That is the middle of 356 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.
356 homes sold in three years: 74 detached houses, 174 semi-detached houses, 80 terraced houses and 28 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£300K
median sale · 74 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£350K
Last 12 months
£303K24 sold
Semi-detached houses£217K
median sale · 174 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£197K–£249K
Last 12 months
£221K50 sold
Terraced houses£175K
median sale · 80 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£162K–£193K
Last 12 months
£171K29 sold
Flats and maisonettes£105K
median sale · 28 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£95K–£128K
Last 12 months
£110K7 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 49% of sales
Detached houses21%
Semi-detached houses49%
Terraced houses22%
Flats and maisonettes8%
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 Barwell’s homes sold for between £178K and £260K
One sale in ten was under £145K and one in ten over £325K. 69% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £214,000, sits in the £200–250K band
356 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 £42,950 in 1995 to £217,500 in the last 12 months (£163,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
110 sales in the last 12 months, against 281 in 2006, the busiest year, and 76 in 2010. Sales fell by 67% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 22% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Barwell costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Barwell, 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
£61K
£84K
£160K
£195K
£186K
£230K
£303K
Semi-detached houses
£43K
£56K
£128K
£119K
£131K
£178K
£221K
Terraced houses
£35K
£43K
£105K
£84K
£107K
£134K
£171K
Flats and maisonettes
£27K
£31K
£70K
—
£86K
£81K
£110K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
331 new homes have been sold in Barwell since 1995; the share peaked at 21% in 2009.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
8% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.3% sold leasehold in Barwell. 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
Shilton Road is Barwell’s busiest street, with 19 sales in three years
30 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 6 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
Shilton Road
LE9
19
£170,000
Mixed
2
Kirkby Road
LE9
17
£200,000
Mostly terraced houses
3
Charnwood Road
LE9
15
£215,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
Byron Street
LE9
14
£219,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Hereford Close
LE9
10
£217,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Elwell Avenue
LE9
10
£214,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Hinckley Road
LE9
9
£300,000
Mixed
8
Moore Road
LE9
9
£189,950
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Waterfall Way
LE9
8
£291,250
Mixed
10
High Street
LE9
8
£111,500
Mostly flats
11
Hazel Way
LE9
7
£265,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Russett Close
LE9
7
£237,500
Mixed
13
Mayfield Way
LE9
7
£236,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Galloway Close
LE9
7
£222,000
Mixed
15
Bardon Road
LE9
7
£205,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Ashleigh Gardens: £335,000
Barwell median£214K
Ashleigh Gardens£335K
Hinckley Road£300K
Waterfall Way£291K
Hazel Way£265K
Fairacre Road£249K
Cheapest streets
Hill Street: £105,000
Barwell median£214K
Hill Street£105K
High Street£112K
Chapel Street£148K
Mill Street£158K
Shilton Road£170K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.2 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 Leicestershire
Barwell is the 50th most expensive of 50 towns in Leicestershire
Barwell is one of Leicestershire’s cheapest 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 Barwell
What is the average house price in Barwell?
The median home in Barwell sold for £214,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 356 standard sales (£217,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £300,000, semi-detached houses £217,000, terraced houses £174,500 and flats and maisonettes £105,000.
Are house prices going up in Barwell?
The median was £214,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£213,500), and £217,500 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 Barwell each year?
110 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 152 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Barwell?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Ashleigh Gardens (LE9, £335,000), Hinckley Road (LE9, £300,000) and Waterfall Way (LE9, £291,250).
Is Barwell expensive for Leicestershire?
Barwell is the 50th most expensive of 50 towns of 2,500 or more in Leicestershire 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.