Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0The median home in Blaenavon sells for £139,950
That is the middle of 167 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 5.5 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.
Two thirds of Blaenavon’s sales are terraced houses
167 homes sold in three years: 20 detached houses, 34 semi-detached houses, 109 terraced houses and 4 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 20 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £260K–£372K
median sale · 34 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £140K–£198K
- Last 12 months
- £179K12 sold
median sale · 109 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £110K–£150K
- Last 12 months
- £129K28 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 4 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A terraced town: two thirds of homes sold are terraced
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 Blaenavon’s homes sold for between £115K and £190K
One sale in ten was under £90K and one in ten over £268K. 89% sold for under £250K.
The median, £139,950, sits in the £100–150K band
167 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.5 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than Wales’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £26,000 in 1995 to £143,750 in the last 12 months (£97,575 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
44 sales in the last 12 months, against 126 in 2002, the busiest year, and 38 in 2011. Sales fell by 39% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 41% more sales than 2020.
Blaenavon costs less than Wales as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Blaenavon, every standard sale in Wales, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | £21K | £52K | £93K | £95K | £110K | £166K | £179K |
| Terraced houses | £26K | £24K | £79K | £74K | £74K | £98K | £129K |
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 have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 24% in 2017
133 new homes have been sold in Blaenavon since 1995; the share peaked at 24% in 2017.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
28% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 26% sold leasehold in Blaenavon. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Capel Newydd Avenue is Blaenavon’s busiest street, with 11 sales in three years
9 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 | Capel Newydd Avenue | NP4 | 11 | £149,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 2 | Elgam Avenue | NP4 | 9 | £195,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 3 | Queen Street | NP4 | 9 | £110,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 4 | Cwmavon Road | NP4 | 8 | £177,500 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 5 | James Street | NP4 | 7 | £120,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 6 | Llanover Road | NP4 | 6 | £285,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 7 | Oak View | NP4 | 6 | £245,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 8 | Lower Waun Street | NP4 | 5 | £135,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 9 | Lower Hill Street | NP4 | 5 | £120,000 | 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.
Blaenavon is the 32nd most expensive of 38 towns in Gwent
Blaenavon is one of Gwent’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Gwent with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Blaenavon’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Abertillery.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaenavon | — | £140K | 44 | +47% |
| Abersychan | 3 | £160K | 63 | +52% |
| Govilon | 3.2 | £355K | 16 | +56% |
| Blaina | 3.2 | £130K | 27 | +73% |
| Abertillery | 3.6 | £125K | 95 | +76% |
| Llanfoist | 3.6 | £333K | 22 | +53% |
| Gilwern | 3.7 | £338K | 28 | +37% |
| Nantyglo | 3.8 | £158K | 26 | +54% |
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 Blaenavon
What is the average house price in Blaenavon?
The median home in Blaenavon sold for £139,950 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 167 standard sales (£143,750 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £307,500, semi-detached houses £168,750 and terraced houses £130,000.
Are house prices going up in Blaenavon?
The median was £141,750 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£140,000), and £143,750 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 Blaenavon each year?
44 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 80 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Blaenavon?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Llanover Road (NP4, £285,000), Oak View (NP4, £245,000) and Elgam Avenue (NP4, £195,000).
Is Blaenavon expensive for Gwent?
Blaenavon is the 32nd most expensive of 38 towns of 2,500 or more in Gwent 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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