Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted house prices are built from 78 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 6 Nov 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £328,750. Across the 10 years from 1996 to 2006 the median moved +78.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +46.4%.
Median price paid
£328,750
Change in cash, 1996–2006
+78.4%
Change in real terms
+46.4%
Median per m²
£5,000
HM Land Registry78 sales13 with floor areaLatest sale 6 Nov 2025
Section 01
How Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted prices moved
There are too few years of sales in Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted to plot a trend line. The figures below are drawn from the whole record rather than a yearly series.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 5 Castle Mill | 6 Nov 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £625,000 | £638,587 |
| Flat 1 Castle Mill | 23 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £750,000 | £766,304 |
| Flat 3 Castle Mill | 17 Jul 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £625,000 | £638,587 |
| 9 Kings Court | 27 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £270,000 | £275,870 |
| Flat 2 Castle Mill | 14 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £740,000 | £778,657 |
| 6 Kings Court | 1 Jul 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £285,000 | £299,888 |
| Flat 13 Castle Mill | 22 Mar 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £710,000 | £747,090 |
| 39a | 13 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £340,000 | £367,356 |
| 19 | 17 Apr 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £330,000 | £356,552 |
| 41a | 14 Sep 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £375,000 | £434,470 |
| Flat 1 Castle Mill | 25 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £700,000 | £884,409 |
| 51 | 10 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £1,000,000 | £1,263,441 |
| 6 Kings Court | 4 Feb 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £228,500 | £288,696 |
| Flat 5 Castle Mill | 16 Dec 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £475,000 | £615,014 |
| 3 Kings Court | 28 Jun 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £350,000 | £457,792 |
| 3 Kings Court | 10 Dec 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £375,000 | £499,764 |
| 7 Kings Court | 19 Oct 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £375,000 | £499,764 |
| 5 Kings Court | 1 Jun 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £375,000 | £499,764 |
| 8 Kings Court | 26 Apr 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £340,000 | £453,119 |
| Flat 15 Castle Mill | 28 Oct 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £925,000 | £1,291,337 |
| 39a | 28 Jun 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £325,000 | £453,713 |
| 5 Kings Court | 22 Dec 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £285,000 | £401,850 |
| 4 Kings Court | 27 Mar 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £242,050 | £341,291 |
| 19 | 20 Jan 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | £253,800 |
| 51 | 5 Nov 2014 | Terraced | £720,000 | £1,032,757 |
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 Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 5 CASTLE MILL Lower Kings Road | £330,000 (2006) | £625,000 (2025) | +3.4% | +0.4% |
| FLAT 1 CASTLE MILL Lower Kings Road | £345,000 (2006) | £750,000 (2025) | +4.2% | +1.2% |
| FLAT 3 CASTLE MILL Lower Kings Road | £335,000 (2006) | £625,000 (2025) | +3.3% | +0.4% |
| FLAT 2 CASTLE MILL Lower Kings Road | £215,000 (2006) | £740,000 (2024) | +7.1% | +4.0% |
| 6 KINGS COURT Lower Kings Road | £67,000 (1998) | £285,000 (2024) | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| FLAT 13 CASTLE MILL Lower Kings Road | £365,000 (2006) | £710,000 (2024) | +3.8% | +0.8% |
| 39A Lower Kings Road | £325,000 (2016) | £340,000 (2023) | +0.6% | -3.0% |
| 19 Lower Kings Road | £100,950 (2003) | £330,000 (2023) | +6.1% | +3.2% |
| 51 Lower Kings Road | £189,000 (1996) | £1,000,000 (2021) | +6.9% | +4.6% |
| 3 KINGS COURT Lower Kings Road | £72,000 (1996) | £350,000 (2019) | +7.1% | +4.8% |
| 7 KINGS COURT Lower Kings Road | £85,500 (1997) | £375,000 (2018) | +7.3% | +4.9% |
| 5 KINGS COURT Lower Kings Road | £232,500 (2010) | £375,000 (2018) | +6.2% | +3.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 60 | 76.9% | £330,000 | £67,000 – £925,000 |
| Terraced | 14 | 17.9% | £189,950 | £80,000 – £1,000,000 |
| Detached | 3 | 3.8% | £300,000 | £130,000 – £940,000 |
| Semi-detached | 1 | 1.3% | £458,000 | £458,000 – £458,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted
59 of the sales on record are leasehold and 19 freehold — 75.6% 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 £330,000 and the median freehold sale £280,000 — a gap of -15.2%. 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 | 59 | 75.6% | £330,000 |
| Freehold | 19 | 24.4% | £280,000 |
| New build | 18 | 23.1% | £330,000 |
| Existing home | 60 | 76.9% | £312,500 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +5.6%. 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 11 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 Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Buckinghamshire, 47.8% of 262,827 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.4% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,146 | 0.4% |
| B | 36,297 | 13.8% |
| C | 88,289 | 33.6% |
| D | 90,049 | 34.3% |
| E | 35,486 | 13.5% |
| F | 9,381 | 3.6% |
| G | 2,179 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Buckinghamshire at £1,476 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,035 for a one-bedroom home and £1,603 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £328,750 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.39% 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.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of HP4, 97 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 25 violent, 4 burglary, 5 vehicle-related and 31 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.7 times quieter.
