That is the middle of 429 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.
A third of Glastonbury’s sales are terraced houses
429 homes sold in three years: 99 detached houses, 115 semi-detached houses, 131 terraced houses and 84 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£392K
median sale · 99 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£338K–£470K
Last 12 months
£400K27 sold
Semi-detached houses£275K
median sale · 115 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£245K–£310K
Last 12 months
£283K36 sold
Terraced houses£240K
median sale · 131 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£215K–£285K
Last 12 months
£240K41 sold
Flats and maisonettes£137K
median sale · 84 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£112K–£161K
Last 12 months
£138K17 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 31% of sales
Detached houses23%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses31%
Flats and maisonettes20%
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 Glastonbury’s homes sold for between £198K and £342K
One sale in ten was under £135K and one in ten over £430K. 44% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £260,000, sits in the £250–300K band
429 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 £48,950 in 1995 to £265,000 in the last 12 months (£210,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
121 sales in the last 12 months, against 286 in 2006, the busiest year, and 110 in 2009. Sales fell by 55% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 38% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Glastonbury costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Glastonbury, 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
£71K
£116K
£222K
£241K
£250K
£321K
£400K
Semi-detached houses
£52K
£84K
£163K
£175K
£195K
£235K
£283K
Terraced houses
£47K
£69K
£143K
£158K
£165K
£223K
£240K
Flats and maisonettes
£27K
£45K
£120K
£108K
£128K
£132K
£138K
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
755 new homes have been sold in Glastonbury since 1995; the share peaked at 28% in 1995.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
21% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.6% sold leasehold in Glastonbury. 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
Magdalene Street is Glastonbury’s busiest street, with 26 sales in three years
29 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 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
Magdalene Street
BA6
26
£144,500
Mostly flats
2
Wells Road
BA6
20
£379,500
Mixed
3
Sharpham Road
BA6
19
£275,000
Mixed
4
Northload Street
BA6
19
£112,000
Mostly flats
5
Benedict Street
BA6
13
£285,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
The Roman Way
BA6
9
£445,000
Mixed
7
Hood Close
BA6
9
£262,000
Mixed
8
Tor View Avenue
BA6
9
£208,000
Mixed
9
Watts Corner
BA6
8
£500,250
Mostly detached houses
10
Norbins Road
BA6
8
£361,250
Mostly terraced houses
11
Walton Close
BA6
8
£290,000
Mixed
12
Sedgemoor Way
BA6
8
£157,000
Mostly flats
13
Bove Town
BA6
7
£395,000
Mixed
14
Boundary Way
BA6
7
£368,750
Mostly detached houses
15
Palmers Road
BA6
7
£350,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Watts Corner: £500,250
Glastonbury median£260K
Watts Corner£500K
The Roman Way£445K
Bove Town£395K
Hill Head£380K
Wells Road£380K
Cheapest streets
Northload Street: £112,000
Glastonbury median£260K
Northload Street£112K
Magdalene Street£145K
Sedgemoor Way£157K
Coachmans Yard£164K
St Edmunds Road£203K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.5 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
Glastonbury is the 35th most expensive of 49 towns in Somerset
Glastonbury is in the middle of Somerset’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 Glastonbury
What is the average house price in Glastonbury?
The median home in Glastonbury sold for £260,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 429 standard sales (£265,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £392,000, semi-detached houses £275,000, terraced houses £240,000 and flats and maisonettes £136,750.
Are house prices going up in Glastonbury?
The median was £269,000 in 2025, up 6% on 2024 (£254,000), and £265,000 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 Glastonbury each year?
121 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 170 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Glastonbury?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Watts Corner (BA6, £500,250), The Roman Way (BA6, £445,000) and Bove Town (BA6, £395,000).
Is Glastonbury expensive for Somerset?
Glastonbury is the 34th 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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