The median home in Littlestone-on-Sea sells for £330,000
That is the middle of 230 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.
Half of Littlestone-on-Sea’s sales are detached houses
230 homes sold in three years: 122 detached houses, 61 semi-detached houses, 11 terraced houses and 36 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£387K
median sale · 122 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£320K–£456K
Last 12 months
£405K52 sold
Semi-detached houses£325K
median sale · 61 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£275K–£380K
Last 12 months
£298K16 sold
Terraced houses£290K
median sale · 11 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£265K–£325K
Last 12 months
£290K5 sold
Flats and maisonettes£177K
median sale · 36 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£133K–£225K
Last 12 months
£170K11 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses53%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses5%
Flats and maisonettes16%
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 Littlestone-on-Sea’s homes sold for between £265K and £410K
One sale in ten was under £190K and one in ten over £510K. 18% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £330,000, sits in the £300–400K band
230 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 £52,000 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
84 sales in the last 12 months, against 173 in 2002, the busiest year, and 63 in 2023. Sales fell by 28% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 18%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 89% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Littlestone-on-Sea costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Littlestone-on-Sea, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£60K
£115K
£245K
£222K
£273K
£395K
£405K
Semi-detached houses
£51K
£88K
£171K
£180K
£200K
£295K
£298K
Terraced houses
—
£76K
£195K
—
£210K
—
£290K
Flats and maisonettes
£30K
£50K
£85K
£110K
£124K
£160K
£170K
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
141 new homes have been sold in Littlestone-on-Sea since 1995; the share peaked at 15% in 2019.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
17% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.5% sold leasehold in Littlestone-on-Sea. 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
Dunes Road is Littlestone-on-Sea’s busiest street, with 20 sales in three years
18 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 6 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
Dunes Road
TN28
20
£297,500
Mixed
2
Queens Road
TN28
16
£386,500
Mixed
3
Leonard Road
TN28
15
£325,000
Mostly detached houses
4
Coast Drive
TN28
13
£400,000
Mostly detached houses
5
Adie Road
TN28
11
£375,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
St Nicholas Road
TN28
10
£365,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Littlestone Road
TN28
8
£414,000
Mixed
8
Hardy Road
TN28
8
£290,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Grand Parade
TN28
8
£186,250
Mostly flats
10
Blenheim Road
TN28
7
£580,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Roberts Road
TN28
7
£375,000
Mostly detached houses
12
The Parade
TN28
7
£328,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Lade Fort Crescent
TN29
7
£255,000
Mixed
14
Madeira Road
TN28
6
£720,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Meehan Road
TN28
6
£340,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Madeira Road: £720,000
Littlestone-on-Sea median£330K
Madeira Road£720K
Blenheim Road£580K
Park Road£425K
Littlestone Road£414K
Coast Drive£400K
Cheapest streets
Marine Parade: £167,500
Littlestone-on-Sea median£330K
Marine Parade£168K
Grand Parade£186K
Lade Fort Crescent£255K
Hardy Road£290K
Dunes Road£298K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.3 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
Littlestone-on-Sea is the 58th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Littlestone-on-Sea 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 Littlestone-on-Sea
What is the average house price in Littlestone-on-Sea?
The median home in Littlestone-on-Sea sold for £330,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 230 standard sales (£350,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £386,500, semi-detached houses £325,000, terraced houses £290,000 and flats and maisonettes £176,500.
Are house prices going up in Littlestone-on-Sea?
The median was £329,000 in 2025, down 3% on 2024 (£340,000), 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 Littlestone-on-Sea each year?
84 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 99 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Littlestone-on-Sea?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Madeira Road (TN28, £720,000), Blenheim Road (TN28, £580,000) and Park Road (TN28, £425,000).
Is Littlestone-on-Sea expensive for Kent?
Littlestone-on-Sea is the 56th 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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