School Road, Cheltenham house prices are built from 149 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 30 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £241,000. Across the 14 years from 2007 to 2021 the median moved +60.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +16.4%.
Median price paid
£241,000
Change in cash, 2007–2021
+60.2%
Change in real terms
+16.4%
HM Land Registry149 salesLatest sale 30 Mar 2026
Section 01
How School Road, Cheltenham prices moved
The chart tracks the median School Road, Cheltenham house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 | £81,500 | £180,969 |
| 2000s | 6 | £180,000 | £327,907 |
| 2010s | 3 | £390,000 | £549,900 |
| 2020s | 1 | £390,000 | £398,478 |
The highest yearly median on record for School Road, Cheltenham is £462,500 in 2012; the lowest is £55,750 in 1995. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £55,750 to £390,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £123,791, so the real change over the whole record is +298.0% — about +5.46% 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: +60.2% in cash against +16.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7a | 30 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| 9 | 23 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| 8 | 28 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £286,087 |
| 38 | 31 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £375,000 | £383,152 |
| 49 | 15 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £568,500 | £580,859 |
| 11 the Old School Mews | 21 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £310,000 | £316,739 |
| 56a | 15 Jul 2024 | Detached | £750,000 | £789,179 |
| 43 | 7 Jun 2024 | Detached | £1,012,500 | £1,065,392 |
| 14 | 19 Jan 2024 | Semi-detached | £332,880 | £350,269 |
| 30 | 19 Jan 2024 | Terraced | £273,000 | £287,261 |
| 3 the Old School Mews | 15 Dec 2023 | Terraced | £365,000 | £394,368 |
| 10 the Old School Mews | 5 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £193,720 | £209,307 |
| 49a | 16 Sep 2022 | Detached | £778,000 | £901,380 |
| 2a | 9 Jun 2022 | Detached | £365,000 | £422,884 |
| 5 the Old School Mews | 12 Apr 2022 | Terraced | £280,000 | £324,404 |
| 68 | 6 Apr 2022 | Semi-detached | £690,000 | £799,425 |
| 38 | 26 Nov 2021 | Semi-detached | £390,000 | £492,742 |
| 60 | 4 Aug 2021 | Detached | £1,015,000 | £1,282,392 |
| 2 | 29 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £415,000 | £524,328 |
| 76 | 18 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £373,000 | £471,263 |
| 11 the Old School Mews | 12 May 2021 | Terraced | £248,800 | £314,344 |
| 39 | 29 Oct 2020 | Detached | £900,000 | £1,165,289 |
| 36 | 6 Mar 2020 | Terraced | £328,077 | £424,783 |
| 28 | 31 Jan 2020 | Detached | £260,000 | £336,639 |
| 53 | 25 Nov 2019 | Detached | £550,000 | £719,388 |
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 School Road, Cheltenham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7A School Road | £185,000 (2008) | £320,000 (2026) | +3.1% | +0.2% |
| 38 School Road | £125,000 (2001) | £375,000 (2025) | +4.7% | +1.9% |
| 49 School Road | £113,800 (1999) | £568,500 (2025) | +6.4% | +3.6% |
| 11 the OLD SCHOOL MEWS School Road | £57,000 (1995) | £310,000 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 43 School Road | £128,500 (1997) | £1,012,500 (2024) | +7.9% | +5.2% |
| 14 School Road | £54,500 (1995) | £332,880 (2024) | +6.4% | +3.7% |
| 30 School Road | £42,500 (1995) | £273,000 (2024) | +6.6% | +3.9% |
| 10 the OLD SCHOOL MEWS School Road | £188,000 (2014) | £193,720 (2023) | +0.3% | -2.8% |
| 2A School Road | £185,000 (2002) | £365,000 (2022) | +3.5% | +0.9% |
| 5 the OLD SCHOOL MEWS School Road | £174,950 (2011) | £280,000 (2022) | +4.4% | +1.7% |
| 68 School Road | £250,000 (2007) | £690,000 (2022) | +7.0% | +4.1% |
| 60 School Road | £220,000 (2000) | £1,015,000 (2021) | +7.6% | +5.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. School Road, Cheltenham 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 | 55 | 36.9% | £220,000 | £54,500 – £690,000 |
| Detached | 51 | 34.2% | £415,000 | £32,000 – £1,015,000 |
| Terraced | 43 | 28.9% | £180,000 | £42,500 – £365,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in School Road, Cheltenham
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 149 freehold — 0.0% 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 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 149 | 100.0% | £241,000 |
| New build | 6 | 4.0% | £142,500 |
| Existing home | 143 | 96.0% | £248,800 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -42.7%. 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 8 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 School Road, Cheltenham
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Cheltenham, 45.3% of 65,902 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.0% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 371 | 0.6% |
| B | 5,973 | 9.1% |
| C | 23,495 | 35.7% |
| D | 24,621 | 37.4% |
| E | 8,791 | 13.3% |
| F | 2,097 | 3.2% |
| G | 554 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Cheltenham at £1,254 a month as of Jun 2026 — £865 for a one-bedroom home and £1,346 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £241,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.24% 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.
