That is the middle of 332 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 6.4 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.
332 homes sold in three years: 176 detached houses, 79 semi-detached houses, 47 terraced houses and 30 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£460K
median sale · 176 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£375K–£575K
Last 12 months
£465K53 sold
Semi-detached houses£285K
median sale · 79 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£335K
Last 12 months
£293K27 sold
Terraced houses£238K
median sale · 47 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£207K–£325K
Last 12 months
£233K12 sold
Flats and maisonettes£185K
median sale · 30 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£162K–£224K
Last 12 months
£160K6 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses53%
Semi-detached houses24%
Terraced houses14%
Flats and maisonettes9%
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 Southwell’s homes sold for between £260K and £480K
One sale in ten was under £193K and one in ten over £640K. 23% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £356,500, sits in the £300–400K band
332 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.4 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 £382,500 in the last 12 months (£300,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
98 sales in the last 12 months, against 187 in 2006, the busiest year, and 81 in 2011. Sales fell by 25% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 31% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Southwell costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Southwell, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£85K
£120K
£252K
£283K
£300K
£380K
£465K
Semi-detached houses
£50K
£71K
£151K
£171K
£203K
£250K
£293K
Terraced houses
£55K
£73K
£178K
£178K
£183K
£210K
£233K
Flats and maisonettes
£41K
£56K
£141K
£113K
£140K
£153K
£160K
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
3% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
397 new homes have been sold in Southwell since 1995; the share peaked at 23% in 2003.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.3% sold leasehold in Southwell. 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
Westgate is Southwell’s busiest street, with 20 sales in three years
21 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 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
Westgate
NG25
20
£365,000
Mixed
2
Lower Kirklington Road
NG25
14
£347,500
Mixed
3
Hopewell Rise
NG25
13
£400,000
Mostly detached houses
4
Easthorpe
NG25
12
£378,500
Mixed
5
Station Road
NG25
10
£169,000
Mostly flats
6
Kirklington Road
NG25
9
£475,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Honing Drive
NG25
9
£375,000
Mostly detached houses
8
Springfield Road
NG25
9
£300,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Leeway Road
NG25
8
£332,500
Mostly detached houses
10
The Ropewalk
NG25
7
£620,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Archers Field
NG25
7
£507,500
Mostly detached houses
12
Norwood Gardens
NG25
7
£210,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Westhorpe
NG25
6
£610,000
Mixed
14
Church Street
NG25
6
£317,500
Mixed
15
Dover Street
NG25
6
£297,500
Mixed
Dearest streets
The Ropewalk: £620,000
Southwell median£357K
The Ropewalk£620K
Westhorpe£610K
Bechers Court£519K
Archers Field£508K
Kirklington Road£475K
Cheapest streets
Station Road: £169,000
Southwell median£357K
Station Road£169K
Norwood Gardens£210K
Leeks Close£228K
Landseer Road£263K
Metcalfe Close£285K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.7 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 Nottinghamshire
Southwell is the 4th most expensive of 49 towns in Nottinghamshire
Southwell is one of Nottinghamshire’s dearest 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 Southwell
What is the average house price in Southwell?
The median home in Southwell sold for £356,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 332 standard sales (£382,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £459,840, semi-detached houses £285,000, terraced houses £237,500 and flats and maisonettes £185,000.
Are house prices going up in Southwell?
The median was £385,000 in 2025, up 17% on 2024 (£328,000), and £382,500 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 Southwell each year?
98 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 127 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Southwell?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: The Ropewalk (NG25, £620,000), Westhorpe (NG25, £610,000) and Bechers Court (NG25, £519,000).
Is Southwell expensive for Nottinghamshire?
Southwell is the 4th most expensive of 49 towns of 2,500 or more in Nottinghamshire 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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