That is the middle of 1,287 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 5.3 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.
1,287 homes sold in three years: 388 detached houses, 273 semi-detached houses, 249 terraced houses and 377 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£514K
median sale · 388 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£425K–£645K
Last 12 months
£530K116 sold
Semi-detached houses£390K
median sale · 273 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£335K–£480K
Last 12 months
£395K85 sold
Terraced houses£385K
median sale · 249 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£315K–£460K
Last 12 months
£380K85 sold
Flats and maisonettes£225K
median sale · 377 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£180K–£295K
Last 12 months
£213K105 sold
New build
£300K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 30% of sales
Detached houses30%
Semi-detached houses21%
Terraced houses19%
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 Portishead’s homes sold for between £280K and £490K
One sale in ten was under £190K and one in ten over £640K. 19% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £382,500, sits in the £300–400K band
1,287 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.3 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £73,000 in 1995 to £385,000 in the last 12 months (£330,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
391 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,032 in 2006, the busiest year, and 410 in 2023. Sales fell by 41% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 32% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Portishead costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Portishead, 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
£92K
£135K
£250K
£270K
£363K
£455K
£530K
Semi-detached houses
£60K
£95K
£196K
£214K
£282K
£345K
£395K
Terraced houses
£55K
£83K
£177K
£210K
£270K
£337K
£380K
Flats and maisonettes
£42K
£60K
£168K
£152K
£212K
£219K
£213K
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
4,243 new homes have been sold in Portishead since 1995; the share peaked at 47% in 2005.
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 £300,000
against £384,610 for a home sold on, 22% less, 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, 1.1% sold leasehold in Portishead. 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
Harbour Road is Portishead’s busiest street, with 42 sales in three years
76 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 36 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
Harbour Road
BS20
42
£240,000
Mostly flats
2
Brampton Way
BS20
41
£285,000
Mixed
3
Nore Road
BS20
37
£460,000
Mixed
4
Newfoundland Way
BS20
36
£306,000
Mostly flats
5
Paper Mill Gardens
BS20
31
£419,950
Mixed
6
Phoenix Way
BS20
27
£480,000
Mixed
7
High Street
BS20
26
£175,625
Mostly flats
8
Down Road
BS20
21
£485,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Martingale Way
BS20
21
£300,000
Mostly flats · new builds
10
Eastcliff
BS20
21
£295,000
Mixed
11
Lower Burlington Road
BS20
20
£392,500
Mostly flats
12
Burlington Road
BS20
17
£465,000
Mixed
13
Heron Gardens
BS20
17
£420,000
Mixed
14
South Road
BS20
16
£347,500
Mixed
15
Fennel Road
BS20
15
£650,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Beach Road West: £887,500
Portishead median£383K
Beach Road West£888K
Charlcombe Rise£750K
Woodhill Road£750K
Hillcrest Road£680K
Drakes Way£660K
Cheapest streets
Clockhouse Mews: £170,000
Portishead median£383K
Clockhouse Mews£170K
Forth Avenue£173K
High Street£176K
St Peters Road£177K
Briary Road£185K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.2 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
Portishead is the 8th most expensive of 49 towns in Somerset
Portishead is one of Somerset’s dearest 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 Portishead
What is the average house price in Portishead?
The median home in Portishead sold for £382,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,287 standard sales (£385,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £513,750, semi-detached houses £390,000, terraced houses £385,000 and flats and maisonettes £225,000.
Are house prices going up in Portishead?
The median was £389,475 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£375,000), and £385,000 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 Portishead each year?
391 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 543 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Portishead?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Beach Road West (BS20, £887,500), Charlcombe Rise (BS20, £750,000) and Woodhill Road (BS20, £750,000).
How much does a new build cost in Portishead?
New homes sold for a median £300,000 over three years, against £384,610 for homes sold on. New builds were 1% of sales.
Is Portishead expensive for Somerset?
Portishead is the 8th 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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