Dock Head Road, Chatham house prices are built from 192 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2009 and the most recent on 23 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £165,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved -14.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -38.0%.
Median price paid
£165,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
-14.5%
Change in real terms
-38.0%
Median per m²
£2,922
HM Land Registry192 sales22 with floor areaLatest sale 23 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Dock Head Road, Chatham prices moved
The chart tracks the median Dock Head Road, Chatham house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2009 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | £162,188 | £295,458 |
| 2010s | 9 | £165,500 | £233,355 |
| 2020s | 2 | £165,000 | £168,587 |
The highest yearly median on record for Dock Head Road, Chatham is £215,998 in 2018; the lowest is £132,000 in 2014. Across the full 17-year record the cash median has moved from £162,188 to £165,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £266,532, so the real change over the whole record is -36.7% — about -2.82% 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: -14.5% in cash against -38.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment 12 the Wharf | 23 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £157,000 | £157,000 |
| Apartment 69 the Wharf | 31 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| Apartment 52 the Wharf | 30 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £160,750 | £160,750 |
| Apartment 50 the Wharf | 4 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £155,000 |
| Apartment 89 the Wharf | 8 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £107,283 |
| Apartment 32 the Wharf | 17 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £205,000 | £209,457 |
| Apartment 92 the Wharf | 7 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £204,348 |
| Apartment 60 the Wharf | 1 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £161,500 | £165,011 |
| Apartment 68 the Wharf | 30 Apr 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £168,587 |
| Apartment 30 the Wharf | 31 Jan 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £214,565 |
| Apartment 37 the Wharf | 20 Jan 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £168,587 |
| Apartment 12 the Wharf | 30 Jun 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £160,500 | £173,414 |
| Apartment 5 the Wharf | 30 Jun 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £162,069 |
| Apartment 4 the Wharf | 30 Jun 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £140,000 | £151,264 |
| Apartment 116 the Wharf | 3 Nov 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £205,000 | £259,005 |
| Apartment 16 the Wharf | 13 Jul 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £265,323 |
| Apartment 94 the Wharf | 19 Feb 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £189,516 |
| Apartment 24 the Wharf | 14 Aug 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £245,000 | £317,218 |
| Apartment 11 the Wharf | 8 Apr 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £166,500 | £215,579 |
| Apartment 76 the Wharf | 6 Mar 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £164,000 | £212,342 |
| Apartment 108 the Wharf | 28 Feb 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £92,250 | £119,442 |
| Apartment 80 the Wharf | 10 Jan 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £228,000 | £295,207 |
| Apartment 36 the Wharf | 18 Dec 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £166,000 | £217,124 |
| Apartment 48 the Wharf | 19 Nov 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £195,000 | £255,056 |
| Apartment 37 the Wharf | 17 Oct 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £163,500 | £213,854 |
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 Dock Head Road, Chatham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APARTMENT 12 the WHARF Dock Head Road | £131,500 (2011) | £157,000 (2026) | +1.2% | -1.7% |
| APARTMENT 69 the WHARF Dock Head Road | £130,000 (2010) | £150,000 (2026) | +0.9% | -2.0% |
| APARTMENT 52 the WHARF Dock Head Road | £178,000 (2009) | £160,750 (2026) | -0.6% | -3.5% |
| APARTMENT 50 the WHARF Dock Head Road | £132,000 (2010) | £155,000 (2026) | +1.0% | -1.9% |
| APARTMENT 89 the WHARF Dock Head Road | £74,000 (2017) | £105,000 (2025) | +4.5% | +0.8% |
| APARTMENT 60 the WHARF Dock Head Road | £135,000 (2011) | £161,500 (2025) | +1.3% | -1.6% |
| APARTMENT 30 the WHARF Dock Head Road | £209,000 (2016) | £210,000 (2025) | +0.1% | -3.4% |
| APARTMENT 37 the WHARF Dock Head Road | £135,000 (2011) | £165,000 (2025) | +1.4% | -1.5% |
| APARTMENT 16 the WHARF Dock Head Road | £200,000 (2015) | £210,000 (2021) | +0.8% | -1.0% |
| APARTMENT 94 the WHARF Dock Head Road | £75,000 (2017) | £150,000 (2021) | +18.9% | +16.7% |
| APARTMENT 24 the WHARF Dock Head Road | £220,000 (2010) | £245,000 (2020) | +1.1% | -1.0% |
| APARTMENT 11 the WHARF Dock Head Road | £142,000 (2009) | £166,500 (2020) | +1.5% | -0.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Dock Head Road, Chatham 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 | 192 | 100.0% | £165,000 | £31,250 – £270,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Dock Head Road, Chatham
192 of the sales on record are leasehold and 0 freehold — 100.0% 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.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 192 | 100.0% | £165,000 |
| Freehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| New build | 124 | 64.6% | £167,150 |
| Existing home | 68 | 35.4% | £162,250 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +3.0%. 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 7 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 07
Living in Dock Head Road, Chatham
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Medway, 46.0% of 131,200 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.0% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 194 | 0.1% |
| B | 14,196 | 10.8% |
| C | 45,971 | 35.0% |
| D | 51,309 | 39.1% |
| E | 15,576 | 11.9% |
| F | 2,931 | 2.2% |
| G | 1,023 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Medway at £1,234 a month as of Jun 2026 — £897 for a one-bedroom home and £1,337 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £165,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 8.97% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of ME4, 849 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 298 violent, 17 burglary, 37 vehicle-related and 188 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 5.1 times busier.
