That is the middle of 329 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 4.2 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.
329 homes sold in three years: 77 detached houses, 81 semi-detached houses, 128 terraced houses and 43 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£335K
median sale · 77 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£290K–£400K
Last 12 months
£340K19 sold
Semi-detached houses£215K
median sale · 81 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£180K–£250K
Last 12 months
£215K25 sold
Terraced houses£180K
median sale · 128 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£157K–£200K
Last 12 months
£176K44 sold
Flats and maisonettes£119K
median sale · 43 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£98K–£135K
Last 12 months
£120K19 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses23%
Semi-detached houses25%
Terraced houses39%
Flats and maisonettes13%
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 Atherstone’s homes sold for between £159K and £275K
One sale in ten was under £117K and one in ten over £355K. 70% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £195,000, sits in the £150–200K band
329 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.2 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £44,500 in 1995 to £185,000 in the last 12 months (£161,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
107 sales in the last 12 months, against 256 in 2002, the busiest year, and 62 in 2009. Sales fell by 71% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 63% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Atherstone costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Atherstone, 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
£73K
£126K
£206K
£209K
£227K
£265K
£340K
Semi-detached houses
£46K
£60K
£141K
£122K
£140K
£173K
£215K
Terraced houses
£41K
£51K
£112K
£106K
£120K
£140K
£176K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£38K
£83K
£86K
£100K
£100K
£120K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0.9% of sales in the last 12 months
267 new homes have been sold in Atherstone since 1995; the share peaked at 21% in 2001.
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 £280,000
against £194,250 for a home sold on, 44% 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.
13% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1% sold leasehold in Atherstone. 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
Coleshill Road is Atherstone’s busiest street, with 23 sales in three years
26 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
Coleshill Road
CV9
23
£177,500
Mixed
2
Long Street
CV9
15
£95,000
Mostly flats
3
Stafford Street
CV9
13
£175,000
Mixed
4
Arden Street
CV9
10
£193,750
Mostly terraced houses
5
North Street
CV9
10
£157,500
Mixed
6
Penny Hapenny Court
CV9
10
£145,000
Mostly flats
7
Witherley Road
CV9
9
£475,000
Mostly detached houses
8
Church Walk
CV9
9
£325,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Croft Road
CV9
9
£315,000
Mostly detached houses
10
Royal Meadow Drive
CV9
9
£192,500
Mostly terraced houses
11
South Street
CV9
9
£185,000
Mixed
12
Choyce Close
CV9
8
£337,500
Mostly detached houses
13
Friary Road
CV9
8
£200,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
York Avenue
CV9
8
£180,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Charlotte Way
CV9
8
£85,400
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Witherley Road: £475,000
Atherstone median£195K
Witherley Road£475K
Choyce Close£338K
Church Walk£325K
Croft Road£315K
Windmill Road£300K
Cheapest streets
Charlotte Way: £85,400
Atherstone median£195K
Charlotte Way£85K
Long Street£95K
Penny Hapenny Court£145K
Erdington Road£157K
North Street£158K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.6 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 Warwickshire
Atherstone is the 34th most expensive of 34 towns in Warwickshire
Atherstone is one of Warwickshire’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 Atherstone
What is the average house price in Atherstone?
The median home in Atherstone sold for £195,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 329 standard sales (£185,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £335,000, semi-detached houses £215,000, terraced houses £179,500 and flats and maisonettes £119,000.
Are house prices going up in Atherstone?
The median was £200,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£202,000), and £185,000 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 Atherstone each year?
107 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 124 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Atherstone?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Witherley Road (CV9, £475,000), Choyce Close (CV9, £337,500) and Church Walk (CV9, £325,000).
How much does a new build cost in Atherstone?
New homes sold for a median £280,000 over three years, against £194,250 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.5% of sales.
Is Atherstone expensive for Warwickshire?
Atherstone is the 34th most expensive of 34 towns of 2,500 or more in Warwickshire 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.