Homes in Church Stretton sell for a median £361,000
That is the middle of 198 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 4.9 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.
Half of Church Stretton’s sales are detached houses
198 homes sold in three years: 103 detached houses, 36 semi-detached houses, 17 terraced houses and 42 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 4.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£525K
median sale · 103 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£433K–£675K
Last 12 months
£490K29 sold
Semi-detached houses£311K
median sale · 36 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£245K–£355K
Last 12 months
£345K11 sold
Terraced houses£250K
median sale · 17 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£211K–£350K
Last 12 months
£250K5 sold
Flats and maisonettes£120K
median sale · 42 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£110K–£165K
Last 12 months
£151K12 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses52%
Semi-detached houses18%
Terraced houses9%
Flats and maisonettes21%
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 Church Stretton’s homes sold for between £211K and £535K
One sale in ten was under £115K and one in ten over £730K. 31% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £361,000, sits in the £300–400K band
198 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.9 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £71,000 in 1995 to £347,000 in the last 12 months (£272,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
57 sales in the last 12 months, against 146 in 2003, the busiest year, and 55 in 2008. Sales fell by 32% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Church Stretton costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Church Stretton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£106K
£150K
£282K
£305K
£315K
£433K
£490K
Semi-detached houses
£67K
£97K
£182K
£199K
£220K
£291K
£345K
Terraced houses
£45K
£59K
£133K
£187K
£150K
£215K
£250K
Flats and maisonettes
£50K
£52K
£120K
£108K
£128K
£145K
£151K
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
106 new homes have been sold in Church Stretton since 1995; the share peaked at 18% 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
21% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Church Stretton. 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
Shrewsbury Road is Church Stretton’s busiest street, with 22 sales in three years
14 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
Shrewsbury Road
SY6
22
£115,500
Mostly flats
2
Watling Street South
SY6
13
£326,000
Mixed
3
Ludlow Road
SY6
12
£512,500
Mostly detached houses
4
Stretton Farm Road
SY6
12
£388,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Churchill Road
SY6
10
£435,000
Mostly detached houses
6
Sandford Avenue
SY6
9
£735,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Hazler Orchard
SY6
8
£595,000
Mostly detached houses
8
Hazler Road
SY6
6
£701,200
Mostly detached houses
9
Clive Avenue
SY6
6
£600,000
Mostly detached houses
10
The Bridleways
SY6
5
£525,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Madeira Walk
SY6
5
£480,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Central Avenue
SY6
5
£212,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Cross Bank
SY6
5
£160,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Ashbrook Court
SY6
5
£115,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Sandford Avenue: £735,000
Church Stretton median£361K
Sandford Avenue£735K
Hazler Road£701K
Clive Avenue£600K
Hazler Orchard£595K
The Bridleways£525K
Cheapest streets
Ashbrook Court: £115,000
Church Stretton median£361K
Ashbrook Court£115K
Shrewsbury Road£116K
Cross Bank£160K
Central Avenue£212K
Watling Street South£326K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.4 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 Shropshire
Church Stretton is the most expensive of 20 towns in Shropshire
Church Stretton is one of Shropshire’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 Church Stretton
What is the average house price in Church Stretton?
The median home in Church Stretton sold for £361,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 198 standard sales (£347,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £525,000, semi-detached houses £310,750, terraced houses £250,000 and flats and maisonettes £120,000.
Are house prices going up in Church Stretton?
The median was £385,000 in 2025, up 9% on 2024 (£352,500), and £347,000 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 Church Stretton each year?
57 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 79 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Church Stretton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Sandford Avenue (SY6, £735,000), Hazler Road (SY6, £701,200) and Clive Avenue (SY6, £600,000).
Is Church Stretton expensive for Shropshire?
Church Stretton is the most expensive of 20 towns of 2,500 or more in Shropshire 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.