That is the middle of 576 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.
576 homes sold in three years: 243 detached houses, 164 semi-detached houses, 95 terraced houses and 74 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£490K
median sale · 243 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£400K–£620K
Last 12 months
£500K70 sold
New build
£470K
Semi-detached houses£356K
median sale · 164 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£320K–£400K
Last 12 months
£355K43 sold
New build
£363K
Terraced houses£295K
median sale · 95 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£268K–£328K
Last 12 months
£295K31 sold
New build
£309K
Flats and maisonettes£190K
median sale · 74 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£155K–£220K
Last 12 months
£155K9 sold
New build
£220K
The mix
Mostly detached: 42% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses42%
Semi-detached houses28%
Terraced houses16%
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 Barnham’s homes sold for between £295K and £480K
One sale in ten was under £218K and one in ten over £640K. 17% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £365,000, sits in the £300–400K band
576 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 £66,750 in 1995 to £365,000 in the last 12 months (£325,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
153 sales in the last 12 months, against 381 in 2022, the busiest year, and 103 in 2012. Sales fell by 48% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 62% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Barnham costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Barnham, 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
£93K
£178K
£300K
£341K
£371K
£449K
£500K
Semi-detached houses
£65K
£95K
£185K
£230K
£265K
£330K
£355K
Terraced houses
£56K
£94K
£163K
£176K
£230K
£240K
£295K
Flats and maisonettes
£46K
£60K
£110K
£161K
£148K
£135K
£155K
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
8% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
1,132 new homes have been sold in Barnham since 1995; the share peaked at 46% in 2023.
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 £365,000
against £360,000 for a home sold on, about the same, 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, 0.6% sold leasehold in Barnham. 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
Farrenden Way is Barnham’s busiest street, with 29 sales in three years
44 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
Farrenden Way
PO20
29
£365,000
Mixed · new builds
2
Hermitage Lane
BN18
27
£230,000
Mostly flats · new builds
3
Connemara Crescent
BN18
22
£352,475
Mixed · new builds
4
Barnham Road (PO22)
PO22
16
£211,250
Mixed
5
Baggarley Close
PO20
15
£350,000
Mixed · new builds
6
Laxton Grove
PO20
14
£432,766
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
7
Peckham Chase
PO20
13
£365,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Lake Lane
PO22
11
£425,000
Mixed
9
Nightingale Lane
PO22
11
£380,000
Mixed
10
Westergate Street
PO20
11
£365,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Woodgate Park
PO20
11
£270,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Alfred Day Lane
BN18
9
£460,500
Mixed · new builds
13
Elm Grove
PO22
9
£415,000
Mixed
14
Hook Lane
PO20
9
£391,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Orchard Way (PO22)
PO22
9
£330,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Daffodil Gardens: £790,000
Barnham median£365K
Daffodil Gardens£790K
West Walberton Lane£665K
Downview Road£575K
Earnshaw Gardens£560K
Songthrush Lane£553K
Cheapest streets
Warren Way: £200,000
Barnham median£365K
Warren Way£200K
Steeplechase Way£206K
Barnham Road (PO22)£211K
Warwick Drive£213K
Nyton Road£225K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4 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 West Sussex
Barnham is the 30th most expensive of 40 towns in West Sussex
Barnham is in the middle of West Sussex’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 Barnham
What is the average house price in Barnham?
The median home in Barnham sold for £365,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 576 standard sales (£365,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £490,000, semi-detached houses £355,625, terraced houses £295,000 and flats and maisonettes £189,950.
Are house prices going up in Barnham?
The median was £380,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£364,000), and £365,000 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 Barnham each year?
153 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 225 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Barnham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Daffodil Gardens (BN18, £790,000), West Walberton Lane (BN18, £665,000) and Downview Road (PO22, £575,000).
How much does a new build cost in Barnham?
New homes sold for a median £365,000 over three years, against £360,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 27% of sales.
Is Barnham expensive for West Sussex?
Barnham is the 30th most expensive of 40 towns of 2,500 or more in West Sussex 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.