Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Whitwell sell for a median £586,250
That is the middle of 42 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. 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.
Half of Whitwell’s sales are detached houses
42 homes sold in three years: 20 detached houses, 11 semi-detached houses, 9 terraced houses and 2 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 20 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £625K–£1M
median sale · 11 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £385K–£583K
Terraced houses: 9 sold, median £365K
Flats and maisonettes: 2 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
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 Whitwell’s homes sold for between £392K and £740K
One sale in ten was under £330K and one in ten over £1.1M. 2% sold for under £250K.
The median, £586,250, sits in the £500–750K band
42 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 67% in 2020
67 new homes have been sold in Whitwell since 1995; the share peaked at 67% in 2020.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
2% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Whitwell. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
High Street is Whitwell’s busiest street, with 15 sales in three years
3 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 | High Street | SG4 | 15 | £515,000 | Mixed |
| 2 | Bradway | SG4 | 6 | £626,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 3 | Horn Hill | SG4 | 6 | £518,750 | Mixed |
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.
Whitwell’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Codicote and Knebworth.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitwell | — | £586K | 8 | +17% |
| Kimpton | 1.9 | £568K | 11 | +25% |
| Codicote | 2.8 | £515K | 50 | +72% |
| Knebworth | 4.2 | £445K | 61 | +7% |
| Welwyn | 4.3 | £550K | 29 | +24% |
| Oaklands | 4.3 | £750K | 41 | +8% |
| Little Wymondley | 4.4 | £375K | 7 | +13% |
| Wheathampstead | 4.5 | £625K | 47 | +37% |
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 Whitwell
What is the average house price in Whitwell?
The median home in Whitwell sold for £586,250 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 42 standard sales. By type: detached houses £697,500, semi-detached houses £470,000 and terraced houses £365,000.
Are house prices going up in Whitwell?
The median was £578,750 in 2025, down 4% on 2024 (£600,000). A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
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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