The median home in Wimbotsham sells for £314,250
That is the middle of 54 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 1996. 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.
Half of Wimbotsham’s sales are detached houses
54 homes sold in three years: 28 detached houses, 17 semi-detached houses and 9 terraced houses.
median sale · 28 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £315K–£399K
- Last 12 months
- £387K6 sold
- New build
- £354K
median sale · 17 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £290K–£320K
- New build
- £304K
Terraced houses: 9 sold, median £257K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: half 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 Wimbotsham’s homes sold for between £285K and £354K
One sale in ten was under £250K and one in ten over £404K. 9% sold for under £250K.
The median, £314,250, sits in the £300–400K band
54 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.7 times as much as in 1996, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £54,950 in 1996 to £314,125 in the last 12 months.
About as many homes sell as usual
14 sales in the last 12 months, against 30 in 2008, the busiest year, and 6 in 2019. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 30% more sales than 2020.
Wimbotsham costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Wimbotsham, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Each type, year by year
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £79K | £155K | — | £280K | £329K | £387K |
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.
36% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
69 new homes have been sold in Wimbotsham since 1995; the share peaked at 79% in 2025.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £319,125
against £304,000 for a home sold on, about the same, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Wimbotsham. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
St Marys Way is Wimbotsham’s busiest street, with 10 sales in three years
5 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 | St Marys Way | PE38 | 10 | £342,425 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Mosquito Drive | PE38 | 10 | £311,750 | Mixed · new builds |
| 3 | Merlin Way | PE38 | 9 | £320,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds |
| 4 | Church Road | PE34 | 7 | £325,000 | Mixed |
| 5 | West Way | PE34 | 7 | £265,000 | Mixed |
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.
Wimbotsham’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Downham Market, Watlington and Marham.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wimbotsham | — | £314K | 14 | +37% |
| Downham Market | 1.4 | £257K | 198 | +40% |
| Watlington | 3.5 | £242K | 37 | +34% |
| Stoke Ferry | 6.2 | £320K | 19 | +28% |
| Marshland St James | 6.5 | £310K | 6 | +32% |
| West Winch | 6.5 | £295K | 35 | +34% |
| Southery | 6.6 | £275K | 10 | +53% |
| Marham | 6.8 | £200K | 14 | +6% |
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 Wimbotsham
What is the average house price in Wimbotsham?
The median home in Wimbotsham sold for £314,250 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 54 standard sales (£314,125 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £345,325, semi-detached houses £304,000 and terraced houses £257,000.
Are house prices going up in Wimbotsham?
The median was £311,750 in 2025, down 5% on 2024 (£328,875), and £314,125 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 Wimbotsham each year?
14 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 13 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
How much does a new build cost in Wimbotsham?
New homes sold for a median £319,125 over three years, against £304,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 56% of sales.
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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