Kings Drive, Eastbourne house prices are built from 241 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 20 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £310,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +31.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -4.5%.
Median price paid
£310,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+31.8%
Change in real terms
-4.5%
Median per m²
£1,995
HM Land Registry241 sales71 with floor areaLatest sale 20 Mar 2026
Section 01
How Kings Drive, Eastbourne prices moved
The chart tracks the median Kings Drive, Eastbourne house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 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 | 5 | £121,500 | £269,787 |
| 2000s | 8 | £225,000 | £409,884 |
| 2010s | 6 | £409,975 | £578,065 |
| 2020s | 6 | £540,000 | £551,739 |
The highest yearly median on record for Kings Drive, Eastbourne is £595,000 in 2022; the lowest is £97,000 in 1996. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £97,875 to £560,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £217,329, so the real change over the whole record is +163.3% — about +3.28% 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: +31.8% in cash against -4.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 255 | 20 Mar 2026 | Detached | £650,000 | £650,000 |
| 191 | 6 Aug 2025 | Detached | £423,000 | £432,196 |
| 20 | 25 Mar 2025 | Detached | £725,000 | £740,761 |
| 48 | 31 Jan 2025 | Semi-detached | £560,000 | £572,174 |
| 243 | 15 Jan 2025 | Semi-detached | £437,500 | £447,011 |
| 292 | 10 Jan 2025 | Detached | £865,000 | £883,804 |
| 34 | 6 Dec 2024 | Detached | £665,000 | £699,739 |
| 262 | 14 Nov 2024 | Detached | £450,000 | £473,507 |
| 12 | 9 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £720,000 | £757,612 |
| 245 | 6 Sep 2024 | Detached | £555,000 | £583,993 |
| 181 | 17 Jul 2024 | Detached | £510,000 | £536,642 |
| 68 | 23 Jun 2023 | Terraced | £235,000 | £253,908 |
| 263 | 19 May 2023 | Detached | £525,000 | £567,241 |
| 305 | 10 Mar 2023 | Detached | £555,000 | £599,655 |
| 262 | 6 Mar 2023 | Detached | £365,000 | £394,368 |
| 49 | 17 Feb 2023 | Detached | £580,000 | £626,667 |
| 30 | 14 Feb 2023 | Detached | £695,000 | £750,920 |
| 285 | 20 Dec 2022 | Detached | £775,000 | £897,905 |
| 259 | 2 Dec 2022 | Detached | £652,500 | £755,978 |
| 1 | 2 Dec 2022 | Detached | £445,000 | £515,571 |
| 20 | 11 Nov 2022 | Detached | £725,000 | £839,975 |
| 189 | 31 Mar 2022 | Detached | £560,000 | £648,809 |
| 25 | 23 Mar 2022 | Detached | £595,000 | £689,359 |
| 40 | 11 Feb 2022 | Detached | £590,000 | £683,566 |
| 64 | 21 Jan 2022 | Detached | £517,000 | £598,989 |
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 Kings Drive, Eastbourne values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 255 Kings Drive | £485,000 (2018) | £650,000 (2026) | +3.7% | +0.1% |
| 20 Kings Drive | £122,500 (1997) | £725,000 (2025) | +6.6% | +3.8% |
| 48 Kings Drive | £103,500 (1995) | £560,000 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 292 Kings Drive | £435,000 (2012) | £865,000 (2025) | +5.4% | +2.4% |
| 34 Kings Drive | £360,000 (2006) | £665,000 (2024) | +3.5% | +0.5% |
| 262 Kings Drive | £365,000 (2023) | £450,000 (2024) | +23.3% | +20.1% |
| 12 Kings Drive | £158,000 (1998) | £720,000 (2024) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
| 245 Kings Drive | £250,000 (2005) | £555,000 (2024) | +4.3% | +1.3% |
| 68 Kings Drive | £115,000 (2003) | £235,000 (2023) | +3.6% | +0.8% |
| 263 Kings Drive | £225,000 (2002) | £525,000 (2023) | +4.1% | +1.3% |
| 49 Kings Drive | £320,000 (2007) | £580,000 (2023) | +3.8% | +0.7% |
| 30 Kings Drive | £224,000 (2001) | £695,000 (2023) | +5.3% | +2.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Kings Drive, Eastbourne 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 | 188 | 78.0% | £342,000 | £47,000 – £865,000 |
| Semi-detached | 39 | 16.2% | £175,000 | £50,000 – £608,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 7 | 2.9% | £63,000 | £44,622 – £210,000 |
| Terraced | 7 | 2.9% | £158,000 | £112,500 – £720,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Kings Drive, Eastbourne
10 of the sales on record are leasehold and 231 freehold — 4.1% 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 £117,000 and the median freehold sale £320,000 — a gap of +173.5%. 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 | 10 | 4.1% | £117,000 |
| Freehold | 231 | 95.9% | £320,000 |
| New build | 1 | 0.4% | £110,000 |
| Existing home | 240 | 99.6% | £311,250 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -64.7%. 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 5 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 Kings Drive, Eastbourne
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Eastbourne, 46.0% of 57,606 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.6% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 89 | 0.2% |
| B | 4,089 | 7.1% |
| C | 22,346 | 38.8% |
| D | 21,841 | 37.9% |
| E | 7,156 | 12.4% |
| F | 1,588 | 2.8% |
| G | 497 | 0.9% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Eastbourne at £1,164 a month as of Jun 2026 — £816 for a one-bedroom home and £1,300 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £310,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 4.51% 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 BN21, 686 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 214 violent, 13 burglary, 13 vehicle-related and 186 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 4.1 times busier.
