Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Wolston sell for a median £313,750
That is the middle of 130 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 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 Wolston’s sales are detached houses
130 homes sold in three years: 46 detached houses, 38 semi-detached houses, 36 terraced houses and 10 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.4 times what a flat does.
median sale · 46 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £407K–£595K
- Last 12 months
- £425K5 sold
- New build
- £535K
median sale · 38 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £250K–£345K
- Last 12 months
- £265K6 sold
- New build
- £310K
median sale · 36 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £214K–£250K
- Last 12 months
- £248K8 sold
- New build
- £221K
median sale · 10 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £125K–£179K
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% 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 Wolston’s homes sold for between £230K and £425K
One sale in ten was under £191K and one in ten over £565K. 33% sold for under £250K.
The median, £313,750, sits in the £300–400K band
130 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £58,750 in 1995 to £296,000 in the last 12 months (£241,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
20 sales in the last 12 months, against 110 in 2005, the busiest year, and 21 in 2009. Sales fell by 55% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 58% more sales than 2020.
Wolston costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Wolston, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | — | £149K | £250K | £294K | £311K | £326K | £425K |
| Semi-detached houses | £62K | £77K | £158K | £168K | £192K | £247K | £265K |
| Terraced houses | £42K | £69K | £140K | £159K | £138K | £188K | £248K |
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 have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 59% in 2024
281 new homes have been sold in Wolston since 1995; the share peaked at 59% in 2024.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £385,000
against £280,000 for a home sold on, 38% 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.
9% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.8% sold leasehold in Wolston. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Allotment Drive is Wolston’s busiest street, with 49 sales in three years
6 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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 | Allotment Drive | CV8 | 49 | £380,000 | Mixed · new builds |
| 2 | St Margarets Avenue | CV8 | 12 | £185,125 | Mixed |
| 3 | Warwick Road | CV8 | 9 | £290,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 4 | Main Street | CV8 | 7 | £435,000 | Mixed |
| 5 | Manor Estate | CV8 | 7 | £240,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 6 | School Street | CV8 | 6 | £241,750 | Mostly terraced houses |
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.
Wolston is the 19th most expensive of 34 towns in Warwickshire
Wolston is in the middle of Warwickshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Warwickshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Wolston’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolston | — | £314K | 20 | +34% |
| Binley Woods | 1.6 | £325K | 17 | +37% |
| Stretton-on-Dunsmore | 1.7 | £386K | 11 | +0% |
| Ryton-on-Dunsmore | 1.9 | £328K | 22 | +18% |
| Brinklow | 2.7 | £300K | 11 | +54% |
| Long Lawford | 3.8 | £290K | 61 | +53% |
| Cawston | 3.8 | £370K | 67 | +29% |
| Dunchurch | 5.1 | £365K | 38 | +13% |
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 Wolston
What is the average house price in Wolston?
The median home in Wolston sold for £313,750 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 130 standard sales (£296,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £499,500, semi-detached houses £302,500, terraced houses £236,250 and flats and maisonettes £145,000.
Are house prices going up in Wolston?
The median was £360,000 in 2025, up 13% on 2024 (£320,000), and £296,000 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 Wolston each year?
20 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 49 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
How much does a new build cost in Wolston?
New homes sold for a median £385,000 over three years, against £280,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 37% of sales.
Is Wolston expensive for Warwickshire?
Wolston is the 19th 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.
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