Homes in Berwick-upon-Tweed sell for a median £170,000
That is the middle of 539 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 Berwick-upon-Tweed’s sales are terraced houses
539 homes sold in three years: 98 detached houses, 156 semi-detached houses, 194 terraced houses and 91 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£317K
median sale · 98 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£255K–£425K
Last 12 months
£310K27 sold
Semi-detached houses£170K
median sale · 156 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£140K–£235K
Last 12 months
£179K39 sold
Terraced houses£156K
median sale · 194 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£123K–£245K
Last 12 months
£156K58 sold
Flats and maisonettes£120K
median sale · 91 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£82K–£153K
Last 12 months
£98K21 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Detached houses18%
Semi-detached houses29%
Terraced houses36%
Flats and maisonettes17%
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 Berwick-upon-Tweed’s homes sold for between £126K and £275K
One sale in ten was under £98K and one in ten over £377K. 71% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £170,000, sits in the £150–200K band
539 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 £41,000 in 1995 to £170,000 in the last 12 months (£135,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
145 sales in the last 12 months, against 327 in 2002, the busiest year, and 127 in 2012. Sales fell by 49% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Berwick-upon-Tweed costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Berwick-upon-Tweed, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£66K
£84K
£180K
£210K
£236K
£243K
£310K
Semi-detached houses
£42K
£52K
£95K
£111K
£131K
£139K
£179K
Terraced houses
£36K
£43K
£85K
£108K
£128K
£124K
£156K
Flats and maisonettes
£30K
£37K
£81K
£76K
£95K
£105K
£98K
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% of sales in the last 12 months
285 new homes have been sold in Berwick-upon-Tweed since 1995; the share peaked at 11% in 2015.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
19% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 4.2% sold leasehold in Berwick-upon-Tweed. 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
Main Street is Berwick-upon-Tweed’s busiest street, with 26 sales in three years
32 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 6 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
Main Street
TD15
26
£183,594
Mixed
2
Newfields
TD15
22
£123,500
Mostly terraced houses
3
Highcliffe
TD15
18
£123,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Quarry Field
TD15
14
£285,848
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Ness Street
TD15
10
£135,000
Mostly flats
6
Eastcliffe
TD15
10
£121,750
Mostly terraced houses
7
Greenwood
TD15
9
£225,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Goldstone
TD15
8
£307,500
Mostly detached houses
9
Quay Walls
TD15
8
£215,750
Mostly flats
10
Castlegate
TD15
8
£140,000
Mostly flats
11
Ravensdowne
TD15
7
£425,000
Mixed
12
The Meadows
TD15
7
£400,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Shielfield Terrace
TD15
7
£201,000
Mixed
14
Dean Drive
TD15
7
£155,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Governors Gardens
TD15
6
£300,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Castle Terrace: £607,000
Berwick-upon-Tweed median£170K
Castle Terrace£607K
Ravensdowne£425K
The Meadows£400K
Goldstone£308K
Governors Gardens£300K
Cheapest streets
Easter Wynd: £63,000
Berwick-upon-Tweed median£170K
Easter Wynd£63K
Union Park Road£74K
Ord Drive£89K
St Bartholomews Crescent£110K
Sandgate£112K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 9.6 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
Berwick-upon-Tweed is the 10th most expensive of 20 towns in Northumberland
Berwick-upon-Tweed 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 Berwick-upon-Tweed
What is the average house price in Berwick-upon-Tweed?
The median home in Berwick-upon-Tweed sold for £170,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 539 standard sales (£170,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £317,000, semi-detached houses £170,000, terraced houses £156,250 and flats and maisonettes £120,000.
Are house prices going up in Berwick-upon-Tweed?
The median was £182,000 in 2025, up 7% on 2024 (£170,000), and £170,000 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 Berwick-upon-Tweed each year?
145 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 201 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Berwick-upon-Tweed?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Castle Terrace (TD15, £607,000), Ravensdowne (TD15, £425,000) and The Meadows (TD15, £400,000).
Is Berwick-upon-Tweed expensive for Northumberland?
Berwick-upon-Tweed is the 10th 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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