Ocean Drive, Gillingham house prices are built from 251 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2011 and the most recent on 14 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £165,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +19.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -14.3%.
Median price paid
£165,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+19.7%
Change in real terms
-14.3%
Median per m²
£3,132
HM Land Registry251 sales58 with floor areaLatest sale 14 May 2026
Section 01
How Ocean Drive, Gillingham prices moved
The chart tracks the median Ocean Drive, Gillingham house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2011 to 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 8 | £145,000 | £204,450 |
| 2020s | 7 | £170,000 | £173,696 |
The highest yearly median on record for Ocean Drive, Gillingham is £198,995 in 2019; the lowest is £128,375 in 2021. Across the full 16-year record the cash median has moved from £129,950 to £173,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £199,163, so the real change over the whole record is -12.9% — about -0.92% 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: +19.7% in cash against -14.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202 the Boathouse | 14 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 28 Admiralty Court | 8 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 12 Maritime House | 30 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £115,000 |
| 33 Admiralty Court | 27 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 509 the Boathouse | 27 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £134,000 | £134,000 |
| 407 the Boathouse | 23 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £147,000 | £147,000 |
| 81 Maritime House | 5 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £70,000 | £71,522 |
| 6 Admiralty Court | 21 Nov 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £177,500 | £181,359 |
| 53 Maritime House | 31 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £90,000 | £91,957 |
| 2 Maritime House | 10 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £57,000 | £58,239 |
| 106 the Boathouse | 15 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £147,500 | £150,707 |
| 313 the Boathouse | 1 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £204,348 |
| 206 the Boathouse | 1 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £145,000 | £148,152 |
| 7 Maritime House | 31 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £242,000 | £247,261 |
| 308 the Boathouse | 31 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £153,261 |
| 42 Maritime House | 20 Feb 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £184,000 | £188,000 |
| 204 the Boathouse | 31 Jan 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £153,261 |
| 203 the Boathouse | 19 Dec 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £194,664 |
| 93 Maritime House | 9 Dec 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £112,000 | £117,851 |
| 32 South Shore | 28 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £161,000 | £169,410 |
| 114 the Boathouse | 15 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £194,664 |
| 207 the Boathouse | 15 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £157,836 |
| 212 the Boathouse | 8 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £194,664 |
| 40 Maritime House | 5 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £72,000 | £75,761 |
| 98 Maritime House | 29 Oct 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £88,750 | £93,386 |
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 Ocean Drive, Gillingham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202 the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive | £185,000 (2024) | £200,000 (2026) | +4.0% | +1.4% |
| 28 ADMIRALTY COURT Ocean Drive | £248,900 (2019) | £240,000 (2026) | -0.5% | -4.3% |
| 12 MARITIME HOUSE Ocean Drive | £153,595 (2020) | £115,000 (2026) | -4.7% | -8.7% |
| 509 the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive | £127,500 (2012) | £134,000 (2026) | +0.4% | -2.5% |
| 33 ADMIRALTY COURT Ocean Drive | £262,000 (2019) | £235,000 (2026) | -1.5% | -5.2% |
| 407 the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive | £170,000 (2022) | £147,000 (2026) | -3.6% | -7.1% |
| 6 ADMIRALTY COURT Ocean Drive | £188,000 (2019) | £177,500 (2025) | -1.0% | -4.9% |
| 313 the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive | £220,000 (2022) | £200,000 (2025) | -3.1% | -7.1% |
| 7 MARITIME HOUSE Ocean Drive | £238,000 (2020) | £242,000 (2025) | +0.3% | -4.3% |
| 42 MARITIME HOUSE Ocean Drive | £185,000 (2020) | £184,000 (2025) | -0.1% | -4.7% |
| 32 SOUTH SHORE Ocean Drive | £62,000 (2019) | £161,000 (2024) | +21.0% | +15.9% |
| 702 the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive | £194,950 (2011) | £250,000 (2024) | +1.9% | -1.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Ocean Drive, Gillingham 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 | 251 | 100.0% | £165,000 | £50,000 – £340,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Ocean Drive, Gillingham
251 of the sales on record are leasehold and 0 freehold — 100.0% 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 | 251 | 100.0% | £165,000 |
| Freehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| New build | 124 | 49.4% | £168,500 |
| Existing home | 127 | 50.6% | £161,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +4.7%. 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 111 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 Ocean Drive, Gillingham
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Maidstone, 52.3% of 86,401 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 | 595 | 0.7% |
| B | 15,443 | 17.9% |
| C | 29,119 | 33.7% |
| D | 28,467 | 32.9% |
| E | 9,650 | 11.2% |
| F | 2,414 | 2.8% |
| G | 713 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Maidstone at £1,292 a month as of Jun 2026 — £915 for a one-bedroom home and £1,455 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £165,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.40% 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 ME7, 596 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 212 violent, 12 burglary, 31 vehicle-related and 127 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 3.6 times busier.
