That is the middle of 123 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 5.5 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.
123 homes sold in three years: 19 detached houses, 57 semi-detached houses, 43 terraced houses and 4 flats and maisonettes.
Detached houses£305K
median sale · 19 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£350K
Last 12 months
£380K6 sold
Semi-detached houses£260K
median sale · 57 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£235K–£290K
Last 12 months
£249K16 sold
Terraced houses£230K
median sale · 43 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£195K–£263K
Last 12 months
£235K17 sold
Fewer sales
Flats and maisonettes: 4 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 46% of sales
Detached houses15%
Semi-detached houses46%
Terraced houses35%
Flats and maisonettes3%
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 Lydd’s homes sold for between £215K and £290K
One sale in ten was under £180K and one in ten over £325K. 46% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £254,000, sits in the £250–300K band
123 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.5 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £45,000 in 1995 to £249,000 in the last 12 months (£212,250 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
40 sales in the last 12 months, against 118 in 2007, the busiest year, and 25 in 2023. Sales fell by 68% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Lydd costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Lydd, 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
£115K
£185K
£199K
£205K
£320K
£380K
Semi-detached houses
£45K
£75K
£140K
£141K
£184K
£245K
£249K
Terraced houses
£30K
£60K
£129K
£145K
£153K
£215K
£235K
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
150 new homes have been sold in Lydd since 1995; the share peaked at 24% in 2002.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
3% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Lydd. 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
Copperfields is Lydd’s busiest street, with 16 sales in three years
8 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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
Copperfields
TN29
16
£277,500
Mixed
2
Station Road
TN29
9
£265,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Megan Close
TN29
8
£261,500
Mostly terraced houses
4
The Green
TN29
6
£280,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Cannon Street
TN29
6
£260,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Poplar Lane
TN29
6
£243,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Sycamore Close
TN29
5
£260,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Oakham Drive
TN29
5
£235,000
Mostly terraced houses
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
Lydd is the 83rd most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Lydd is one of Kent’s cheapest 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 Lydd
What is the average house price in Lydd?
The median home in Lydd sold for £254,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 123 standard sales (£249,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £305,000, semi-detached houses £260,000 and terraced houses £230,000.
Are house prices going up in Lydd?
The median was £260,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£255,000), and £249,000 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 Lydd each year?
40 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 57 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Lydd?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: The Green (TN29, £280,000), Copperfields (TN29, £277,500) and Station Road (TN29, £265,000).
Is Lydd expensive for Kent?
Lydd is the 83rd 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.