The median home in Bishops Lydeard sells for £311,250
That is the middle of 126 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 5.4 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 Bishops Lydeard’s sales are detached houses
126 homes sold in three years: 61 detached houses, 38 semi-detached houses and 27 terraced houses.
Detached houses£415K
median sale · 61 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£350K–£448K
Last 12 months
£360K15 sold
New build
£445K
Semi-detached houses£275K
median sale · 38 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£305K
Last 12 months
£275K12 sold
Terraced houses£240K
median sale · 27 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£210K–£278K
Last 12 months
£240K7 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses48%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses21%
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 Bishops Lydeard’s homes sold for between £265K and £415K
One sale in ten was under £212K and one in ten over £463K. 20% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £311,250, sits in the £300–400K band
126 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £55,250 in 1995 to £300,250 in the last 12 months (£220,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
34 sales in the last 12 months, against 67 in 2024, the busiest year, and 18 in 2008. Sales fell by 32% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 66% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bishops Lydeard costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Bishops Lydeard, 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
£86K
£120K
£266K
£250K
£247K
£365K
£360K
Semi-detached houses
£57K
£75K
£156K
£169K
£181K
£240K
£275K
Terraced houses
£43K
£66K
£138K
£207K
£173K
£193K
£240K
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
167 new homes have been sold in Bishops Lydeard since 1995; the share peaked at 44% in 2013.
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 £432,000
against £276,500 for a home sold on, 56% 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.
2% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.6% sold leasehold in Bishops Lydeard. 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
Boles Road is Bishops Lydeard’s busiest street, with 18 sales in three years
9 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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.
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Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Boles Road
TA4
18
£438,250
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Harrison Close
TA4
10
£335,000
Mixed · new builds
3
Four Acre Mead
TA4
9
£295,500
Mixed
4
Darby Way
TA4
7
£245,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Spurway Close
TA4
5
£445,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Woodridge Mead
TA4
5
£360,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Kings Yard
TA4
5
£275,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Mount Street
TA4
5
£210,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Webbers
TA4
5
£190,000
Mostly terraced houses
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.
Bishops Lydeard’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton and Wellington.
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 Bishops Lydeard
What is the average house price in Bishops Lydeard?
The median home in Bishops Lydeard sold for £311,250 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 126 standard sales (£300,250 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £415,000, semi-detached houses £275,000 and terraced houses £240,000.
Are house prices going up in Bishops Lydeard?
The median was £295,250 in 2025, down 13% on 2024 (£340,000), and £300,250 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 Bishops Lydeard each year?
34 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 40 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bishops Lydeard?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Spurway Close (TA4, £445,000), Boles Road (TA4, £438,250) and Woodridge Mead (TA4, £360,000).
How much does a new build cost in Bishops Lydeard?
New homes sold for a median £432,000 over three years, against £276,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 27% of sales.
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.
Photo: Neil Owen · CC BY-SA 2.0