Against the 175,782 residents the 2021 census counted in Maidstone, that is 3.39 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 Ocean Drive, Gillingham
The 2021 census counted 175,782 residents in Maidstone across 71,208 households. 69.3% of those households own their home and 30.7% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
15 state and independent schools have a ME7 postcode: 12 primary, 2 secondary, 1 16 plus. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brompton Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,399 |
| The Robert Napier School | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,048 |
| The Academy of Woodlands | Primary | Academy converter | 758 |
| Barnsole Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 609 |
| Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 597 |
| Byron Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 502 |
| Brompton-Westbrook Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 460 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 450 |
| Burnt Oak Primary School | Primary | Community school | 430 |
| Saxon Way Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 396 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Gillingham (Kent) Rail Station | Rail | 0.9 km |
| Chatham Rail Station | Rail | 2.4 km |
| Rainham (Kent) Rail Station | Rail | 4.1 km |
| Strood Rail Station | Rail | 4.3 km |
Section 09
How Ocean Drive, Gillingham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Ocean Drive, Gillingham sits above that national figure — +4.8%.
Within Gillingham the street ranks 546 of 1078 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £150,000 (+10.0%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,132 per square metre, across 58 of the 251 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 £50,000 to £340,000. 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.
Ocean Drive, Gillingham sits in Maidstone, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Maidstone at 10.1 times median local earnings of £36,199 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
- Canterbury Street£80,000 median
- Gillingham Road£100,000 median
- Grange Road£160,500 median
- Barnsole Road£135,750 median
- Richmond Road£85,000 median
- Woodlands Road£153,750 median
- Napier Road£135,000 median
- Shakespeare Road£114,275 median
- Livingstone Road£105,146 median
- Pegasus Way£210,000 median
- Balmoral Road£114,000 median
- Victoria Street£90,000 median
- Rock Avenue£147,000 median
- Corporation Road£106,000 median
- Milton Road£115,000 median
- Marlborough Road£115,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 6, ADMIRALTY COURT Ocean Drive3 sales
- 512, the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive3 sales
- 120, the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive3 sales
- 414, the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive3 sales
- 701, the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive3 sales
- 420, the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive3 sales
- 523, the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive3 sales
- 603, the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive3 sales
- 516, the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive3 sales
- 116, the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive3 sales
- 202, the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive2 sales
- 28, ADMIRALTY COURT Ocean Drive2 sales
- 12, MARITIME HOUSE Ocean Drive2 sales
- 509, the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive2 sales
- 33, ADMIRALTY COURT Ocean Drive2 sales
- 407, the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive2 sales
- 313, the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive2 sales
- 7, MARITIME HOUSE Ocean Drive2 sales
- 42, MARITIME HOUSE Ocean Drive2 sales
- 32, SOUTH SHORE Ocean Drive2 sales
- 702, the BOATHOUSE Ocean Drive2 sales
- 43, SOUTH SHORE Ocean Drive2 sales
- 33, MARITIME HOUSE Ocean Drive2 sales
- 47, ADMIRALTY COURT Ocean Drive2 sales
Back to Gillingham house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Ocean Drive, Gillingham?
The median price paid in Ocean Drive, Gillingham across every sale on the register is £165,000. 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 Ocean Drive, Gillingham?
251 sales are on record for Ocean Drive, Gillingham, the most recent completing on 14 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Ocean Drive, Gillingham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +19.7% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -14.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Ocean Drive, Gillingham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £198,995, set in 2019. 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 Ocean Drive, Gillingham?
£3,132 per square metre, from the 58 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 14 May 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, “Ocean Drive, Gillingham 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.