That is the middle of 1,128 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 6.7 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.
1,128 homes sold in three years: 445 detached houses, 307 semi-detached houses, 150 terraced houses and 226 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£412K
median sale · 445 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£345K–£475K
Last 12 months
£425K123 sold
New build
£426K
Semi-detached houses£328K
median sale · 307 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£295K–£360K
Last 12 months
£335K79 sold
New build
£336K
Terraced houses£295K
median sale · 150 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£336K
Last 12 months
£320K39 sold
New build
£311K
Flats and maisonettes£172K
median sale · 226 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£130K–£215K
Last 12 months
£169K58 sold
New build
£237K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses39%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses13%
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 Herne Bay’s homes sold for between £255K and £410K
One sale in ten was under £160K and one in ten over £500K. 23% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £327,500, sits in the £300–400K band
1,128 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.7 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £51,000 in 1995 to £343,500 in the last 12 months (£285,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
299 sales in the last 12 months, against 830 in 2002, the busiest year, and 325 in 2023. Sales fell by 56% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 38% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Herne Bay costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Herne Bay, 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
£60K
£102K
£210K
£222K
£277K
£368K
£425K
Semi-detached houses
£52K
£80K
£177K
£175K
£227K
£285K
£335K
Terraced houses
£43K
£75K
£155K
£168K
£208K
£260K
£320K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£46K
£108K
£110K
£125K
£175K
£169K
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: 2.3% of sales in the last 12 months
1,192 new homes have been sold in Herne Bay since 1995; the share peaked at 19% in 1998.
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 £340,250
against £322,500 for a home sold on, 6% 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.
21% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.1% sold leasehold in Herne Bay. 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
Clover Street is Herne Bay’s busiest street, with 46 sales in three years
91 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 27 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
Clover Street
CT6
46
£339,995
Mixed · new builds
2
Campion Avenue
CT6
24
£345,750
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
3
Station Road
CT6
23
£209,000
Mixed
4
Richmond Street
CT6
23
£170,000
Mostly flats
5
Douglas Road
CT6
20
£309,000
Mixed
6
High Street
CT6
19
£120,000
Mostly flats
7
Reculver Road
CT6
17
£320,000
Mixed
8
Kings Road
CT6
17
£155,000
Mostly flats
9
Albany Drive
CT6
16
£320,000
Mixed
10
Osborne Gardens
CT6
16
£312,500
Mostly detached houses
11
Beltinge Road
CT6
15
£390,000
Mixed
12
Canterbury Road
CT6
15
£220,000
Mostly flats
13
Gordon Road
CT6
14
£298,500
Mixed
14
Grand Drive
CT6
13
£450,000
Mixed
15
The Broadway
CT6
13
£410,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Sea View Road: £565,000
Herne Bay median£328K
Sea View Road£565K
Spenser Road£560K
Western Esplanade£546K
Hampton Pier Avenue£500K
Lawrence Gardens£465K
Cheapest streets
Beach Street: £87,500
Herne Bay median£328K
Beach Street£88K
Chislet Court£111K
High Street£120K
Oakland Court£122K
Kings Road£155K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.5 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
Herne Bay is the 59th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Herne Bay 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 Herne Bay
What is the average house price in Herne Bay?
The median home in Herne Bay sold for £327,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,128 standard sales (£343,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £412,000, semi-detached houses £327,500, terraced houses £295,000 and flats and maisonettes £171,750.
Are house prices going up in Herne Bay?
The median was £326,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£324,250), and £343,500 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 Herne Bay each year?
299 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 449 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Herne Bay?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Sea View Road (CT6, £565,000), Spenser Road (CT6, £560,000) and Western Esplanade (CT6, £546,000).
How much does a new build cost in Herne Bay?
New homes sold for a median £340,250 over three years, against £322,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 10% of sales.
Is Herne Bay expensive for Kent?
Herne Bay is the 59th 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.
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