Cowbridge house prices are built from 4,553 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 4 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £285,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +18.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -14.8%.
Median price paid
£285,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+18.9%
Change in real terms
-14.8%
Median per m²
£3,053
HM Land Registry4,553 sales526 with floor areaLatest sale 4 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Cowbridge prices moved
The chart tracks the median Cowbridge house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. 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 | £125,000 | £277,559 |
| 2000s | 10 | £280,000 | £510,078 |
| 2010s | 10 | £344,000 | £485,040 |
| 2020s | 7 | £446,475 | £456,181 |
The highest yearly median on record for Cowbridge is £504,973 in 2023; the lowest is £98,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £98,000 to £440,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £217,606, so the real change over the whole record is +102.2% — about +2.30% 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: +18.9% in cash against -14.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 St James Road | 4 Jun 2026 | Detached | £420,000 | £420,000 |
| Tyr Berllan | 26 May 2026 | Detached | £647,500 | £647,500 |
| Pwll Du | 1 May 2026 | Detached | £480,000 | £480,000 |
| 36 Hillside Drive | 22 Apr 2026 | Detached | £345,000 | £345,000 |
| 22 Beaconsfield | 22 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £220,000 | £220,000 |
| 30 Fitzhamon Road | 14 Apr 2026 | Detached | £440,000 | £440,000 |
| 25 Badgers Brook Drive | 8 Apr 2026 | Detached | £410,000 | £410,000 |
| 19 Clos Ffawydden | 2 Apr 2026 | Detached | £527,500 | £527,500 |
| 13 Hopyard Meadow | 2 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £191,500 | £191,500 |
| 12 Ffordd Y Dderwen | 27 Mar 2026 | Detached | £600,000 | £600,000 |
| 23 St Brides Road | 19 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £337,500 | £337,500 |
| 1 Blaendewi | 18 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| RIVINGTON St Brides Road | 18 Mar 2026 | Detached | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| Sycamore | 13 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| 37 Druids Green | 2 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £272,500 | £272,500 |
| Phillips Cottage | 27 Feb 2026 | Detached | £570,000 | £570,000 |
| 19 St James Road | 27 Feb 2026 | Detached | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| LYNDHURST Llantwit Road | 20 Feb 2026 | Detached | £480,000 | £480,000 |
| 4 Clisson Close | 20 Feb 2026 | Detached | £445,000 | £445,000 |
| 40 Eastgate | 17 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £345,000 | £345,000 |
| THE ORCHARD Primrose Hill | 9 Feb 2026 | Detached | £735,000 | £735,000 |
| 1 Llanquian Close | 6 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £617,500 | £617,500 |
| 1 Mount Ida Road | 6 Feb 2026 | Detached | £380,000 | £380,000 |
| 65 Geraints Way | 2 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| HALF MOON COTTAGE Piccadilly | 29 Jan 2026 | Detached | £515,000 | £515,000 |
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 Cowbridge values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 St James Road | £382,000 (2016) | £420,000 (2026) | +1.0% | -2.4% |
| 36 Hillside Drive | £336,500 (2016) | £345,000 (2026) | +0.2% | -3.0% |
| 22 Beaconsfield | £170,000 (2018) | £220,000 (2026) | +3.3% | -0.4% |
| 30 Fitzhamon Road | £420,000 (2023) | £440,000 (2026) | +1.6% | -1.0% |
| 25 Badgers Brook Drive | £109,500 (1998) | £410,000 (2026) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| 13 Hopyard Meadow | £130,000 (2004) | £191,500 (2026) | +1.8% | -1.0% |
| 19 Clos Ffawydden | £115,000 (1999) | £527,500 (2026) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 12 Ffordd Y Dderwen | £175,000 (1999) | £600,000 (2026) | +4.7% | +1.9% |
| 23 St Brides Road | £57,000 (1996) | £337,500 (2026) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
| RIVINGTON St Brides Road | £129,000 (2001) | £320,000 (2026) | +3.7% | +0.9% |
| 1 Blaendewi | £222,500 (2020) | £370,000 (2026) | +8.8% | +4.3% |
