That is the middle of 126 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 5.9 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.
126 homes sold in three years: 43 detached houses, 37 semi-detached houses, 41 terraced houses and 5 flats and maisonettes.
Detached houses£610K
median sale · 43 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£485K–£856K
Last 12 months
£575K12 sold
Semi-detached houses£360K
median sale · 37 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£290K–£417K
Last 12 months
£385K19 sold
Terraced houses£295K
median sale · 41 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£280K–£375K
Last 12 months
£295K7 sold
Fewer sales
Flats and maisonettes: 5 sold, median £200K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses34%
Semi-detached houses29%
Terraced houses33%
Flats and maisonettes4%
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 Bampton’s homes sold for between £294K and £550K
One sale in ten was under £255K and one in ten over £856K. 9% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £385,000, sits in the £300–400K band
126 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.9 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £68,000 in 1995 to £400,000 in the last 12 months (£347,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
39 sales in the last 12 months, against 86 in 2018, the busiest year, and 27 in 2009. Sales fell by 56% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 59% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bampton costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bampton, 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
£123K
£215K
£290K
£400K
£440K
£503K
£575K
Semi-detached houses
£67K
£112K
£186K
£220K
£246K
£325K
£385K
Terraced houses
£56K
£135K
£173K
£190K
£225K
£280K
£295K
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 50% in 2017
190 new homes have been sold in Bampton since 1995; the share peaked at 50% in 2017.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
6% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.5% sold leasehold in Bampton. 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
Calais Dene is Bampton’s busiest street, with 8 sales in three years
10 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. 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
Calais Dene
OX18
8
£425,500
Mixed
2
The Pieces
OX18
6
£427,500
Mostly detached houses
3
Broad Street
OX18
6
£399,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Mercury Close
OX18
6
£294,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Mercury Court
OX18
6
£268,500
Mostly terraced houses
6
Bridge Street
OX18
5
£445,000
Mixed
7
Aston Road
OX18
5
£440,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Woodley Drive
OX18
5
£417,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
New Road
OX18
5
£295,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
The Lanes
OX18
5
£240,000
Mixed
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 Oxfordshire
Bampton is the 27th most expensive of 40 towns in Oxfordshire
Bampton is in the middle of Oxfordshire’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 Bampton
What is the average house price in Bampton?
The median home in Bampton sold for £385,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 126 standard sales (£400,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £610,000, semi-detached houses £360,000, terraced houses £295,000 and flats and maisonettes £199,950.
Are house prices going up in Bampton?
The median was £467,500 in 2025, up 28% on 2024 (£365,000), and £400,000 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 Bampton each year?
39 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 59 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bampton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Bridge Street (OX18, £445,000), Aston Road (OX18, £440,000) and The Pieces (OX18, £427,500).
Is Bampton expensive for Oxfordshire?
Bampton is the 27th most expensive of 40 towns of 2,500 or more in Oxfordshire 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.