Homes in Barrow sell for a median £345,000
That is the middle of 85 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 6.4 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.
46% of Barrow’s sales are detached houses
85 homes sold in three years: 39 detached houses, 27 semi-detached houses, 17 terraced houses and 2 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 39 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £340K–£510K
- Last 12 months
- £414K13 sold
median sale · 27 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £245K–£400K
- Last 12 months
- £384K12 sold
median sale · 17 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £245K–£345K
- Last 12 months
- £271K9 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 2 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: 46% of homes sold stand on their own plot
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 Barrow’s homes sold for between £280K and £435K
One sale in ten was under £235K and one in ten over £540K. 19% sold for under £250K.
The median, £345,000, sits in the £300–400K band
85 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 6.4 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £59,950 in 1995 to £383,500 in the last 12 months (£291,500 in 2019).
More homes sell than in most years
34 sales in the last 12 months, against 60 in 2021, the busiest year, and 11 in 2008. Sales fell by 30% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 76% more sales than 2020.
Barrow costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Barrow, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £74K | £128K | £195K | £225K | £365K | £425K | £414K |
| Semi-detached houses | £46K | £78K | £148K | £176K | £246K | £278K | £384K |
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 65% in 2015
189 new homes have been sold in Barrow since 1995; the share peaked at 65% in 2015.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
1% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Barrow. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Simpson Way is Barrow’s busiest street, with 12 sales in three years
6 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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 | Simpson Way | IP29 | 12 | £345,000 | Mixed |
| 2 | Beale Road | IP29 | 9 | £395,000 | Mixed |
| 3 | The Green | IP29 | 7 | £435,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 4 | Brittons Crescent | IP29 | 7 | £250,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 5 | Bury Road | IP29 | 5 | £340,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 6 | Watsons Way | IP29 | 5 | £299,000 | Mixed |
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.
Barrow’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Bury St Edmunds, Red Lodge and Newmarket.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow | — | £345K | 34 | +1% |
| Kentford | 4.2 | £396K | 15 | +0% |
| Bury St Edmunds | 5.5 | £289K | 583 | +20% |
| Red Lodge | 5.6 | £280K | 91 | +27% |
| Newmarket | 7.6 | £275K | 231 | +28% |
| Cock and End | 7.8 | — | 2 | — |
| Mildenhall | 7.9 | £245K | 100 | +45% |
| Great Barton | 8.2 | £455K | 20 | +17% |
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 Barrow
What is the average house price in Barrow?
The median home in Barrow sold for £345,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 85 standard sales (£383,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £395,000, semi-detached houses £322,000 and terraced houses £280,000.
Are house prices going up in Barrow?
The median was £345,000 in 2025, up 6% on 2024 (£326,000), and £383,500 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 Barrow each year?
34 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 34 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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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