Beach Avenue, Birchington house prices are built from 142 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2008 and the most recent on 8 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £156,750. Across the 12 years from 2009 to 2021 the median moved +48.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +14.3%.
Median price paid
£156,750
Change in cash, 2009–2021
+48.6%
Change in real terms
+14.3%
Median per m²
£2,522
HM Land Registry142 sales20 with floor areaLatest sale 8 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Beach Avenue, Birchington prices moved
The chart tracks the median Beach Avenue, Birchington house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2008 to 2021. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2 | £185,000 | £337,016 |
| 2010s | 5 | £139,995 | £197,393 |
| 2020s | 2 | £240,000 | £245,217 |
The highest yearly median on record for Beach Avenue, Birchington is £275,000 in 2021; the lowest is £125,000 in 2013. Across the full 14-year record the cash median has moved from £205,975 to £275,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £345,744, so the real change over the whole record is +0.5% — about +0.04% 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: +48.6% in cash against +14.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 3 3 | 8 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| Flat 19 3 | 20 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| Flat 3 8 | 7 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 12 | 8 Dec 2025 | Detached | £455,000 | £464,891 |
| Flat 25 Carmel Court | 26 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | £183,913 |
| Pine Lodge | 28 Feb 2025 | Detached | £575,000 | £587,500 |
| Flat 12 8 | 14 Feb 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £295,000 | £301,413 |
| 9 | 4 Apr 2024 | Detached | £360,000 | £378,806 |
| Flat 8 3 | 23 Feb 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £220,970 |
| Flat 31 3 | 23 Feb 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £126,269 |
| Flat 20 3 | 25 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £123,000 | £132,897 |
| Flat 30 Carmel Court | 5 May 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £375,000 | £405,172 |
| Flat 26 3 | 20 Apr 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | £237,701 |
| Flat 24 3 | 16 Nov 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | £254,889 |
| Flat 12 3 | 31 Oct 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £179,581 |
| 4 | 29 Jun 2022 | Semi-detached | £805,000 | £932,662 |
| Flat 5 3 | 30 May 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £170,000 | £196,960 |
| Flat 30 3 | 9 Dec 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £151,613 |
| Flat 15 3 | 2 Jul 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £157,930 |
| Flat 12 8 | 28 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £315,860 |
| Flat 29 Carmel Court | 25 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £337,500 | £426,411 |
| Flat 10 8 | 18 May 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £297,500 | £375,874 |
| Flat 9 3 | 6 May 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £202,151 |
| Flat 9 8 | 30 Mar 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £290,000 | £366,398 |
| Flat 4 8 | 30 Mar 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £260,000 | £328,495 |
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 Beach Avenue, Birchington values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 3 3 Beach Avenue | £225,000 (2009) | £120,000 (2026) | -3.6% | -6.4% |
| FLAT 19 3 Beach Avenue | £226,950 (2008) | £120,000 (2026) | -3.5% | -6.2% |
| FLAT 3 8 Beach Avenue | £272,500 (2020) | £300,000 (2026) | +1.6% | -2.7% |
| 12 Beach Avenue | £345,000 (2019) | £455,000 (2025) | +4.7% | +0.5% |
| PINE LODGE Beach Avenue | £231,000 (2002) | £575,000 (2025) | +4.0% | +1.2% |
| FLAT 12 8 Beach Avenue | £250,000 (2021) | £295,000 (2025) | +4.2% | -1.2% |
| FLAT 8 3 Beach Avenue | £150,000 (2019) | £210,000 (2024) | +7.0% | +2.4% |
| FLAT 31 3 Beach Avenue | £196,950 (2008) | £120,000 (2024) | -3.0% | -5.8% |
| FLAT 20 3 Beach Avenue | £175,000 (2009) | £123,000 (2023) | -2.5% | -5.4% |
| FLAT 30 CARMEL COURT Beach Avenue | £145,000 (2013) | £375,000 (2023) | +10.0% | +6.7% |
| FLAT 26 3 Beach Avenue | £147,500 (2016) | £220,000 (2023) | +5.9% | +2.1% |
| FLAT 24 3 Beach Avenue | £199,950 (2009) | £220,000 (2022) | +0.7% | -1.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Beach Avenue, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 121 | 85.2% | £150,000 | £25,000 – £375,000 |
| Detached | 15 | 10.6% | £265,000 | £56,000 – £575,000 |
| Semi-detached | 6 | 4.2% | £325,000 | £126,000 – £805,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Beach Avenue, Birchington
122 of the sales on record are leasehold and 20 freehold — 85.9% 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 £150,000 and the median freehold sale £285,000 — a gap of +90.0%. 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 | 122 | 85.9% | £150,000 |
| Freehold | 20 | 14.1% | £285,000 |
| New build | 26 | 18.3% | £198,450 |
| Existing home | 116 | 81.7% | £140,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +41.8%. 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 6 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 Beach Avenue, Birchington compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Beach Avenue, Birchington sits below that national figure — -0.5%.
Within Birchington the street ranks 147 of 200 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £170,000 (-7.8%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,522 per square metre, across 20 of the 142 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 £25,000 to £805,000. 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 nearby
- Canterbury Road£158,000 median
- Minnis Road£131,250 median
- Hunting Gate£94,250 median
- Albion Road£111,250 median
- Ingoldsby Road£147,998 median
- Alpha Road£189,500 median
- Lyell Road£140,750 median
- Park Avenue£190,000 median
- Quex View Road£170,500 median
- King Edward Road£172,495 median
- Park Lane£147,500 median
- Barrows Close£79,000 median
- Birch Hill Court£105,000 median
- Epple Bay Road£195,000 median
- Woodford Court£103,500 median
- Dane Road£245,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FLAT 12, 3 Beach Avenue4 sales
- FLAT 26, CARMEL COURT Beach Avenue4 sales
- FLAT 24, CARMEL COURT Beach Avenue4 sales
- FLAT 22, CARMEL COURT Beach Avenue4 sales
- FLAT 3, 3 Beach Avenue3 sales
- FLAT 19, 3 Beach Avenue3 sales
- PINE LODGE Beach Avenue3 sales
- FLAT 30, CARMEL COURT Beach Avenue3 sales
- FLAT 24, 3 Beach Avenue3 sales
- 4 Beach Avenue3 sales
- FLAT 5, 3 Beach Avenue3 sales
- FLAT 30, 3 Beach Avenue3 sales
- FLAT 15, 3 Beach Avenue3 sales
- FLAT 29, CARMEL COURT Beach Avenue3 sales
- FLAT 9, 3 Beach Avenue3 sales
- FLAT 23, 3 Beach Avenue3 sales
- FLAT 7, 3 Beach Avenue3 sales
- FLAT 18, CARMEL COURT Beach Avenue3 sales
- FLAT 34, CARMEL COURT Beach Avenue3 sales
- FLAT 1, 2 Beach Avenue3 sales
- FLAT 32, CARMEL COURT Beach Avenue3 sales
- 11 Beach Avenue3 sales
- YASUME Beach Avenue3 sales
- FLAT 3, 8 Beach Avenue2 sales
Back to Birchington house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Beach Avenue, Birchington?
The median price paid in Beach Avenue, Birchington across every sale on the register is £156,750. 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 Beach Avenue, Birchington?
142 sales are on record for Beach Avenue, Birchington, the most recent completing on 8 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Beach Avenue, Birchington house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +48.6% between 2009 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +14.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Beach Avenue, Birchington house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £275,000, set in 2021. 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 Beach Avenue, Birchington?
£2,522 per square metre, from the 20 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 8 Apr 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, “Beach Avenue, 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.