The median home in Shotley Gate sells for £310,000
That is the middle of 99 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 6.8 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.
40% of Shotley Gate’s sales are semi-detached houses
99 homes sold in three years: 37 detached houses, 40 semi-detached houses, 15 terraced houses and 7 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 37 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £310K–£450K
- Last 12 months
- £300K7 sold
- New build
- £450K
median sale · 40 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £235K–£338K
- Last 12 months
- £245K7 sold
- New build
- £339K
median sale · 15 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £205K–£274K
Flats and maisonettes: 7 sold, median £115K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 40% of sales
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 Shotley Gate’s homes sold for between £235K and £373K
One sale in ten was under £193K and one in ten over £460K. 31% sold for under £250K.
The median, £310,000, sits in the £300–400K band
99 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 6.8 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £38,000 in 1995 to £260,000 in the last 12 months (£240,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
21 sales in the last 12 months, against 109 in 1995, the busiest year, and 18 in 2011. Sales fell by 32% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 83% more sales than 2020.
Shotley Gate costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Shotley Gate, 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 | £60K | £86K | £186K | £198K | £207K | £253K | £300K |
| Semi-detached houses | £39K | £59K | £130K | £129K | £140K | £215K | £245K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
130 new homes have been sold in Shotley Gate since 1995; the share peaked at 61% in 1995.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £374,000
against £255,500 for a home sold on, 46% 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.
8% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.1% sold leasehold in Shotley Gate. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Hawkes Drive is Shotley Gate’s busiest street, with 15 sales in three years
9 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 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 | Hawkes Drive | IP9 | 15 | £435,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Nelson Avenue | IP9 | 11 | £315,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds |
| 3 | Lower Harlings | IP9 | 10 | £238,750 | Mixed |
| 4 | Blake Avenue | IP9 | 7 | £220,000 | Mixed |
| 5 | Kitchener Way | IP9 | 6 | £307,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 6 | Ganges Road | IP9 | 6 | £232,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 7 | Anson Drive | IP9 | 5 | £400,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 8 | Estuary Crescent | IP9 | 5 | £295,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 9 | Old School House | IP9 | 5 | £82,500 | Mostly 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.
Shotley Gate’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Harwich and Trimley St Mary.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shotley Gate | — | £310K | 21 | +90% |
| Harwich | 1.9 | £250K | 249 | +56% |
| Trimley St Mary | 2.8 | £270K | 58 | +16% |
| Trimley St Martin | 3 | £313K | 25 | +26% |
| Felixstowe | 3.5 | £290K | 344 | +26% |
| Kirton | 4 | £395K | 13 | +30% |
| Holbrook | 4.9 | £366K | 13 | +31% |
| Kesgrave | 7 | £325K | 171 | +30% |
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 Shotley Gate
What is the average house price in Shotley Gate?
The median home in Shotley Gate sold for £310,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 99 standard sales (£260,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £372,500, semi-detached houses £290,000, terraced houses £240,000 and flats and maisonettes £115,000.
Are house prices going up in Shotley Gate?
The median was £315,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£299,350), 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 Shotley Gate each year?
21 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 30 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Shotley Gate?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Hawkes Drive (IP9, £435,000), Anson Drive (IP9, £400,000) and Nelson Avenue (IP9, £315,000).
How much does a new build cost in Shotley Gate?
New homes sold for a median £374,000 over three years, against £255,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 31% of sales.
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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