Canterbury Road, Birchington house prices are built from 409 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 15 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £158,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +98.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +43.6%.
Median price paid
£158,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+98.2%
Change in real terms
+43.6%
Median per m²
£2,123
HM Land Registry409 sales50 with floor areaLatest sale 15 May 2026
Section 01
How Canterbury Road, Birchington prices moved
The chart tracks the median Canterbury Road, Birchington house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2025. 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 | £53,725 | £119,295 |
| 2000s | 10 | £157,300 | £286,554 |
| 2010s | 10 | £190,000 | £267,900 |
| 2020s | 6 | £276,250 | £282,255 |
The highest yearly median on record for Canterbury Road, Birchington is £330,000 in 2025; the lowest is £45,000 in 1995. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £45,000 to £330,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £99,921, so the real change over the whole record is +237.4% — about +4.14% 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: +98.2% in cash against +43.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 334 | 15 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £307,000 | £307,000 |
| 329 | 2 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £262,000 | £262,000 |
| 341 | 13 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £299,000 | £299,000 |
| 308 | 14 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £255,000 | £255,000 |
| 256 | 29 Oct 2025 | Detached | £340,500 | £347,902 |
| 87 | 27 Oct 2025 | Detached | £330,000 | £337,174 |
| 84 | 6 Oct 2025 | Detached | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 353 | 22 Aug 2025 | Semi-detached | £310,000 | £316,739 |
| Flat 2 40 | 25 Jul 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £139,999 | £143,042 |
| 1 Elms Cottages | 17 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £286,087 |
| Sangona | 24 Apr 2025 | Detached | £475,000 | £485,326 |
| 46 | 6 Dec 2024 | Semi-detached | £230,000 | £242,015 |
| 342 | 15 Nov 2024 | Semi-detached | £255,000 | £268,321 |
| Flat 2 38 | 14 Oct 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £148,000 | £155,731 |
| 232 | 4 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £160,000 | £168,358 |
| Coney Lodge | 2 Sep 2024 | Detached | £1,300,000 | £1,367,910 |
| 229 | 1 Mar 2024 | Terraced | £317,500 | £334,086 |
| 298 | 15 Jan 2024 | Semi-detached | £235,000 | £247,276 |
| 82 | 8 Jan 2024 | Detached | £306,800 | £322,827 |
| 377 | 24 Nov 2023 | Terraced | £275,000 | £297,126 |
| Flat 1 40 | 12 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £167,471 |
| 360 | 1 Sep 2023 | Detached | £360,000 | £388,966 |
| 246 | 21 Aug 2023 | Semi-detached | £266,000 | £287,402 |
| 99 | 1 Aug 2023 | Semi-detached | £345,000 | £372,759 |
| 256 | 3 Jul 2023 | Detached | £347,000 | £374,920 |
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 Canterbury Road, Birchington values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 334 Canterbury Road | £65,000 (2000) | £307,000 (2026) | +6.2% | +3.4% |
| 329 Canterbury Road | £117,400 (2013) | £262,000 (2026) | +6.4% | +3.3% |
| 341 Canterbury Road | £90,000 (2001) | £299,000 (2026) | +4.9% | +2.1% |
| 256 Canterbury Road | £215,000 (2021) | £340,500 (2025) | +12.2% | +6.4% |
| 87 Canterbury Road | £250,000 (2020) | £330,000 (2025) | +5.7% | +0.8% |
| 84 Canterbury Road | £64,500 (1998) | £350,000 (2025) | +6.5% | +3.7% |
| 353 Canterbury Road | £190,000 (2015) | £310,000 (2025) | +5.0% | +1.7% |
| FLAT 2 40 Canterbury Road | £24,500 (1996) | £139,999 (2025) | +6.2% | +3.5% |
| SANGONA Canterbury Road | £60,000 (1996) | £475,000 (2025) | +7.4% | +4.6% |
| 342 Canterbury Road | £52,000 (1998) | £255,000 (2024) | +6.3% | +3.6% |
| FLAT 2 38 Canterbury Road | £32,500 (2000) | £148,000 (2024) | +6.5% | +3.7% |
| CONEY LODGE Canterbury Road | £105,000 (1999) | £1,300,000 (2024) | +10.6% | +7.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Canterbury Road, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 154 | 37.7% | £160,000 | £30,000 – £650,000 |
| Detached | 113 | 27.6% | £231,500 | £21,250 – £1,300,000 |
| Terraced | 81 | 19.8% | £135,000 | £20,000 – £363,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 61 | 14.9% | £105,000 | £23,995 – £305,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Canterbury Road, Birchington
58 of the sales on record are leasehold and 351 freehold — 14.2% 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 £99,750 and the median freehold sale £165,000 — a gap of +65.4%. 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 | 58 | 14.2% | £99,750 |
| Freehold | 351 | 85.8% | £165,000 |
| New build | 1 | 0.2% | £189,950 |
| Existing home | 408 | 99.8% | £158,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +20.2%. 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 14 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 Canterbury Road, Birchington compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Canterbury Road, Birchington sits above that national figure — +0.3%.
Within Birchington the street ranks 144 of 200 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £170,000 (-7.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,123 per square metre, across 50 of the 409 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 £20,000 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 nearby
- 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
- Beach Avenue£156,750 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 2, 38 Canterbury Road6 sales
- 307 Canterbury Road6 sales
- 229 Canterbury Road5 sales
- 298 Canterbury Road5 sales
- FLAT 1, 40 Canterbury Road5 sales
- 99 Canterbury Road5 sales
- 344 Canterbury Road5 sales
- 197A Canterbury Road5 sales
- 362 Canterbury Road5 sales
- FLAT 4, 40 Canterbury Road5 sales
- 70 Canterbury Road5 sales
- WHITE COTTAGE Canterbury Road5 sales
- 316 Canterbury Road5 sales
- 84 Canterbury Road4 sales
- 342 Canterbury Road4 sales
- CONEY LODGE Canterbury Road4 sales
- 366 Canterbury Road4 sales
- WHITE GATES Canterbury Road4 sales
- 204 Canterbury Road4 sales
- THE BARN Canterbury Road4 sales
- 349 Canterbury Road4 sales
- FLAT 3, 40 Canterbury Road4 sales
- 73 Canterbury Road4 sales
- 284 Canterbury Road4 sales
Back to Birchington house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Canterbury Road, Birchington?
The median price paid in Canterbury Road, Birchington across every sale on the register is £158,000. 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 Canterbury Road, Birchington?
409 sales are on record for Canterbury Road, Birchington, the most recent completing on 15 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Canterbury Road, Birchington house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +98.2% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +43.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Canterbury Road, Birchington house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £330,000, set in 2025. 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 Canterbury Road, Birchington?
£2,123 per square metre, from the 50 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 15 May 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, “Canterbury Road, 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.