Orchard Valley, Hythe house prices are built from 62 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 12 Sep 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £244,998. Across the 25 years from 1998 to 2023 the median moved +417.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +169.7%.
Median price paid
£244,998
Change in cash, 1998–2023
+417.6%
Change in real terms
+169.7%
Median per m²
£2,818
HM Land Registry62 sales20 with floor areaLatest sale 12 Sep 2025
Section 01
How Orchard Valley, Hythe prices moved
There are too few years of sales in Orchard Valley, Hythe to plot a trend line. The figures below are drawn from the whole record rather than a yearly series.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 12 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £538,000 | £549,696 |
| 102 | 26 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £415,000 | £424,022 |
| 69 | 10 Dec 2024 | Semi-detached | £460,000 | £484,030 |
| 92 | 11 Oct 2024 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £341,978 |
| 52 | 9 Oct 2023 | Semi-detached | £420,000 | £453,793 |
| 102 | 17 Aug 2023 | Semi-detached | £295,000 | £318,736 |
| 64 | 31 May 2023 | Semi-detached | £550,000 | £594,253 |
| 65 | 31 May 2023 | Semi-detached | £450,000 | £486,207 |
| 37 | 30 Mar 2023 | Semi-detached | £440,000 | £475,402 |
| 76a | 23 Sep 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £173,788 |
| 96 | 27 Jan 2022 | Semi-detached | £390,000 | £451,849 |
| 66 | 7 Jan 2022 | Detached | £555,000 | £643,016 |
| 62 | 29 Oct 2021 | Semi-detached | £445,000 | £562,231 |
| 49 | 31 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £399,995 | £505,370 |
| 64 | 15 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £499,950 | £631,657 |
| 56 | 15 Nov 2019 | Detached | £427,000 | £558,506 |
| 35 | 31 Jul 2019 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £392,393 |
| 66 | 22 Feb 2019 | Detached | £425,000 | £555,891 |
| 80 | 4 Jan 2019 | Detached | £415,000 | £542,811 |
| 82 | 21 Jun 2018 | Detached | £407,500 | £543,077 |
| 56 | 8 Mar 2018 | Detached | £305,000 | £406,474 |
| 62 | 9 Feb 2018 | Semi-detached | £355,000 | £473,110 |
| 67 | 4 Nov 2016 | Detached | £385,000 | £537,475 |
| 98 | 23 Sep 2016 | Semi-detached | £360,000 | £502,574 |
| 39 | 24 Aug 2015 | Semi-detached | £289,995 | £408,893 |
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 Orchard Valley, Hythe values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 Orchard Valley | £300,000 (2019) | £538,000 (2025) | +10.2% | +5.8% |
| 102 Orchard Valley | £295,000 (2023) | £415,000 (2025) | +18.6% | +15.3% |
| 69 Orchard Valley | £85,000 (1998) | £460,000 (2024) | +6.7% | +4.0% |
| 64 Orchard Valley | £195,000 (2002) | £550,000 (2023) | +5.1% | +2.2% |
| 65 Orchard Valley | £82,500 (1998) | £450,000 (2023) | +7.0% | +4.3% |
| 37 Orchard Valley | £150,500 (2002) | £440,000 (2023) | +5.2% | +2.4% |
| 76A Orchard Valley | £113,750 (2013) | £150,000 (2022) | +3.1% | +0.5% |
| 96 Orchard Valley | £66,000 (1998) | £390,000 (2022) | +7.7% | +5.1% |
| 66 Orchard Valley | £425,000 (2019) | £555,000 (2022) | +9.3% | +5.0% |
| 62 Orchard Valley | £355,000 (2018) | £445,000 (2021) | +7.8% | +5.9% |
| 56 Orchard Valley | £305,000 (2018) | £427,000 (2019) | +40.0% | +37.4% |
| 80 Orchard Valley | £182,500 (2011) | £415,000 (2019) | +10.8% | +8.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Orchard Valley, Hythe 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 | 41 | 66.1% | £240,000 | £65,000 – £550,000 |
| Detached | 17 | 27.4% | £332,000 | £105,000 – £555,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 2 | 3.2% | £42,500 | £42,500 – £150,000 |
| Terraced | 2 | 3.2% | £145,000 | £145,000 – £175,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Orchard Valley, Hythe
2 of the sales on record are leasehold and 60 freehold — 3.2% 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 £96,250 and the median freehold sale £249,998 — a gap of +159.7%. 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 | 2 | 3.2% | £96,250 |
| Freehold | 60 | 96.8% | £249,998 |
| New build | 1 | 1.6% | £165,000 |
| Existing home | 61 | 98.4% | £249,995 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -34.0%. 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 Orchard Valley, Hythe
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Folkestone and Hythe, 43.8% of 63,526 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.3% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 288 | 0.5% |
| B | 6,476 | 10.2% |
| C | 21,079 | 33.2% |
| D | 22,910 | 36.1% |
| E | 9,418 | 14.8% |
| F | 2,479 | 3.9% |
| G | 876 | 1.4% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Folkestone and Hythe at £1,172 a month as of Jun 2026 — £801 for a one-bedroom home and £1,278 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £244,998 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.74% 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 CT21, 66 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 21 violent, 4 burglary, 3 vehicle-related and 21 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.5 times quieter.
