That is the middle of 446 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 5.9 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 Corsham’s sales are semi-detached houses
446 homes sold in three years: 129 detached houses, 134 semi-detached houses, 128 terraced houses and 55 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£475K
median sale · 129 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£400K–£550K
Last 12 months
£475K38 sold
Semi-detached houses£340K
median sale · 134 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£283K–£383K
Last 12 months
£340K44 sold
Terraced houses£296K
median sale · 128 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£343K
Last 12 months
£307K35 sold
Flats and maisonettes£165K
median sale · 55 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£129K–£185K
Last 12 months
£168K14 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 30% of sales
Detached houses29%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses29%
Flats and maisonettes12%
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 Corsham’s homes sold for between £250K and £425K
One sale in ten was under £173K and one in ten over £550K. 24% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £333,750, sits in the £300–400K band
446 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.9 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 £340,000 in the last 12 months (£308,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
131 sales in the last 12 months, against 376 in 2006, the busiest year, and 137 in 2008. Sales fell by 60% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 25% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Corsham costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Corsham, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£78K
£156K
£250K
£267K
£310K
£385K
£475K
Semi-detached houses
£60K
£90K
£189K
£204K
£232K
£276K
£340K
Terraced houses
£44K
£80K
£155K
£158K
£187K
£235K
£307K
Flats and maisonettes
£39K
£60K
£118K
£125K
£123K
£135K
£168K
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
949 new homes have been sold in Corsham since 1995; the share peaked at 53% in 2006.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
15% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.1% sold leasehold in Corsham. 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
Freestone Way is Corsham’s busiest street, with 23 sales in three years
34 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 6 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
Freestone Way
SN13
23
£350,000
Mostly terraced houses
2
Brook Drive
SN13
15
£390,000
Mixed
3
Priory Street
SN13
12
£389,500
Mixed
4
Home Mead
SN13
10
£453,500
Mixed
5
South Street
SN13
10
£375,000
Mixed
6
West Park Road
SN13
10
£316,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Macie Drive
SN13
9
£321,000
Mixed
8
Alexander Terrace
SN13
9
£295,000
Mixed
9
Poynder Road
SN13
9
£238,000
Mixed
10
Pound Mead
SN13
9
£177,500
Mostly flats
11
Paul Street
SN13
8
£305,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Pickwick Road
SN13
7
£600,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Potley Lane
SN13
7
£230,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Station Road
SN13
6
£581,000
Mixed
15
Broadmead
SN13
6
£397,500
Mixed
Dearest streets
Buckthorn Row: £625,000
Corsham median£334K
Buckthorn Row£625K
Pickwick Road£600K
Station Road£581K
The Tynings£478K
Home Mead£454K
Cheapest streets
High Street: £165,000
Corsham median£334K
High Street£165K
Pound Mead£178K
Wastfield£225K
Potley Lane£230K
Poynder Road£238K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.8 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
Corsham is the 12th most expensive of 33 towns in Wiltshire
Corsham 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 Corsham
What is the average house price in Corsham?
The median home in Corsham sold for £333,750 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 446 standard sales (£340,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £475,000, semi-detached houses £340,000, terraced houses £296,000 and flats and maisonettes £165,000.
Are house prices going up in Corsham?
The median was £350,000 in 2025, up 6% on 2024 (£330,000), and £340,000 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 Corsham each year?
131 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 191 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Corsham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Buckthorn Row (SN13, £625,000), Pickwick Road (SN13, £600,000) and Station Road (SN13, £581,000).
Is Corsham expensive for Wiltshire?
Corsham is the 11th 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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