No street-level crime was published for GL53 in Jun 2026 by Gloucestershire. Several forces do not supply street-level data to police.uk, so this is a gap in the source rather than a crime-free month — and printing a zero would say something the data does not.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around School Road, Cheltenham
The 2021 census counted 118,836 residents in Cheltenham across 52,899 households. 64.3% of those households own their home and 35.6% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
6 state and independent schools have a GL53 postcode: 5 primary, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balcarras School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,427 |
| Leckhampton Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 630 |
| Naunton Park Primary School | Primary | Community school | 402 |
| Charlton Kings Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 381 |
| Charlton Kings Infants' School | Primary | Academy converter | 311 |
| Coberley Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 74 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham Spa Rail Station | Rail | 3.0 km |
| Cheltenham Racecourse (Gloucs Warwicks Railway) | Tram | 4.9 km |
| Cheltenham Racecourse (Gloucs Warwicks Railway) | Metro or underground | 4.9 km |
| Gotherington (Gloucs Warwicks Railway) | Metro or underground | 10.0 km |
Section 09
How School Road, Cheltenham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. School Road, Cheltenham sits above that national figure — +53.0%.
Within Cheltenham the street ranks 943 of 2232 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £194,995 (+23.6%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £32,000 to £1,015,000. 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.
School Road, Cheltenham sits in Cheltenham, in the South West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Cheltenham at 7.8 times median local earnings of £41,147 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
- Old Bath Road£350,000 median
- Bath Road£147,000 median
- Cirencester Road£270,000 median
- Leckhampton Road£397,475 median
- Moorend Road£223,000 median
- Shurdington Road£280,000 median
- Naunton Crescent£225,000 median
- Naunton Lane£224,750 median
- Moorend Crescent£225,000 median
- Moorend Park Road£117,750 median
- Upper Norwood Street£197,250 median
- Leckhampton Place£118,250 median
- Horsefair Street£205,000 median
- Copt Elm Road£280,000 median
- Keynsham Road£312,000 median
- Beeches Road£257,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 49 School Road5 sales
- 14 School Road5 sales
- 2 School Road5 sales
- 11, the OLD SCHOOL MEWS School Road4 sales
- 43 School Road4 sales
- 5, the OLD SCHOOL MEWS School Road4 sales
- 2B School Road4 sales
- 62C School Road4 sales
- 62B School Road4 sales
- 70 School Road4 sales
- 62A School Road4 sales
- 38 School Road3 sales
- 30 School Road3 sales
- 2A School Road3 sales
- 68 School Road3 sales
- 60 School Road3 sales
- 76 School Road3 sales
- 9, the OLD SCHOOL MEWS School Road3 sales
- 3 School Road3 sales
- 2C School Road3 sales
- 34 School Road3 sales
- 27 School Road3 sales
- 7A School Road2 sales
- 10, the OLD SCHOOL MEWS School Road2 sales
Back to Cheltenham house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in School Road, Cheltenham?
The median price paid in School Road, Cheltenham across every sale on the register is £241,000. 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 School Road, Cheltenham?
149 sales are on record for School Road, Cheltenham, the most recent completing on 30 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have School Road, Cheltenham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +60.2% between 2007 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +16.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were School Road, Cheltenham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £462,500, set in 2012. 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 School Road, Cheltenham?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 30 Mar 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, “School Road, Cheltenham 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.