That is the middle of 416 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 5.6 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.
416 homes sold in three years: 180 detached houses, 110 semi-detached houses, 66 terraced houses and 60 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for twice what a flat does.
Detached houses£600K
median sale · 180 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£473K–£770K
Last 12 months
£575K63 sold
Semi-detached houses£390K
median sale · 110 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£345K–£475K
Last 12 months
£375K37 sold
Terraced houses£345K
median sale · 66 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£290K–£395K
Last 12 months
£328K26 sold
Flats and maisonettes£300K
median sale · 60 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£200K–£407K
Last 12 months
£264K12 sold
New build
£571K
The mix
Mostly detached: 43% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses43%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses16%
Flats and maisonettes14%
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 Tenterden’s homes sold for between £345K and £595K
One sale in ten was under £250K and one in ten over £790K. 10% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £420,000, sits in the £400–500K band
416 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.6 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £75,000 in 1995 to £417,500 in the last 12 months (£387,995 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
138 sales in the last 12 months, against 225 in 2021, the busiest year, and 81 in 2008. Sales fell by 53% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 32% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Tenterden costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Tenterden, 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
£110K
£175K
£310K
£385K
£390K
£490K
£575K
Semi-detached houses
£67K
£118K
£207K
£225K
£292K
£385K
£375K
Terraced houses
£69K
£120K
£188K
£224K
£260K
£304K
£328K
Flats and maisonettes
£58K
£71K
£151K
£183K
£169K
£278K
£264K
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: 1% of sales in the last 12 months, after 27% in 2019
463 new homes have been sold in Tenterden since 1995; the share peaked at 27% 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
A new home sold for a median £574,450
against £420,000 for a home sold on, 37% 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.
15% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.1% sold leasehold in Tenterden. 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
Smallhythe Road is Tenterden’s busiest street, with 31 sales in three years
33 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
Smallhythe Road
TN30
31
£408,950
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Ashford Road
TN30
18
£320,250
Mixed
3
Woodbury Lane
TN30
12
£217,000
Mostly flats
4
Shrubcote
TN30
11
£375,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Henley Meadows
TN30
10
£480,000
Mostly detached houses
6
Colonel Stephens Way
TN30
10
£470,000
Mostly detached houses
7
William Judge Close
TN30
10
£425,000
Mixed
8
Silver Hill
TN30
10
£243,750
Mostly terraced houses
9
Beacon Oak Road
TN30
9
£363,000
Mixed
10
Holdstock Road
TN30
8
£612,500
Mixed
11
Three Fields Road
TN30
8
£570,000
Mixed
12
Eastwell Barn Mews
TN30
8
£373,737
Mostly terraced houses
13
Wealden Avenue
TN30
7
£465,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Leslie Crescent
TN30
7
£425,000
Mixed
15
Heather Drive
TN30
7
£415,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Woodchurch Road: £1,025,000
Tenterden median£420K
Woodchurch Road£1M
Ox Lane£800K
Burgess Drive£745K
Shoreham Lane£715K
Westwell Court£623K
Cheapest streets
Woodbury Lane: £217,000
Tenterden median£420K
Woodbury Lane£217K
Silver Hill£244K
Ashford Road£320K
Eastwell Meadows£335K
Grange Road£358K
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
Tenterden is the 19th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Tenterden 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 Tenterden
What is the average house price in Tenterden?
The median home in Tenterden sold for £420,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 416 standard sales (£417,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £600,000, semi-detached houses £390,000, terraced houses £345,000 and flats and maisonettes £300,000.
Are house prices going up in Tenterden?
The median was £440,000 in 2025, up 6% on 2024 (£415,000), and £417,500 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 Tenterden each year?
138 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 158 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Tenterden?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Woodchurch Road (TN30, £1,025,000), Ox Lane (TN30, £800,000) and Burgess Drive (TN30, £745,000).
How much does a new build cost in Tenterden?
New homes sold for a median £574,450 over three years, against £420,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 4.8% of sales.
Is Tenterden expensive for Kent?
Tenterden is the 19th 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.