The median home in North Walsham sells for £254,000
That is the middle of 583 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 5.7 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.
583 homes sold in three years: 238 detached houses, 151 semi-detached houses, 127 terraced houses and 67 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£325K
median sale · 238 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£278K–£380K
Last 12 months
£345K65 sold
Semi-detached houses£243K
median sale · 151 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£218K–£280K
Last 12 months
£255K42 sold
Terraced houses£198K
median sale · 127 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£180K–£228K
Last 12 months
£190K40 sold
Flats and maisonettes£145K
median sale · 67 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£113K–£195K
Last 12 months
£145K17 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 41% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses41%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses22%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 North Walsham’s homes sold for between £200K and £320K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £390K. 48% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £254,000, sits in the £250–300K band
583 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.7 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £45,000 in 1995 to £255,000 in the last 12 months (£200,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
164 sales in the last 12 months, against 391 in 1997, the busiest year, and 151 in 2008. Sales fell by 39% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 31% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
North Walsham costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: North Walsham, 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
£65K
£86K
£180K
£199K
£230K
£285K
£345K
Semi-detached houses
£45K
£60K
£127K
£132K
£152K
£202K
£255K
Terraced houses
£39K
£47K
£113K
£108K
£140K
£168K
£190K
Flats and maisonettes
£36K
£33K
£82K
£150K
£96K
£142K
£145K
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
827 new homes have been sold in North Walsham since 1995; the share peaked at 37% in 1995.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.9% sold leasehold in North Walsham. 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
Mundesley Road is North Walsham’s busiest street, with 22 sales in three years
38 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 12 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
Mundesley Road
NR28
22
£322,500
Mixed
2
Cromer Road
NR28
20
£169,000
Mixed
3
Yarmouth Road
NR28
18
£255,113
Mixed
4
Bacton Road
NR28
16
£212,750
Mixed
5
New Road
NR28
14
£225,000
Mostly flats
6
Acorn Road
NR28
13
£275,000
Mixed
7
Brick Kiln Road
NR28
13
£220,000
Mixed
8
Lynfield Road
NR28
13
£195,500
Mostly terraced houses
9
Bradfield Road
NR28
12
£279,000
Mixed
10
Skeyton New Road
NR28
11
£198,000
Mixed
11
Hadfield Road
NR28
11
£188,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Norwich Road
NR28
10
£276,787
Mixed
13
Happisburgh Road
NR28
9
£524,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Long Barrow Drive
NR28
9
£320,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Mayfield Way
NR28
9
£295,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Happisburgh Road: £524,000
North Walsham median£254K
Happisburgh Road£524K
Thirlby Road£380K
Youngmans Close£345K
Mundesley Road£323K
Long Barrow Drive£320K
Cheapest streets
Kings Arms Street: £113,000
North Walsham median£254K
Kings Arms Street£113K
Waterfield Meadows£148K
Station Road£150K
Cromer Road£169K
Sycamore Close£180K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.6 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
North Walsham is the 33rd most expensive of 52 towns in Norfolk
North Walsham is in the middle of Norfolk’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 North Walsham
What is the average house price in North Walsham?
The median home in North Walsham sold for £254,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 583 standard sales (£255,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £325,000, semi-detached houses £242,500, terraced houses £197,500 and flats and maisonettes £145,000.
Are house prices going up in North Walsham?
The median was £261,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£255,000), and £255,000 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 North Walsham each year?
164 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 242 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in North Walsham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Happisburgh Road (NR28, £524,000), Thirlby Road (NR28, £380,000) and Youngmans Close (NR28, £345,000).
Is North Walsham expensive for Norfolk?
North Walsham is the 33rd 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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