That is the middle of 990 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 6.4 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.
990 homes sold in three years: 218 detached houses, 407 semi-detached houses, 274 terraced houses and 91 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£529K
median sale · 218 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£465K–£645K
Last 12 months
£540K67 sold
New build
£541K
Semi-detached houses£390K
median sale · 407 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£355K–£435K
Last 12 months
£398K116 sold
New build
£442K
Terraced houses£325K
median sale · 274 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£295K–£375K
Last 12 months
£338K78 sold
Flats and maisonettes£228K
median sale · 91 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£198K–£270K
Last 12 months
£215K30 sold
New build
£270K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 41% of sales
Detached houses22%
Semi-detached houses41%
Terraced houses28%
Flats and maisonettes9%
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 Larkfield’s homes sold for between £320K and £455K
One sale in ten was under £265K and one in ten over £568K. 8% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £380,000, sits in the £300–400K band
990 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.4 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £59,997 in 1995 to £382,000 in the last 12 months (£314,250 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
291 sales in the last 12 months, against 647 in 2007, the busiest year, and 261 in 2009. Sales fell by 60% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 47% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Larkfield costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Larkfield, 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
£100K
£173K
£289K
£318K
£380K
£470K
£540K
Semi-detached houses
£60K
£110K
£200K
£210K
£258K
£330K
£398K
Terraced houses
£52K
£84K
£174K
£184K
£218K
£285K
£338K
Flats and maisonettes
£40K
£49K
£190K
£130K
£183K
£195K
£215K
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: 1.4% of sales in the last 12 months
1,469 new homes have been sold in Larkfield since 1995; the share peaked at 25% in 2008.
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 £468,346
against £375,000 for a home sold on, 25% 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.
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.9% sold leasehold in Larkfield. 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
Lunsford Lane is Larkfield’s busiest street, with 32 sales in three years
74 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 21 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
Lunsford Lane
ME20
32
£401,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
London Road (ME20)
ME20
31
£397,000
Mixed
3
The Lakes
ME20
29
£370,000
Mixed
4
The Avenue
ME20
25
£395,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
New Hythe Lane
ME20
23
£360,500
Mixed
6
Willowmead
ME19
18
£350,000
Mixed
7
Beatrix Drive
ME20
17
£465,495
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Ingram Close
ME20
17
£235,000
Mixed
9
Priory Grove
ME20
16
£369,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Mill Street
ME19
15
£570,000
Mixed
11
Swallow Road
ME20
15
£360,000
Mixed
12
Woodlands Road
ME20
15
£353,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Hengist Drive
ME20
14
£272,500
Mixed · new builds
14
The Old Road
ME19
13
£555,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
15
Sherwood Avenue
ME20
12
£218,750
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Birch Crescent: £576,000
Larkfield median£380K
Birch Crescent£576K
Mill Street£570K
Priestley Drive£555K
The Old Road£555K
Gorse Crescent£543K
Cheapest streets
Mercer Close: £202,500
Larkfield median£380K
Mercer Close£203K
Sherwood Avenue£219K
Ingram Close£235K
Mill Hall£259K
New Road (ME20)£267K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.8 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
Larkfield is the 35th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Larkfield 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 Larkfield
What is the average house price in Larkfield?
The median home in Larkfield sold for £380,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 990 standard sales (£382,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £529,250, semi-detached houses £390,000, terraced houses £325,000 and flats and maisonettes £227,500.
Are house prices going up in Larkfield?
The median was £385,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£375,000), and £382,000 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 Larkfield each year?
291 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 405 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Larkfield?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Birch Crescent (ME20, £576,000), Mill Street (ME19, £570,000) and Priestley Drive (ME20, £555,000).
How much does a new build cost in Larkfield?
New homes sold for a median £468,346 over three years, against £375,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 6.2% of sales.
Is Larkfield expensive for Kent?
Larkfield is the 35th 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.