Lightermans Way, Greenhithe house prices are built from 102 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2004 and the most recent on 24 Oct 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £250,000. Across the 10 years from 2005 to 2015 the median moved +9.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -15.4%.
Median price paid
£250,000
Change in cash, 2005–2015
+9.3%
Change in real terms
-15.4%
Median per m²
£3,135
HM Land Registry102 sales22 with floor areaLatest sale 24 Oct 2025
Section 01
How Lightermans Way, Greenhithe prices moved
The chart tracks the median Lightermans Way, Greenhithe house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2004 to 2015. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4 | £205,000 | £373,450 |
| 2010s | 2 | £224,000 | £315,840 |
The highest yearly median on record for Lightermans Way, Greenhithe is £272,500 in 2007; the lowest is £196,250 in 2006. Across the full 12-year record the cash median has moved from £262,000 to £224,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £486,079, so the real change over the whole record is -35.0% — about -3.84% 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: +9.3% in cash against -15.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 24 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £262,000 | £267,696 |
| 47 | 19 Jul 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £320,000 | £345,747 |
| 22 | 31 Jan 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £310,000 | £334,943 |
| 26 | 17 Dec 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £450,000 | £568,548 |
| 34 | 28 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £278,000 | £351,237 |
| 6 | 18 May 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £375,000 | £473,790 |
| 47 | 28 Aug 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £273,000 | £353,471 |
| 53 | 8 Nov 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £237,500 | £310,645 |
| 39 | 15 Aug 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £215,000 | £281,215 |
| 30 | 23 Jul 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | £287,755 |
| 51 | 21 Jan 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £326,994 |
| 18 | 17 Sep 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £284,000 | £378,488 |
| 10 | 20 Nov 2017 | Terraced | £370,000 | £503,571 |
| 24 | 7 Apr 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £280,000 | £381,081 |
| 7 | 23 Sep 2016 | Semi-detached | £375,000 | £523,515 |
| 48 | 1 Sep 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £246,000 | £343,426 |
| 50 | 1 Feb 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £349,010 |
| 21 | 16 Oct 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £305,000 | £430,050 |
| 44 | 27 Aug 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £410,000 | £578,100 |
| 32 | 15 Jun 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | £253,800 |
| 47 | 15 May 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £224,000 | £315,840 |
| 46 | 27 Mar 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | £310,200 |
| 9 | 28 Nov 2014 | Terraced | £302,000 | £433,184 |
| 1 | 29 Oct 2014 | Terraced | £372,000 | £533,591 |
| 53 | 25 Sep 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £195,000 | £279,705 |
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 Lightermans Way, Greenhithe values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 Lightermans Way | £210,000 (2006) | £262,000 (2025) | +1.2% | -1.7% |
| 47 Lightermans Way | £232,500 (2006) | £320,000 (2023) | +1.9% | -1.1% |
| 22 Lightermans Way | £225,000 (2004) | £310,000 (2023) | +1.7% | -1.2% |
| 26 Lightermans Way | £325,000 (2004) | £450,000 (2021) | +1.9% | -0.3% |
| 34 Lightermans Way | £210,000 (2006) | £278,000 (2021) | +1.9% | -0.4% |
| 6 Lightermans Way | £250,000 (2004) | £375,000 (2021) | +2.4% | +0.1% |
| 53 Lightermans Way | £197,500 (2006) | £237,500 (2019) | +1.4% | -0.9% |
| 39 Lightermans Way | £172,500 (2005) | £215,000 (2019) | +1.6% | -0.8% |
| 30 Lightermans Way | £235,000 (2005) | £220,000 (2019) | -0.5% | -2.8% |
| 51 Lightermans Way | £197,500 (2005) | £250,000 (2019) | +1.7% | -0.7% |
| 18 Lightermans Way | £250,000 (2004) | £284,000 (2018) | +0.9% | -1.4% |
| 10 Lightermans Way | £290,000 (2007) | £370,000 (2017) | +2.5% | 0.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Lightermans Way, Greenhithe 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 | 80 | 78.4% | £230,000 | £157,500 – £450,000 |
| Terraced | 14 | 13.7% | £280,000 | £250,000 – £372,000 |
| Detached | 5 | 4.9% | £280,000 | £265,000 – £307,000 |
| Semi-detached | 3 | 2.9% | £295,000 | £289,995 – £375,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Lightermans Way, Greenhithe
80 of the sales on record are leasehold and 22 freehold — 78.4% 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 £230,000 and the median freehold sale £285,000 — a gap of +23.9%. 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 | 80 | 78.4% | £230,000 |
| Freehold | 22 | 21.6% | £285,000 |
| New build | 53 | 52.0% | £230,000 |
| Existing home | 49 | 48.0% | £260,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -11.5%. 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 Lightermans Way, Greenhithe
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Dartford, 56.7% of 52,462 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.1% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 266 | 0.5% |
| B | 12,975 | 24.7% |
| C | 16,506 | 31.5% |
| D | 16,509 | 31.5% |
| E | 5,130 | 9.8% |
| F | 867 | 1.7% |
| G | 209 | 0.4% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Dartford at £1,566 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,086 for a one-bedroom home and £1,699 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £250,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 7.52% 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 DA9, 256 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 45 violent, 2 burglary, 10 vehicle-related and 32 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.5 times busier.
