Photo: Richard Dorrell · CC BY-SA 2.0The median home in Chinnor sells for £425,000
That is the middle of 321 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 5.6 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.
39% of Chinnor’s sales are semi-detached houses
321 homes sold in three years: 101 detached houses, 126 semi-detached houses, 79 terraced houses and 15 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
median sale · 101 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £485K–£675K
- Last 12 months
- £615K29 sold
- New build
- £500K
median sale · 126 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £370K–£465K
- Last 12 months
- £430K41 sold
- New build
- £348K
median sale · 79 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £352K–£400K
- Last 12 months
- £378K24 sold
median sale · 15 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £188K–£275K
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
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.
Half of Chinnor’s homes sold for between £370K and £520K
One sale in ten was under £335K and one in ten over £640K. 4% sold for under £250K.
The median, £425,000, sits in the £400–500K band
321 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.6 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £78,225 in 1995 to £438,500 in the last 12 months (£410,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
97 sales in the last 12 months, against 185 in 2019, the busiest year, and 55 in 2008. Sales fell by 38% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%.
Chinnor costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Chinnor, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £134K | £192K | £395K | £328K | £448K | £580K | £615K |
| Semi-detached houses | £76K | £138K | £240K | £248K | £319K | £385K | £430K |
| Terraced houses | £65K | £117K | £190K | £223K | £280K | £313K | £378K |
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 have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 44% in 2019
559 new homes have been sold in Chinnor since 1995; the share peaked at 44% in 2019.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £370,000
against £427,500 for a home sold on, 13% less, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
8% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.3% sold leasehold in Chinnor. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Swallowtail Road is Chinnor’s busiest street, with 16 sales in three years
28 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 | Swallowtail Road | OX39 | 16 | £402,500 | Mixed · new builds |
| 2 | Oakley Road | OX39 | 12 | £540,500 | Mixed |
| 3 | Lower Icknield Way | OX39 | 10 | £542,500 | Mixed |
| 4 | Brimstone Road | OX39 | 10 | £343,250 | Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds |
| 5 | Cherry Tree Road | OX39 | 8 | £427,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 6 | Kiln Avenue | OX39 | 8 | £363,500 | Mixed |
| 7 | Cowleaze | OX39 | 7 | £480,000 | Mixed |
| 8 | Emperor Way | OX39 | 7 | £480,000 | Mixed |
| 9 | Elderdene | OX39 | 7 | £450,000 | Mixed |
| 10 | Woodgreen Square | OX39 | 7 | £430,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 11 | Hill Farm Court | OX39 | 7 | £395,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 12 | Mill Lane | OX39 | 7 | £385,000 | Mixed |
| 13 | Timber Way | OX39 | 7 | £370,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 14 | Lummas Mead | OX39 | 6 | £778,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 15 | Oakley Lane | OX39 | 6 | £633,750 | Mostly detached houses |
Lummas Mead: £778,500
Barley Rye: £340,000
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.3 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.
Chinnor is the 18th most expensive of 40 towns in Oxfordshire
Chinnor is in the middle of Oxfordshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Oxfordshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Chinnor’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinnor | — | £425K | 97 | +22% |
| Stokenchurch | 3 | £394K | 50 | +21% |
| Longwick | 3.3 | £550K | 29 | +20% |
| Princes Risborough | 3.9 | £435K | 121 | +13% |
| Thame | 4.1 | £435K | 175 | +15% |
| Lacey Green and Loosley Row | 4.4 | £725K | 12 | +24% |
| Haddenham | 5 | £518K | 89 | +31% |
| Watlington | 5.5 | £421K | 29 | +16% |
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 Chinnor
What is the average house price in Chinnor?
The median home in Chinnor sold for £425,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 321 standard sales (£438,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £570,000, semi-detached houses £423,750, terraced houses £380,000 and flats and maisonettes £228,000.
Are house prices going up in Chinnor?
The median was £449,000 in 2025, up 7% on 2024 (£420,500), and £438,500 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 Chinnor each year?
97 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 132 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Chinnor?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Lummas Mead (OX39, £778,500), Oakley Lane (OX39, £633,750) and Lower Icknield Way (OX39, £542,500).
How much does a new build cost in Chinnor?
New homes sold for a median £370,000 over three years, against £427,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 10% of sales.
Is Chinnor expensive for Oxfordshire?
Chinnor is the 17th 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.
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