Against the 101,686 residents the 2021 census counted in Eastbourne, that is 6.75 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 Kings Drive, Eastbourne
The 2021 census counted 101,686 residents in Eastbourne across 45,610 households. 60.3% of those households own their home and 39.6% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
4 state and independent schools have a BN21 postcode: 1 primary, 1 16 plus, 1 secondary, 1 all-through. 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 Cavendish School | All-through | Academy converter | 1,399 |
| Ratton School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,183 |
| Motcombe Infants' School | Primary | Community school | 219 |
| East Sussex College Group | 16 plus | Further education | — |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Eastbourne Rail Station | Rail | 0.5 km |
| Hampden Park (Sussex) Rail Station | Rail | 2.6 km |
| Polegate Rail Station | Rail | 5.8 km |
| Pevensey & Westham Rail Station | Rail | 5.9 km |
Section 09
How Kings Drive, Eastbourne compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Kings Drive, Eastbourne sits above that national figure — +96.8%.
Within Eastbourne the street ranks 130 of 1102 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £161,000 (+92.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,995 per square metre, across 71 of the 241 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 £44,622 to £865,000. 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.
Kings Drive, Eastbourne sits in Eastbourne, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Eastbourne at 7.4 times median local earnings of £37,015 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
- Upperton Road£117,500 median
- St Annes Road£155,000 median
- Southfields Road£180,000 median
- Enys Road£105,000 median
- St Leonards Road£102,000 median
- Arundel Road£119,950 median
- Church Street£133,500 median
- Jevington Gardens£154,000 median
- Willingdon Road£228,000 median
- Langney Road£75,000 median
- Carew Road£138,975 median
- Compton Place Road£249,975 median
- Cavendish Place£97,950 median
- The Avenue£78,475 median
- Upperton Gardens£105,000 median
- Hartington Place£140,975 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 30 Kings Drive5 sales
- 48 Kings Drive4 sales
- 52 Kings Drive4 sales
- 215 Kings Drive4 sales
- 272 Kings Drive4 sales
- 255 Kings Drive3 sales
- 20 Kings Drive3 sales
- 34 Kings Drive3 sales
- 12 Kings Drive3 sales
- 245 Kings Drive3 sales
- 259 Kings Drive3 sales
- 276 Kings Drive3 sales
- 268 Kings Drive3 sales
- 15 Kings Drive3 sales
- 42 Kings Drive3 sales
- 270 Kings Drive3 sales
- 264 Kings Drive3 sales
- 13 Kings Drive3 sales
- 312 Kings Drive3 sales
- 46 Kings Drive3 sales
- DENISTON, 227 Kings Drive3 sales
- 253A Kings Drive3 sales
- 56 Kings Drive3 sales
- 24 Kings Drive3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Kings Drive, Eastbourne?
The median price paid in Kings Drive, Eastbourne across every sale on the register is £310,000. 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 Kings Drive, Eastbourne?
241 sales are on record for Kings Drive, Eastbourne, the most recent completing on 20 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Kings Drive, Eastbourne house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +31.8% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -4.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Kings Drive, Eastbourne house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £595,000, set in 2022. 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 Kings Drive, Eastbourne?
£1,995 per square metre, from the 71 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 20 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, “Kings Drive, Eastbourne 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.