Lyell Road, Birchington house prices are built from 158 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 5 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £140,750. Across the 11 years from 2011 to 2022 the median moved +58.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +19.8%.
Median price paid
£140,750
Change in cash, 2011–2022
+58.5%
Change in real terms
+19.8%
Median per m²
£2,197
HM Land Registry158 sales107 with floor areaLatest sale 5 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Lyell Road, Birchington prices moved
The chart tracks the median Lyell Road, Birchington house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2022. 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 | 3 | £62,000 | £137,669 |
| 2000s | 5 | £139,500 | £254,128 |
| 2010s | 6 | £147,498 | £207,971 |
| 2020s | 2 | £192,500 | £196,685 |
The highest yearly median on record for Lyell Road, Birchington is £210,000 in 2022; the lowest is £58,000 in 1999. Across the full 26-year record the cash median has moved from £62,250 to £210,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £131,989, so the real change over the whole record is +84.3% — about +2.48% 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: +58.5% in cash against +19.8% 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 26 Bierce Court, 1 | 5 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| Flat 27 Bierce Court, 1 | 1 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £182,500 | £186,467 |
| Flat 19 Bierce Court, 1 | 5 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £203,000 | £207,413 |
| Flat 10 Lyell Court | 28 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £255,000 | £260,543 |
| Flat 34 Bierce Court, 1 | 23 May 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £260,000 | £273,582 |
| Flat 9 Bierce Court, 1 | 5 Apr 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £267,500 | £281,474 |
| Flat 16 Lyell Court | 5 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £285,000 | £307,931 |
| Flat 28 Bierce Court, 1 | 18 Apr 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £230,000 | £248,506 |
| Flat 4 Bierce Court, 1 | 16 Nov 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | £208,546 |
| Flat 18 Bierce Court, 1 | 21 Oct 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £243,000 | £281,537 |
| Cottage 3 Bierce Court | 14 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £298,000 | £345,259 |
| 5 Rossetti Court | 14 Apr 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £243,303 |
| 6 Rossetti Court | 12 Apr 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £205,000 | £237,510 |
| Flat 1 Bierce Court, 1 | 27 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £182,500 | £230,578 |
| Flat 21 Bierce Court, 1 | 23 Aug 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £265,323 |
| Flat 20 Bierce Court, 1 | 12 May 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £189,995 | £240,047 |
| Flat 35 Bierce Court, 1 | 7 Apr 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £195,000 | £246,371 |
| Flat 22 Bierce Court, 1 | 18 Dec 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | £233,058 |
| 5 Rossetti Court | 11 Dec 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £155,372 |
| Flat 12a Lyell Court | 1 Dec 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £225,000 | £291,322 |
| Cottage 12 Bierce Court | 17 Nov 2020 | Terraced | £240,000 | £310,744 |
| Flat 5 Bierce Court, 1 | 8 Sep 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £271,901 |
| Flat 28 Bierce Court, 1 | 8 Sep 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £192,500 | £249,242 |
| Flat 5 Lyell Court | 26 Jun 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £175,000 | £226,584 |
| Flat 29 Bierce Court, 1 | 20 Nov 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £261,596 |
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 Lyell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 26 BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road | £58,000 (1998) | £165,000 (2026) | +3.8% | +1.1% |
| FLAT 27 BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road | £130,000 (2017) | £182,500 (2025) | +4.3% | +0.7% |
| FLAT 19 BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road | £92,000 (2001) | £203,000 (2025) | +3.4% | +0.6% |
| FLAT 10 LYELL COURT Lyell Road | £94,000 (2002) | £255,000 (2025) | +4.4% | +1.6% |
| FLAT 34 BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road | £59,990 (1996) | £260,000 (2024) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| FLAT 9 BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road | £70,000 (1998) | £267,500 (2024) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| FLAT 16 LYELL COURT Lyell Road | £59,950 (1995) | £285,000 (2023) | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| FLAT 28 BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road | £56,000 (1996) | £230,000 (2023) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| FLAT 4 BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road | £62,000 (1998) | £180,000 (2022) | +4.5% | +2.0% |
| COTTAGE 3 BIERCE COURT Lyell Road | £192,000 (2016) | £298,000 (2022) | +7.6% | +4.3% |
| 5 ROSSETTI COURT Lyell Road | £120,000 (2020) | £210,000 (2022) | +32.3% | +25.1% |
| 6 ROSSETTI COURT Lyell Road | £26,500 (1999) | £205,000 (2022) | +9.3% | +6.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Lyell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 150 | 94.9% | £139,950 | £12,000 – £285,000 |
| Terraced | 3 | 1.9% | £240,000 | £192,000 – £298,000 |
| Semi-detached | 3 | 1.9% | £170,000 | £153,000 – £192,500 |
| Detached | 2 | 1.3% | £153,000 | £153,000 – £164,995 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Lyell Road, Birchington
157 of the sales on record are leasehold and 1 freehold — 99.4% 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 £140,000 and the median freehold sale £240,000 — a gap of +71.4%. 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 | 157 | 99.4% | £140,000 |
| Freehold | 1 | 0.6% | £240,000 |
A further 3 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 Lyell Road, Birchington compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Lyell Road, Birchington sits below that national figure — -10.6%.
Within Birchington the street ranks 167 of 200 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £170,000 (-17.2%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,197 per square metre, across 107 of the 158 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 £298,000. 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
- 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 28, BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road7 sales
- FLAT 34, BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road6 sales
- FLAT 26, BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road5 sales
- FLAT 2, BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road5 sales
- 6, ROSSETTI COURT Lyell Road4 sales
- FLAT 1, BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road4 sales
- FLAT 21, BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road4 sales
- FLAT 35, BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road4 sales
- FLAT 22, BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road4 sales
- FLAT 5, BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road4 sales
- COTTAGE 2, BIERCE COURT Lyell Road4 sales
- FLAT 25, BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road4 sales
- FLAT 16, BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road4 sales
- FLAT 19, BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road3 sales
- FLAT 10, LYELL COURT Lyell Road3 sales
- FLAT 9, BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road3 sales
- FLAT 16, LYELL COURT Lyell Road3 sales
- FLAT 4, BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road3 sales
- FLAT 20, BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road3 sales
- FLAT 12A, LYELL COURT Lyell Road3 sales
- FLAT 29, BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road3 sales
- FLAT 15, LYELL COURT Lyell Road3 sales
- FLAT 9, LYELL COURT Lyell Road3 sales
- FLAT 14, BIERCE COURT, 1 Lyell Road3 sales
Back to Birchington house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Lyell Road, Birchington?
The median price paid in Lyell Road, Birchington across every sale on the register is £140,750. 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 Lyell Road, Birchington?
158 sales are on record for Lyell Road, Birchington, the most recent completing on 5 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Lyell Road, Birchington house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +58.5% between 2011 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +19.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Lyell Road, Birchington house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £210,000, 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 Lyell Road, Birchington?
£2,197 per square metre, from the 107 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 5 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, “Lyell 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.