That is the middle of 271 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 5.1 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 Sandwich’s sales are semi-detached houses
271 homes sold in three years: 64 detached houses, 90 semi-detached houses, 85 terraced houses and 32 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 1.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£463K
median sale · 64 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£393K–£578K
Last 12 months
£513K18 sold
New build
£450K
Semi-detached houses£318K
median sale · 90 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£280K–£363K
Last 12 months
£314K20 sold
New build
£323K
Terraced houses£300K
median sale · 85 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£255K–£365K
Last 12 months
£294K26 sold
Flats and maisonettes£260K
median sale · 32 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£135K–£345K
Last 12 months
£164K8 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses24%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses31%
Flats and maisonettes12%
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 Sandwich’s homes sold for between £275K and £410K
One sale in ten was under £228K and one in ten over £578K. 14% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £340,000, sits in the £300–400K band
271 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £65,000 in 1995 to £333,750 in the last 12 months (£286,250 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
72 sales in the last 12 months, against 164 in 2022, the busiest year, and 58 in 2009. Sales fell by 53% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 79% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Sandwich costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Sandwich, 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
£97K
£145K
£290K
£311K
£374K
£530K
£513K
Semi-detached houses
£66K
£95K
£170K
£182K
£208K
£274K
£314K
Terraced houses
£55K
£88K
£166K
£187K
£245K
£253K
£294K
Flats and maisonettes
£60K
£92K
£107K
£165K
£212K
£165K
£164K
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
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 43% in 2022
206 new homes have been sold in Sandwich since 1995; the share peaked at 43% in 2022.
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 £375,000
against £335,000 for a home sold on, 12% 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% sold leasehold in Sandwich. 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
Dover Road is Sandwich’s busiest street, with 20 sales in three years
18 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
Dover Road
CT13
20
£330,000
Mixed
2
Woodnesborough Road
CT13
19
£314,000
Mixed
3
St Georges Road
CT13
16
£364,000
Mixed
4
Fordwich Place
CT13
13
£126,000
Mostly flats
5
New Street
CT13
12
£330,000
Mixed
6
Poulders Gardens
CT13
12
£277,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Postmill Road
CT13
11
£450,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Smockmill Lane
CT13
10
£364,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
9
Alliss Gardens
CT13
9
£385,000
Mostly detached houses
10
Upper Strand Street
CT13
7
£375,000
Mixed
11
St Barts Road
CT13
7
£297,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Strand Street
CT13
6
£372,500
Mixed
13
Laburnum Avenue
CT13
6
£280,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
High Street
CT13
5
£590,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Johns Green
CT13
5
£540,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
High Street: £590,000
Sandwich median£340K
High Street£590K
Johns Green£540K
Postmill Road£450K
Alliss Gardens£385K
Upper Strand Street£375K
Cheapest streets
Fordwich Place: £126,000
Sandwich median£340K
Fordwich Place£126K
Hazelwood Meadow£230K
Stour Court£260K
Poulders Gardens£278K
Laburnum Avenue£280K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.7 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
Sandwich is the 48th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Sandwich 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 Sandwich
What is the average house price in Sandwich?
The median home in Sandwich sold for £340,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 271 standard sales (£333,750 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £463,000, semi-detached houses £318,000, terraced houses £300,000 and flats and maisonettes £260,000.
Are house prices going up in Sandwich?
The median was £317,750 in 2025, down 8% on 2024 (£345,000), and £333,750 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 Sandwich each year?
72 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 97 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Sandwich?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: High Street (CT13, £590,000), Johns Green (CT13, £540,000) and Postmill Road (CT13, £450,000).
How much does a new build cost in Sandwich?
New homes sold for a median £375,000 over three years, against £335,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 8.1% of sales.
Is Sandwich expensive for Kent?
Sandwich is the 48th 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.