Shorefields, Gillingham house prices are built from 265 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 23 Jan 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £114,995. Across the 11 years from 2014 to 2025 the median moved +64.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +16.9%.
Median price paid
£114,995
Change in cash, 2014–2025
+64.1%
Change in real terms
+16.9%
HM Land Registry265 salesLatest sale 23 Jan 2026
Section 01
How Shorefields, Gillingham prices moved
The chart tracks the median Shorefields, Gillingham house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 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 | 4 | £60,000 | £133,228 |
| 2000s | 8 | £125,000 | £227,713 |
| 2010s | 3 | £209,000 | £294,690 |
| 2020s | 3 | £310,000 | £316,739 |
The highest yearly median on record for Shorefields, Gillingham is £318,000 in 2025; the lowest is £58,807 in 1997. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £65,400 to £318,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £141,868, so the real change over the whole record is +129.0% — about +2.90% 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: +64.1% in cash against +16.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 23 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £351,000 | £351,000 |
| 16 | 14 Jul 2025 | Detached | £318,000 | £324,913 |
| 30 | 1 Jul 2025 | Detached | £215,000 | £219,674 |
| 88 | 18 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £320,000 | £326,957 |
| 28 | 19 Feb 2025 | Detached | £375,000 | £383,152 |
| 34 | 6 Feb 2025 | Terraced | £280,000 | £286,087 |
| 47 | 12 Dec 2024 | Terraced | £295,000 | £310,410 |
| 8 | 26 Nov 2024 | Detached | £450,000 | £473,507 |
| 62 | 22 Aug 2024 | Terraced | £285,000 | £299,888 |
| 20 | 2 Aug 2024 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £341,978 |
| 84 | 2 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £290,000 | £305,149 |
| 57 | 28 Jun 2024 | Terraced | £325,000 | £341,978 |
| 43 | 30 Jun 2023 | Terraced | £270,000 | £291,724 |
| 78 | 11 Apr 2023 | Terraced | £300,000 | £324,138 |
| 46 | 17 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £300,000 | £347,576 |
| 20 | 21 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £376,541 |
| 94 | 16 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £285,000 | £330,197 |
| 60 | 21 Jan 2022 | Terraced | £185,000 | £214,339 |
| 25 | 29 Oct 2021 | Terraced | £280,000 | £353,763 |
| 2 | 14 Jun 2021 | Detached | £410,000 | £518,011 |
| 14 | 21 May 2021 | Detached | £360,000 | £454,839 |
| 82 | 29 Apr 2021 | Terraced | £250,000 | £315,860 |
| 46 | 21 Apr 2021 | Terraced | £233,000 | £294,382 |
| 84 | 12 Apr 2021 | Terraced | £233,500 | £295,013 |
| 51 | 7 Dec 2020 | Terraced | £230,000 | £297,796 |
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 Shorefields, Gillingham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 Shorefields | £74,750 (1998) | £351,000 (2026) | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| 16 Shorefields | £79,995 (1997) | £318,000 (2025) | +5.1% | +2.3% |
| 30 Shorefields | £99,450 (1997) | £215,000 (2025) | +2.8% | +0.1% |
| 88 Shorefields | £72,500 (1998) | £320,000 (2025) | +5.7% | +2.9% |
| 28 Shorefields | £82,500 (1997) | £375,000 (2025) | +5.6% | +2.8% |
| 34 Shorefields | £55,527 (1997) | £280,000 (2025) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| 47 Shorefields | £54,700 (1996) | £295,000 (2024) | +6.2% | +3.5% |
| 8 Shorefields | £92,500 (1997) | £450,000 (2024) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
| 62 Shorefields | £53,152 (1997) | £285,000 (2024) | +6.4% | +3.7% |
| 20 Shorefields | £59,802 (1997) | £325,000 (2024) | +6.5% | +3.7% |
| 84 Shorefields | £56,500 (1998) | £290,000 (2024) | +6.5% | +3.8% |
| 57 Shorefields | £63,100 (1996) | £325,000 (2024) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Shorefields, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 173 | 65.3% | £117,995 | £43,000 – £325,000 |
| Detached | 58 | 21.9% | £107,000 | £71,155 – £450,000 |
| Semi-detached | 34 | 12.8% | £110,000 | £58,500 – £351,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Shorefields, Gillingham
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 265 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 | 265 | 100.0% | £114,995 |
| New build | 82 | 30.9% | £60,475 |
| Existing home | 183 | 69.1% | £149,995 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -59.7%. 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.
