That is the middle of 213 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 4.3 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.
213 homes sold in three years: 85 detached houses, 76 semi-detached houses, 26 terraced houses and 26 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£365K
median sale · 85 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£300K–£400K
Last 12 months
£314K18 sold
New build
£385K
Semi-detached houses£244K
median sale · 76 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£190K–£270K
Last 12 months
£225K21 sold
New build
£263K
Terraced houses£157K
median sale · 26 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£142K–£236K
Last 12 months
£135K6 sold
New build
£143K
Flats and maisonettes£97K
median sale · 26 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£85K–£130K
Last 12 months
£85K9 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 40% of sales
Detached houses40%
Semi-detached houses36%
Terraced houses12%
Flats and maisonettes12%
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 Bedale’s homes sold for between £180K and £345K
One sale in ten was under £120K and one in ten over £400K. 44% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £260,000, sits in the £250–300K band
213 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.3 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £52,450 in 1995 to £224,000 in the last 12 months (£195,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
54 sales in the last 12 months, against 147 in 2002, the busiest year, and 40 in 2008. Sales fell by 42% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 3%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bedale costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bedale, 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
£82K
£100K
£237K
£217K
£216K
£260K
£314K
Semi-detached houses
£51K
£60K
£145K
£170K
£165K
£175K
£225K
Terraced houses
£44K
£56K
£130K
£175K
£160K
£170K
£135K
Flats and maisonettes
£35K
£34K
£173K
—
£124K
£125K
£85K
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
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
373 new homes have been sold in Bedale since 1995; the share peaked at 53% 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
A new home sold for a median £342,450
against £240,000 for a home sold on, 43% 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.
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Bedale. 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
Swaledale Drive is Bedale’s busiest street, with 22 sales in three years
11 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 7 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
Swaledale Drive
DL8
22
£357,475
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Greendale Court
DL8
16
£91,500
Mostly flats
3
Nidderdale Close
DL8
14
£143,000
Mixed · new builds
4
Calvert Way
DL8
12
£269,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
5
Iddison Drive
DL8
12
£189,000
Mixed
6
South End
DL8
11
£307,000
Mixed
7
Stapleton Close
DL8
11
£255,000
Mixed
8
Wycar
DL8
8
£305,000
Mixed
9
Wensleydale Close
DL8
7
£385,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
10
Peirse Close
DL8
6
£372,500
Mostly detached houses
11
Firby Road
DL8
5
£245,000
Mostly 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 North Yorkshire
Bedale is the 21st most expensive of 56 towns in North Yorkshire
Bedale is in the middle of North Yorkshire’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 Bedale
What is the average house price in Bedale?
The median home in Bedale sold for £260,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 213 standard sales (£224,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £365,000, semi-detached houses £243,500, terraced houses £157,000 and flats and maisonettes £96,500.
Are house prices going up in Bedale?
The median was £255,000 in 2025, down 8% on 2024 (£277,500), and £224,000 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 Bedale each year?
54 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 62 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bedale?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Wensleydale Close (DL8, £385,000), Peirse Close (DL8, £372,500) and Swaledale Drive (DL8, £357,475).
How much does a new build cost in Bedale?
New homes sold for a median £342,450 over three years, against £240,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 25% of sales.
Is Bedale expensive for North Yorkshire?
Bedale is the 20th most expensive of 56 towns of 2,500 or more in North Yorkshire 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.