Lewes Road, Forest Row house prices are built from 136 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 10 Nov 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £270,000. Across the 11 years from 2011 to 2022 the median moved +15.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -13.1%.
Median price paid
£270,000
Change in cash, 2011–2022
+15.0%
Change in real terms
-13.1%
Median per m²
£2,808
HM Land Registry136 sales34 with floor areaLatest sale 10 Nov 2025
Section 01
How Lewes Road, Forest Row prices moved
The chart tracks the median Lewes Road, Forest Row house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2022. 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 | 2 | £83,500 | £185,409 |
| 2000s | 2 | £275,000 | £500,969 |
| 2010s | 4 | £244,250 | £344,393 |
| 2020s | 3 | £357,500 | £365,272 |
The highest yearly median on record for Lewes Road, Forest Row is £358,750 in 2020; the lowest is £83,500 in 1998. Across the full 28-year record the cash median has moved from £115,475 to £230,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £256,409, so the real change over the whole record is +3.9% — about +0.14% 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: +15.0% in cash against -13.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Forest Edge | 10 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £340,000 | £347,391 |
| North Lodge | 15 Aug 2025 | Detached | £686,000 | £700,913 |
| 2 Riverside Cottages | 28 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £340,000 | £347,391 |
| The Maisonette Osborne House | 27 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £332,500 | £339,728 |
| Highgate End | 14 Jul 2023 | Semi-detached | £870,000 | £940,000 |
| 5 Ashdown Court | 2 May 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £310,000 | £334,943 |
| Kidbrooke Lodge | 13 Apr 2023 | Detached | £875,000 | £945,402 |
| 2 the Milliners | 25 Jan 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £365,000 | £394,368 |
| Flat 6 Manor House | 29 Sep 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £289,647 |
| Merrymead | 16 Aug 2022 | Detached | £440,000 | £509,778 |
| 1 Stone Cottages | 1 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £150,000 | £173,788 |
| Flat 1 Manor House | 20 Jun 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £230,000 | £266,475 |
| 7 Ashdown Court | 30 May 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £227,000 | £262,999 |
| Flat Oak Trees | 20 Dec 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £365,000 | £461,156 |
| Martlett House | 9 Dec 2021 | Detached | £720,000 | £909,677 |
| Hazel Cottage | 6 Dec 2021 | Detached | £617,500 | £780,175 |
| 2 Ashdown Court | 27 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £205,500 | £259,637 |
| 5 Ashdown Court | 30 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £278,000 | £351,237 |
| 2 Highfields Cottages | 15 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £442,204 |
| 1 Highfields Cottages | 30 Oct 2020 | Semi-detached | £342,500 | £443,457 |
| Merrymead | 19 May 2020 | Detached | £375,000 | £485,537 |
| Lancaster House | 3 Apr 2020 | Detached | £680,000 | £880,441 |
| Fernside | 24 Feb 2020 | Terraced | £445,000 | £576,171 |
| The Bield | 7 Feb 2020 | Terraced | £270,000 | £349,587 |
| Bank Flat 1 Stone Cottages | 17 Jan 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £258,953 |
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 Lewes Road, Forest Row values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH LODGE Lewes Road | £330,000 (2002) | £686,000 (2025) | +3.2% | +0.4% |
| 2 RIVERSIDE COTTAGES Lewes Road | £60,000 (1995) | £340,000 (2025) | +6.0% | +3.2% |
| THE MAISONETTE OSBORNE HOUSE Lewes Road | £75,000 (1998) | £332,500 (2025) | +5.7% | +2.9% |
| HIGHGATE END Lewes Road | £635,000 (2016) | £870,000 (2023) | +4.6% | +0.8% |
| 5 ASHDOWN COURT Lewes Road | £244,000 (2015) | £310,000 (2023) | +3.0% | -0.3% |
| KIDBROOKE LODGE Lewes Road | £177,000 (2000) | £875,000 (2023) | +7.2% | +4.4% |
| 2 the MILLINERS Lewes Road | £320,000 (2007) | £365,000 (2023) | +0.8% | -2.1% |
| FLAT 6 MANOR HOUSE Lewes Road | £202,500 (2016) | £250,000 (2022) | +3.6% | +0.4% |