Section 07
Living in Shorefields, Gillingham
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Medway, 46.0% of 131,200 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.0% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 194 | 0.1% |
| B | 14,196 | 10.8% |
| C | 45,971 | 35.0% |
| D | 51,309 | 39.1% |
| E | 15,576 | 11.9% |
| F | 2,931 | 2.2% |
| G | 1,023 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Medway at £1,234 a month as of Jun 2026 — £897 for a one-bedroom home and £1,337 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £114,995 here, that rent is a gross yield of 12.88% 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 ME8, 146 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 55 violent, 2 burglary, 4 vehicle-related and 41 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is about typical.
Against the 279,773 residents the 2021 census counted in Medway, that is 0.52 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 Shorefields, Gillingham
The 2021 census counted 279,773 residents in Medway across 111,457 households. 66.2% of those households own their home and 33.8% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
17 state and independent schools have a ME8 postcode: 13 primary, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainham School for Girls | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,622 |
| Rainham Mark Grammar School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,568 |
| The Howard School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,471 |
| Leigh Academy Rainham | Secondary | Free schools | 964 |
| Fairview Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 670 |
| Parkwood Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 476 |
| Thames View Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 459 |
| Riverside Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 453 |
| Miers Court Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 417 |
| St Margaret's Church of England Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 363 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Rainham (Kent) Rail Station | Rail | 1.1 km |
| Gillingham (Kent) Rail Station | Rail | 4.3 km |
| Newington Rail Station | Rail | 5.0 km |
| Chatham Rail Station | Rail | 5.7 km |
Section 09
How Shorefields, Gillingham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Shorefields, Gillingham sits below that national figure — -27.0%.
Within Gillingham the street ranks 917 of 1078 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £150,000 (-23.3%).
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 £43,000 to £450,000. 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.
Shorefields, Gillingham sits in Medway, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Medway at 8.4 times median local earnings of £37,128 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
- Maidstone Road£230,000 median
- Station Road£117,250 median
- High Street£147,475 median
- Lonsdale Drive£179,995 median
- Broadway£144,000 median
- Mierscourt Road£161,500 median
- Beechings Way£140,000 median
- Ploughmans Way£149,995 median
- Wigmore Road£270,000 median
- Bredhurst Road£225,000 median
- Ten Acre Way£127,750 median
- Featherby Road£159,000 median
- Lower Rainham Road£190,000 median
- Edwin Road£285,000 median
- Wakeley Road£125,000 median
- Hawthorne Avenue£168,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 20 Shorefields9 sales
- 47 Shorefields7 sales
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- 51 Shorefields7 sales
- 80 Shorefields6 sales
- 62 Shorefields6 sales
- 60 Shorefields6 sales
- 25 Shorefields6 sales
- 31 Shorefields6 sales
- 84 Shorefields5 sales
- 57 Shorefields5 sales
- 44 Shorefields5 sales
- 56 Shorefields5 sales
- 29 Shorefields5 sales
- 64 Shorefields5 sales
- 22 Shorefields5 sales
- 92 Shorefields5 sales
- 16 Shorefields4 sales
- 43 Shorefields4 sales
- 94 Shorefields4 sales
- 14 Shorefields4 sales
- 55 Shorefields4 sales
- 17 Shorefields4 sales
- 76 Shorefields4 sales
Back to Gillingham house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Shorefields, Gillingham?
The median price paid in Shorefields, Gillingham across every sale on the register is £114,995. 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 Shorefields, Gillingham?
265 sales are on record for Shorefields, Gillingham, the most recent completing on 23 Jan 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Shorefields, Gillingham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +64.1% between 2014 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +16.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Shorefields, Gillingham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £318,000, set in 2025. 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 Shorefields, Gillingham?
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 23 Jan 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, “Shorefields, 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.