That is the middle of 550 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 5.1 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 quarter of Minehead’s sales are flats and maisonettes
550 homes sold in three years: 135 detached houses, 138 semi-detached houses, 119 terraced houses and 158 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£385K
median sale · 135 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£320K–£475K
Last 12 months
£385K41 sold
Semi-detached houses£295K
median sale · 138 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£248K–£355K
Last 12 months
£303K44 sold
Terraced houses£230K
median sale · 119 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£200K–£278K
Last 12 months
£233K36 sold
Flats and maisonettes£148K
median sale · 158 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£112K–£190K
Last 12 months
£139K51 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 29% of sales
Detached houses25%
Semi-detached houses25%
Terraced houses22%
Flats and maisonettes29%
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 Minehead’s homes sold for between £180K and £350K
One sale in ten was under £125K and one in ten over £440K. 47% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £260,000, sits in the £250–300K band
550 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £51,000 in 1995 to £260,000 in the last 12 months (£225,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
172 sales in the last 12 months, against 420 in 2004, the busiest year, and 176 in 2023. Sales fell by 52% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 55% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Minehead costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Minehead, 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
£85K
£113K
£225K
£262K
£271K
£335K
£385K
Semi-detached houses
£55K
£86K
£185K
£214K
£200K
£272K
£303K
Terraced houses
£45K
£67K
£145K
£138K
£167K
£201K
£233K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
£51K
£119K
£115K
£120K
£145K
£139K
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
621 new homes have been sold in Minehead since 1995; the share peaked at 19% in 2004.
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 £368,500
against £260,000 for a home sold on, 42% 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.
30% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.8% sold leasehold in Minehead. 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
Trinity Way is Minehead’s busiest street, with 19 sales in three years
39 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 10 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
Trinity Way
TA24
19
£235,000
Mostly flats
2
Paganel Road
TA24
16
£360,000
Mixed
3
Parkhouse Road
TA24
15
£375,000
Mixed
4
Summerland Avenue
TA24
15
£240,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
West Street
TA24
14
£263,750
Mixed
6
Blenheim Road
TA24
14
£146,250
Mostly flats
7
North Road
TA24
14
£110,000
Mostly flats
8
Vennland Way
TA24
11
£89,950
Mostly flats
9
Bampton Street
TA24
10
£207,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
The Parks
TA24
10
£205,000
Mostly flats
11
Periton Mead
TA24
9
£332,000
Mixed · new builds
12
Hillview Road
TA24
9
£275,000
Mixed
13
Periton Lane
TA24
8
£305,500
Mixed
14
Irnham Road
TA24
8
£144,500
Mostly flats
15
Millbridge Gardens
TA24
8
£92,500
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Lower Park: £420,000
Minehead median£260K
Lower Park£420K
Periton Road£416K
Parkhouse Road£375K
Paganel Road£360K
Exmoor Way£350K
Cheapest streets
Vennland Way: £89,950
Minehead median£260K
Vennland Way£90K
Millbridge Gardens£93K
North Road£110K
Bernard Crescent£138K
Irnham Road£145K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.7 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
Minehead is the 34th most expensive of 49 towns in Somerset
Minehead 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 Minehead
What is the average house price in Minehead?
The median home in Minehead sold for £260,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 550 standard sales (£260,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £385,000, semi-detached houses £295,000, terraced houses £230,000 and flats and maisonettes £147,878.
Are house prices going up in Minehead?
The median was £265,000 in 2025, up 6% on 2024 (£250,000), and £260,000 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 Minehead each year?
172 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 247 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Minehead?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Lower Park (TA24, £420,000), Periton Road (TA24, £416,250) and Parkhouse Road (TA24, £375,000).
How much does a new build cost in Minehead?
New homes sold for a median £368,500 over three years, against £260,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.1% of sales.
Is Minehead expensive for Somerset?
Minehead 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.