Photo: Ben Harris · CC BY-SA 2.0The median home in Marshland St James sells for £310,000
That is the middle of 39 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. 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.
79% of Marshland St James’s sales are detached houses
39 homes sold in three years: 31 detached houses, 3 semi-detached houses, 4 terraced houses and 1 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 31 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £283K–£430K
Semi-detached houses: 3 sold
Terraced houses: 4 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 1 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: 79% of homes sold stand on their own plot
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.
Half of Marshland St James’s homes sold for between £258K and £425K
One sale in ten was under £140K and one in ten over £500K. 21% sold for under £250K.
The median, £310,000, sits in the £300–400K band
39 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 23% in 2020
7 new homes have been sold in Marshland St James since 1995; the share peaked at 23% in 2020.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
5% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.6% sold leasehold in Marshland St James. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Marshland St James’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Elm and Emneth, Wisbech and Upwell and Outwell.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshland St James | — | £310K | 6 | +32% |
| Tilney St Lawrence | 2.8 | £210K | 20 | +40% |
| Elm and Emneth | 2.9 | £265K | 60 | +48% |
| Wisbech | 3.5 | £195K | 246 | +39% |
| Upwell and Outwell | 4.3 | £255K | 43 | +50% |
| Walpole St Peter and Walpole St Andrew | 4.5 | £262K | 12 | +52% |
| Friday Bridge | 4.5 | £236K | 18 | +33% |
| Leverington | 5.1 | £228K | 18 | +48% |
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 Marshland St James
What is the average house price in Marshland St James?
The median home in Marshland St James sold for £310,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 39 standard sales. By type: detached houses £335,000.
Are house prices going up in Marshland St James?
The median was £296,500 in 2025, down 11% on 2024 (£335,000). A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
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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