| MERRYMEAD Lewes Road | £210,000 (2002) | £440,000 (2022) | +3.8% | +1.2% |
| 7 ASHDOWN COURT Lewes Road | £195,000 (2016) | £227,000 (2022) | +2.6% | -0.6% |
| FLAT OAK TREES Lewes Road | £295,000 (2013) | £365,000 (2021) | +2.7% | +0.9% |
| HAZEL COTTAGE Lewes Road | £230,000 (2002) | £617,500 (2021) | +5.3% | +3.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Lewes Road, Forest Row 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 42 | 30.9% | £205,500 | £69,950 – £425,000 |
| Detached | 42 | 30.9% | £435,000 | £50,500 – £880,000 |
| Terraced | 31 | 22.8% | £242,500 | £23,500 – £740,000 |
| Semi-detached | 21 | 15.4% | £250,000 | £70,000 – £870,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Lewes Road, Forest Row
39 of the sales on record are leasehold and 97 freehold — 28.7% 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 £205,500 and the median freehold sale £330,000 — a gap of +60.6%. 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 | 39 | 28.7% | £205,500 |
| Freehold | 97 | 71.3% | £330,000 |
| New build | 9 | 6.6% | £199,500 |
| Existing home | 127 | 93.4% | £270,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -26.1%. 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 22 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 Lewes Road, Forest Row compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Lewes Road, Forest Row sits above that national figure — +71.4%.
Within Forest Row the street ranks 36 of 54 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £289,950 (-6.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,808 per square metre, across 34 of the 136 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 £23,500 to £880,000. 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
- Hartfield Road£190,000 median
- Freshfield Bank£306,500 median
- Priory Road£427,500 median
- Upper Close£240,000 median
- Highgate Road£329,950 median
- Medway Drive£194,500 median
- Chapel Lane£507,500 median
- Park Road£730,000 median
- Lower Road£192,500 median
- Swans Ghyll£151,500 median
- Park Crescent£350,000 median
- Walhatch Close£450,000 median
- Tompsets Bank£646,364 median
- Post Horn Lane£250,000 median
- Ashdown Road£457,500 median
- London Road£297,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 1, HIGHFIELDS COTTAGES Lewes Road4 sales
- LANCASTER HOUSE Lewes Road4 sales
- 3, RIVERSIDE COTTAGES Lewes Road4 sales
- SOUTH LODGE, KIDBROOKE PARK Lewes Road4 sales
- NORTH LODGE Lewes Road3 sales
- THE MAISONETTE, OSBORNE HOUSE Lewes Road3 sales
- 5, ASHDOWN COURT Lewes Road3 sales
- 2, the MILLINERS Lewes Road3 sales
- MERRYMEAD Lewes Road3 sales
- 7, ASHDOWN COURT Lewes Road3 sales
- FLAT, OAK TREES Lewes Road3 sales
- HAZEL COTTAGE Lewes Road3 sales
- 2, HIGHFIELDS COTTAGES Lewes Road3 sales
- FERNSIDE Lewes Road3 sales
- THE BIELD Lewes Road3 sales
- 1, COUNTY HOUSE Lewes Road3 sales
- CAMPBELL VILLA Lewes Road3 sales
- SILAS COTTAGE Lewes Road3 sales
- THE BAY HOUSE Lewes Road3 sales
- 1, the ELMS Lewes Road3 sales
- 2, RIVERSIDE COTTAGES Lewes Road2 sales
- HIGHGATE END Lewes Road2 sales
- KIDBROOKE LODGE Lewes Road2 sales
- FLAT 6, MANOR HOUSE Lewes Road2 sales
Back to Forest Row house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Lewes Road, Forest Row?
The median price paid in Lewes Road, Forest Row across every sale on the register is £270,000. 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 Lewes Road, Forest Row?
136 sales are on record for Lewes Road, Forest Row, the most recent completing on 10 Nov 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Lewes Road, Forest Row house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +15.0% between 2011 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -13.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Lewes Road, Forest Row house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £358,750, 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 Lewes Road, Forest Row?
£2,808 per square metre, from the 34 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 10 Nov 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, “Lewes Road, Forest Row 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.