That is the middle of 1,214 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 5.3 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.
A third of Kenilworth’s sales are semi-detached houses
1,214 homes sold in three years: 403 detached houses, 417 semi-detached houses, 215 terraced houses and 179 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£600K
median sale · 403 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£495K–£730K
Last 12 months
£620K97 sold
New build
£575K
Semi-detached houses£385K
median sale · 417 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£335K–£447K
Last 12 months
£412K136 sold
New build
£374K
Terraced houses£308K
median sale · 215 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£263K–£380K
Last 12 months
£315K72 sold
New build
£382K
Flats and maisonettes£180K
median sale · 179 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£148K–£230K
Last 12 months
£178K61 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses33%
Semi-detached houses34%
Terraced houses18%
Flats and maisonettes15%
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 Kenilworth’s homes sold for between £293K and £538K
One sale in ten was under £194K and one in ten over £712K. 17% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £400,000, sits in the £400–500K band
1,214 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.3 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £73,500 in 1995 to £388,500 in the last 12 months (£334,750 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
366 sales in the last 12 months, against 677 in 2002, the busiest year, and 275 in 2008. Sales fell by 30% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 67% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Kenilworth costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Kenilworth, 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
£140K
£186K
£330K
£378K
£446K
£570K
£620K
Semi-detached houses
£72K
£112K
£200K
£223K
£296K
£361K
£412K
Terraced houses
£59K
£92K
£169K
£181K
£240K
£269K
£315K
Flats and maisonettes
£40K
£65K
£143K
£125K
£150K
£187K
£178K
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
6% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
931 new homes have been sold in Kenilworth since 1995; the share peaked at 17% in 2024.
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 £482,247
against £385,000 for a home sold on, 25% 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.
16% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2% sold leasehold in Kenilworth. 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
Cannadine Road is Kenilworth’s busiest street, with 36 sales in three years
94 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 26 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
Cannadine Road
CV8
36
£443,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Southbank Road
CV8
27
£170,000
Mostly flats
3
Oakley Road
CV8
26
£567,495
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Thomas Bates Road
CV8
23
£454,750
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
5
Clinton Lane
CV8
18
£382,500
Mixed
6
School Lane
CV8
18
£315,000
Mixed
7
Ashdene Gardens
CV8
18
£155,000
Mostly flats
8
Devis Drive
CV8
17
£437,500
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
9
Priory Road
CV8
17
£275,000
Mostly flats
10
Warwick Road
CV8
16
£293,750
Mostly flats
11
Henry Street
CV8
16
£275,127
Mostly terraced houses
12
Windy Arbour
CV8
14
£577,500
Mixed
13
Woodhouse Drive
CV8
14
£436,250
Mixed · new builds
14
Denton Close
CV8
14
£179,250
Mostly flats
15
Moorlands Avenue
CV8
13
£335,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Birches Lane: £900,000
Kenilworth median£400K
Birches Lane£900K
Malthouse Lane£840K
Mountbatten Avenue£760K
Patel Close£724K
Rouncil Lane£708K
Cheapest streets
Ebourne Close: £137,250
Kenilworth median£400K
Ebourne Close£137K
Ashdene Gardens£155K
Southbank Road£170K
Denton Close£179K
Finham Court£185K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.6 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
Kenilworth is the most expensive of 34 towns in Warwickshire
Kenilworth is one of Warwickshire’s dearest 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 Kenilworth
What is the average house price in Kenilworth?
The median home in Kenilworth sold for £400,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,214 standard sales (£388,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £600,000, semi-detached houses £385,000, terraced houses £307,500 and flats and maisonettes £180,000.
Are house prices going up in Kenilworth?
The median was £405,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£389,800), and £388,500 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 Kenilworth each year?
366 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 396 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Kenilworth?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Birches Lane (CV8, £900,000), Malthouse Lane (CV8, £840,000) and Mountbatten Avenue (CV8, £760,000).
How much does a new build cost in Kenilworth?
New homes sold for a median £482,247 over three years, against £385,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 14% of sales.
Is Kenilworth expensive for Warwickshire?
Kenilworth is the 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.