That is the middle of 807 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 5.2 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.
807 homes sold in three years: 181 detached houses, 314 semi-detached houses, 218 terraced houses and 94 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£356K
median sale · 181 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£315K–£420K
Last 12 months
£350K58 sold
Semi-detached houses£280K
median sale · 314 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£310K
Last 12 months
£282K87 sold
Terraced houses£235K
median sale · 218 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£212K–£265K
Last 12 months
£227K60 sold
Flats and maisonettes£126K
median sale · 94 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£95K–£160K
Last 12 months
£140K23 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses22%
Semi-detached houses39%
Terraced houses27%
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 Melksham’s homes sold for between £220K and £320K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £410K. 39% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £270,000, sits in the £250–300K band
807 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £51,995 in 1995 to £270,000 in the last 12 months (£215,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
228 sales in the last 12 months, against 444 in 1996, the busiest year, and 205 in 2009. Sales fell by 49% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 37% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Melksham costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Melksham, 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
£80K
£124K
£218K
£238K
£260K
£318K
£350K
Semi-detached houses
£52K
£80K
£150K
£154K
£177K
£230K
£282K
Terraced houses
£44K
£69K
£130K
£131K
£155K
£190K
£227K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
£54K
£92K
£95K
£93K
£115K
£140K
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
1,637 new homes have been sold in Melksham since 1995; the share peaked at 40% in 2013.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
13% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.8% sold leasehold in Melksham. 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
Spa Road is Melksham’s busiest street, with 33 sales in three years
59 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 17 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
Spa Road
SN12
33
£94,500
Mostly flats
2
Forest Road
SN12
21
£255,000
Mixed
3
Woodrow Road
SN12
16
£320,500
Mixed
4
Savernake Avenue
SN12
16
£277,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Linnet Lane
SN12
14
£320,000
Mixed
6
Market Place
SN12
14
£124,997
Mostly flats
7
Kenilworth Gardens
SN12
13
£280,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Tower Road
SN12
12
£236,500
Mostly terraced houses
9
Weavers Crofts
SN12
12
£204,500
Mostly terraced houses
10
Sandridge Road
SN12
11
£390,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Teachers Way
SN12
11
£260,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Foresters Park Road
SN12
11
£250,000
Mixed
13
Union Street
SN12
11
£212,500
Mostly terraced houses
14
Shurnhold
SN12
10
£354,875
Mixed
15
Longford Road
SN12
10
£323,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Longleaze Lane: £525,000
Melksham median£270K
Longleaze Lane£525K
Gladstone Road£400K
Sandridge Road£390K
Shurnhold£355K
Kennet Close£345K
Cheapest streets
Spa Road: £94,500
Melksham median£270K
Spa Road£95K
Lowbourne£108K
Market Place£125K
Verbena Court£146K
Semington Road£204K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.6 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
Melksham is the 28th most expensive of 33 towns in Wiltshire
Melksham is one of Wiltshire’s cheapest 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 Melksham
What is the average house price in Melksham?
The median home in Melksham sold for £270,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 807 standard sales (£270,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £356,000, semi-detached houses £280,000, terraced houses £235,000 and flats and maisonettes £126,000.
Are house prices going up in Melksham?
The median was £272,750 in 2025, up 7% on 2024 (£255,000), and £270,000 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 Melksham each year?
228 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 318 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Melksham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Longleaze Lane (SN12, £525,000), Gladstone Road (SN12, £400,000) and Sandridge Road (SN12, £390,000).
Is Melksham expensive for Wiltshire?
Melksham is the 28th 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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