000
Mostly detached houses
5
Britannia Mews
GL12
6
£360,000
Mixed
6
Water Lane
GL12
6
£346,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Shepherds Leaze
GL12
6
£334,975
Mixed
8
Knapp Road
GL12
6
£275,500
Mixed
9
Gloucester Street
GL12
6
£269,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Old Town
GL12
6
£245,500
Mostly terraced houses
11
Cherry Orchard
GL12
6
£240,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Bradley Road
GL12
5
£260,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Wortley Road: £490,000
Wotton-under-Edge median£349K
Wortley Road£490K
Parklands£475K
Britannia Mews£360K
Water Lane£346K
Court Orchard£340K
Cheapest streets
Cherry Orchard: £240,000
Wotton-under-Edge median£349K
Cherry Orchard£240K
Old Town£246K
Bradley Road£260K
Gloucester Street£269K
Knapp Road£276K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is twice 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
Wotton-under-Edge is the 18th most expensive of 48 towns in Gloucestershire
Wotton-under-Edge 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 Wotton-under-Edge
What is the average house price in Wotton-under-Edge?
The median home in Wotton-under-Edge sold for £349,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 176 standard sales (£365,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £472,500, semi-detached houses £314,000, terraced houses £292,475 and flats and maisonettes £180,000.
Are house prices going up in Wotton-under-Edge?
The median was £339,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£345,000), and £365,000 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 Wotton-under-Edge each year?
48 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 76 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Wotton-under-Edge?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Wortley Road (GL12, £490,000), Parklands (GL12, £475,000) and Britannia Mews (GL12, £360,000).
Is Wotton-under-Edge expensive for Gloucestershire?
Wotton-under-Edge is the 18th 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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