Wathen Road, Dorking house prices are built from 80 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 5 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £250,000. Across the 9 years from 1997 to 2006 the median moved +131.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +94.4%.
Median price paid
£250,000
Change in cash, 1997–2006
+131.5%
Change in real terms
+94.4%
Median per m²
£3,138
HM Land Registry80 sales32 with floor areaLatest sale 5 Mar 2026
Section 01
How Wathen Road, Dorking prices moved
The chart tracks the median Wathen Road, Dorking house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2006. 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 | 1 | £108,000 | £239,811 |
| 2000s | 2 | £168,500 | £306,957 |
The highest yearly median on record for Wathen Road, Dorking is £250,000 in 2006; the lowest is £108,000 in 1997. Across the full 10-year record the cash median has moved from £108,000 to £250,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £228,992, so the real change over the whole record is +94.4% — about +7.66% 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: +131.5% in cash against +94.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 5 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £805,000 | £805,000 |
| 26 | 13 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £1,050,000 | £1,050,000 |
| 29 | 4 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £829,000 | £847,022 |
| 8 | 12 Aug 2025 | Semi-detached | £785,000 | £802,065 |
| 19a | 27 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £385,000 | £393,370 |
| 33 | 11 Oct 2024 | Terraced | £430,000 | £452,463 |
| 5 | 26 Jul 2024 | Semi-detached | £545,000 | £573,470 |
| 9b | 23 Feb 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £327,500 | £344,608 |
| 34 | 1 Dec 2023 | Terraced | £790,000 | £853,563 |
| 15 | 6 Jan 2023 | Semi-detached | £550,000 | £594,253 |
| 26 | 11 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £915,000 | £1,060,107 |
| 10 | 11 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £850,000 | £984,799 |
| 20a | 12 Nov 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £315,000 | £397,984 |
| 8 | 14 Feb 2020 | Semi-detached | £685,750 | £887,886 |
| 20a | 12 Oct 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £290,000 | £386,484 |
| 20b | 24 Apr 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £350,000 | £466,446 |
| 9b | 14 Jul 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £303,000 | £412,384 |
| 9a | 17 Mar 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £285,000 | £387,886 |
| 31 | 3 Feb 2017 | Terraced | £475,000 | £646,477 |
| 7 | 25 Oct 2016 | Semi-detached | £556,000 | £776,198 |
| 10 | 18 Dec 2015 | Semi-detached | £605,000 | £853,050 |
| 9b | 20 Apr 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £240,000 | £338,400 |
| Lower Flat 22 | 6 Feb 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £352,500 |
| 26 | 2 Dec 2014 | Semi-detached | £615,000 | £882,146 |
| 21 | 2 May 2014 | Terraced | £525,000 | £753,052 |
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 Wathen Road, Dorking values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Wathen Road | £270,000 (2005) | £805,000 (2026) | +5.3% | +2.4% |
| 26 Wathen Road | £74,000 (1997) | £1,050,000 (2026) | +9.6% | +6.8% |
| 29 Wathen Road | £240,000 (2001) | £829,000 (2025) | +5.3% | +2.5% |
| 8 Wathen Road | £101,250 (1996) | £785,000 (2025) | +7.3% | +4.6% |
| 19A Wathen Road | £190,000 (2004) | £385,000 (2025) | +3.4% | +0.5% |
| 9B Wathen Road | £71,500 (1998) | £327,500 (2024) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
| 10 Wathen Road | £605,000 (2015) | £850,000 (2022) | +5.0% | +2.1% |
| 20A Wathen Road | £56,500 (1996) | £315,000 (2021) | +7.1% | +4.8% |
| 20B Wathen Road | £66,250 (1997) | £350,000 (2018) | +8.2% | +5.9% |
| 9A Wathen Road | £69,950 (1998) | £285,000 (2017) | +7.7% | +5.3% |
| LOWER FLAT 22 Wathen Road | £180,000 (2004) | £250,000 (2015) | +3.0% | +0.5% |
| 21 Wathen Road | £133,000 (1996) | £525,000 (2014) | +7.9% | +5.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Wathen Road, Dorking 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 | 37 | 46.3% | £330,000 | £74,000 – £1,050,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 23 | 28.7% | £185,000 | £47,750 – £350,000 |
| Terraced | 20 | 25.0% | £242,500 | £66,250 – £829,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Wathen Road, Dorking
30 of the sales on record are leasehold and 50 freehold — 37.5% 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 £185,000 and the median freehold sale £375,000 — a gap of +102.7%. 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 | 30 | 37.5% | £185,000 |
| Freehold | 50 | 62.5% | £375,000 |
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 Wathen Road, Dorking compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Wathen Road, Dorking sits above that national figure — +58.7%.
Within Dorking the street ranks 281 of 424 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £280,000 (-10.7%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,138 per square metre, across 32 of the 80 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 £47,750 to £1,050,000. 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
- South Street£180,000 median
- Rothes Road£304,000 median
- Church Street£220,000 median
- Hill View£271,995 median
- Lincoln Road£235,000 median
- Highacre£283,000 median
- Westcott Street£380,000 median
- Fairfield Drive£325,000 median
- Canterbury Court£153,000 median
- High Street£197,500 median
- Falkland Road£209,000 median
- Leslie Road£249,999 median
- Parkway£310,000 median
- Bailey Road£231,500 median
- Guildford Road£400,000 median
- Chalkpit Lane£291,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 26 Wathen Road6 sales
- 8 Wathen Road6 sales
- 9B Wathen Road6 sales
- 20A Wathen Road6 sales
- 9A Wathen Road5 sales
- 21 Wathen Road5 sales
- 20B Wathen Road4 sales
- 18 Wathen Road3 sales
- 29 Wathen Road3 sales
- 19A Wathen Road3 sales
- 6 Wathen Road3 sales
- 32 Wathen Road3 sales
- 10 Wathen Road2 sales
- LOWER FLAT, 22 Wathen Road2 sales
- 30 Wathen Road2 sales
- 14 Wathen Road2 sales
- 11 Wathen Road2 sales
- 23 Wathen Road2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Wathen Road, Dorking?
The median price paid in Wathen Road, Dorking across every sale on the register is £250,000. 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 Wathen Road, Dorking?
80 sales are on record for Wathen Road, Dorking, the most recent completing on 5 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Wathen Road, Dorking house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +131.5% between 1997 and 2006. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +94.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Wathen Road, Dorking house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £250,000, set in 2006. 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 Wathen Road, Dorking?
£3,138 per square metre, from the 32 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 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, “Wathen Road, Dorking 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.