The median home in Old Sarum sells for £310,500
That is the middle of 185 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 5.4 times as much as in 1996. 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 Old Sarum’s sales are detached houses
185 homes sold in three years: 64 detached houses, 48 semi-detached houses, 45 terraced houses and 28 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
median sale · 64 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £345K–£510K
- Last 12 months
- £483K12 sold
- New build
- £470K
median sale · 48 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £267K–£340K
- Last 12 months
- £335K15 sold
median sale · 45 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £255K–£315K
- Last 12 months
- £285K13 sold
median sale · 28 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £79K–£183K
- Last 12 months
- £163K11 sold
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
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.
Half of Old Sarum’s homes sold for between £227K and £380K
One sale in ten was under £134K and one in ten over £475K. 30% sold for under £250K.
The median, £310,500, sits in the £300–400K band
185 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1996, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £57,750 in 1996 to £310,000 in the last 12 months (£289,950 in 2019).
About as many homes sell as usual
51 sales in the last 12 months, against 107 in 2019, the busiest year, and 7 in 2008.
Old Sarum costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Old Sarum, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Terraced houses rose the most since 1996
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | — | — | £244K | £300K | £430K | £483K |
| Semi-detached houses | — | — | £223K | £234K | £270K | £335K |
| Terraced houses | £79K | — | £220K | £190K | — | £285K |
| Flats and maisonettes | — | — | £159K | £175K | £161K | £163K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
777 new homes have been sold in Old Sarum since 1995; the share peaked at 91% in 2010.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £469,995
against £300,000 for a home sold on, 57% 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.
24% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 14% sold leasehold in Old Sarum. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Sherbourne Drive is Old Sarum’s busiest street, with 16 sales in three years
13 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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 | Sherbourne Drive | SP4 | 16 | £311,250 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 2 | Nettleton Rise | SP4 | 15 | £510,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 3 | Partridge Way | SP4 | 9 | £260,000 | Mixed |
| 4 | Palmer Way | SP4 | 9 | £136,000 | Mixed |
| 5 | Rhodes Moorhouse Way | SP4 | 8 | £130,000 | Mixed |
| 6 | Gray Street | SP4 | 7 | £352,500 | Mixed |
| 7 | Osmund Walk | SP4 | 7 | £285,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 8 | Grouse Road | SP4 | 7 | £175,000 | Mixed |
| 9 | Mannock Field | SP4 | 6 | £376,250 | Mixed |
| 10 | Lanfranc Close | SP4 | 6 | £177,250 | Mostly flats |
| 11 | Campbell Vale | SP4 | 5 | £435,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 12 | Castle Well Drive | SP4 | 5 | £295,000 | Mixed |
| 13 | McCudden Drive | SP4 | 5 | £275,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
Nettleton Rise: £510,000
Rhodes Moorhouse Way: £130,000
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.9 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.
Old Sarum is the 16th most expensive of 33 towns in Wiltshire
Old Sarum is in the middle of Wiltshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Wiltshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Old Sarum’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Bulford.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Sarum | — | £311K | 51 | +34% |
| Salisbury | 2.2 | £305K | 605 | +26% |
| Wilton | 3.6 | £325K | 77 | +8% |
| Amesbury | 4.5 | £312K | 139 | +30% |
| Whaddon | 5.1 | £410K | 32 | +92% |
| Middle Winterslow | 6 | £448K | 15 | +52% |
| Bulford | 6.3 | £260K | 9 | +21% |
| Larkhill | 6.5 | — | 1 | — |
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 Old Sarum
What is the average house price in Old Sarum?
The median home in Old Sarum sold for £310,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 185 standard sales (£310,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £450,000, semi-detached houses £317,500, terraced houses £285,000 and flats and maisonettes £160,500.
Are house prices going up in Old Sarum?
The median was £289,125 in 2025, down 8% on 2024 (£315,000), and £310,000 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 Old Sarum each year?
51 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 84 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Old Sarum?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Nettleton Rise (SP4, £510,000), Campbell Vale (SP4, £435,000) and Mannock Field (SP4, £376,250).
How much does a new build cost in Old Sarum?
New homes sold for a median £469,995 over three years, against £300,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 9.7% of sales.
Is Old Sarum expensive for Wiltshire?
Old Sarum is the 16th 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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