That is the middle of 264 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.
A quarter of West Malling’s sales are semi-detached houses
264 homes sold in three years: 67 detached houses, 69 semi-detached houses, 64 terraced houses and 64 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£605K
median sale · 67 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£520K–£880K
Last 12 months
£573K10 sold
New build
£725K
Semi-detached houses£422K
median sale · 69 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£360K–£493K
Last 12 months
£428K22 sold
Terraced houses£355K
median sale · 64 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£310K–£425K
Last 12 months
£350K16 sold
Flats and maisonettes£237K
median sale · 64 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£213K–£260K
Last 12 months
£221K17 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 26% of sales
Detached houses25%
Semi-detached houses26%
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 West Malling’s homes sold for between £275K and £550K
One sale in ten was under £218K and one in ten over £775K. 17% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £385,000, sits in the £300–400K band
264 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 £66,750 in 1995 to £365,000 in the last 12 months (£317,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
65 sales in the last 12 months, against 206 in 2017, the busiest year, and 32 in 2008. Sales fell by 35% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 64% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
West Malling costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: West Malling, 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
—
£250K
—
£360K
£490K
£495K
£573K
Semi-detached houses
£78K
£155K
£212K
£261K
£329K
£381K
£428K
Terraced houses
£57K
£127K
£211K
£220K
£285K
£325K
£350K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£78K
—
£193K
£195K
£220K
£221K
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 38% in 2022
381 new homes have been sold in West Malling since 1995; the share peaked at 38% 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 £720,000
against £375,000 for a home sold on, 92% 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, 3% sold leasehold in West Malling. 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
Hawley Drive is West Malling’s busiest street, with 25 sales in three years
19 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 7 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
Hawley Drive
ME19
25
£305,000
Mixed
2
Norman Road
ME19
15
£500,000
Mixed
3
Derby Drive
ME19
12
£331,250
Mixed
4
Sandown Road
ME19
11
£425,000
Mixed
5
Bannister Way
ME19
11
£260,000
Mostly flats
6
Malpass Drive
ME19
11
£260,000
Mostly flats
7
Wills Crescent
ME19
10
£233,750
Mostly flats
8
Chapel Garden Close
ME19
9
£1,130,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Offham Road
ME19
9
£465,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Church Fields
ME19
9
£355,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Nevill Court
ME19
8
£317,500
Mostly flats
12
Herald Drive
ME19
7
£670,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
13
Bluegown Avenue
ME19
7
£325,000
Mixed
14
Keyworths Crescent
ME19
6
£787,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
15
High Street
ME19
5
£700,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Chapel Garden Close: £1,130,000
West Malling median£385K
Chapel Garden Close£1.1M
Keyworths Crescent£788K
High Street£700K
Herald Drive£670K
Norman Road£500K
Cheapest streets
Wills Crescent: £233,750
West Malling median£385K
Wills Crescent£234K
Malpass Drive£260K
Bannister Way£260K
Hawley Drive£305K
Nevill Court£318K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.8 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
West Malling is the 34th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
West Malling 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 West Malling
What is the average house price in West Malling?
The median home in West Malling sold for £385,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 264 standard sales (£365,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £605,000, semi-detached houses £422,000, terraced houses £355,000 and flats and maisonettes £236,997.
Are house prices going up in West Malling?
The median was £422,000 in 2025, up 16% on 2024 (£365,000), and £365,000 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 West Malling each year?
65 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 123 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in West Malling?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Chapel Garden Close (ME19, £1,130,000), Keyworths Crescent (ME19, £787,500) and High Street (ME19, £700,000).
How much does a new build cost in West Malling?
New homes sold for a median £720,000 over three years, against £375,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.7% of sales.
Is West Malling expensive for Kent?
West Malling is the 33rd 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.