That is the middle of 719 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 5.5 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.
719 homes sold in three years: 123 detached houses, 167 semi-detached houses, 215 terraced houses and 214 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£925K
median sale · 123 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£680K–£1.2M
Last 12 months
£904K28 sold
Semi-detached houses£540K
median sale · 167 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£455K–£663K
Last 12 months
£570K47 sold
Terraced houses£433K
median sale · 215 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£370K–£525K
Last 12 months
£440K63 sold
Flats and maisonettes£264K
median sale · 214 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£205K–£340K
Last 12 months
£268K57 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 30% of sales
Detached houses17%
Semi-detached houses23%
Terraced houses30%
Flats and maisonettes30%
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 Dorking’s homes sold for between £325K and £650K
One sale in ten was under £230K and one in ten over £933K. 13% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £440,000, sits in the £400–500K band
719 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.5 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £82,500 in 1995 to £450,000 in the last 12 months (£395,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
195 sales in the last 12 months, against 481 in 1999, the busiest year, and 210 in 2008. Sales fell by 46% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 65% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Dorking costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Dorking, 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
£158K
£290K
£418K
£510K
£760K
£790K
£904K
Semi-detached houses
£85K
£159K
£267K
£290K
£450K
£481K
£570K
Terraced houses
£73K
£134K
£230K
£250K
£327K
£385K
£440K
Flats and maisonettes
£58K
£95K
£192K
£160K
£240K
£275K
£268K
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 24% in 2018
767 new homes have been sold in Dorking since 1995; the share peaked at 24% in 2018.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
31% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.6% sold leasehold in Dorking. 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
Chalkpit Lane is Dorking’s busiest street, with 21 sales in three years
49 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 11 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
Chalkpit Lane
RH4
21
£500,000
Mixed
2
South Street
RH4
21
£200,000
Mostly flats
3
Horsham Road
RH4
18
£287,500
Mostly flats
4
Deepdene Avenue (RH5)
RH5
16
£271,500
Mostly flats
5
Rothes Road
RH4
13
£580,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Church Street
RH4
12
£422,500
Mixed
7
Spook Hill
RH5
11
£420,000
Mixed
8
Holmesdale Road
RH5
11
£415,000
Mixed
9
Hill View
RH4
11
£372,500
Mostly flats
10
High Street
RH4
11
£267,500
Mostly flats
11
Ansell Road
RH4
10
£362,500
Mostly terraced houses
12
Wathen Road
RH4
9
£785,000
Mixed
13
Fairfield Drive
RH4
9
£720,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Knoll Road
RH4
9
£675,000
Mixed
15
Parkway
RH4
9
£600,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Punchbowl Lane: £1,062,500
Dorking median£440K
Punchbowl Lane£1.1M
Tower Hill£980K
St Pauls Road West£865K
Bentsbrook Park£850K
Ashcombe Road£815K
Cheapest streets
Canterbury Court: £180,000
Dorking median£440K
Canterbury Court£180K
South Street£200K
Vincent Walk£221K
High Street£268K
Shellwood Drive£270K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.9 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
Dorking is the 53rd most expensive of 66 towns in Surrey
Dorking is one of Surrey’s cheapest 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 Dorking
What is the average house price in Dorking?
The median home in Dorking sold for £440,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 719 standard sales (£450,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £925,000, semi-detached houses £540,000, terraced houses £432,500 and flats and maisonettes £263,725.
Are house prices going up in Dorking?
The median was £442,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£452,500), and £450,000 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 Dorking each year?
195 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 290 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Dorking?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Punchbowl Lane (RH5, £1,062,500), Tower Hill (RH4, £980,000) and St Pauls Road West (RH4, £865,000).
Is Dorking expensive for Surrey?
Dorking is the 53rd 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.