Church Stretton house prices are built from 3,862 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 18 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £205,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +54.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +10.4%.
Median price paid
£205,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+54.2%
Change in real terms
+10.4%
Median per m²
£2,170
HM Land Registry3,862 sales654 with floor areaLatest sale 18 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Church Stretton prices moved
The chart tracks the median Church Stretton house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £84,000 | £186,520 |
| 2000s | 10 | £225,000 | £409,884 |
| 2010s | 10 | £240,000 | £338,400 |
| 2020s | 7 | £376,750 | £384,940 |
The highest yearly median on record for Church Stretton is £407,500 in 2024; the lowest is £74,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £74,000 to £370,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £164,315, so the real change over the whole record is +125.2% — about +2.65% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +54.2% in cash against +10.4% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RED OAK HOUSE Hazler Road | 18 Jun 2026 | Detached | £899,950 | £899,950 |
| HAZLER CROFT Sandford Avenue | 18 Jun 2026 | Detached | £660,000 | £660,000 |
| 8 DENEHURST COURT Shrewsbury Road | 17 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £167,500 | £167,500 |
| 11 the Bridleways | 12 Jun 2026 | Detached | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 30 Churchill Road | 8 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £345,000 | £345,000 |
| 5 Chartwell Close | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £302,000 | £302,000 |
| Wall House | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £675,000 | £675,000 |
| Dudgeley Cottage | 20 May 2026 | Detached | £485,000 | £485,000 |
| 38 DENEHURST COURT Shrewsbury Road | 15 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £160,000 |
| 2 Stretton Farm Road | 7 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £337,500 | £337,500 |
| 161 Watling Street South | 7 May 2026 | Terraced | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 10 Brockhurst | 30 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £237,500 | £237,500 |
| Nettledene | 24 Apr 2026 | Detached | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| 19 Cross Bank | 24 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| 78 Stretton Farm Road | 7 Apr 2026 | Detached | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| Bowman View | 26 Mar 2026 | Detached | £725,000 | £725,000 |
| Novers Lodge | 24 Mar 2026 | Detached | £700,000 | £700,000 |
| ROSEDENE Church Street | 24 Mar 2026 | Detached | £590,000 | £590,000 |
| 2 Poplar Drive | 20 Mar 2026 | Detached | £360,000 | £360,000 |
| 10 Shrewsbury Road | 20 Mar 2026 | Detached | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 3 Orchard Cottages | 13 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| The Old School | 5 Mar 2026 | Detached | £525,000 | £525,000 |
| TRENWITH Ludlow Road | 5 Mar 2026 | Detached | £455,000 | £455,000 |
| FLAT 3 SANDFORD GARDENS Hazler Crescent | 4 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £155,000 |
| 1 Windsor Place | 2 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £220,000 | £220,000 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Church Stretton values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAZLER CROFT Sandford Avenue | £500,000 (2015) | £660,000 (2026) | +2.6% | -0.6% |
| RED OAK HOUSE Hazler Road | £925,000 (2022) | £899,950 (2026) | -0.7% | -4.3% |
| 8 DENEHURST COURT Shrewsbury Road | £146,450 (2003) | £167,500 (2026) | +0.6% | -2.2% |
| 11 the Bridleways | £239,000 (2004) | £300,000 (2026) | +1.0% | -1.8% |
| 30 Churchill Road | £122,500 (2000) | £345,000 (2026) | +4.1% | +1.3% |
| 5 Chartwell Close | £80,000 (1996) | £302,000 (2026) | +4.5% | +1.9% |
| 38 DENEHURST COURT Shrewsbury Road | £141,450 (2003) | £160,000 (2026) | +0.5% | -2.2% |
| 2 Stretton Farm Road | £66,000 (1997) | £337,500 (2026) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 161 Watling Street South | £145,000 (2018) | £250,000 (2026) | +7.0% | +3.3% |
| 78 Stretton Farm Road | £77,500 (1998) | £285,000 (2026) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| ROSEDENE Church Street | £80,500 (1997) | £590,000 (2026) | +7.1% | +4.4% |
| 2 Poplar Drive | £73,000 (1998) | £360,000 (2026) | +5.9% | +3.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Church Stretton is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 2,163 | 56.0% | £285,000 | £17,500 – £1,500,000 |
| Semi-detached | 759 | 19.7% | £180,000 | £31,600 – £602,500 |
| Flat or maisonette | 577 | 14.9% | £114,000 | £20,000 – £335,000 |
| Terraced | 363 | 9.4% | £146,000 | £31,000 – £990,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Church Stretton
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 820 certificates cover Church Stretton, and their median floor area is 96 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +26.3%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 96 m² | about 1,033 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 70 m² | about 753 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 147 m² | about 1,585 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 14.1% | 116 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 24.4% | 200 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Church Stretton
603 of the sales on record are leasehold and 3,259 freehold — 15.6% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £112,000 and the median freehold sale £240,000 — a gap of +114.3%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 603 | 15.6% | £112,000 |
| Freehold | 3,259 | 84.4% | £240,000 |
| New build | 133 | 3.4% | £155,950 |
| Existing home | 3,729 | 96.6% | £208,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -25.0%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 164 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How Church Stretton compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Church Stretton sits above that national figure — +30.2%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,170 per square metre, across 654 of the 3,862 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £17,500 to £1,500,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets in Church Stretton
- Shrewsbury Road250 sales
- Ludlow Road216 sales
- Watling Street South180 sales
- Stretton Farm Road170 sales
- Sandford Avenue133 sales
- Swains Meadow122 sales
- Clive Avenue93 sales
- Churchill Road78 sales
- Ashbrook Court67 sales
- Carding Mill Valley64 sales
- Hazler Road62 sales
- Kings Court59 sales
- Church Street56 sales
- Central Avenue55 sales
- Longhills Road55 sales
- High Street49 sales
- Madeira Walk46 sales
- Burway Road42 sales
- Alison Road41 sales
- Queens Court41 sales
- St Dunstan Close41 sales
- Cunnery Road40 sales
- Chelmick Drive39 sales
- Hazler Orchard39 sales
- Helmeth Road39 sales
- Lutwyche Road36 sales
- Oaks Road34 sales
- Ascot Close32 sales
- Ragleth Road30 sales
- Hazler Crescent27 sales
- The Bridleways27 sales
- Essex Road23 sales
- Trevor Hill22 sales
- Bromleys Court21 sales
- Chartwell Close20 sales
- Watling Street North20 sales
- White House Gardens20 sales
- Cross Bank19 sales
- St Laurence Close19 sales
- Wall Bank19 sales
- Batch Valley18 sales
- Ashbrook Crescent17 sales
- Castle Hill17 sales
- Poplar Drive17 sales
- Chelmick Close16 sales
- Crown Close16 sales
- Windsor Place16 sales
- Brook Meadow15 sales
- Elms Paddock15 sales
- Kennedy Close15 sales
- St Andrews Close15 sales
- Woodcote Edge15 sales
- Hotel Place14 sales
- Lutwyche Close14 sales
- Sandford Place14 sales
- Westfields14 sales
- Yeld Bank14 sales
- Churchway13 sales
- Lawley Close13 sales
- Lower Wood13 sales
Postcode districts covering Church Stretton
- SY6£205,000 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Church Stretton?
The median price paid in Church Stretton across every sale on the register is £205,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Church Stretton?
3,862 sales are on record for Church Stretton, the most recent completing on 18 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Church Stretton house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +54.2% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +10.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Church Stretton house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £407,500, set in 2024. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Church Stretton?
£2,170 per square metre, from the 654 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 18 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Church Stretton house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.