Cliff Road, Birchington house prices are built from 87 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 8 Oct 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £249,500. Across the 9 years from 1998 to 2007 the median moved +101.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +69.0%.
Median price paid
£249,500
Change in cash, 1998–2007
+101.6%
Change in real terms
+69.0%
Median per m²
£2,016
HM Land Registry87 sales9 with floor areaLatest sale 8 Oct 2025
Section 01
How Cliff Road, Birchington prices moved
The chart tracks the median Cliff Road, Birchington house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1998 to 2007. 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 | 2 | £129,000 | £286,441 |
| 2000s | 2 | £154,950 | £282,273 |
The highest yearly median on record for Cliff Road, Birchington is £260,000 in 2007; the lowest is £129,000 in 1998. Across the full 10-year record the cash median has moved from £129,000 to £260,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £267,485, so the real change over the whole record is +69.0% — about +6.00% 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: +101.6% in cash against +69.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorkens | 8 Oct 2025 | Detached | £650,000 | £664,130 |
| Skyview | 11 Mar 2025 | Detached | £975,000 | £996,196 |
| Lothbury | 15 May 2024 | Detached | £760,000 | £799,701 |
| Hestia | 18 Dec 2023 | Semi-detached | £475,000 | £513,218 |
| Beresford Cottage | 31 Aug 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £245,000 | £264,713 |
| Flat 9 Wild Air | 25 May 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £272,500 | £315,715 |
| Seafields | 5 Jan 2022 | Detached | £725,000 | £839,975 |
| Flat 1 Wild Air | 29 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £295,000 | £372,715 |
| Compass North | 7 Jun 2021 | Detached | £1,160,000 | £1,465,591 |
| Aurora | 28 Aug 2019 | Detached | £405,000 | £529,731 |
| Flat 4 Wild Air | 28 May 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £269,000 | £351,846 |
| Saltburn | 24 Apr 2019 | Detached | £700,000 | £915,584 |
| Flat 9 Wild Air | 30 Aug 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £225,000 | £299,858 |
| Tudor Lodge | 17 Apr 2018 | Detached | £1,175,000 | £1,565,926 |
| Flat 11 Wild Air | 16 Dec 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £355,000 | £495,594 |
| Villa Valri | 28 Oct 2016 | Detached | £660,000 | £921,386 |
| The Lodge | 30 Mar 2016 | Detached | £635,000 | £886,485 |
| Aurora | 4 Mar 2016 | Detached | £330,000 | £460,693 |
| Butna Ben | 14 Aug 2015 | Detached | £550,000 | £775,500 |
| Flat 12 Wild Air | 14 Aug 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £358,000 | £504,780 |
| Thalasa | 7 Aug 2015 | Detached | £499,995 | £704,993 |
| Beresford Cottage | 10 Jul 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £175,000 | £246,750 |
| Compass North | 30 Jun 2014 | Detached | £999,995 | £1,434,377 |
| Flat 12 Wild Air | 12 Jun 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £305,000 | £437,487 |
| Shalimar | 17 Jan 2014 | Detached | £440,000 | £631,129 |
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 Cliff 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOTHBURY Cliff Road | £152,500 (1999) | £760,000 (2024) | +6.6% | +3.9% |
| BERESFORD COTTAGE Cliff Road | £155,000 (2006) | £245,000 (2023) | +2.7% | -0.2% |
| FLAT 9 WILD AIR Cliff Road | £110,750 (1997) | £272,500 (2022) | +3.7% | +1.2% |
| FLAT 1 WILD AIR Cliff Road | £110,750 (1997) | £295,000 (2021) | +4.2% | +1.9% |
| COMPASS NORTH Cliff Road | £585,000 (2009) | £1,160,000 (2021) | +5.9% | +3.6% |
| AURORA Cliff Road | £330,000 (2016) | £405,000 (2019) | +7.1% | +4.8% |
| FLAT 4 WILD AIR Cliff Road | £105,750 (1997) | £269,000 (2019) | +4.3% | +2.1% |
| TUDOR LODGE Cliff Road | £575,000 (2003) | £1,175,000 (2018) | +4.9% | +2.5% |
| FLAT 11 WILD AIR Cliff Road | £138,000 (1998) | £355,000 (2016) | +5.4% | +3.1% |
| THE LODGE Cliff Road | £350,000 (2003) | £635,000 (2016) | +4.7% | +2.3% |
| FLAT 12 WILD AIR Cliff Road | £175,000 (1996) | £358,000 (2015) | +3.8% | +1.5% |
| MILLE FLEURS Cliff Road | £175,000 (1995) | £600,000 (2013) | +7.1% | +4.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Cliff 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 44 | 50.6% | £357,000 | £140,000 – £1,175,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 41 | 47.1% | £147,500 | £45,000 – £358,000 |
| Semi-detached | 2 | 2.3% | £250,000 | £250,000 – £475,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Cliff Road, Birchington
41 of the sales on record are leasehold and 46 freehold — 47.1% 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 £147,500 and the median freehold sale £381,000 — a gap of +158.3%. 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 | 41 | 47.1% | £147,500 |
| Freehold | 46 | 52.9% | £381,000 |
| New build | 11 | 12.6% | £114,000 |
| Existing home | 76 | 87.4% | £270,750 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -57.9%. 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 4 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 Cliff Road, Birchington compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Cliff Road, Birchington sits above that national figure — +58.4%.
Within Birchington the street ranks 47 of 200 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £170,000 (+46.8%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,016 per square metre, across 9 of the 87 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 £45,000 to £1,175,000. 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
- 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
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FLAT 12, WILD AIR Cliff Road5 sales
- FLAT 4, WILD AIR Cliff Road4 sales
- FLAT 2, WILD AIR Cliff Road4 sales
- BERESFORD COTTAGE Cliff Road3 sales
- FLAT 9, WILD AIR Cliff Road3 sales
- COMPASS NORTH Cliff Road3 sales
- TUDOR LODGE Cliff Road3 sales
- FLAT 11, WILD AIR Cliff Road3 sales
- MILLE FLEURS Cliff Road3 sales
- FLAT 3, WILD AIR Cliff Road3 sales
- BAY HOUSE Cliff Road3 sales
- FLAT 7, WILD AIR Cliff Road3 sales
- FLAT 10, WILD AIR Cliff Road3 sales
- LOTHBURY Cliff Road2 sales
- FLAT 1, WILD AIR Cliff Road2 sales
- AURORA Cliff Road2 sales
- THE LODGE Cliff Road2 sales
- FLAT 8, WILD AIR Cliff Road2 sales
- WHISTLEFIELD Cliff Road2 sales
- BRAMBLES Cliff Road2 sales
- RAGSTONES Cliff Road2 sales
- FLAT 1, COMORIN Cliff Road2 sales
- SUNSTONE HOUSE Cliff Road2 sales
Back to Birchington house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Cliff Road, Birchington?
The median price paid in Cliff Road, Birchington across every sale on the register is £249,500. 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 Cliff Road, Birchington?
87 sales are on record for Cliff Road, Birchington, the most recent completing on 8 Oct 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Cliff Road, Birchington house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +101.6% between 1998 and 2007. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +69.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Cliff Road, Birchington house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £260,000, set in 2007. 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 Cliff Road, Birchington?
£2,016 per square metre, from the 9 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 Oct 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, “Cliff 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.