That is the middle of 207 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.
207 homes sold in three years: 70 detached houses, 30 semi-detached houses, 66 terraced houses and 41 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£469K
median sale · 70 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£400K–£540K
Last 12 months
£465K17 sold
Semi-detached houses£358K
median sale · 30 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£285K–£413K
Last 12 months
£365K11 sold
Terraced houses£286K
median sale · 66 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£245K–£348K
Last 12 months
£303K18 sold
Flats and maisonettes£175K
median sale · 41 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£155K–£193K
Last 12 months
£171K14 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses34%
Semi-detached houses14%
Terraced houses32%
Flats and maisonettes20%
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 Marchwood’s homes sold for between £235K and £445K
One sale in ten was under £175K and one in ten over £530K. 29% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £325,000, sits in the £300–400K band
207 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, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £55,000 in 1995 to £322,000 in the last 12 months (£261,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
60 sales in the last 12 months, against 280 in 2001, the busiest year, and 64 in 2008. Sales fell by 40% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 41% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Marchwood costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Marchwood, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£79K
£149K
£250K
£250K
£330K
£374K
£465K
Semi-detached houses
£55K
£97K
£166K
£200K
£238K
£260K
£365K
Terraced houses
£45K
£85K
£157K
£165K
£194K
£235K
£303K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£55K
£130K
£115K
£136K
£153K
£171K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
302 new homes have been sold in Marchwood since 1995; the share peaked at 34% in 2000.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
20% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Marchwood. 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
Tides Way is Marchwood’s busiest street, with 19 sales in three years
12 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 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
Tides Way
SO40
19
£220,000
Mixed
2
Quayside Walk
SO40
13
£365,000
Mostly terraced houses
3
Africa Drive
SO40
12
£184,000
Mostly flats
4
Village Mews
SO40
9
£175,000
Mostly flats
5
Admiralty Way
SO40
8
£320,000
Mixed
6
Pooks Green
SO40
7
£495,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Hythe Road
SO40
6
£516,250
Mostly detached houses
8
Larkspur Drive
SO40
6
£271,500
Mostly terraced houses
9
Baytree Gardens
SO40
5
£470,000
Mostly detached houses
10
Bilberry Drive
SO40
5
£460,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Main Road
SO40
5
£405,000
Mixed
12
Rosewood Gardens
SO40
5
£151,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Hythe Road: £516,250
Marchwood median£325K
Hythe Road£516K
Pooks Green£495K
Baytree Gardens£470K
Bilberry Drive£460K
Main Road£405K
Cheapest streets
Rosewood Gardens: £151,000
Marchwood median£325K
Rosewood Gardens£151K
Village Mews£175K
Africa Drive£184K
Tides Way£220K
Larkspur Drive£272K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.4 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
Marchwood is the 61st most expensive of 77 towns in Hampshire
Marchwood 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 Marchwood
What is the average house price in Marchwood?
The median home in Marchwood sold for £325,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 207 standard sales (£322,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £468,500, semi-detached houses £357,500, terraced houses £285,500 and flats and maisonettes £175,000.
Are house prices going up in Marchwood?
The median was £315,000 in 2025, down 7% on 2024 (£340,000), and £322,000 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 Marchwood each year?
60 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 89 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Marchwood?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Hythe Road (SO40, £516,250), Pooks Green (SO40, £495,000) and Baytree Gardens (SO40, £470,000).
Is Marchwood expensive for Hampshire?
Marchwood is the 61st 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.
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