| 37 Druids Green | £74,500 (1996) | £272,500 (2026) | +4.4% | +1.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Cowbridge 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 | 2,799 | 61.5% | £355,000 | £14,000 – £1,950,000 |
| Semi-detached | 1,081 | 23.7% | £220,000 | £25,800 – £975,000 |
| Terraced | 463 | 10.2% | £215,714 | £6,000 – £1,457,655 |
| Flat or maisonette | 210 | 4.6% | £180,000 | £25,550 – £865,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Cowbridge
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 1,129 certificates cover Cowbridge, and their median floor area is 107 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +40.8%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 107 m² | about 1,152 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 76 m² | about 818 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 156 m² | about 1,679 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 18.8% | 212 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 28.1% | 317 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Cowbridge
328 of the sales on record are leasehold and 4,225 freehold — 7.2% 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 £149,750 and the median freehold sale £293,000 — a gap of +95.7%. 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 | 328 | 7.2% | £149,750 |
| Freehold | 4,225 | 92.8% | £293,000 |
| New build | 596 | 13.1% | £331,250 |
| Existing home | 3,957 | 86.9% | £275,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +20.5%. 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 263 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 Cowbridge compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Cowbridge sits above that national figure — +81.0%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,053 per square metre, across 526 of the 4,553 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 £6,000 to £1,950,000. 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 in Cowbridge
- Westgate110 sales
- Millfield Drive105 sales
- Eastgate99 sales
- Hillside Drive99 sales
- Broadway95 sales
- St James Road81 sales
- Primrose Close74 sales
- Druids Green69 sales
- Heol Cae Pwll69 sales
- The Verlands67 sales
- Badgers Brook Drive64 sales
- Middlegate Court60 sales
- Geraints Way57 sales
- Clos Ffawydden54 sales
- Badgers Brook Rise52 sales
- Church Road50 sales
- Dunraven Close50 sales
- Borough Close47 sales
- St Brides Road43 sales
- Taironen41 sales
- Cae Ffynnon40 sales
- Crescent Close39 sales
- Church Street38 sales
- St Owains Crescent34 sales
- Beaconsfield33 sales
- Hopyard Meadow33 sales
- The Broadshoard33 sales
- Town Mill Road33 sales
- Church Hill Close31 sales
- Court Close30 sales
- Badgers Brook Close29 sales
- High Street29 sales
- Llanquian Road29 sales
- Heol St Cattwg28 sales
- Thomas Clarke Road28 sales
- Love Lane27 sales
- St Quentins Close27 sales
- Piccadilly26 sales
- Vale Court26 sales
- Factory Road25 sales
- St Athan Road25 sales
- Church View24 sales
- Ffordd Y Dderwen24 sales
- High Grove24 sales
- Lon Pinwydden24 sales
- Sandy Lane24 sales
- The Limes24 sales
- Cae Stumpie23 sales
- Llantwit Road23 sales
- Clisson Close22 sales
- Crossways22 sales
- Cardiff Road21 sales
- Chapel Close21 sales
- St John Close21 sales
- Pen Y Lan Road20 sales
- Townmill Road20 sales
- Croft Street19 sales
- Darren Close19 sales
- Stradling Close19 sales
- Bridge Road18 sales
Postcode districts covering Cowbridge
- CF71£285,000 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Cowbridge?
The median price paid in Cowbridge across every sale on the register is £285,000. 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 Cowbridge?
4,553 sales are on record for Cowbridge, the most recent completing on 4 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Cowbridge house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +18.9% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -14.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Cowbridge house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £504,973, set in 2023. 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 Cowbridge?
£3,053 per square metre, from the 526 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 4 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, “Cowbridge 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.