The median home in Paddock Wood sells for £435,000
That is the middle of 443 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 6.3 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.
A third of Paddock Wood’s sales are detached houses
443 homes sold in three years: 148 detached houses, 148 semi-detached houses, 104 terraced houses and 43 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£600K
median sale · 148 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£520K–£681K
Last 12 months
£604K28 sold
New build
£620K
Semi-detached houses£410K
median sale · 148 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£370K–£465K
Last 12 months
£425K32 sold
New build
£455K
Terraced houses£350K
median sale · 104 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£307K–£415K
Last 12 months
£341K24 sold
New build
£439K
Flats and maisonettes£218K
median sale · 43 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£190K–£300K
Last 12 months
£197K10 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses33%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses23%
Flats and maisonettes10%
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 Paddock Wood’s homes sold for between £348K and £551K
One sale in ten was under £273K and one in ten over £665K. 8% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £435,000, sits in the £400–500K band
443 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.3 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £67,000 in 1995 to £422,500 in the last 12 months (£305,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
94 sales in the last 12 months, against 282 in 1999, the busiest year, and 70 in 2009. Sales fell by 51% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 72% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Paddock Wood costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Paddock Wood, 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
£98K
£180K
£304K
£283K
£404K
£480K
£604K
Semi-detached houses
£69K
£119K
£200K
£228K
£280K
£353K
£425K
Terraced houses
£60K
£95K
£173K
£215K
£241K
£295K
£341K
Flats and maisonettes
£46K
£66K
£131K
£131K
£160K
£185K
£197K
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
7% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
652 new homes have been sold in Paddock Wood since 1995; the share peaked at 62% in 2023.
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 £554,125
against £389,000 for a home sold on, 42% 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, 0.2% sold leasehold in Paddock Wood. 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
Maidstone Road is Paddock Wood’s busiest street, with 31 sales in three years
30 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 14 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
Maidstone Road
TN12
31
£357,000
Mixed
2
Morgan Way
TN12
28
£584,500
Mixed · new builds
3
Tully Drive
TN12
26
£495,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Blackthorn Way
TN12
21
£575,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Commercial Road
TN12
15
£370,950
Mostly flats
6
Hawthorn Way
TN12
14
£415,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
7
Warrington Road
TN12
13
£440,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Omaha Grove
TN12
12
£564,199
Mixed · new builds
9
Privet Avenue
TN12
11
£641,800
Mostly detached houses · new builds
10
Forest Road
TN12
11
£465,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Montgomery Road
TN12
10
£723,175
Mostly detached houses · new builds
12
Green Lane
TN12
10
£610,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Allington Road
TN12
10
£450,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
The Ridings
TN12
10
£205,000
Mixed
15
Pullen Avenue
TN12
9
£420,000
Mixed · new builds
Dearest streets
Montgomery Road: £723,175
Paddock Wood median£435K
Montgomery Road£723K
Privet Avenue£642K
Holly Crescent£620K
Green Lane£610K
Morgan Way£585K
Cheapest streets
The Ridings: £205,000
Paddock Wood median£435K
The Ridings£205K
Rosemary Place£217K
St Andrews Close£293K
Lucknow Road£317K
The Shires£320K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.5 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
Paddock Wood is the 15th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Paddock Wood is one of Kent’s dearest 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 Paddock Wood
What is the average house price in Paddock Wood?
The median home in Paddock Wood sold for £435,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 443 standard sales (£422,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £599,997, semi-detached houses £410,000, terraced houses £350,000 and flats and maisonettes £218,000.
Are house prices going up in Paddock Wood?
The median was £406,000 in 2025, down 8% on 2024 (£440,750), and £422,500 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 Paddock Wood each year?
94 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 138 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Paddock Wood?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Montgomery Road (TN12, £723,175), Privet Avenue (TN12, £641,800) and Holly Crescent (TN12, £619,995).
How much does a new build cost in Paddock Wood?
New homes sold for a median £554,125 over three years, against £389,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 33% of sales.
Is Paddock Wood expensive for Kent?
Paddock Wood is the 15th 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.