Gosforth Lane, Dronfield house prices are built from 64 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1999 and the most recent on 1 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £213,750. Across the 26 years from 1999 to 2025 the median moved +334.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +117.9%.
Median price paid
£213,750
Change in cash, 1999–2025
+334.5%
Change in real terms
+117.9%
Median per m²
£1,929
HM Land Registry64 sales15 with floor areaLatest sale 1 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Gosforth Lane, Dronfield prices moved
The chart tracks the median Gosforth Lane, Dronfield house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1999 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | £66,750 | £148,217 |
| 2020s | 3 | £248,000 | £253,391 |
The highest yearly median on record for Gosforth Lane, Dronfield is £290,000 in 2025; the lowest is £66,750 in 1999. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £66,750 to £290,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £136,008, so the real change over the whole record is +117.9% — about +3.04% 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: +334.5% in cash against +117.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 1 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 30 | 23 May 2025 | Detached | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 3 Manor Court | 15 May 2025 | Detached | £220,000 | £224,783 |
| 42 | 4 Apr 2025 | Terraced | £290,000 | £296,304 |
| 54 | 6 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £235,000 | £240,109 |
| 39 | 28 Feb 2025 | Detached | £325,000 | £332,065 |
| 41 | 8 Apr 2024 | Detached | £290,000 | £305,149 |
| 14 | 18 Jan 2024 | Semi-detached | £425,000 | £447,201 |
| 131 | 13 Oct 2023 | Detached | £330,000 | £356,552 |
| 125 | 18 Nov 2022 | Detached | £299,500 | £346,997 |
| 56 | 26 Aug 2022 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £347,576 |
| 39 | 2 Feb 2022 | Detached | £320,000 | £370,748 |
| 28 | 14 Dec 2021 | Detached | £300,000 | £379,032 |
| 44 | 17 Nov 2021 | Terraced | £270,600 | £341,887 |
| 1 Manor Court | 29 Oct 2021 | Terraced | £188,000 | £237,527 |
| 56 | 23 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £248,000 | £313,333 |
| 28 | 12 Feb 2021 | Detached | £212,500 | £268,481 |
| 131 | 18 Dec 2020 | Detached | £280,000 | £362,534 |
| 33 | 6 Nov 2020 | Detached | £238,000 | £308,154 |
| 18 | 14 Oct 2020 | Semi-detached | £245,000 | £317,218 |
| 40 | 7 Aug 2020 | Semi-detached | £224,000 | £290,028 |
| 56 | 12 Mar 2020 | Semi-detached | £215,000 | £278,375 |
| 31 | 13 Nov 2019 | Detached | £245,000 | £320,455 |
| 40 | 10 Jul 2019 | Semi-detached | £150,000 | £196,197 |
| 66 | 21 Mar 2018 | Detached | £315,000 | £419,802 |
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 Gosforth Lane, Dronfield values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 Gosforth Lane | £150,000 (2019) | £295,000 (2026) | +10.1% | +6.0% |
| 30 Gosforth Lane | £109,750 (2002) | £350,000 (2025) | +5.2% | +2.3% |
| 39 Gosforth Lane | £160,000 (2012) | £325,000 (2025) | +5.6% | +2.6% |
| 41 Gosforth Lane | £195,000 (2008) | £290,000 (2024) | +2.5% | -0.4% |
| 131 Gosforth Lane | £170,000 (2013) | £330,000 (2023) | +6.9% | +3.7% |
| 125 Gosforth Lane | £66,750 (1999) | £299,500 (2022) | +6.7% | +4.2% |
| 56 Gosforth Lane | £54,000 (1999) | £300,000 (2022) | +7.7% | +5.1% |
| 28 Gosforth Lane | £75,950 (1997) | £300,000 (2021) | +5.9% | +3.6% |
| 44 Gosforth Lane | £46,000 (2002) | £270,600 (2021) | +9.8% | +7.4% |
| 18 Gosforth Lane | £142,000 (2003) | £245,000 (2020) | +3.3% | +1.0% |
| 31 Gosforth Lane | £80,000 (1999) | £245,000 (2019) | +5.8% | +3.4% |
| 25 Gosforth Lane | £290,000 (2003) | £520,000 (2017) | +4.3% | +1.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Gosforth Lane, Dronfield 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 | 36 | 56.3% | £220,000 | £66,750 – £520,000 |
| Semi-detached | 16 | 25.0% | £142,000 | £47,000 – £425,000 |
| Terraced | 12 | 18.8% | £188,000 | £46,000 – £290,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Gosforth Lane, Dronfield
14 of the sales on record are leasehold and 50 freehold — 21.9% 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 £225,000 and the median freehold sale £203,750 — a gap of -9.4%. 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 | 14 | 21.9% | £225,000 |
| Freehold | 50 | 78.1% | £203,750 |
Section 07
Living in Gosforth Lane, Dronfield
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across North East Derbyshire, 41.4% of 49,558 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.8% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 352 | 0.7% |
| B | 6,183 | 12.5% |
| C | 13,978 | 28.2% |
| D | 21,001 | 42.4% |
| E | 6,140 | 12.4% |
| F | 1,535 | 3.1% |
| G | 369 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in North East Derbyshire at £780 a month as of Jun 2026 — £560 for a one-bedroom home and £865 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £213,750 here, that rent is a gross yield of 4.38% 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 S18, 73 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 28 violent, 3 burglary, 8 vehicle-related and 9 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.3 times quieter.
