Homes in Bishop's Waltham sell for a median £362,500
That is the middle of 334 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 4.8 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 Bishop's Waltham’s sales are detached houses
334 homes sold in three years: 102 detached houses, 85 semi-detached houses, 96 terraced houses and 51 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£597K
median sale · 102 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£488K–£700K
Last 12 months
£558K33 sold
New build
£597K
Semi-detached houses£365K
median sale · 85 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£330K–£435K
Last 12 months
£386K30 sold
New build
£360K
Terraced houses£305K
median sale · 96 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£270K–£365K
Last 12 months
£305K31 sold
Flats and maisonettes£185K
median sale · 51 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£140K–£250K
Last 12 months
£150K11 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 31% of sales
Detached houses31%
Semi-detached houses25%
Terraced houses29%
Flats and maisonettes15%
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 Bishop's Waltham’s homes sold for between £290K and £500K
One sale in ten was under £205K and one in ten over £675K. 15% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £362,500, sits in the £300–400K band
334 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.8 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £74,750 in 1995 to £362,500 in the last 12 months (£320,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
105 sales in the last 12 months, against 224 in 2021, the busiest year, and 93 in 2024. Sales fell by 45% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 68% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bishop's Waltham costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bishop's Waltham, 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
£112K
£198K
£323K
£368K
£485K
£525K
£558K
Semi-detached houses
£69K
£123K
£218K
£217K
£312K
£367K
£386K
Terraced houses
£56K
£90K
£163K
£183K
£215K
£263K
£305K
Flats and maisonettes
£42K
£59K
£127K
£136K
£114K
£185K
£150K
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 41% in 2022
629 new homes have been sold in Bishop's Waltham since 1995; the share peaked at 41% in 2022.
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 £442,500
against £358,750 for a home sold on, 23% 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.
16% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.7% sold leasehold in Bishop's Waltham. 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
Bilson Road is Bishop's Waltham’s busiest street, with 11 sales in three years
19 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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
Bilson Road
SO32
11
£360,000
Mixed · new builds
2
Winchester Road
SO32
11
£265,000
Mixed
3
Victoria Road
SO32
9
£308,000
Mixed
4
Oak Road
SO32
9
£295,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Churchill Avenue
SO32
9
£280,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Rareridge Lane
SO32
8
£708,750
Mostly detached houses
7
Denewulf Close
SO32
7
£345,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Battery Hill
SO32
7
£302,000
Mixed
9
Roman Row
SO32
7
£142,500
Mostly flats
10
Bosworth Gardens
SO32
6
£475,000
Mixed
11
Merlin Close
SO32
6
£417,500
Mostly detached houses
12
Gunners Park
SO32
6
£348,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Ashton Close
SO32
6
£315,000
Mixed
14
Pine Lea
SO32
6
£287,500
Mixed
15
Claylands Road
SO32
6
£164,250
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Rareridge Lane: £708,750
Bishop's Waltham median£363K
Rareridge Lane£709K
Bosworth Gardens£475K
Leopold Drive£438K
Merlin Close£418K
Pondside Terrace£406K
Cheapest streets
Southbrook Mews: £120,000
Bishop's Waltham median£363K
Southbrook Mews£120K
Roman Row£143K
Claylands Road£164K
Winchester Road£265K
Churchill Avenue£280K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.9 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 Hampshire
Bishop's Waltham is the 52nd most expensive of 77 towns in Hampshire
Bishop's Waltham is in the middle of Hampshire’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 Bishop's Waltham
What is the average house price in Bishop's Waltham?
The median home in Bishop's Waltham sold for £362,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 334 standard sales (£362,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £597,450, semi-detached houses £365,000, terraced houses £305,000 and flats and maisonettes £185,000.
Are house prices going up in Bishop's Waltham?
The median was £364,750 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£349,950), and £362,500 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 Bishop's Waltham each year?
105 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 141 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bishop's Waltham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Rareridge Lane (SO32, £708,750), Bosworth Gardens (SO32, £475,000) and Leopold Drive (SO32, £438,000).
How much does a new build cost in Bishop's Waltham?
New homes sold for a median £442,500 over three years, against £358,750 for homes sold on. New builds were 6% of sales.
Is Bishop's Waltham expensive for Hampshire?
Bishop's Waltham is the 52nd most expensive of 77 towns of 2,500 or more in Hampshire 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.