That is the middle of 1,780 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 5.9 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.
1,780 homes sold in three years: 310 detached houses, 538 semi-detached houses, 743 terraced houses and 189 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£321K
median sale · 310 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£280K–£375K
Last 12 months
£334K99 sold
New build
£325K
Semi-detached houses£245K
median sale · 538 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£217K–£280K
Last 12 months
£247K161 sold
New build
£260K
Terraced houses£200K
median sale · 743 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£178K–£228K
Last 12 months
£205K219 sold
New build
£200K
Flats and maisonettes£140K
median sale · 189 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£120K–£168K
Last 12 months
£130K50 sold
New build
£175K
The mix
A terraced town: 42% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses17%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses42%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Bridgwater’s homes sold for between £185K and £273K
One sale in ten was under £147K and one in ten over £330K. 65% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £224,500, sits in the £200–250K band
1,780 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.9 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £38,500 in 1995 to £227,500 in the last 12 months (£179,950 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
529 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,178 in 2006, the busiest year, and 581 in 2023. Sales fell by 46% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 41% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bridgwater costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bridgwater, 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
£71K
£86K
£185K
£210K
£228K
£261K
£334K
Semi-detached houses
£45K
£59K
£132K
£150K
£166K
£211K
£247K
Terraced houses
£35K
£45K
£114K
£120K
£135K
£164K
£205K
Flats and maisonettes
£26K
£31K
£100K
£96K
£98K
£116K
£130K
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: 0.2% of sales in the last 12 months
4,487 new homes have been sold in Bridgwater since 1995; the share peaked at 33% in 2012.
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 £255,000
against £223,000 for a home sold on, 14% 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.
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.3% sold leasehold in Bridgwater. 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
Library Close is Bridgwater’s busiest street, with 27 sales in three years
118 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 32 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
Library Close
TA6
27
£180,000
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Campion Way
TA5
22
£231,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Beaumont Road
TA6
20
£226,997
Mixed · new builds
4
Holford Road
TA6
19
£300,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Begonia Drive
TA5
18
£292,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Taunton Road
TA6
18
£195,000
Mixed
7
Marigold Road
TA5
15
£325,000
Mostly detached houses
8
Bristol Road
TA6
15
£200,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Kendale Road
TA6
15
£200,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Bath Road
TA6
15
£187,500
Mostly terraced houses
11
Meadowlands Avenue
TA6
14
£230,500
Mixed
12
Chilton Street
TA6
14
£216,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Halesleigh Road
TA6
14
£207,750
Mostly terraced houses
14
Alfoxton Road
TA6
13
£295,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Wembdon Road
TA6
13
£295,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Durleigh Road: £473,750
Bridgwater median£225K
Durleigh Road£474K
Stag Valley Road£380K
Quantock Way£375K
Queenswood Road£350K
Park Avenue£330K
Cheapest streets
Chandos Street: £117,000
Bridgwater median£225K
Chandos Street£117K
Silver Street£121K
Marsa Way£133K
Duke Street£140K
Wellington Road£140K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4 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 Somerset
Bridgwater is the 49th most expensive of 49 towns in Somerset
Bridgwater is one of Somerset’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 Bridgwater
What is the average house price in Bridgwater?
The median home in Bridgwater sold for £224,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,780 standard sales (£227,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £321,250, semi-detached houses £245,000, terraced houses £200,000 and flats and maisonettes £140,000.
Are house prices going up in Bridgwater?
The median was £225,250 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£225,000), and £227,500 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 Bridgwater each year?
529 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 803 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bridgwater?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Durleigh Road (TA6, £473,750), Stag Valley Road (TA6, £380,000) and Quantock Way (TA6, £375,000).
How much does a new build cost in Bridgwater?
New homes sold for a median £255,000 over three years, against £223,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 5% of sales.
Is Bridgwater expensive for Somerset?
Bridgwater is the 49th most expensive of 49 towns of 2,500 or more in Somerset 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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