Market Drayton house prices are built from 12,526 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 24 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £160,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +43.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +3.0%.
Median price paid
£160,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+43.8%
Change in real terms
+3.0%
Median per m²
£1,713
HM Land Registry12,526 sales1,726 with floor areaLatest sale 24 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Market Drayton prices moved
The chart tracks the median Market Drayton 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 | £67,000 | £148,772 |
| 2000s | 10 | £150,000 | £273,256 |
| 2010s | 10 | £180,000 | £253,800 |
| 2020s | 7 | £270,000 | £275,870 |
The highest yearly median on record for Market Drayton is £319,998 in 2022; the lowest is £55,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £55,000 to £280,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £122,126, so the real change over the whole record is +129.3% — about +2.71% 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: +43.8% in cash against +3.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILLSIDE Heath Grove | 24 Jun 2026 | Detached | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| ILONA Station Road | 22 Jun 2026 | Detached | £445,000 | £445,000 |
| 32 Goosefield Close | 22 Jun 2026 | Detached | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 64 Smithfield Road | 15 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £258,000 | £258,000 |
| 39 Windsor Drive | 8 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 7 Aumbry Close | 8 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| 120 Longslow Road | 3 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| The Benbows Farmhouse | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £625,000 | £625,000 |
| 45 Stuart Way | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £237,500 | £237,500 |
| 18 Symons Way | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 8 Chancel Drive | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £365,000 | £365,000 |
| 32 Kings Avenue | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £248,000 | £248,000 |
| 2 Rose Mill | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 6 Willow Close | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £225,000 | £225,000 |
| 4 Village Barns | 21 May 2026 | Detached | £465,000 | £465,000 |
| THE GARDEN HOUSE 4 Dunstone Court | 21 May 2026 | Detached | £360,000 | £360,000 |
| 49 Hampton Drive | 21 May 2026 | Detached | £327,000 | £327,000 |
| 92 Farcroft Drive | 21 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 3 Bartons Lane | 21 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £169,950 | £169,950 |
| 24 Brookfield | 18 May 2026 | Detached | £340,000 | £340,000 |
| 4 Glendon Close | 15 May 2026 | Detached | £245,000 | £245,000 |
| 26 Tern View | 15 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 3 SPRINGFIELD COTTAGES Hospital Lane | 15 May 2026 | Terraced | £162,000 | £162,000 |
| DEVON HOUSE, 30 Shropshire Street | 11 May 2026 | Terraced | £750,000 | £750,000 |
| 7 Darwin Close | 11 May 2026 | Detached | £360,000 | £360,000 |
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 Market Drayton values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILLSIDE Heath Grove | £53,500 (1996) | £350,000 (2026) | +6.5% | +3.7% |
| 32 Goosefield Close | £76,000 (2015) | £150,000 (2026) | +6.4% | +3.1% |
| ILONA Station Road | £267,500 (2021) | £445,000 (2026) | +10.7% | +5.7% |
| 64 Smithfield Road | £120,000 (2009) | £258,000 (2026) | +4.6% | +1.6% |
| 7 Aumbry Close | £59,995 (2000) | £165,000 (2026) | +4.0% | +1.2% |
| 39 Windsor Drive | £154,000 (2019) | £210,000 (2026) | +4.5% | +0.6% |
| 120 Longslow Road | £90,000 (2002) | £250,000 (2026) | +4.3% | +1.5% |
| 18 Symons Way | £115,000 (2004) | £185,000 (2026) | +2.2% | -0.6% |
| 45 Stuart Way | £160,995 (2005) | £237,500 (2026) | +1.9% | -1.0% |
| 8 Chancel Drive | £122,500 (1999) | £365,000 (2026) | +4.1% | +1.4% |
| 6 Willow Close | £50,500 (1996) | £225,000 (2026) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
| 32 Kings Avenue | £140,000 (2007) | £248,000 (2026) | +3.1% | +0.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Market Drayton 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 | 6,404 | 51.1% | £227,000 | £8,000 – £2,200,000 |
| Semi-detached | 4,161 | 33.2% | £130,000 | £10,200 – £790,000 |
| Terraced | 1,546 | 12.3% | £118,000 | £11,500 – £815,750 |
| Flat or maisonette | 415 | 3.3% | £78,000 | £17,499 – £350,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Market Drayton
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 3,242 certificates cover Market Drayton, and their median floor area is 89 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +17.1%. 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 | 89 m² | about 958 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 70 m² | about 753 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 129 m² | about 1,389 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 14.9% | 482 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 16.8% | 546 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Market Drayton
