Photo: Nigel Thompson · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Bishopthorpe sell for a median £392,500
That is the middle of 144 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 6.7 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.
56% of Bishopthorpe’s sales are semi-detached houses
144 homes sold in three years: 50 detached houses, 81 semi-detached houses, 10 terraced houses and 3 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 50 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £425K–£655K
- Last 12 months
- £496K14 sold
median sale · 81 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £280K–£433K
- Last 12 months
- £346K20 sold
median sale · 10 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £233K–£375K
Flats and maisonettes: 3 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 56% of sales
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 Bishopthorpe’s homes sold for between £300K and £500K
One sale in ten was under £245K and one in ten over £745K. 10% sold for under £250K.
The median, £392,500, sits in the £300–400K band
144 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 6.7 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £60,000 in 1995 to £400,000 in the last 12 months (£295,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
38 sales in the last 12 months, against 81 in 2001, the busiest year, and 33 in 2023. Sales fell by 28% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 3%.
Bishopthorpe costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bishopthorpe, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £77K | £103K | £253K | £250K | £353K | £428K | £496K |
| Semi-detached houses | £58K | £84K | £172K | £215K | £210K | £343K | £346K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
42 new homes have been sold in Bishopthorpe since 1995; the share peaked at 39% in 1998.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
4% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.4% sold leasehold in Bishopthorpe. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Acaster Lane is Bishopthorpe’s busiest street, with 10 sales in three years
14 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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 | Acaster Lane | YO23 | 10 | £416,500 | Mixed |
| 2 | Montague Road | YO23 | 8 | £350,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 3 | Keble Park North | YO23 | 8 | £311,500 | Mixed |
| 4 | Beech Avenue | YO23 | 8 | £260,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 5 | Lang Road | YO23 | 6 | £652,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 6 | The Orchard | YO23 | 6 | £520,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 7 | Keble Park South | YO23 | 6 | £366,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 8 | Church Lane | YO23 | 5 | £825,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 9 | The Coppice | YO23 | 5 | £440,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 10 | Keble Park Crescent | YO23 | 5 | £422,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 11 | Bridge Road | YO23 | 5 | £410,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 12 | Maple Avenue | YO23 | 5 | £355,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 13 | Ramsey Avenue | YO23 | 5 | £312,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 14 | Wolsey Drive | YO23 | 5 | £260,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
Church Lane: £825,000
Wolsey Drive: £260,000
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.2 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.
Bishopthorpe is the 3rd most expensive of 56 towns in North Yorkshire
Bishopthorpe is one of North Yorkshire’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in North Yorkshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Bishopthorpe’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Copmanthorpe, York and Huntington.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopthorpe | — | £393K | 38 | +31% |
| Copmanthorpe | 1.7 | £353K | 47 | +16% |
| Heslington | 2.6 | £200K | 6 | — |
| York | 2.7 | £290K | 1,489 | +38% |
| Osbaldwick | 3.7 | £320K | 24 | +47% |
| Upper Poppleton | 4.8 | £485K | 39 | +46% |
| Huntington | 5 | £290K | 124 | +36% |
| Skelton (York) | 5.6 | £320K | 16 | +2% |
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 Bishopthorpe
What is the average house price in Bishopthorpe?
The median home in Bishopthorpe sold for £392,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 144 standard sales (£400,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £493,750, semi-detached houses £357,000 and terraced houses £289,000.
Are house prices going up in Bishopthorpe?
The median was £413,500 in 2025, up 9% on 2024 (£380,500), and £400,000 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 Bishopthorpe each year?
38 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 52 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bishopthorpe?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Church Lane (YO23, £825,000), Lang Road (YO23, £652,500) and The Orchard (YO23, £520,000).
Is Bishopthorpe expensive for North Yorkshire?
Bishopthorpe is the 3rd 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.
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