Against the 102,001 residents the 2021 census counted in North East Derbyshire, that is 0.72 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 Gosforth Lane, Dronfield
The 2021 census counted 102,001 residents in North East Derbyshire across 45,987 households. 71.1% of those households own their home and 28.7% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
14 state and independent schools have a S18 postcode: 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School | Secondary | Voluntary controlled school | 1,810 |
| Dronfield Junior School | Primary | Community school | 319 |
| Gorseybrigg Primary School and Nursery | Primary | Community school | 252 |
| William Levick Primary School | Primary | Community school | 207 |
| Dronfield Infant School | Primary | Community school | 199 |
| St Andrew's CofE Methodist (Aided) Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 193 |
| Northfield Junior School | Primary | Community school | 165 |
| Holmesdale Infant School | Primary | Community school | 150 |
| Dronfield Stonelow Junior School | Primary | Community school | 139 |
| Barlow CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 86 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Dronfield Rail Station | Rail | 0.4 km |
| Dore & Totley Rail Station | Rail | 4.1 km |
| Herdings Park | Metro or underground | 5.3 km |
| Herdings Park Platform | Tram | 5.3 km |
Section 09
How Gosforth Lane, Dronfield compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Gosforth Lane, Dronfield sits above that national figure — +35.7%.
Within Dronfield the street ranks 102 of 341 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £160,000 (+33.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,929 per square metre, across 15 of the 64 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 £46,000 to £520,000. 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.
Gosforth Lane, Dronfield sits in North East Derbyshire, in the East Midlands.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in North East Derbyshire at 7.0 times median local earnings of £34,798 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
- Holmley Lane£160,000 median
- Longcroft Road£200,000 median
- Coniston Road£149,975 median
- Shakespeare Crescent£132,000 median
- Stonelow Road£139,000 median
- Chesterfield Road£124,500 median
- Stubley Lane£161,000 median
- Eckington Road£175,500 median
- Carr Lane£169,250 median
- Green Lane£179,025 median
- Snape Hill Crescent£109,000 median
- Ullswater Drive£133,500 median
- Burns Drive£95,000 median
- Hollins Spring Avenue£164,000 median
- Hallowes Rise£130,250 median
- Cemetery Road£148,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 125 Gosforth Lane4 sales
- 56 Gosforth Lane4 sales
- 40 Gosforth Lane3 sales
- 30 Gosforth Lane3 sales
- 39 Gosforth Lane3 sales
- 41 Gosforth Lane3 sales
- 131 Gosforth Lane3 sales
- 28 Gosforth Lane3 sales
- 44 Gosforth Lane3 sales
- 20 Gosforth Lane3 sales
- 9, MANOR COURT Gosforth Lane3 sales
- PEN Y BRYN Gosforth Lane3 sales
- 18 Gosforth Lane2 sales
- 31 Gosforth Lane2 sales
- 25 Gosforth Lane2 sales
- 26 Gosforth Lane2 sales
Back to Dronfield house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Gosforth Lane, Dronfield?
The median price paid in Gosforth Lane, Dronfield across every sale on the register is £213,750. 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 Gosforth Lane, Dronfield?
64 sales are on record for Gosforth Lane, Dronfield, the most recent completing on 1 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Gosforth Lane, Dronfield house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +334.5% between 1999 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +117.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Gosforth Lane, Dronfield house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £290,000, set in 2025. 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 Gosforth Lane, Dronfield?
£1,929 per square metre, from the 15 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 1 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, “Gosforth Lane, Dronfield 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.