That is the middle of 1,883 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 5.1 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.
1,883 homes sold in three years: 569 detached houses, 566 semi-detached houses, 511 terraced houses and 237 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£435K
median sale · 569 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£380K–£508K
Last 12 months
£450K142 sold
New build
£460K
Semi-detached houses£300K
median sale · 566 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£258K–£340K
Last 12 months
£304K144 sold
New build
£345K
Terraced houses£250K
median sale · 511 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£224K–£293K
Last 12 months
£250K140 sold
New build
£325K
Flats and maisonettes£164K
median sale · 237 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£135K–£183K
Last 12 months
£165K61 sold
New build
£185K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 30% of sales
Detached houses30%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses27%
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 Chippenham’s homes sold for between £233K and £385K
One sale in ten was under £170K and one in ten over £490K. 31% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £300,000, sits in the £300–400K band
1,883 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £58,000 in 1995 to £295,950 in the last 12 months (£254,997 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
487 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,223 in 1997, the busiest year, and 456 in 2011. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 59% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Chippenham costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Chippenham, 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
£89K
£142K
£235K
£250K
£302K
£346K
£450K
Semi-detached houses
£55K
£90K
£156K
£170K
£205K
£255K
£304K
Terraced houses
£49K
£75K
£132K
£145K
£164K
£216K
£250K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
£53K
£120K
£119K
£130K
£145K
£165K
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
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
3,680 new homes have been sold in Chippenham since 1995; the share peaked at 44% in 1995.
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 £385,000
against £285,000 for a home sold on, 35% 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.
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.4% sold leasehold in Chippenham. 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
Gainey Gardens is Chippenham’s busiest street, with 37 sales in three years
129 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 45 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
Gainey Gardens
SN15
37
£313,000
Mixed
2
Malmesbury Road
SN15
32
£240,000
Mixed
3
Dorset Drive
SN15
24
£422,500
Mixed · new builds
4
Wheatfield Avenue
SN14
24
£411,288
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Clark Drive
SN15
20
£381,500
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
6
The Causeway
SN15
20
£189,975
Mostly flats
7
Eastern Avenue
SN15
19
£320,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Wiltshire Drive
SN15
18
£370,000
Mixed · new builds
9
Pudding Lane
SN15
17
£450,000
Mixed · new builds
10
Hunters Field
SN14
17
£439,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
11
Marshfield Road
SN15
17
£325,000
Mixed
12
Sheldon Road
SN14
17
£290,500
Mixed
13
Haystack Avenue
SN14
16
£397,500
Mixed · new builds
14
Hampshire Close
SN15
16
£377,500
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
15
Cheltenham Drive
SN14
16
£266,500
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Hardenhuish Lane: £920,000
Chippenham median£300K
Hardenhuish Lane£920K
Cornhill£613K
Lowden Hill£610K
Rowden Hill£565K
Gazelle Drive£513K
Cheapest streets
Market Place: £125,000
Chippenham median£300K
Market Place£125K
Gladstone Road£165K
Flowers Yard£168K
Cowleaze£168K
St Mary Street£170K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 7.4 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 Wiltshire
Chippenham is the 20th most expensive of 33 towns in Wiltshire
Chippenham is in the middle of Wiltshire’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 Chippenham
What is the average house price in Chippenham?
The median home in Chippenham sold for £300,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,883 standard sales (£295,950 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £435,000, semi-detached houses £300,000, terraced houses £250,000 and flats and maisonettes £164,000.
Are house prices going up in Chippenham?
The median was £292,500 in 2025, down 4% on 2024 (£305,000), and £295,950 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 Chippenham each year?
487 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 672 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Chippenham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Hardenhuish Lane (SN14, £920,000), Cornhill (SN15, £612,500) and Lowden Hill (SN15, £610,000).
How much does a new build cost in Chippenham?
New homes sold for a median £385,000 over three years, against £285,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 14% of sales.
Is Chippenham expensive for Wiltshire?
Chippenham is the 20th most expensive of 33 towns of 2,500 or more in Wiltshire 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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