The median home in Hoo St Werburgh sells for £346,500
That is the middle of 366 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.
46% of Hoo St Werburgh’s sales are semi-detached houses
366 homes sold in three years: 82 detached houses, 168 semi-detached houses, 89 terraced houses and 27 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£450K
median sale · 82 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£403K–£513K
Last 12 months
£433K8 sold
New build
£453K
Semi-detached houses£355K
median sale · 168 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£317K–£395K
Last 12 months
£370K55 sold
New build
£386K
Terraced houses£315K
median sale · 89 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£285K–£335K
Last 12 months
£325K23 sold
Flats and maisonettes£180K
median sale · 27 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£160K–£200K
Last 12 months
£175K6 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 46% of sales
Detached houses22%
Semi-detached houses46%
Terraced houses24%
Flats and maisonettes7%
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 Hoo St Werburgh’s homes sold for between £300K and £410K
One sale in ten was under £240K and one in ten over £456K. 12% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £346,500, sits in the £300–400K band
366 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 £53,475 in 1995 to £350,000 in the last 12 months (£300,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
92 sales in the last 12 months, against 260 in 2021, the busiest year, and 109 in 2013.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Hoo St Werburgh costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Hoo St Werburgh, 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
£103K
£135K
£275K
£290K
£282K
£395K
£433K
Semi-detached houses
£56K
£91K
£163K
£181K
£230K
£325K
£370K
Terraced houses
£49K
£71K
£146K
£195K
£223K
£276K
£325K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£50K
£102K
£94K
£143K
£127K
£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
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
941 new homes have been sold in Hoo St Werburgh since 1995; the share peaked at 52% in 2010.
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 £449,500
against £330,000 for a home sold on, 36% 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.
9% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.8% sold leasehold in Hoo St Werburgh. 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
Walnut Tree Grove is Hoo St Werburgh’s busiest street, with 23 sales in three years
28 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 8 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
Walnut Tree Grove
ME3
23
£450,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Knights Road
ME3
21
£325,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Thomas Aveling Road
ME3
16
£410,247
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Bells Lane
ME3
16
£310,000
Mixed
5
Rivenhall Way
ME3
12
£355,000
Mixed
6
Stoke Road
ME3
11
£400,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Plough Close
ME3
10
£453,747
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Hogarth Close
ME3
10
£395,000
Mixed
9
Kingshill Drive
ME3
9
£350,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Pankhurst Road
ME3
9
£325,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Wylie Road
ME3
9
£310,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Trubridge Road
ME3
7
£375,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Sopwith Drive
ME3
7
£372,000
Mixed
14
Martinsyde Grove
ME3
7
£320,000
Mixed
15
Church Farm Close
ME3
7
£305,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Plough Close: £453,747
Hoo St Werburgh median£347K
Plough Close£454K
Walnut Tree Grove£450K
Reaping Close£425K
Thomas Aveling Road£410K
Stoke Road£400K
Cheapest streets
Flack Gardens: £167,250
Hoo St Werburgh median£347K
Flack Gardens£167K
Willow Grange£170K
Peal Close£286K
Webb Close£302K
Church Farm Close£305K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.7 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
Hoo St Werburgh is the 44th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Hoo St Werburgh 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 Hoo St Werburgh
What is the average house price in Hoo St Werburgh?
The median home in Hoo St Werburgh sold for £346,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 366 standard sales (£350,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £449,750, semi-detached houses £355,000, terraced houses £315,000 and flats and maisonettes £180,000.
Are house prices going up in Hoo St Werburgh?
The median was £332,000 in 2025, down 5% on 2024 (£350,000), and £350,000 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 Hoo St Werburgh each year?
92 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 167 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Hoo St Werburgh?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Plough Close (ME3, £453,747), Walnut Tree Grove (ME3, £450,000) and Reaping Close (ME3, £424,747).
How much does a new build cost in Hoo St Werburgh?
New homes sold for a median £449,500 over three years, against £330,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 16% of sales.
Is Hoo St Werburgh expensive for Kent?
Hoo St Werburgh is the 44th 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.
Photo: Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent · CC BY-SA 3.0