Against the 279,773 residents the 2021 census counted in Medway, that is 3.03 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Dock Head Road, Chatham
The 2021 census counted 279,773 residents in Medway across 111,457 households. 66.2% of those households own their home and 33.8% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
14 state and independent schools have a ME4 postcode: 10 primary, 4 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Victory Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,213 |
| Holcombe Grammar School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,060 |
| Fort Pitt Grammar School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,009 |
| St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 663 |
| New Horizons Children's Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 618 |
| Luton Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 613 |
| Balfour Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 480 |
| St Michael Catholic Primary and Nursery School | Primary | Academy converter | 446 |
| Phoenix Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 396 |
| Waterfront UTC | Secondary | University technical college | 381 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Chatham Rail Station | Rail | 0.6 km |
| Gillingham (Kent) Rail Station | Rail | 1.5 km |
| Strood Rail Station | Rail | 2.6 km |
| Cuxton Rail Station | Rail | 4.8 km |
Section 09
How Dock Head Road, Chatham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Dock Head Road, Chatham sits above that national figure — +4.8%.
Within Chatham the street ranks 322 of 804 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £139,000 (+18.7%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,922 per square metre, across 22 of the 192 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 £31,250 to £270,000. 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.
Dock Head Road, Chatham sits in Medway, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Medway at 8.4 times median local earnings of £37,128 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Luton Road£88,975 median
- Castle Road£94,000 median
- Magpie Hall Road£123,500 median
- Dale Street£97,500 median
- High Street£70,000 median
- Chatham Quays£187,500 median
- Gordon Road£100,000 median
- Rochester Street£126,000 median
- Boundary Road£125,000 median
- Glencoe Road£101,500 median
- Palmerston Road£114,000 median
- Victoria Road£120,000 median
- Port Rise£102,998 median
- Sturla Road£95,000 median
- Albany Road£96,250 median
- Pagitt Street£113,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- APARTMENT 37, the WHARF Dock Head Road4 sales
- APARTMENT 24, the WHARF Dock Head Road4 sales
- APARTMENT 12, the WHARF Dock Head Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 50, the WHARF Dock Head Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 11, the WHARF Dock Head Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 48, the WHARF Dock Head Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 35, the WHARF Dock Head Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 21, the WHARF Dock Head Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 69, the WHARF Dock Head Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 52, the WHARF Dock Head Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 89, the WHARF Dock Head Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 60, the WHARF Dock Head Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 30, the WHARF Dock Head Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 16, the WHARF Dock Head Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 94, the WHARF Dock Head Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 76, the WHARF Dock Head Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 80, the WHARF Dock Head Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 36, the WHARF Dock Head Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 31, the WHARF Dock Head Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 38, the WHARF Dock Head Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 47, the WHARF Dock Head Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 77, the WHARF Dock Head Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 73, the WHARF Dock Head Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 64, the WHARF Dock Head Road2 sales
Back to Chatham house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Dock Head Road, Chatham?
The median price paid in Dock Head Road, Chatham across every sale on the register is £165,000. 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 Dock Head Road, Chatham?
192 sales are on record for Dock Head Road, Chatham, the most recent completing on 23 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Dock Head Road, Chatham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -14.5% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -38.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Dock Head Road, Chatham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £215,998, set in 2018. 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 Dock Head Road, Chatham?
£2,922 per square metre, from the 22 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 23 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, “Dock Head Road, Chatham 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.