Homes in Bentley sell for a median £125,000
That is the middle of 387 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 4.6 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.
Half of Bentley’s sales are terraced houses
387 homes sold in three years: 38 detached houses, 149 semi-detached houses, 193 terraced houses and 7 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 38 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £195K–£266K
- Last 12 months
- £220K15 sold
median sale · 149 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £122K–£168K
- Last 12 months
- £153K38 sold
median sale · 193 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £92K–£125K
- Last 12 months
- £118K67 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 7 sold, median £75K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A terraced town: half of homes sold are terraced
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.
Half of Bentley’s homes sold for between £104K and £165K
One sale in ten was under £80K and one in ten over £206K. 95% sold for under £250K.
The median, £125,000, sits in the £100–150K band
387 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 4.6 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £28,000 in 1995 to £128,300 in the last 12 months (£95,500 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
122 sales in the last 12 months, against 371 in 2002, the busiest year, and 88 in 2012. Sales fell by 62% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%.
Bentley costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bentley, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £64K | £72K | £162K | £172K | £165K | £190K | £220K |
| Semi-detached houses | £36K | £39K | £91K | £100K | £108K | £124K | £153K |
| Terraced houses | £25K | £27K | £78K | £74K | £75K | £80K | £118K |
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 have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 26% in 2018
472 new homes have been sold in Bentley since 1995; the share peaked at 26% in 2018.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
5% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.9% sold leasehold in Bentley. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Bentley Road is Bentley’s busiest street, with 27 sales in three years
27 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 6 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 | Bentley Road | DN5 | 27 | £115,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 2 | Dominion Road | DN5 | 17 | £170,000 | Mixed |
| 3 | The Avenue | DN5 | 16 | £110,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 4 | Grove Avenue | DN5 | 12 | £119,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 5 | Washington Grove | DN5 | 12 | £115,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 6 | Westongales Way | DN5 | 10 | £193,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 7 | Arksey Lane | DN5 | 9 | £150,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 8 | Haslemere Grove | DN5 | 9 | £147,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 9 | Balfour Road | DN5 | 9 | £100,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 10 | Wellington Grove | DN5 | 7 | £143,000 | Mixed |
| 11 | Askern Road | DN5 | 7 | £115,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 12 | Truman Street | DN5 | 7 | £105,000 | Mixed |
| 13 | West End Avenue | DN5 | 7 | £96,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 14 | Ansdell Road | DN5 | 7 | £95,000 | Mixed |
| 15 | Parkland Crescent | DN5 | 6 | £188,500 | Mostly terraced houses |
Heartswood Road: £210,000
Huntington Street: £94,500
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.2 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.
Bentley is the 62nd most expensive of 63 towns in South Yorkshire
Bentley is one of South Yorkshire’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in South Yorkshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Bentley’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley | — | £125K | 122 | +21% |
| Scawthorpe and Cusworth | 0.9 | £175K | 154 | +46% |
| Arksey | 1.1 | £172K | 6 | +29% |
| Toll Bar | 1.5 | £124K | 7 | +41% |
| Sprotbrough | 2 | £247K | 108 | +42% |
| Doncaster | 2.5 | £175K | 858 | +37% |
| Adwick le Street | 2.6 | £150K | 167 | +53% |
| Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe | 3.6 | £197K | 183 | +43% |
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 Bentley
What is the average house price in Bentley?
The median home in Bentley sold for £125,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 387 standard sales (£128,300 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £220,000, semi-detached houses £147,000, terraced houses £110,000 and flats and maisonettes £75,000.
Are house prices going up in Bentley?
The median was £125,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£125,000), and £128,300 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 Bentley each year?
122 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 160 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bentley?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Heartswood Road (DN5, £210,000), Westongales Way (DN5, £193,000) and Parkland Crescent (DN5, £188,500).
Is Bentley expensive for South Yorkshire?
Bentley is the 61st most expensive of 63 towns of 2,500 or more in South Yorkshire 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.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes placed with the ONS Postcode Directory (contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026).
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.