The median home in Market Drayton sells for £225,000
That is the middle of 510 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 4.8 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.
38% of Market Drayton’s sales are semi-detached houses
510 homes sold in three years: 174 detached houses, 194 semi-detached houses, 99 terraced houses and 43 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£326K
median sale · 174 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£270K–£415K
Last 12 months
£360K50 sold
New build
£428K
Semi-detached houses£215K
median sale · 194 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£185K–£245K
Last 12 months
£210K63 sold
New build
£275K
Terraced houses£175K
median sale · 99 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£153K–£210K
Last 12 months
£186K24 sold
New build
£206K
Flats and maisonettes£120K
median sale · 43 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£90K–£203K
Last 12 months
£110K11 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 38% of sales
Detached houses34%
Semi-detached houses38%
Terraced houses19%
Flats and maisonettes8%
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 Market Drayton’s homes sold for between £180K and £303K
One sale in ten was under £138K and one in ten over £403K. 62% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £225,000, sits in the £200–250K band
510 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.8 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £48,000 in 1995 to £230,000 in the last 12 months (£162,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
148 sales in the last 12 months, against 319 in 2002, the busiest year, and 96 in 2011. Sales fell by 43% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 40% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Market Drayton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Market Drayton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£64K
£90K
£197K
£190K
£220K
£276K
£360K
Semi-detached houses
£46K
£59K
£125K
£140K
£151K
£170K
£210K
Terraced houses
£42K
£51K
£119K
£130K
£120K
£135K
£186K
Flats and maisonettes
£31K
£42K
£88K
—
£70K
£69K
£110K
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: 2.7% of sales in the last 12 months
743 new homes have been sold in Market Drayton since 1995; the share peaked at 24% in 2000.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £285,000
against £220,000 for a home sold on, 30% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.7% sold leasehold in Market Drayton. 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
Cobblers Way is Market Drayton’s busiest street, with 22 sales in three years
37 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 11 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
Cobblers Way
TF9
22
£280,000
Mixed · new builds
2
Shrewsbury Road
TF9
21
£162,500
Mixed
3
Stafford Street
TF9
20
£223,975
Mostly flats
4
Elm Drive
TF9
15
£210,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Sherwood Crescent
TF9
14
£233,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Frogmore Road
TF9
13
£185,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Longslow Road
TF9
12
£250,000
Mixed
8
Kiln Bank Road
TF9
11
£250,000
Mixed
9
Alexandra Road
TF9
11
£110,000
Mostly flats
10
Farcroft Drive
TF9
10
£210,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Mercian Court
TF9
10
£125,000
Mostly flats
12
Shropshire Street
TF9
9
£390,000
Mixed
13
Orwell Road
TF9
9
£319,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Hampton Drive
TF9
8
£323,500
Mostly detached houses
15
Bakewell Drive
TF9
8
£295,687
Mixed · new builds
Dearest streets
Cemetery Road: £405,000
Market Drayton median£225K
Cemetery Road£405K
Shropshire Street£390K
Prospect Road£360K
Drayton Grove£325K
Hampton Drive£324K
Cheapest streets
Alexandra Road: £110,000
Market Drayton median£225K
Alexandra Road£110K
Mercian Court£125K
Highfields£157K
Goosefield Close£158K
Shrewsbury Road£163K
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 Shropshire
Market Drayton is the 16th most expensive of 20 towns in Shropshire
Market Drayton is one of Shropshire’s cheapest 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 Market Drayton
What is the average house price in Market Drayton?
The median home in Market Drayton sold for £225,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 510 standard sales (£230,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £326,000, semi-detached houses £215,000, terraced houses £175,000 and flats and maisonettes £120,000.
Are house prices going up in Market Drayton?
The median was £225,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£225,000), and £230,000 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 Market Drayton each year?
148 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 190 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Market Drayton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Cemetery Road (TF9, £405,000), Shropshire Street (TF9, £390,000) and Prospect Road (TF9, £360,000).
How much does a new build cost in Market Drayton?
New homes sold for a median £285,000 over three years, against £220,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 7.3% of sales.
Is Market Drayton expensive for Shropshire?
Market Drayton is the 14th 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.
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