That is the middle of 3,973 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 6.5 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.
3,973 homes sold in three years: 623 detached houses, 1,090 semi-detached houses, 1,798 terraced houses and 462 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£475K
median sale · 623 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£405K–£575K
Last 12 months
£505K169 sold
New build
£450K
Semi-detached houses£355K
median sale · 1,090 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£315K–£405K
Last 12 months
£355K313 sold
New build
£394K
Terraced houses£280K
median sale · 1,798 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£245K–£320K
Last 12 months
£280K530 sold
New build
£345K
Flats and maisonettes£190K
median sale · 462 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£155K–£249K
Last 12 months
£175K109 sold
New build
£344K
The mix
A terraced town: 45% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses16%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses45%
Flats and maisonettes12%
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 Gillingham’s homes sold for between £255K and £388K
One sale in ten was under £205K and one in ten over £485K. 23% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £315,000, sits in the £300–400K band
3,973 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.5 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £48,000 in 1995 to £310,000 in the last 12 months (£252,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,121 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,759 in 2001, the busiest year, and 1,085 in 2009. Sales fell by 57% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 64% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Gillingham costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Gillingham, 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
£98K
£150K
£250K
£285K
£332K
£475K
£505K
Semi-detached houses
£60K
£98K
£169K
£185K
£237K
£304K
£355K
Terraced houses
£41K
£62K
£129K
£135K
£174K
£235K
£280K
Flats and maisonettes
£33K
£47K
£115K
£105K
£155K
£183K
£175K
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: 1% of sales in the last 12 months, after 16% in 2023
4,775 new homes have been sold in Gillingham since 1995; the share peaked at 16% in 2023.
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 £397,995
against £307,000 for a home sold on, 30% 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.
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.8% sold leasehold in Gillingham. 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
High Street is Gillingham’s busiest street, with 54 sales in three years
281 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 99 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
ME8
54
£339,950
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Maidstone Road
ME8
51
£410,000
Mixed
3
Cherry Orchard Drive
ME8
50
£407,500
Mixed · new builds
4
Ocean Drive
ME7
50
£163,000
Mostly flats
5
Lonsdale Drive
ME8
37
£350,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Station Road
ME8
37
£255,000
Mixed
7
Gillingham Road
ME7
34
£245,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Edgewater
ME4
32
£398,331
Mixed · new builds
9
Chatham Quays
ME4
32
£190,500
Mostly flats
10
Royal Sovereign Avenue
ME4
26
£310,000
Mostly terraced houses · new builds
11
Wigmore Road
ME8
25
£550,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Grange Road
ME7
25
£325,000
Mixed
13
Broadway
ME8
25
£300,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Mierscourt Road
ME8
24
£293,500
Mostly terraced houses
15
Beechings Way
ME8
22
£292,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Harrow Road: £732,500
Gillingham median£315K
Harrow Road£733K
Westerly Way£685K
Blowers Wood Grove£675K
Durham Road£635K
Old Farndale£615K
Cheapest streets
Richmond Road: £135,000
Gillingham median£315K
Richmond Road£135K
Cypress Court£150K
Ocean Drive£163K
Dock Head Road£163K
Guardian Court£180K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.4 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 Kent
Gillingham is the 63rd most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Gillingham is in the middle of Kent’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 Gillingham
What is the average house price in Gillingham?
The median home in Gillingham sold for £315,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 3,973 standard sales (£310,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £475,000, semi-detached houses £355,000, terraced houses £280,000 and flats and maisonettes £190,000.
Are house prices going up in Gillingham?
The median was £318,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£310,000), and £310,000 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 Gillingham each year?
1,121 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,600 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Gillingham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Harrow Road (ME7, £732,500), Westerly Way (ME4, £685,000) and Blowers Wood Grove (ME7, £675,000).
How much does a new build cost in Gillingham?
New homes sold for a median £397,995 over three years, against £307,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 7.5% of sales.
Is Gillingham expensive for Kent?
Gillingham is the 62nd most expensive of 87 towns of 2,500 or more in Kent 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.