That is the middle of 375 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 5.6 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.
39% of Highbridge’s sales are semi-detached houses
375 homes sold in three years: 68 detached houses, 146 semi-detached houses, 113 terraced houses and 48 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£311K
median sale · 68 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£287K–£355K
Last 12 months
£293K14 sold
New build
£310K
Semi-detached houses£265K
median sale · 146 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£243K–£280K
Last 12 months
£256K25 sold
New build
£271K
Terraced houses£225K
median sale · 113 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£195K–£257K
Last 12 months
£200K21 sold
New build
£250K
Flats and maisonettes£119K
median sale · 48 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£94K–£135K
Last 12 months
£126K14 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses18%
Semi-detached houses39%
Terraced houses30%
Flats and maisonettes13%
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 Highbridge’s homes sold for between £206K and £280K
One sale in ten was under £127K and one in ten over £312K. 49% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £250,000, sits in the £250–300K band
375 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.6 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £40,500 in 1995 to £228,500 in the last 12 months (£175,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
74 sales in the last 12 months, against 202 in 2006, the busiest year, and 62 in 2020. Sales fell by 62% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 73% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Highbridge costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Highbridge, 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
£60K
£100K
£178K
£197K
£230K
£285K
£293K
Semi-detached houses
£44K
£72K
£157K
£166K
£189K
£210K
£256K
Terraced houses
£35K
£51K
£140K
£135K
£145K
£155K
£200K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£34K
£105K
£97K
£71K
£109K
£126K
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: 3% of sales in the last 12 months, after 57% in 2024
619 new homes have been sold in Highbridge since 1995; the share peaked at 57% in 2024.
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 £272,995
against £219,475 for a home sold on, 24% 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.
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.8% sold leasehold in Highbridge. 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
Ryeland Street is Highbridge’s busiest street, with 42 sales in three years
22 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 9 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
Ryeland Street
TA9
42
£268,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
2
Charmoise Road
TA9
33
£282,146
Mixed · new builds
3
Exlana Drive
TA9
33
£268,995
Mixed · new builds
4
Herdwick Crescent
TA9
23
£256,496
Mixed · new builds
5
Highbridge Quay
TA9
16
£126,000
Mostly flats
6
Snowdrop Mead
TA9
13
£385,000
Mixed · new builds
7
Jacob Crescent
TA9
13
£282,146
Mixed · new builds
8
Texel Close
TA9
12
£277,250
Mixed · new builds
9
Worston Road
TA9
10
£254,975
Mixed
10
Burnham Road
TA9
9
£218,750
Mixed
11
Mayflower Court
TA9
9
£174,000
Mostly flats
12
Huntspill Road
TA9
9
£80,000
Mixed
13
Somerset Way
TA9
7
£211,000
Mixed
14
Walrow Road
TA9
7
£179,000
Mixed
15
Alstone Gardens
TA9
6
£291,250
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Snowdrop Mead: £385,000
Highbridge median£250K
Snowdrop Mead£385K
Alstone Gardens£291K
Citadel Close£283K
Charmoise Road£282K
Jacob Crescent£282K
Cheapest streets
Huntspill Road: £80,000
Highbridge median£250K
Huntspill Road£80K
Foster Court£103K
Highbridge Quay£126K
Mayflower Court£174K
Southwell Crescent£179K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.8 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 Somerset
Highbridge is the 41st most expensive of 49 towns in Somerset
Highbridge 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 Highbridge
What is the average house price in Highbridge?
The median home in Highbridge sold for £250,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 375 standard sales (£228,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £311,000, semi-detached houses £264,997, terraced houses £224,500 and flats and maisonettes £118,750.
Are house prices going up in Highbridge?
The median was £249,000 in 2025, down 3% on 2024 (£257,750), and £228,500 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 Highbridge each year?
74 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 93 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Highbridge?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Snowdrop Mead (TA9, £385,000), Alstone Gardens (TA9, £291,250) and Citadel Close (TA9, £282,500).
How much does a new build cost in Highbridge?
New homes sold for a median £272,995 over three years, against £219,475 for homes sold on. New builds were 45% of sales.
Is Highbridge expensive for Somerset?
Highbridge is the 41st 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.