Vale Road, Esher house prices are built from 108 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 18 Sep 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £352,500. Across the 10 years from 2006 to 2016 the median moved +89.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +48.2%.
Median price paid
£352,500
Change in cash, 2006–2016
+89.0%
Change in real terms
+48.2%
HM Land Registry108 salesLatest sale 18 Sep 2025
Section 01
How Vale Road, Esher prices moved
The chart tracks the median Vale Road, Esher house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2016. 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 | £141,225 | £313,586 |
| 2000s | 4 | £275,000 | £500,969 |
| 2010s | 2 | £430,000 | £606,300 |
The highest yearly median on record for Vale Road, Esher is £619,000 in 2016; the lowest is £141,225 in 1996. Across the full 21-year record the cash median has moved from £141,225 to £619,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £306,350, so the real change over the whole record is +182.1% — about +5.32% 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: +89.0% in cash against +48.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 18 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £1,000,000 | £1,021,739 |
| 53 | 24 Apr 2025 | Semi-detached | £980,000 | £1,001,304 |
| 1 Horringdon Farm Cottages | 31 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £680,000 | £694,783 |
| 30 | 28 Feb 2025 | Semi-detached | £770,000 | £786,739 |
| 47 | 17 Oct 2024 | Terraced | £800,000 | £841,791 |
| 54 | 24 May 2024 | Terraced | £720,000 | £757,612 |
| Vale Farm | 24 Apr 2024 | Detached | £1,425,000 | £1,499,440 |
| 8 | 21 Nov 2023 | Semi-detached | £660,000 | £713,103 |
| 36 | 12 Jul 2023 | Semi-detached | £615,000 | £664,483 |
| 42 | 2 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £699,950 | £810,953 |
| 19 | 30 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £925,000 | £1,168,683 |
| 6 | 24 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £693,000 | £875,565 |
| 18 | 30 Apr 2021 | Terraced | £490,000 | £619,086 |
| 14 | 7 Aug 2020 | Semi-detached | £684,950 | £886,850 |
| Vale Farm Cottage | 9 Aug 2019 | Detached | £900,000 | £1,177,180 |
| 5a | 9 Aug 2019 | Detached | £712,500 | £931,934 |
| 24 | 21 Jun 2019 | Terraced | £585,000 | £765,167 |
| 40 | 25 May 2018 | Semi-detached | £587,000 | £782,297 |
| 25 | 22 May 2017 | Semi-detached | £700,000 | £952,703 |
| 32 | 6 Jan 2017 | Semi-detached | £625,000 | £850,627 |
| 52 | 19 Aug 2016 | Terraced | £470,000 | £656,139 |
| 14 | 4 Aug 2016 | Semi-detached | £500,000 | £698,020 |
| Vale Farm Cottage | 27 May 2016 | Detached | £850,000 | £1,186,634 |
| 49 | 27 May 2016 | Semi-detached | £765,000 | £1,067,970 |
| 28 | 26 May 2016 | Semi-detached | £600,000 | £837,624 |
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 Vale Road, Esher values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Vale Road | £700,000 (2017) | £1,000,000 (2025) | +4.6% | +0.9% |
| 53 Vale Road | £275,000 (2000) | £980,000 (2025) | +5.2% | +2.4% |
| 30 Vale Road | £310,000 (2009) | £770,000 (2025) | +5.9% | +2.8% |
| 47 Vale Road | £327,000 (2003) | £800,000 (2024) | +4.4% | +1.5% |
| 54 Vale Road | £249,950 (2006) | £720,000 (2024) | +6.1% | +3.0% |
| 8 Vale Road | £149,950 (1997) | £660,000 (2023) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| 36 Vale Road | £335,000 (2013) | £615,000 (2023) | +6.3% | +3.1% |
| 42 Vale Road | £227,000 (2001) | £699,950 (2022) | +5.5% | +2.9% |
| 19 Vale Road | £139,950 (1997) | £925,000 (2021) | +8.2% | +5.9% |
| 6 Vale Road | £380,000 (2011) | £693,000 (2021) | +6.2% | +4.2% |
| 18 Vale Road | £137,500 (1998) | £490,000 (2021) | +5.7% | +3.4% |
| 14 Vale Road | £189,950 (2000) | £684,950 (2020) | +6.6% | +4.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Vale Road, Esher 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 | 77 | 71.3% | £335,000 | £104,000 – £1,000,000 |
| Terraced | 20 | 18.5% | £349,950 | £124,000 – £800,000 |
| Detached | 11 | 10.2% | £500,000 | £127,500 – £1,425,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Vale Road, Esher
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 108 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 | 108 | 100.0% | £352,500 |
| New build | 1 | 0.9% | £155,000 |
| Existing home | 107 | 99.1% | £355,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -56.3%. 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 3 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 Vale Road, Esher
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Elmbridge, 44.4% of 66,817 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.4% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 155 | 0.2% |
| B | 7,608 | 11.4% |
| C | 21,932 | 32.8% |
| D | 23,849 | 35.7% |
| E | 10,349 | 15.5% |
| F | 2,430 | 3.6% |
| G | 494 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Elmbridge at £1,852 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,237 for a one-bedroom home and £1,896 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £352,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.30% 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 KT10, 49 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 16 violent, 3 burglary, 9 vehicle-related and 2 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 3.4 times quieter.
