That is the middle of 470 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 7.1 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.
470 homes sold in three years: 197 detached houses, 129 semi-detached houses, 64 terraced houses and 80 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£700K
median sale · 197 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£605K–£880K
Last 12 months
£728K54 sold
New build
£758K
Semi-detached houses£490K
median sale · 129 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£430K–£565K
Last 12 months
£501K38 sold
New build
£550K
Terraced houses£368K
median sale · 64 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£309K–£415K
Last 12 months
£385K17 sold
New build
£460K
Flats and maisonettes£298K
median sale · 80 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£200K–£499K
Last 12 months
£220K15 sold
New build
£571K
The mix
Mostly detached: 42% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses42%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses14%
Flats and maisonettes17%
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 Cranleigh’s homes sold for between £405K and £680K
One sale in ten was under £280K and one in ten over £900K. 9% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £550,000, sits in the £500–750K band
470 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 7.1 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £80,000 in 1995 to £565,000 in the last 12 months (£500,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
124 sales in the last 12 months, against 304 in 2021, the busiest year, and 114 in 2008. Sales fell by 50% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 38% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Cranleigh costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Cranleigh, 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
£133K
£276K
£370K
£435K
£550K
£600K
£728K
Semi-detached houses
£76K
£155K
£246K
£273K
£354K
£443K
£501K
Terraced houses
£69K
£118K
£193K
£240K
£268K
£315K
£385K
Flats and maisonettes
£50K
£83K
£144K
£157K
£191K
£209K
£220K
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
New builds have slowed: 2% of sales in the last 12 months, after 47% in 2020
629 new homes have been sold in Cranleigh since 1995; the share peaked at 47% in 2020.
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 £579,475
against £535,000 for a home sold on, 8% 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.
22% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 6.2% sold leasehold in Cranleigh. 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
Exbury Crescent is Cranleigh’s busiest street, with 34 sales in three years
25 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
Exbury Crescent
GU6
34
£557,537
Mixed · new builds
2
Victoria Road
GU6
29
£480,000
Mostly flats · new builds
3
Horsham Road
GU6
23
£640,000
Mixed
4
Beagle Lane
GU6
14
£591,250
Mixed · new builds
5
Ewhurst Road
GU6
11
£495,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Mead Road
GU6
10
£650,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Summerlands
GU6
9
£500,000
Mostly detached houses
8
Elmbridge Road
GU6
9
£400,000
Mixed
9
Westdene Meadows
GU6
9
£226,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Hesketh Close
GU6
9
£130,000
Mostly flats
11
Harper Drive
GU6
8
£877,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
12
Hewitts Road
GU6
8
£420,000
Mixed
13
Taylors Crescent
GU6
8
£334,150
Mostly terraced houses
14
Avenue Road
GU6
7
£920,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Cranleigh Mead
GU6
7
£456,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Avenue Road: £920,000
Cranleigh median£550K
Avenue Road£920K
Harper Drive£878K
Grove Road£864K
Cromwell Place£838K
The Ridgeway£803K
Cheapest streets
Hesketh Close: £130,000
Cranleigh median£550K
Hesketh Close£130K
Westdene Meadows£226K
Hailey Place£233K
Taylors Crescent£334K
Sherrydon£350K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 7.1 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 Surrey
Cranleigh is the 25th most expensive of 66 towns in Surrey
Cranleigh is in the middle of Surrey’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 Cranleigh
What is the average house price in Cranleigh?
The median home in Cranleigh sold for £550,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 470 standard sales (£565,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £700,000, semi-detached houses £490,000, terraced houses £367,500 and flats and maisonettes £297,500.
Are house prices going up in Cranleigh?
The median was £561,250 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£550,000), and £565,000 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 Cranleigh each year?
124 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 185 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Cranleigh?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Avenue Road (GU6, £920,000), Harper Drive (GU6, £877,500) and Grove Road (GU6, £864,000).
How much does a new build cost in Cranleigh?
New homes sold for a median £579,475 over three years, against £535,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 19% of sales.
Is Cranleigh expensive for Surrey?
Cranleigh is the 24th most expensive of 66 towns of 2,500 or more in Surrey 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.