Homes in Gorleston-on-Sea sell for a median £195,000
That is the middle of 829 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 4.9 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.
42% of Gorleston-on-Sea’s sales are terraced houses
829 homes sold in three years: 214 detached houses, 200 semi-detached houses, 352 terraced houses and 63 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£353K
median sale · 214 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£275K–£425K
Last 12 months
£312K58 sold
New build
£385K
Semi-detached houses£215K
median sale · 200 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£180K–£250K
Last 12 months
£215K61 sold
New build
£279K
Terraced houses£169K
median sale · 352 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£145K–£191K
Last 12 months
£166K116 sold
Flats and maisonettes£105K
median sale · 63 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£90K–£125K
Last 12 months
£106K14 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 42% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses26%
Semi-detached houses24%
Terraced houses42%
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 Gorleston-on-Sea’s homes sold for between £157K and £273K
One sale in ten was under £120K and one in ten over £398K. 69% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £195,000, sits in the £150–200K band
829 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.9 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £38,000 in 1995 to £188,000 in the last 12 months (£152,250 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
249 sales in the last 12 months, against 566 in 2006, the busiest year, and 241 in 2008. Sales fell by 49% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 47% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Gorleston-on-Sea costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Gorleston-on-Sea, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£60K
£89K
£180K
£183K
£222K
£287K
£312K
Semi-detached houses
£43K
£60K
£129K
£124K
£144K
£185K
£215K
Terraced houses
£33K
£41K
£100K
£106K
£119K
£145K
£166K
Flats and maisonettes
£24K
£23K
£72K
£80K
£85K
£100K
£106K
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
717 new homes have been sold in Gorleston-on-Sea since 1995; the share peaked at 21% in 2004.
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 £343,750
against £194,000 for a home sold on, 77% 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.
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 5.2% sold leasehold in Gorleston-on-Sea. 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
Lowestoft Road is Gorleston-on-Sea’s busiest street, with 29 sales in three years
63 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 14 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
Lowestoft Road
NR31
29
£240,000
Mixed
2
Links Road
NR31
22
£224,000
Mixed
3
Burnt Lane
NR31
20
£163,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Brasenose Avenue
NR31
19
£216,500
Mixed
5
Church Road
NR31
18
£152,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Marine Parade
NR31
16
£242,500
Mostly flats
7
Beccles Road
NR31
16
£205,000
Mixed
8
Burgh Road
NR31
15
£230,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Lower Cliff Road
NR31
15
£155,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
High Street
NR31
15
£111,000
Mixed
11
Middleton Road
NR31
11
£250,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Upper Cliff Road
NR31
11
£165,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Nuffield Crescent
NR31
10
£200,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Springfield Road
NR31
10
£197,500
Mostly terraced houses
15
Suffield Road
NR31
9
£179,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Buxton Avenue: £510,000
Gorleston-on-Sea median£195K
Buxton Avenue£510K
Yallop Avenue£499K
Bately Avenue£420K
Warren Road£415K
Youell Avenue£410K
Cheapest streets
Kalmia Green: £99,000
Gorleston-on-Sea median£195K
Kalmia Green£99K
Avondale Road£100K
High Street£111K
Manby Road£120K
Englands Lane£125K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.2 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 Norfolk
Gorleston-on-Sea is the 51st most expensive of 52 towns in Norfolk
Gorleston-on-Sea is one of Norfolk’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 Gorleston-on-Sea
What is the average house price in Gorleston-on-Sea?
The median home in Gorleston-on-Sea sold for £195,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 829 standard sales (£188,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £352,500, semi-detached houses £215,000, terraced houses £169,000 and flats and maisonettes £105,000.
Are house prices going up in Gorleston-on-Sea?
The median was £195,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£200,000), and £188,000 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 Gorleston-on-Sea each year?
249 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 359 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Gorleston-on-Sea?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Buxton Avenue (NR31, £510,000), Yallop Avenue (NR31, £498,750) and Bately Avenue (NR31, £420,000).
How much does a new build cost in Gorleston-on-Sea?
New homes sold for a median £343,750 over three years, against £194,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.7% of sales.
Is Gorleston-on-Sea expensive for Norfolk?
Gorleston-on-Sea is the 51st most expensive of 52 towns of 2,500 or more in Norfolk 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.
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