Against the 116,753 residents the 2021 census counted in Dartford, that is 2.19 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 Lightermans Way, Greenhithe
The 2021 census counted 116,753 residents in Dartford across 45,694 households. 67.9% of those households own their home and 31.9% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
2 state and independent schools have a DA9 postcode: 2 primary. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone St Mary's CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 648 |
| Knockhall Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 387 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Greenhithe for Bluewater Rail Station | Rail | 0.3 km |
| Swanscombe Rail Station | Rail | 2.2 km |
| Ebbsfleet International Rail Station | Rail | 3.1 km |
| Northfleet Rail Station | Rail | 3.2 km |
Section 09
How Lightermans Way, Greenhithe compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Lightermans Way, Greenhithe sits above that national figure — +58.7%.
Within Greenhithe the street ranks 57 of 182 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £186,000 (+34.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,135 per square metre, across 22 of the 102 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 £157,500 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.
Lightermans Way, Greenhithe sits in Dartford, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Dartford at 10.1 times median local earnings of £37,221 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
- London Road£92,000 median
- Charles Street£153,725 median
- Hayes Road£135,000 median
- Winston Close£98,250 median
- Knockhall Road£160,498 median
- Sandpiper Close£174,250 median
- North Star Boulevard£175,000 median
- Clovelly Place£215,000 median
- Cooper Close£112,000 median
- High Street£177,000 median
- Hedge Place Road£180,000 median
- Ingress Park Avenue£274,500 median
- Mounts Road£159,000 median
- The Boulevard£287,500 median
- Havelock Drive£270,000 median
- Empire Walk£215,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 47 Lightermans Way5 sales
- 50 Lightermans Way4 sales
- 22 Lightermans Way3 sales
- 34 Lightermans Way3 sales
- 6 Lightermans Way3 sales
- 53 Lightermans Way3 sales
- 10 Lightermans Way3 sales
- 46 Lightermans Way3 sales
- 9 Lightermans Way3 sales
- 17 Lightermans Way3 sales
- 4 Lightermans Way3 sales
- 25 Lightermans Way3 sales
- 42 Lightermans Way2 sales
- 26 Lightermans Way2 sales
- 39 Lightermans Way2 sales
- 30 Lightermans Way2 sales
- 51 Lightermans Way2 sales
- 18 Lightermans Way2 sales
- 24 Lightermans Way2 sales
- 7 Lightermans Way2 sales
- 48 Lightermans Way2 sales
- 21 Lightermans Way2 sales
- 44 Lightermans Way2 sales
- 32 Lightermans Way2 sales
Back to Greenhithe house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Lightermans Way, Greenhithe?
The median price paid in Lightermans Way, Greenhithe 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 Lightermans Way, Greenhithe?
102 sales are on record for Lightermans Way, Greenhithe, the most recent completing on 24 Oct 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Lightermans Way, Greenhithe house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +9.3% between 2005 and 2015. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -15.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Lightermans Way, Greenhithe house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £272,500, set in 2007. 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 Lightermans Way, Greenhithe?
£3,135 per square metre, from the 22 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 24 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, “Lightermans Way, Greenhithe 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.