The median home in Seaton Delaval sells for £170,000
That is the middle of 324 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 4.5 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.
45% of Seaton Delaval’s sales are semi-detached houses
324 homes sold in three years: 56 detached houses, 145 semi-detached houses, 66 terraced houses and 57 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£320K
median sale · 56 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£280K–£375K
Last 12 months
£350K21 sold
Semi-detached houses£188K
median sale · 145 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£155K–£223K
Last 12 months
£193K52 sold
Terraced houses£144K
median sale · 66 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£125K–£170K
Last 12 months
£138K18 sold
Flats and maisonettes£80K
median sale · 57 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£35K–£115K
Last 12 months
£78K18 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 45% of sales
Detached houses17%
Semi-detached houses45%
Terraced houses20%
Flats and maisonettes18%
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 Seaton Delaval’s homes sold for between £128K and £230K
One sale in ten was under £80K and one in ten over £310K. 81% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £170,000, sits in the £150–200K band
324 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.5 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £39,975 in 1995 to £180,000 in the last 12 months (£155,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
109 sales in the last 12 months, against 221 in 2015, the busiest year, and 69 in 2009. Sales fell by 57% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 26% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Seaton Delaval costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Seaton Delaval, 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
£80K
£99K
£195K
£220K
£241K
£235K
£350K
Semi-detached houses
£48K
£56K
£100K
£120K
£150K
£169K
£193K
Terraced houses
£36K
£35K
£90K
£120K
£101K
£114K
£138K
Flats and maisonettes
£22K
£20K
£53K
£85K
£70K
£66K
£78K
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
New builds have slowed: 1% of sales in the last 12 months, after 44% in 2015
537 new homes have been sold in Seaton Delaval since 1995; the share peaked at 44% 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
43% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 32% sold leasehold in Seaton Delaval. 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
Kearsley Close is Seaton Delaval’s busiest street, with 15 sales in three years
22 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 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
Kearsley Close
NE25
15
£30,000
Mostly flats
2
Acomb Avenue
NE25
14
£176,155
Mixed
3
Ambridge Way
NE25
11
£215,000
Mixed
4
Astley Road
NE25
9
£112,000
Mixed
5
Linden Road
NE25
8
£173,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Woodside Avenue
NE25
8
£158,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Laurel Terrace
NE25
8
£127,475
Mostly flats
8
Jefferson Grove
NE25
7
£150,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Newburgh Avenue
NE25
7
£97,750
Mostly flats
10
Blyth Street
NE25
7
£77,500
Mostly flats
11
Denham Drive
NE25
6
£232,500
Mixed
12
Tillmouth Avenue
NE25
6
£231,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Elsdon Avenue
NE25
6
£161,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Hallington Drive
NE25
6
£161,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Baxter Place
NE25
6
£125,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Staward Avenue: £245,000
Seaton Delaval median£170K
Staward Avenue£245K
Denham Drive£233K
Tillmouth Avenue£231K
Ambridge Way£215K
Bavington Road£213K
Cheapest streets
Kearsley Close: £30,000
Seaton Delaval median£170K
Kearsley Close£30K
Blyth Street£78K
Newburgh Avenue£98K
Astley Road£112K
The Beacons£116K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 8.2 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.
Across Northumberland
Seaton Delaval is the 12th most expensive of 20 towns in Northumberland
Seaton Delaval 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 Seaton Delaval
What is the average house price in Seaton Delaval?
The median home in Seaton Delaval sold for £170,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 324 standard sales (£180,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £320,000, semi-detached houses £187,500, terraced houses £143,500 and flats and maisonettes £80,000.
Are house prices going up in Seaton Delaval?
The median was £180,000 in 2025, up 13% on 2024 (£159,000), and £180,000 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 Seaton Delaval each year?
109 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 142 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Seaton Delaval?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Staward Avenue (NE25, £245,000), Denham Drive (NE25, £232,500) and Tillmouth Avenue (NE25, £231,250).
Is Seaton Delaval expensive for Northumberland?
Seaton Delaval 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.