That is the middle of 122 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 5.2 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.
122 homes sold in three years: 50 detached houses, 46 semi-detached houses and 26 terraced houses.
Detached houses£289K
median sale · 50 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£245K–£368K
Last 12 months
£303K12 sold
Semi-detached houses£230K
median sale · 46 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£190K–£250K
Last 12 months
£238K16 sold
Terraced houses£192K
median sale · 26 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£175K–£215K
Last 12 months
£190K9 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 41% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses41%
Semi-detached houses38%
Terraced houses21%
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 Watlington’s homes sold for between £193K and £288K
One sale in ten was under £172K and one in ten over £373K. 58% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £241,500, sits in the £200–250K band
122 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £44,950 in 1995 to £235,000 in the last 12 months (£200,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
37 sales in the last 12 months, against 113 in 2007, the busiest year, and 37 in 2024. Sales fell by 61% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 39% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Watlington costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Watlington, 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
£59K
£86K
£170K
£177K
£222K
£275K
£303K
Semi-detached houses
£40K
£53K
£115K
£150K
£166K
£175K
£238K
Terraced houses
£36K
£45K
£107K
—
£159K
£156K
£190K
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
184 new homes have been sold in Watlington since 1995; the share peaked at 38% in 2007.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Watlington. 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
Downham Road is Watlington’s busiest street, with 10 sales in three years
8 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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
Downham Road
PE33
10
£328,500
Mostly detached houses
2
Fen Road
PE33
10
£249,375
Mostly detached houses
3
John Davis Way
PE33
9
£259,995
Mixed
4
Bure Close
PE33
6
£208,500
Mixed
5
Mill Road
PE33
6
£181,250
Mixed
6
Langridge Circle
PE33
5
£242,500
Mostly terraced houses
7
Paige Close
PE33
5
£215,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Thomas Close
PE33
5
£165,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
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
Watlington is the 41st most expensive of 52 towns in Norfolk
Watlington 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 Watlington
What is the average house price in Watlington?
The median home in Watlington sold for £241,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 122 standard sales (£235,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £289,000, semi-detached houses £230,000 and terraced houses £192,250.
Are house prices going up in Watlington?
The median was £241,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£245,000), and £235,000 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 Watlington each year?
37 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 53 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Watlington?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Downham Road (PE33, £328,500), John Davis Way (PE33, £259,995) and Fen Road (PE33, £249,375).
Is Watlington expensive for Norfolk?
Watlington is the 40th 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.