That is the middle of 158 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 6.7 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.
158 homes sold in three years: 68 detached houses, 36 semi-detached houses, 37 terraced houses and 17 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£873K
median sale · 68 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£660K–£1.1M
Last 12 months
£765K21 sold
Semi-detached houses£539K
median sale · 36 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£455K–£695K
Last 12 months
£670K11 sold
Terraced houses£435K
median sale · 37 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£300K–£573K
Last 12 months
£428K16 sold
Flats and maisonettes£248K
median sale · 17 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£230K–£265K
Last 12 months
£261K6 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 43% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses43%
Semi-detached houses23%
Terraced houses23%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Cuckfield’s homes sold for between £415K and £869K
One sale in ten was under £250K and one in ten over £1.1M. 8% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £574,000, sits in the £500–750K band
158 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.7 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £85,000 in 1995 to £571,500 in the last 12 months (£525,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
54 sales in the last 12 months, against 105 in 1996, the busiest year, and 35 in 2009. Sales fell by 62% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 67% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Cuckfield costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Cuckfield, 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
£118K
£225K
£304K
£523K
£710K
£711K
£765K
Semi-detached houses
£82K
£170K
£270K
£316K
£366K
£540K
£670K
Terraced houses
£79K
£148K
£208K
—
£350K
£300K
£428K
Flats and maisonettes
£56K
£77K
£168K
£178K
£186K
£228K
£261K
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% of sales in the last 12 months
235 new homes have been sold in Cuckfield since 1995; the share peaked at 50% in 2008.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
16% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 6.4% sold leasehold in Cuckfield. 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
High Street is Cuckfield’s busiest street, with 12 sales in three years
9 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 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
High Street
RH17
12
£508,750
Mixed
2
Whitemans Green
RH17
10
£742,500
Mixed
3
Broad Street
RH17
10
£675,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
London Lane
RH17
10
£499,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Hatchlands
RH17
10
£260,000
Mostly flats
6
Tower House Close
RH17
7
£270,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Buttinghill Drive
RH17
5
£765,000
Mostly detached houses
8
Waterhouse Square
RH17
5
£535,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Chatfield Road
RH17
5
£435,250
Mostly semi-detached 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.
Across West Sussex
Cuckfield is the 2nd most expensive of 40 towns in West Sussex
Cuckfield is one of West Sussex’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 Cuckfield
What is the average house price in Cuckfield?
The median home in Cuckfield sold for £574,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 158 standard sales (£571,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £872,500, semi-detached houses £538,500, terraced houses £435,250 and flats and maisonettes £247,500.
Are house prices going up in Cuckfield?
The median was £560,000 in 2025, down 4% on 2024 (£585,000), and £571,500 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 Cuckfield each year?
54 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 57 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Cuckfield?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Buttinghill Drive (RH17, £765,000), Whitemans Green (RH17, £742,500) and Broad Street (RH17, £675,000).
Is Cuckfield expensive for West Sussex?
Cuckfield is the 2nd 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.
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