That is the middle of 402 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 5.3 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.
402 homes sold in three years: 149 detached houses, 139 semi-detached houses, 82 terraced houses and 32 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£380K
median sale · 149 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£330K–£450K
Last 12 months
£420K51 sold
Semi-detached houses£250K
median sale · 139 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£218K–£285K
Last 12 months
£259K46 sold
Terraced houses£218K
median sale · 82 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£190K–£246K
Last 12 months
£220K23 sold
Flats and maisonettes£129K
median sale · 32 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£93K–£138K
Last 12 months
£123K13 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses37%
Semi-detached houses35%
Terraced houses20%
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 Shifnal’s homes sold for between £210K and £363K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £450K. 44% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £262,250, sits in the £250–300K band
402 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.3 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £52,950 in 1995 to £280,000 in the last 12 months (£241,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
133 sales in the last 12 months, against 305 in 2017, the busiest year, and 63 in 2010. Sales fell by 61% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 17%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Shifnal costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Shifnal, 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
£81K
£111K
£250K
£230K
£280K
£330K
£420K
Semi-detached houses
£52K
£69K
£152K
£156K
£167K
£230K
£259K
Terraced houses
£51K
£72K
£138K
£141K
£168K
£193K
£220K
Flats and maisonettes
£26K
£34K
£120K
£112K
£104K
£116K
£123K
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 67% in 2017
1,133 new homes have been sold in Shifnal since 1995; the share peaked at 67% 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
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.9% sold leasehold in Shifnal. 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
Stone Drive is Shifnal’s busiest street, with 14 sales in three years
31 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 8 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
Stone Drive
TF11
14
£311,250
Mixed
2
Beech Drive
TF11
14
£310,000
Mixed
3
Hough Way
TF11
13
£259,950
Mixed
4
Watts Drive
TF11
11
£245,000
Mixed
5
Tanyard Place
TF11
11
£137,000
Mixed
6
West Way
TF11
10
£292,625
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Admirals Way
TF11
10
£214,975
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Broadway
TF11
10
£189,750
Mostly terraced houses
9
Victoria Road
TF11
9
£282,500
Mixed
10
Mountford Way
TF11
9
£252,000
Mixed
11
Haughton Lane
TF11
8
£563,750
Mostly detached houses
12
Springhill
TF11
8
£355,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Poplar Street
TF11
7
£340,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Applebrook
TF11
7
£269,950
Mostly terraced houses
15
Greenfields Crescent
TF11
7
£210,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Haughton Lane: £563,750
Shifnal median£262K
Haughton Lane£564K
Wadlow Drive£520K
Juniper Way£439K
Springhill£355K
Alder Road£345K
Cheapest streets
Meadow Drive: £135,000
Shifnal median£262K
Meadow Drive£135K
Tanyard Place£137K
The Grove£145K
Dunstanville Court£156K
Park Street£185K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.2 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
Shifnal is the 5th most expensive of 20 towns in Shropshire
Shifnal is in the middle of Shropshire’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 Shifnal
What is the average house price in Shifnal?
The median home in Shifnal sold for £262,250 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 402 standard sales (£280,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £380,000, semi-detached houses £250,000, terraced houses £217,500 and flats and maisonettes £129,250.
Are house prices going up in Shifnal?
The median was £266,000 in 2025, up 7% on 2024 (£249,000), and £280,000 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 Shifnal each year?
133 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 199 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Shifnal?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Haughton Lane (TF11, £563,750), Wadlow Drive (TF11, £519,750) and Juniper Way (TF11, £438,750).
Is Shifnal expensive for Shropshire?
Shifnal is the 5th 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.