That is the middle of 1,360 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 5.8 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 Tonbridge’s sales are semi-detached houses
1,360 homes sold in three years: 229 detached houses, 486 semi-detached houses, 324 terraced houses and 321 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£685K
median sale · 229 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£558K–£850K
Last 12 months
£706K66 sold
Semi-detached houses£450K
median sale · 486 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£394K–£548K
Last 12 months
£434K140 sold
New build
£166K
Terraced houses£373K
median sale · 324 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£443K
Last 12 months
£365K101 sold
New build
£575K
Flats and maisonettes£248K
median sale · 321 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£170K–£305K
Last 12 months
£258K74 sold
New build
£473K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Detached houses17%
Semi-detached houses36%
Terraced houses24%
Flats and maisonettes24%
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 Tonbridge’s homes sold for between £310K and £545K
One sale in ten was under £210K and one in ten over £730K. 14% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £415,000, sits in the £400–500K band
1,360 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.8 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £70,000 in 1995 to £405,000 in the last 12 months (£350,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
381 sales in the last 12 months, against 815 in 2006, the busiest year, and 374 in 2008. Sales fell by 34% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 55% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Tonbridge costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Tonbridge, 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
£123K
£220K
£365K
£430K
£500K
£650K
£706K
Semi-detached houses
£74K
£136K
£220K
£240K
£325K
£404K
£434K
Terraced houses
£59K
£105K
£174K
£195K
£284K
£345K
£365K
Flats and maisonettes
£46K
£74K
£163K
£190K
£244K
£245K
£258K
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
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
1,576 new homes have been sold in Tonbridge since 1995; the share peaked at 25% in 2016.
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 £480,000
against £412,750 for a home sold on, 16% 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.
25% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.7% sold leasehold in Tonbridge. 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
Lyons Crescent is Tonbridge’s busiest street, with 33 sales in three years
98 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 32 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
Lyons Crescent
TN9
33
£230,000
Mostly flats
2
Pembury Road
TN9
32
£305,000
Mixed
3
Hadlow Road (TN9)
TN9
29
£120,000
Mostly flats
4
Woodside Road
TN9
28
£360,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
St Marys Road
TN9
27
£405,000
Mixed
6
Lavender Hill
TN9
23
£383,700
Mostly terraced houses
7
Shipbourne Road
TN10
22
£350,000
Mixed
8
Sovereign Way
TN9
22
£297,750
Mostly flats
9
Cannons Wharf
TN9
21
£226,000
Mostly flats
10
Medway Wharf Road
TN9
21
£134,950
Mostly flats
11
Douglas Road
TN9
19
£500,000
Mixed
12
Priory Road
TN9
17
£303,500
Mostly terraced houses
13
Hectorage Road
TN9
16
£421,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Estridge Way
TN10
14
£537,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Denbeigh Drive
TN10
14
£517,500
Mixed
Dearest streets
Yardley Park Road: £1,345,000
Tonbridge median£415K
Yardley Park Road£1.3M
Dry Hill Park Road£895K
Quarry Bank£890K
Old Hadlow Road£880K
Ridgeway Crescent£815K
Cheapest streets
Walters Farm Road: £70,000
Tonbridge median£415K
Walters Farm Road£70K
Hadlow Road (TN9)£120K
Medway Wharf Road£135K
Waterloo Road£170K
Tudeley Lane (TN11)£198K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 19.2 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
Tonbridge is the 21st most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Tonbridge 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 Tonbridge
What is the average house price in Tonbridge?
The median home in Tonbridge sold for £415,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,360 standard sales (£405,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £685,000, semi-detached houses £450,000, terraced houses £373,010 and flats and maisonettes £247,500.
Are house prices going up in Tonbridge?
The median was £420,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£415,000), and £405,000 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 Tonbridge each year?
381 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 561 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Tonbridge?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Yardley Park Road (TN9, £1,345,000), Dry Hill Park Road (TN10, £895,000) and Quarry Bank (TN9, £890,000).
How much does a new build cost in Tonbridge?
New homes sold for a median £480,000 over three years, against £412,750 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.5% of sales.
Is Tonbridge expensive for Kent?
Tonbridge is the 21st 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.