That is the middle of 351 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 4.8 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.
351 homes sold in three years: 120 detached houses, 101 semi-detached houses, 89 terraced houses and 41 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£380K
median sale · 120 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£308K–£495K
Last 12 months
£350K37 sold
Semi-detached houses£250K
median sale · 101 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£222K–£290K
Last 12 months
£260K31 sold
Terraced houses£250K
median sale · 89 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£210K–£300K
Last 12 months
£275K23 sold
Flats and maisonettes£158K
median sale · 41 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£127K–£205K
Last 12 months
£153K11 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses34%
Semi-detached houses29%
Terraced houses25%
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 Bewdley’s homes sold for between £220K and £355K
One sale in ten was under £163K and one in ten over £483K. 36% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £275,000, sits in the £250–300K band
351 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.8 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £59,180 in 1995 to £286,250 in the last 12 months (£205,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
102 sales in the last 12 months, against 231 in 2002, the busiest year, and 92 in 2009. Sales fell by 52% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 60% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bewdley costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Bewdley, 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
£79K
£119K
£246K
£223K
£255K
£330K
£350K
Semi-detached houses
£57K
£75K
£150K
£155K
£160K
£220K
£260K
Terraced houses
£55K
£78K
£163K
£162K
£162K
£182K
£275K
Flats and maisonettes
£51K
£57K
£97K
£116K
£128K
£155K
£153K
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: 1% of sales in the last 12 months
230 new homes have been sold in Bewdley since 1995; the share peaked at 21% in 1996.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 4.2% sold leasehold in Bewdley. 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
Severn Side South is Bewdley’s busiest street, with 20 sales in three years
27 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 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
Severn Side South
DY12
20
£158,750
Mostly flats
2
Kidderminster Road
DY12
10
£366,000
Mixed
3
Lax Lane
DY12
10
£271,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Woodthorpe Drive
DY12
9
£375,000
Mostly detached houses
5
High Street
DY12
9
£240,000
Mixed
6
Cleobury Road
DY12
9
£223,000
Mixed
7
Wyre Hill
DY12
8
£311,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Richmond Road
DY12
8
£207,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Load Street
DY12
8
£129,000
Mostly flats
10
Laxton Drive
DY12
7
£315,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Grosvenor Wood
DY12
7
£260,000
Mixed
12
Meadow Rise
DY12
7
£254,000
Mixed
13
Welch Gate
DY12
7
£165,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Stourport Road
DY12
6
£360,875
Mixed
15
Westbourne Street
DY12
6
£352,500
Mixed
Dearest streets
Sabrina Drive: £500,000
Bewdley median£275K
Sabrina Drive£500K
Valley View£485K
Woodthorpe Drive£375K
Kidderminster Road£366K
Sandbourne Drive£364K
Cheapest streets
Load Street: £129,000
Bewdley median£275K
Load Street£129K
Severn Side South£159K
Welch Gate£165K
Richmond Road£208K
Queensway£220K
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.
Across Worcestershire
Bewdley is the 17th most expensive of 22 towns in Worcestershire
Bewdley is in the middle of Worcestershire’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 Bewdley
What is the average house price in Bewdley?
The median home in Bewdley sold for £275,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 351 standard sales (£286,250 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £380,000, semi-detached houses £250,000, terraced houses £250,000 and flats and maisonettes £157,500.
Are house prices going up in Bewdley?
The median was £287,500 in 2025, up 10% on 2024 (£262,500), and £286,250 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 Bewdley each year?
102 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 134 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bewdley?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Sabrina Drive (DY12, £500,000), Valley View (DY12, £485,000) and Woodthorpe Drive (DY12, £375,000).
Is Bewdley expensive for Worcestershire?
Bewdley is the 17th most expensive of 22 towns of 2,500 or more in Worcestershire 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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