Against the 109,758 residents the 2021 census counted in Folkestone and Hythe, that is 0.60 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 Orchard Valley, Hythe
The 2021 census counted 109,758 residents in Folkestone and Hythe across 48,337 households. 66.6% of those households own their home and 33.4% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
7 state and independent schools have a CT21 postcode: 6 primary, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brockhill Park Performing Arts College | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,314 |
| Hythe Bay CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 220 |
| Palmarsh Primary School | Primary | Community school | 204 |
| Saltwood CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 202 |
| Lympne Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 195 |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 179 |
| Seabrook Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 104 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hythe Station (RHDR) | Tram | 0.2 km |
| Hythe Station (RHDR) | Metro or underground | 0.3 km |
| Hythe Station (RHDR) | Metro or underground | 0.3 km |
| Sandling Rail Station | Rail | 2.1 km |
Section 09
How Orchard Valley, Hythe compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Orchard Valley, Hythe sits above that national figure — +55.6%.
Within Hythe the street ranks 115 of 279 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £207,000 (+18.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,818 per square metre, across 20 of the 62 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 £42,500 to £555,000. 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.
Orchard Valley, Hythe sits in Folkestone and Hythe, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Folkestone and Hythe at 8.1 times median local earnings of £38,755 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
- Seabrook Road£215,000 median
- Stade Street£165,000 median
- Dymchurch Road£148,250 median
- North Road£275,000 median
- Stone Street£235,000 median
- Bartholomew Street£95,000 median
- St Leonards Road£184,000 median
- South Road£185,000 median
- Shepherds Walk£169,500 median
- Marine Parade£156,250 median
- Cliff Road£430,000 median
- Ormonde Road£170,000 median
- Romney Way£143,725 median
- Albert Road£186,250 median
- West Parade£265,000 median
- East Street£181,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 64 Orchard Valley4 sales
- 37 Orchard Valley3 sales
- 77 Orchard Valley3 sales
- 94 Orchard Valley3 sales
- 35 Orchard Valley2 sales
- 102 Orchard Valley2 sales
- 69 Orchard Valley2 sales
- 65 Orchard Valley2 sales
- 76A Orchard Valley2 sales
- 96 Orchard Valley2 sales
- 66 Orchard Valley2 sales
- 62 Orchard Valley2 sales
- 56 Orchard Valley2 sales
- 80 Orchard Valley2 sales
- 82 Orchard Valley2 sales
- 67 Orchard Valley2 sales
- 98 Orchard Valley2 sales
- 54 Orchard Valley2 sales
- 79 Orchard Valley2 sales
- 61 Orchard Valley2 sales
Back to Hythe house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Orchard Valley, Hythe?
The median price paid in Orchard Valley, Hythe across every sale on the register is £244,998. 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 Orchard Valley, Hythe?
62 sales are on record for Orchard Valley, Hythe, the most recent completing on 12 Sep 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Orchard Valley, Hythe house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +417.6% between 1998 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +169.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Orchard Valley, Hythe house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £440,000, set in 2023. 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 Orchard Valley, Hythe?
£2,818 per square metre, from the 20 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 12 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, “Orchard Valley, Hythe 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.