Against the 553,078 residents the 2021 census counted in Buckinghamshire, that is 0.18 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted
The 2021 census counted 553,078 residents in Buckinghamshire across 220,327 households. 71.3% of those households own their home and 28.7% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
12 state and independent schools have a HP4 postcode: 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashlyns School | Secondary | Foundation school | 1,561 |
| Bridgewater Primary School | Primary | Community school | 459 |
| The Thomas Coram Church of England School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 336 |
| Greenway Primary and Nursery School | Primary | Community school | 229 |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 226 |
| Potten End CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 205 |
| St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 144 |
| Swing Gate Infant School and Nursery | Primary | Community school | 144 |
| Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 141 |
| Westfield Primary School | Primary | Community school | 140 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Berkhamsted Rail Station | Rail | 0.7 km |
| Tring Rail Station | Rail | 5.2 km |
| Hemel Hempstead Rail Station | Rail | 6.1 km |
| Chesham Underground Station | Tram | 7.5 km |
Section 09
How Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted sits above that national figure — +108.7%.
Within Berkhamsted the street ranks 207 of 357 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £320,000 (+2.7%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £5,000 per square metre, across 13 of the 78 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 £67,000 to £1,000,000. 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.
Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted sits in Buckinghamshire, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Buckinghamshire at 11.3 times median local earnings of £40,365 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 nearby
- High Street£249,999 median
- George Street£250,000 median
- Chiltern Park Avenue£159,950 median
- Cross Oak Road£335,000 median
- Benningfield Gardens£311,250 median
- Shrublands Avenue£362,500 median
- Kitsbury Road£375,000 median
- Chesham Road£250,000 median
- Ellesmere Road£249,975 median
- Charles Street£370,000 median
- Bridgewater Road£400,000 median
- Kings Road£493,000 median
- Cowper Road£187,000 median
- Manor Street£399,950 median
- Greenway£355,500 median
- Ravens Lane£217,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 7, KINGS COURT Lower Kings Road5 sales
- FLAT 5, CASTLE MILL Lower Kings Road4 sales
- FLAT 1, CASTLE MILL Lower Kings Road4 sales
- 51 Lower Kings Road4 sales
- 3, KINGS COURT Lower Kings Road4 sales
- 6, KINGS COURT Lower Kings Road3 sales
- FLAT 13, CASTLE MILL Lower Kings Road3 sales
- 19 Lower Kings Road3 sales
- 5, KINGS COURT Lower Kings Road3 sales
- 8, KINGS COURT Lower Kings Road3 sales
- FLAT 3, CASTLE MILL Lower Kings Road2 sales
- FLAT 2, CASTLE MILL Lower Kings Road2 sales
- 39A Lower Kings Road2 sales
- FLAT 15, CASTLE MILL Lower Kings Road2 sales
- 53 Lower Kings Road2 sales
- FLAT 7, CASTLE MILL Lower Kings Road2 sales
- 28 – 30 Lower Kings Road2 sales
- FLAT 14, CASTLE MILL Lower Kings Road2 sales
- 25A Lower Kings Road2 sales
- 54 Lower Kings Road2 sales
- 52 Lower Kings Road2 sales
Back to Berkhamsted house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted?
The median price paid in Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted across every sale on the register is £328,750. 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 Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted?
78 sales are on record for Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted, the most recent completing on 6 Nov 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +78.4% between 1996 and 2006. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +46.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £330,000, set in 2006. 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 Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted?
£5,000 per square metre, from the 13 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 6 Nov 2025. 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, “Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted 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.