563 of the sales on record are leasehold and 11,963 freehold — 4.5% 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 £77,500 and the median freehold sale £165,000 — a gap of +112.9%. 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 | 563 | 4.5% | £77,500 |
| Freehold | 11,963 | 95.5% | £165,000 |
| New build | 1,629 | 13.0% | £190,000 |
| Existing home | 10,897 | 87.0% | £156,500 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +21.4%. 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 941 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 07
Living in Market Drayton
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Cheshire East, 44.0% of 197,366 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.1% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,489 | 0.8% |
| B | 29,554 | 15.0% |
| C | 55,700 | 28.2% |
| D | 73,725 | 37.4% |
| E | 26,906 | 13.6% |
| F | 7,570 | 3.8% |
| G | 2,422 | 1.2% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Cheshire East at £982 a month as of Jun 2026 — £694 for a one-bedroom home and £1,102 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £160,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 7.36% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Market Drayton
The 2021 census counted 398,772 residents in Cheshire East across 174,854 households. 72.9% of those households own their home and 27.1% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
14 state and independent schools have a TF9 postcode: 13 primary, 1 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Grove School | Secondary | Academy converter | 856 |
| Market Drayton Infant & Nursery School | Primary | Academy converter | 346 |
| Market Drayton Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 333 |
| Hugo Meynell CofE (VC) Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 206 |
| Longlands Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 201 |
| Hodnet Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 193 |
| Hinstock Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 124 |
| Stoke-on-Tern Primary School | Primary | Community school | 118 |
| Moreton Say CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 111 |
| Buntingsdale Primary School and Nursery | Primary | Community school | 76 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Prees Rail Station | Rail | 14.8 km |
| Whitchurch (Shrops) Rail Station | Rail | 15.7 km |
| Wrenbury Rail Station | Rail | 16.0 km |
| Wem Rail Station | Rail | 17.3 km |
Section 09
How Market Drayton compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Market Drayton sits above that national figure — +1.6%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,713 per square metre, across 1,726 of the 12,526 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 £8,000 to £2,200,000. 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.
Market Drayton sits in Cheshire East, in England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Cheshire East at 7.6 times median local earnings of £39,459 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets in Market Drayton
- Shrewsbury Road194 sales
- Elm Drive181 sales
- Riverside Drive153 sales
- Victoria Road139 sales
- Longslow Road129 sales
- Frogmore Road126 sales
- Chancel Drive125 sales
- Hampton Drive123 sales
- Newcastle Road122 sales
- Sherwood Crescent121 sales
- Waterside Drive121 sales
- Mercian Court115 sales
- Hugo Way106 sales
- Salisbury Road106 sales
- Chestnut Road102 sales
- Farcroft Drive102 sales
- Smithfield Road102 sales
- Croft Way101 sales
- Country Meadows100 sales
- Shropshire Street100 sales
- Stuart Way99 sales
- Stafford Street93 sales
- Prospect Road91 sales
- Buntingsdale Road90 sales
- Simons Road89 sales
- Grove Gardens86 sales
- Vernon Drive86 sales
- Chapel Lane85 sales
- Dalelands Estate83 sales
- Bentleys Road78 sales
- Rowan Road78 sales
- Burntwood View75 sales
- Forest Road74 sales
- Dutton Close70 sales
- Hospital Lane69 sales
- Stokesay Road69 sales
- Millfield Drive65 sales
- Leighton View64 sales
- Orwell Road64 sales
- Betton Road61 sales
- Drayton Mill Court61 sales
- Ridings Close61 sales
- Alexandra Road60 sales
- Windsor Drive60 sales
- Roman Way58 sales
- Fox Hollow57 sales
- Great Hales Street56 sales
- Pinewood Road56 sales
- Sambrook Crescent56 sales
- Berrisford Close55 sales
- Kiln Bank Road55 sales
- Meadow Close54 sales
- Pezenas Drive54 sales
- Wood Lane54 sales
- Church Street53 sales
- Main Road53 sales
- Drayton Grove52 sales
- Summerhill Gardens52 sales
- Grosvenor Road51 sales
- Manor Farm Drive51 sales
Postcode districts covering Market Drayton
- TF9£160,000 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Market Drayton?
The median price paid in Market Drayton across every sale on the register is £160,000. 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 Market Drayton?
12,526 sales are on record for Market Drayton, the most recent completing on 24 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Market Drayton house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +43.8% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +3.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Market Drayton house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £319,998, set in 2022. 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 Market Drayton?
£1,713 per square metre, from the 1,726 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 24 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, “Market Drayton 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.