That is the middle of 552 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 5.5 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.
552 homes sold in three years: 193 detached houses, 176 semi-detached houses, 148 terraced houses and 35 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£360K
median sale · 193 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£291K–£420K
Last 12 months
£361K48 sold
New build
£368K
Semi-detached houses£225K
median sale · 176 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£185K–£265K
Last 12 months
£228K45 sold
New build
£263K
Terraced houses£168K
median sale · 148 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£148K–£205K
Last 12 months
£175K49 sold
New build
£222K
Flats and maisonettes£100K
median sale · 35 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£78K–£116K
Last 12 months
£105K10 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
Detached houses35%
Semi-detached houses32%
Terraced houses27%
Flats and maisonettes6%
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 Whitchurch’s homes sold for between £169K and £325K
One sale in ten was under £133K and one in ten over £410K. 54% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £239,250, sits in the £200–250K band
552 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.5 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £43,000 in 1995 to £236,750 in the last 12 months (£180,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
152 sales in the last 12 months, against 283 in 2002, the busiest year, and 84 in 2009. Sales fell by 53% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 21% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Whitchurch costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Whitchurch, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£71K
£120K
£188K
£208K
£216K
£280K
£361K
Semi-detached houses
£43K
£58K
£135K
£125K
£137K
£175K
£228K
Terraced houses
£37K
£51K
£134K
£121K
£119K
£136K
£175K
Flats and maisonettes
£31K
£47K
£107K
£85K
£75K
£74K
£105K
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
10% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
908 new homes have been sold in Whitchurch since 1995; the share peaked at 38% in 2005.
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 £296,400
against £210,000 for a home sold on, 41% 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.
7% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.4% sold leasehold in Whitchurch. 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
Mossfield Way is Whitchurch’s busiest street, with 36 sales in three years
33 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 12 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
Mossfield Way
SY13
36
£270,745
Mixed · new builds
2
Meadowlands Road
SY13
32
£337,500
Mixed · new builds
3
Foundry Way
SY13
29
£265,000
Mixed · new builds
4
Wrexham Road
SY13
17
£229,500
Mixed
5
Rylands Drive
SY13
14
£308,725
Mixed · new builds
6
Talbot Street
SY13
12
£225,000
Mixed
7
Smallbrook Road
SY13
12
£165,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Alkington Road
SY13
11
£250,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Queensway
SY13
11
£155,000
Mixed
10
Egerton Road
SY13
11
£150,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Cambrian Close
SY13
10
£421,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
12
Thompson Drive
SY13
10
£183,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Newbrook Close
SY13
9
£271,950
Mixed · new builds
14
Belton Road
SY13
9
£250,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Gambrell Avenue
SY13
9
£155,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Chester Road: £555,000
Whitchurch median£239K
Chester Road£555K
Cambrian Close£422K
Greenfields Rise£407K
Hazelnut Way£390K
The Brambles£375K
Cheapest streets
St Johns Park: £69,500
Whitchurch median£239K
St Johns Park£70K
Heatley Court£105K
Mill Street£127K
Egerton Road£150K
Queensway£155K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 8 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
Whitchurch is the 12th most expensive of 20 towns in Shropshire
Whitchurch 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 Whitchurch
What is the average house price in Whitchurch?
The median home in Whitchurch sold for £239,250 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 552 standard sales (£236,750 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £360,000, semi-detached houses £225,000, terraced houses £167,750 and flats and maisonettes £100,000.
Are house prices going up in Whitchurch?
The median was £246,996 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£237,500), and £236,750 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 Whitchurch each year?
152 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 197 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Whitchurch?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Chester Road (SY13, £555,000), Cambrian Close (SY13, £421,500) and Greenfields Rise (SY13, £407,000).
How much does a new build cost in Whitchurch?
New homes sold for a median £296,400 over three years, against £210,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 23% of sales.
Is Whitchurch expensive for Shropshire?
Whitchurch is the 12th 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.