Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth house prices are built from 107 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 17 Oct 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £250,000. Across the 10 years from 2010 to 2020 the median moved +27.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +3.5%.
Median price paid
£250,000
Change in cash, 2010–2020
+27.6%
Change in real terms
+3.5%
Median per m²
£2,713
HM Land Registry107 sales16 with floor areaLatest sale 17 Oct 2025
Section 01
How Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth prices moved
The chart tracks the median Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2020. 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 | £67,500 | £149,882 |
| 2000s | 2 | £220,000 | £400,775 |
| 2010s | 4 | £274,250 | £386,693 |
| 2020s | 1 | £350,000 | £357,609 |
The highest yearly median on record for Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth is £350,000 in 2020; the lowest is £67,500 in 1996. Across the full 25-year record the cash median has moved from £67,500 to £350,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £146,423, so the real change over the whole record is +209.5% — about +4.82% 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: +27.6% in cash against +3.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 Oct 2025 | Detached | £410,000 | £418,913 |
| 73 | 13 Jun 2025 | Detached | £325,000 | £332,065 |
| 95 | 10 Oct 2023 | Semi-detached | £340,000 | £367,356 |
| 71 | 19 Oct 2022 | Detached | £430,000 | £498,192 |
| 65 | 19 Aug 2022 | Detached | £400,000 | £463,435 |
| 42 | 31 Mar 2022 | Semi-detached | £340,000 | £393,919 |
| 97 | 23 Mar 2022 | Semi-detached | £339,000 | £392,761 |
| 38 | 8 Dec 2021 | Detached | £580,000 | £732,796 |
| 99 | 18 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £375,000 | £473,790 |
| 26a | 22 Jan 2021 | Detached | £435,000 | £549,597 |
| 79 | 14 Dec 2020 | Detached | £305,000 | £394,904 |
| 32 | 1 Dec 2020 | Detached | £400,000 | £517,906 |
| 54 | 10 Sep 2020 | Detached | £400,000 | £517,906 |
| 48 | 21 Aug 2020 | Semi-detached | £320,000 | £414,325 |
| 11 | 13 Mar 2020 | Detached | £350,000 | £453,168 |
| 46 | 4 Dec 2019 | Semi-detached | £307,500 | £402,203 |
| 87 | 7 Jun 2019 | Semi-detached | £290,000 | £379,314 |
| 75 | 4 Jun 2019 | Detached | £367,500 | £480,682 |
| 51 | 16 Nov 2018 | Detached | £445,000 | £593,053 |
| 22 | 31 May 2018 | Semi-detached | £295,000 | £393,147 |
| 39 | 15 Nov 2017 | Detached | £396,000 | £538,958 |
| 59 | 14 Nov 2017 | Detached | £405,000 | £551,207 |
| 45 | 16 Dec 2016 | Detached | £372,000 | £519,327 |
| 23 | 2 Sep 2016 | Semi-detached | £295,000 | £411,832 |
| 19 | 23 Aug 2016 | Detached | £314,000 | £438,356 |
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 Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Birch Tree Drive | £219,950 (2002) | £410,000 (2025) | +2.7% | -0.1% |
| 73 Birch Tree Drive | £212,500 (2004) | £325,000 (2025) | +2.0% | -0.8% |
| 95 Birch Tree Drive | £167,500 (2009) | £340,000 (2023) | +5.2% | +2.1% |
| 71 Birch Tree Drive | £139,950 (2000) | £430,000 (2022) | +5.2% | +2.7% |
| 42 Birch Tree Drive | £134,995 (2001) | £340,000 (2022) | +4.5% | +1.9% |
| 97 Birch Tree Drive | £77,000 (1996) | £339,000 (2022) | +5.9% | +3.3% |
| 38 Birch Tree Drive | £250,000 (2006) | £580,000 (2021) | +5.8% | +3.4% |
| 99 Birch Tree Drive | £187,000 (2009) | £375,000 (2021) | +6.0% | +3.7% |
| 26A Birch Tree Drive | £249,000 (2006) | £435,000 (2021) | +3.8% | +1.4% |
| 32 Birch Tree Drive | £295,000 (2014) | £400,000 (2020) | +5.2% | +3.4% |
| 46 Birch Tree Drive | £68,000 (1996) | £307,500 (2019) | +6.8% | +4.5% |
| 39 Birch Tree Drive | £246,500 (2004) | £396,000 (2017) | +3.7% | +1.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth 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 | 69 | 64.5% | £279,000 | £26,000 – £580,000 |
| Semi-detached | 38 | 35.5% | £230,000 | £64,500 – £375,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 107 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 | 107 | 100.0% | £250,000 |
A further 1 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 Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Chichester, 44.4% of 65,469 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 7.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 520 | 0.8% |
| B | 9,731 | 14.9% |
| C | 18,790 | 28.7% |
| D | 20,545 | 31.4% |
| E | 10,738 | 16.4% |
| F | 3,924 | 6.0% |
| G | 1,221 | 1.9% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Chichester at £1,326 a month as of Jun 2026 — £942 for a one-bedroom home and £1,498 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £250,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.36% 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 PO10, 78 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 29 violent, 3 burglary, 2 vehicle-related and 15 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.1 times quieter.
