The median home in Wellingborough sells for £240,000
That is the middle of 1,769 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 6.2 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.
A third of Wellingborough’s sales are semi-detached houses
1,769 homes sold in three years: 451 detached houses, 660 semi-detached houses, 514 terraced houses and 144 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£335K
median sale · 451 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£292K–£389K
Last 12 months
£330K123 sold
New build
£380K
Semi-detached houses£245K
median sale · 660 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£215K–£280K
Last 12 months
£247K162 sold
New build
£292K
Terraced houses£195K
median sale · 514 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£175K–£230K
Last 12 months
£192K152 sold
New build
£275K
Flats and maisonettes£142K
median sale · 144 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£117K–£165K
Last 12 months
£136K37 sold
New build
£158K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses25%
Semi-detached houses37%
Terraced houses29%
Flats and maisonettes8%
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 Wellingborough’s homes sold for between £190K and £299K
One sale in ten was under £157K and one in ten over £373K. 54% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £240,000, sits in the £200–250K band
1,769 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.2 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £39,000 in 1995 to £240,000 in the last 12 months (£202,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
474 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,464 in 2002, the busiest year, and 445 in 2011. Sales fell by 66% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 38% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Wellingborough costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Wellingborough, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£66K
£102K
£190K
£175K
£217K
£290K
£330K
Semi-detached houses
£40K
£56K
£125K
£120K
£148K
£205K
£247K
Terraced houses
£31K
£42K
£99K
£95K
£121K
£169K
£192K
Flats and maisonettes
£23K
£38K
£83K
£107K
£84K
£132K
£136K
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
3,366 new homes have been sold in Wellingborough since 1995; the share peaked at 20% 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 £303,061
against £230,000 for a home sold on, 32% 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.
9% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.1% sold leasehold in Wellingborough. 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
Spindleberry Avenue is Wellingborough’s busiest street, with 44 sales in three years
127 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 38 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
Spindleberry Avenue
NN8
44
£295,000
Mixed · new builds
2
Lothrie Road
NN8
33
£300,195
Mixed · new builds
3
Shelley Road
NN8
20
£191,500
Mixed
4
Northampton Road
NN8
20
£182,500
Mixed
5
Senwick Drive
NN8
20
£162,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Dewberry Way
NN8
17
£281,316
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
7
Waterside Road
NN8
17
£215,000
Mixed
8
Harperleas Close
NN8
16
£345,045
Mixed · new builds
9
Stanwell Way
NN8
16
£261,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Knox Road
NN8
16
£193,250
Mostly terraced houses
11
Harvey Road
NN8
14
£237,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Queensway
NN8
14
£215,000
Mixed
13
Mill Road
NN8
14
£182,500
Mostly terraced houses
14
Kilnway
NN8
14
£172,500
Mostly terraced houses
15
Irthlingborough Road
NN8
14
£157,500
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Hardwick Road: £510,000
Wellingborough median£240K
Hardwick Road£510K
Barberry Close£415K
Hipkin Close£404K
Hackamore Road£399K
Sir Henry Fowler Way£395K
Cheapest streets
Chequers Lane: £120,000
Wellingborough median£240K
Chequers Lane£120K
Irthlingborough Road£158K
Alexandra Road£158K
Senwick Drive£162K
Broad Green£165K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.3 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 Northamptonshire
Wellingborough is the 28th most expensive of 31 towns in Northamptonshire
Wellingborough is one of Northamptonshire’s cheapest 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 Wellingborough
What is the average house price in Wellingborough?
The median home in Wellingborough sold for £240,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,769 standard sales (£240,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £335,000, semi-detached houses £245,000, terraced houses £195,000 and flats and maisonettes £142,250.
Are house prices going up in Wellingborough?
The median was £245,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£242,250), and £240,000 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 Wellingborough each year?
474 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 719 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Wellingborough?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Hardwick Road (NN8, £510,000), Barberry Close (NN8, £414,585) and Hipkin Close (NN8, £404,250).
How much does a new build cost in Wellingborough?
New homes sold for a median £303,061 over three years, against £230,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 12% of sales.
Is Wellingborough expensive for Northamptonshire?
Wellingborough is the 28th most expensive of 31 towns of 2,500 or more in Northamptonshire 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.