Birchington house prices are built from 8,647 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 17 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £170,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +26.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -9.4%.
Median price paid
£170,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+26.5%
Change in real terms
-9.4%
Median per m²
£2,144
HM Land Registry8,647 sales1,700 with floor areaLatest sale 17 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Birchington prices moved
The chart tracks the median Birchington 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 | £57,000 | £126,567 |
| 2000s | 10 | £160,000 | £291,473 |
| 2010s | 10 | £200,000 | £282,000 |
| 2020s | 7 | £315,000 | £321,848 |
The highest yearly median on record for Birchington is £365,000 in 2022; the lowest is £52,000 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £54,000 to £310,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £119,906, so the real change over the whole record is +158.5% — about +3.11% 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: +26.5% in cash against -9.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Linington Road | 17 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| FLAT 26 BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road | 5 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| 12 Yew Tree Gardens | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £276,000 | £276,000 |
| 15 FERNDALE COURT Barrows Close | 29 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £115,000 |
| 2 Hawkhurst Close | 26 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 19 Nottingham Road | 19 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £381,000 | £381,000 |
| 22 Epple Bay Road | 15 May 2026 | Detached | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 334 Canterbury Road | 15 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £307,000 | £307,000 |
| THE ELMS the Street | 8 May 2026 | Detached | £625,000 | £625,000 |
| SEMAPHORE HOUSE Semaphore Road | 8 May 2026 | Detached | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 5 St Mildreds Avenue | 24 Apr 2026 | Detached | £450,000 | £450,000 |
| 73 Ingoldsby Road | 23 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £312,500 | £312,500 |
| 18 Canute Road | 22 Apr 2026 | Detached | £605,000 | £605,000 |
| 54 Woodford Court | 22 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 13 Sea View Heights | 21 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £255,000 | £255,000 |
| 9 Horsa Road | 14 Apr 2026 | Detached | £266,000 | £266,000 |
| 11 Devon Gardens | 13 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £415,000 | £415,000 |
| FLAT 3 3 Beach Avenue | 8 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| 9 Sea View Heights | 25 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 48 Epple Bay Avenue | 20 Mar 2026 | Detached | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| FLAT 1 1 Berkeley Road | 20 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 12 Edward Drive | 13 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| 14 Mill Row | 11 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 2 Bay View Heights | 11 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 5 Lancaster Gardens | 6 Mar 2026 | Detached | £375,000 | £375,000 |
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 Birchington values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Linington Road | £67,500 (2001) | £325,000 (2026) | +6.5% | +3.7% |
| FLAT 26 BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road | £58,000 (1998) | £165,000 (2026) | +3.8% | +1.1% |
| 12 Yew Tree Gardens | £40,120 (2001) | £276,000 (2026) | +8.0% | +5.1% |
| 15 FERNDALE COURT Barrows Close | £74,500 (2008) | £115,000 (2026) | +2.4% | -0.5% |
| 19 Nottingham Road | £137,000 (2002) | £381,000 (2026) | +4.4% | +1.5% |
| 334 Canterbury Road | £65,000 (2000) | £307,000 (2026) | +6.2% | +3.4% |
| 22 Epple Bay Road | £50,000 (2002) | £315,000 (2026) | +8.0% | +5.1% |
| SEMAPHORE HOUSE Semaphore Road | £225,000 (2002) | £500,000 (2026) | +3.4% | +0.6% |
| THE ELMS the Street | £260,000 (2005) | £625,000 (2026) | +4.3% | +1.3% |
| 5 St Mildreds Avenue | £67,500 (1996) | £450,000 (2026) | +6.5% | +3.8% |
| 73 Ingoldsby Road | £125,000 (2003) | £312,500 (2026) | +4.1% | +1.2% |
| 54 Woodford Court | £39,995 (1999) | £180,000 (2026) | +5.7% | +3.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Birchington 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 | 2,788 | 32.2% | £247,500 | £18,500 – £1,300,000 |
| Semi-detached | 2,666 | 30.8% | £176,650 | £18,695 – £1,025,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 2,011 | 23.3% | £112,500 | £12,000 – £450,000 |
| Terraced | 1,182 | 13.7% | £150,000 | £15,000 – £800,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Birchington
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 1,399 certificates cover Birchington, and their median floor area is 80 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +5.3%. 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 | 80 m² | about 861 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 64 m² | about 689 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 104 m² | about 1,119 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 17.2% | 241 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 9.4% | 131 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Birchington
2,046 of the sales on record are leasehold and 6,601 freehold — 23.7% 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 £112,725 and the median freehold sale £195,000 — a gap of +73.0%. 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 | 2,046 | 23.7% | £112,725 |
| Freehold | 6,601 | 76.3% | £195,000 |
| New build | 299 | 3.5% | £194,950 |
| Existing home | 8,348 | 96.5% | £169,995 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +14.7%. 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 292 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 Birchington compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Birchington sits above that national figure — +7.9%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,144 per square metre, across 1,700 of the 8,647 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 £12,000 to £1,300,000. 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 Birchington
- Canterbury Road409 sales
- Minnis Road318 sales
- Hunting Gate204 sales
- Albion Road170 sales
- Ingoldsby Road170 sales
- Alpha Road168 sales
- Lyell Road158 sales
- Park Avenue155 sales
- Beach Avenue142 sales
- Quex View Road142 sales
- King Edward Road131 sales
- Park Lane129 sales
- Barrows Close127 sales
- Birch Hill Court124 sales
- Epple Bay Road121 sales
- Woodford Court116 sales
- Dane Road115 sales
- Kent Gardens113 sales
- Ethelbert Road111 sales
- Queen Berthas Avenue107 sales
- Westfield Road106 sales
- Sutherland Drive105 sales
- Alfred Road100 sales
- Yew Tree Gardens96 sales
- Cunningham Crescent89 sales
- Cliff Road87 sales
- Cross Road86 sales
- Station Road86 sales
- Kings Road84 sales
- Barrington Crescent83 sales
- Brunswick Road81 sales
- Shakespeare Road79 sales
- Brandon Way78 sales
- Epple Bay Avenue68 sales
- Park Road68 sales
- Manor Drive67 sales
- Reculver Avenue67 sales
- Crescent Road66 sales
- Epple Road66 sales
- Phillips Road65 sales
- Woodland Avenue64 sales
- Essex Gardens62 sales
- Devon Gardens60 sales
- St Mildreds Avenue60 sales
- Sewell Close57 sales
- Dovedale Court55 sales
- Sarre Court54 sales
- Grenham Road52 sales
- Anne Close51 sales
- Mill Row51 sales
- Wansum Court51 sales
- Prospect Road50 sales
- Spencer Road49 sales
- The Street49 sales
- Grenham Bay Avenue48 sales
- Kings Avenue48 sales
- Winston Court48 sales
- St Davids Close47 sales
- The Length47 sales
- The Parade47 sales
Postcode districts covering Birchington
- CT7£170,000 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Birchington?
The median price paid in Birchington across every sale on the register is £170,000. 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 Birchington?
8,647 sales are on record for Birchington, the most recent completing on 17 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Birchington house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +26.5% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -9.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Birchington house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £365,000, 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 Birchington?
£2,144 per square metre, from the 1,700 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 17 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, “Birchington 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.