Against the 124,068 residents the 2021 census counted in Chichester, that is 0.63 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 Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth
The 2021 census counted 124,068 residents in Chichester across 54,118 households. 66.8% of those households own their home and 33.2% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
7 state and independent schools have a PO10 postcode: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bourne Community College | Secondary | Foundation school | 692 |
| Emsworth Primary School | Primary | Community school | 407 |
| Southbourne Junior School | Primary | Community school | 228 |
| St James Church of England Controlled Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 224 |
| Thorney Island Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 180 |
| Southbourne Infant School | Primary | Community school | 176 |
| Westbourne Primary School | Primary | Community school | 144 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Emsworth Rail Station | Rail | 0.7 km |
| Southbourne Rail Station | Rail | 1.5 km |
| Warblington Rail Station | Rail | 2.7 km |
| Nutbourne Rail Station | Rail | 3.3 km |
Section 09
How Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth sits above that national figure — +58.7%.
Within Emsworth the street ranks 142 of 281 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £247,000 (+1.2%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,713 per square metre, across 16 of the 107 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 £26,000 to £580,000. 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.
Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth sits in Chichester, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Chichester at 12.3 times median local earnings of £33,692 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
- North Street£165,000 median
- Stein Road£179,375 median
- Main Road£220,000 median
- Brook Gardens£192,250 median
- Victoria Road£185,000 median
- Horndean Road£185,000 median
- Havant Road£156,000 median
- New Brighton Road£249,500 median
- Prinsted Lane£495,000 median
- Bosmere Gardens£190,000 median
- Westbourne Avenue£328,725 median
- Southleigh Road£277,250 median
- Gordon Road£205,000 median
- Kelsey Avenue£225,475 median
- Selangor Avenue£236,000 median
- Thorney Road£214,517 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 71 Birch Tree Drive4 sales
- 55 Birch Tree Drive4 sales
- 95 Birch Tree Drive3 sales
- 97 Birch Tree Drive3 sales
- 26A Birch Tree Drive3 sales
- 46 Birch Tree Drive3 sales
- 5 Birch Tree Drive3 sales
- 41 Birch Tree Drive3 sales
- 40 Birch Tree Drive3 sales
- 56 Birch Tree Drive3 sales
- 33 Birch Tree Drive3 sales
- 1 Birch Tree Drive2 sales
- 73 Birch Tree Drive2 sales
- 42 Birch Tree Drive2 sales
- 38 Birch Tree Drive2 sales
- 99 Birch Tree Drive2 sales
- 32 Birch Tree Drive2 sales
- 39 Birch Tree Drive2 sales
- 59 Birch Tree Drive2 sales
- 45 Birch Tree Drive2 sales
- 89 Birch Tree Drive2 sales
- 25 Birch Tree Drive2 sales
- 35 Birch Tree Drive2 sales
- 93 Birch Tree Drive2 sales
Back to Emsworth house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth?
The median price paid in Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth 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 Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth?
107 sales are on record for Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth, the most recent completing on 17 Oct 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +27.6% between 2010 and 2020. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +3.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £350,000, set in 2020. 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 Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth?
£2,713 per square metre, from the 16 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 17 Oct 2025. 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, “Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth 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.