That is the middle of 638 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 4.1 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 Bedlington’s sales are semi-detached houses
638 homes sold in three years: 160 detached houses, 225 semi-detached houses, 178 terraced houses and 75 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 4.1 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£270K
median sale · 160 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£232K–£320K
Last 12 months
£285K47 sold
New build
£330K
Semi-detached houses£154K
median sale · 225 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£116K–£190K
Last 12 months
£170K63 sold
New build
£195K
Terraced houses£119K
median sale · 178 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£90K–£140K
Last 12 months
£134K36 sold
Flats and maisonettes£66K
median sale · 75 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£53K–£182K
Last 12 months
£65K14 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
Detached houses25%
Semi-detached houses35%
Terraced houses28%
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 Bedlington’s homes sold for between £106K and £215K
One sale in ten was under £67K and one in ten over £290K. 83% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £155,000, sits in the £150–200K band
638 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.1 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £42,125 in 1995 to £172,000 in the last 12 months (£120,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
160 sales in the last 12 months, against 510 in 2003, the busiest year, and 138 in 2011. Sales fell by 64% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 32% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bedlington costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bedlington, 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
£76K
£83K
£183K
£190K
£195K
£225K
£285K
Semi-detached houses
£42K
£45K
£116K
£110K
£115K
£124K
£170K
Terraced houses
£31K
£33K
£89K
£90K
£99K
£95K
£134K
Flats and maisonettes
£22K
£22K
£63K
£63K
£53K
£48K
£65K
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: 0.6% of sales in the last 12 months
1,096 new homes have been sold in Bedlington since 1995; the share peaked at 34% in 1998.
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 £210,472
against £150,000 for a home sold on, 40% 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.
19% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 8.9% sold leasehold in Bedlington. 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
Ewart Drive is Bedlington’s busiest street, with 34 sales in three years
42 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 4 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
Ewart Drive
NE22
34
£210,472
Mixed · new builds
2
Rothesay Terrace
NE22
20
£66,500
Mixed
3
Elmfield Court
NE22
14
£182,000
Mostly flats
4
Victoria Terrace
NE22
10
£62,500
Mostly flats
5
Clearwell Place
NE22
9
£235,000
Mostly detached houses
6
Birtley Crescent
NE22
9
£155,000
Mixed
7
Millfield
NE22
9
£100,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Nottingham Court
NE22
8
£263,500
Mostly detached houses
9
Bonchester Close
NE22
8
£200,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Westlea
NE22
8
£149,800
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
North Ridge
NE22
8
£127,500
Mixed
12
Ayton Court
NE22
7
£288,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Acorn Avenue
NE22
7
£181,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Stirling Drive
NE22
7
£138,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Wood Lane
NE22
7
£120,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Warwick Grove: £313,750
Bedlington median£155K
Warwick Grove£314K
Longmeadows£309K
Ayton Court£288K
Nottingham Court£264K
Orchard Way£253K
Cheapest streets
Blenheim Drive: £54,000
Bedlington median£155K
Blenheim Drive£54K
Victoria Terrace£63K
Rothesay Terrace£67K
Brook Court£70K
Alfred Avenue£74K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.8 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 Northumberland
Bedlington is the 14th most expensive of 20 towns in Northumberland
Bedlington is in the middle of Northumberland’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 Bedlington
What is the average house price in Bedlington?
The median home in Bedlington sold for £155,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 638 standard sales (£172,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £270,000, semi-detached houses £154,000, terraced houses £119,250 and flats and maisonettes £66,000.
Are house prices going up in Bedlington?
The median was £142,000 in 2025, down 14% on 2024 (£165,000), and £172,000 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 Bedlington each year?
160 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 239 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bedlington?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Warwick Grove (NE22, £313,750), Longmeadows (NE22, £309,000) and Ayton Court (NE22, £288,000).
How much does a new build cost in Bedlington?
New homes sold for a median £210,472 over three years, against £150,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 4.4% of sales.
Is Bedlington expensive for Northumberland?
Bedlington is the 14th most expensive of 20 towns of 2,500 or more in Northumberland 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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