Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Dorrington sell for a median £341,500
That is the middle of 20 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 5.2 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.
Two thirds of Dorrington’s sales are detached houses
20 homes sold in three years: 13 detached houses, 4 semi-detached houses, 2 terraced houses and 1 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 13 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £373K–£515K
- Last 12 months
- £413K6 sold
Semi-detached houses: 4 sold
Terraced houses: 2 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 1 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: two thirds of homes sold stand on their own plot
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.
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £54,500 in 1995 to £282,500 in the last 12 months (£256,500 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
10 sales in the last 12 months, against 33 in 2004, the busiest year, and 4 in 2024. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 75% more sales than 2020.
Dorrington costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Dorrington, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Each type, year by year
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £94K | £113K | £355K | — | — | £385K | £413K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
76 new homes have been sold in Dorrington since 1995; the share peaked at 67% in 2004.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Dorrington. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Dorrington’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Bayston Hill and Shrewsbury.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorrington | — | £342K | 10 | +74% |
| Bayston Hill | 3.6 | £279K | 52 | +43% |
| Hanwood | 4.9 | £271K | 15 | +21% |
| Pontesbury | 5.4 | £329K | 28 | +45% |
| Church Stretton | 6 | £361K | 57 | +57% |
| Minsterley | 6.4 | £245K | 20 | +58% |
| Shrewsbury | 6.5 | £265K | 981 | +37% |
| Much Wenlock | 9.1 | £292K | 22 | +30% |
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 Dorrington
What is the average house price in Dorrington?
The median home in Dorrington sold for £341,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 20 standard sales (£282,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £450,000.
How many homes sell in Dorrington each year?
10 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 14 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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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