Against the 138,754 residents the 2021 census counted in Elmbridge, that is 0.35 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 Vale Road, Esher
The 2021 census counted 138,754 residents in Elmbridge across 55,587 households. 72.4% of those households own their home and 27.6% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
6 state and independent schools have a KT10 postcode: 4 primary, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinchley Wood School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,422 |
| Esher Church of England High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,160 |
| Hinchley Wood Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 624 |
| Esher Church School | Primary | Academy converter | 400 |
| Claygate Primary School | Primary | Foundation school | 362 |
| Cranmere Primary School | Primary | Community school | 306 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Claygate Rail Station | Rail | 1.0 km |
| Hinchley Wood Rail Station | Rail | 1.1 km |
| Esher Rail Station | Rail | 1.2 km |
| Thames Ditton Rail Station | Rail | 2.4 km |
Section 09
How Vale Road, Esher compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Vale Road, Esher sits above that national figure — +123.8%.
Within Esher the street ranks 236 of 284 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £495,000 (-28.8%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £104,000 to £1,425,000. 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.
Vale Road, Esher sits in Elmbridge, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Elmbridge at 15.7 times median local earnings of £41,309 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
- Manor Road North£260,000 median
- Ember Lane£655,000 median
- High Street£315,000 median
- Portsmouth Road£367,500 median
- Coverts Road£342,500 median
- Lower Green Road£357,500 median
- Hare Lane£499,950 median
- Foley Road£498,500 median
- West End Lane£300,000 median
- Common Road£362,500 median
- Esher Park Avenue£815,000 median
- Grove Way£629,000 median
- Farm Road£205,000 median
- Douglas Road£295,000 median
- Sherriff Close£250,000 median
- New Road£775,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 47 Vale Road4 sales
- 8 Vale Road4 sales
- 19 Vale Road4 sales
- 14 Vale Road4 sales
- 49 Vale Road4 sales
- 46 Vale Road4 sales
- 33 Vale Road4 sales
- 53 Vale Road3 sales
- 54 Vale Road3 sales
- 42 Vale Road3 sales
- 18 Vale Road3 sales
- 32 Vale Road3 sales
- 51 Vale Road3 sales
- 25 Vale Road2 sales
- 30 Vale Road2 sales
- 36 Vale Road2 sales
- 6 Vale Road2 sales
- 5A Vale Road2 sales
- VALE FARM COTTAGE Vale Road2 sales
- 40 Vale Road2 sales
- 28 Vale Road2 sales
- 26 Vale Road2 sales
- 66 Vale Road2 sales
- 44 Vale Road2 sales
Back to Esher house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Vale Road, Esher?
The median price paid in Vale Road, Esher across every sale on the register is £352,500. 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 Vale Road, Esher?
108 sales are on record for Vale Road, Esher, the most recent completing on 18 Sep 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Vale Road, Esher house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +89.0% between 2006 and 2016. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +48.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Vale Road, Esher house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £619,000, set in 2016. 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 Vale Road, Esher?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 18 Sep 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, “Vale Road, Esher 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.