Higher Town, Kingsbridge house prices are built from 60 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1999 and the most recent on 23 Jan 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £198,000. Across the 18 years from 2002 to 2020 the median moved +73.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +16.6%.
Median price paid
£198,000
Change in cash, 2002–2020
+73.7%
Change in real terms
+16.6%
Median per m²
£1,905
HM Land Registry60 sales9 with floor areaLatest sale 23 Jan 2026
Section 01
How Higher Town, Kingsbridge prices moved
The chart tracks the median Higher Town, Kingsbridge house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1999 to 2020. 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 | 1 | £75,000 | £166,535 |
| 2000s | 1 | £190,000 | £346,124 |
| 2020s | 1 | £330,000 | £337,174 |
The highest yearly median on record for Higher Town, Kingsbridge is £330,000 in 2020; the lowest is £75,000 in 1999. Across the full 22-year record the cash median has moved from £75,000 to £330,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £152,818, so the real change over the whole record is +179.6% — about +5.02% 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: +73.7% in cash against +16.6% 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 Terrace Cottage | 23 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £265,000 | £265,000 |
| Townsend Cottage | 3 Jan 2025 | Terraced | £240,000 | £245,217 |
| Pippin Cottage | 8 Oct 2024 | Terraced | £310,000 | £326,194 |
| Driftwood | 4 Sep 2023 | Terraced | £325,000 | £351,149 |
| Church End Cottage | 26 Jun 2023 | Semi-detached | £307,500 | £332,241 |
| Myrtle Cottage | 5 Jan 2023 | Semi-detached | £500,000 | £540,230 |
| 2 Townsend Cottages | 12 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £375,000 | £434,470 |
| Pippin Cottage | 21 Jul 2021 | Terraced | £304,000 | £384,086 |
| Ellenor | 9 Nov 2020 | Terraced | £330,000 | £427,273 |
| 3 Churchgate Cottages | 23 Oct 2020 | Terraced | £273,000 | £353,471 |
| Myrtle Cottage | 14 Aug 2020 | Semi-detached | £347,500 | £449,931 |
| 2 Townsend Cottages | 27 Mar 2020 | Terraced | £300,000 | £388,430 |
| Chestnut Folly | 19 Feb 2020 | Terraced | £432,500 | £559,986 |
| Driftwood | 4 Nov 2019 | Terraced | £220,000 | £287,755 |
| Joymead | 25 Oct 2019 | Terraced | £270,300 | £353,546 |
| Townsend Cottage | 2 Mar 2018 | Terraced | £115,000 | £153,261 |
| Eddystone Cottage | 2 Dec 2016 | Terraced | £200,000 | £279,208 |
| Upper Forge | 19 Sep 2014 | Terraced | £124,000 | £177,864 |
| Foxbear | 17 Apr 2014 | Terraced | £196,000 | £281,139 |
| Pippin Cottage | 7 Apr 2014 | Terraced | £200,000 | £286,877 |
| West End Cottage | 20 Apr 2012 | Terraced | £300,000 | £448,093 |
| Church Gate Cottage | 5 Apr 2012 | Terraced | £275,000 | £410,752 |
| 2 | 24 Feb 2011 | Terraced | £183,500 | £281,234 |
| Chestnut Folly | 20 Aug 2010 | Terraced | £410,000 | £654,700 |
| Chestnut Folly | 11 Jan 2008 | Terraced | £445,000 | £746,964 |
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 Higher Town, Kingsbridge values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 TERRACE COTTAGE Higher Town | £53,000 (1995) | £265,000 (2026) | +5.3% | +2.7% |
| TOWNSEND COTTAGE Higher Town | £115,000 (2018) | £240,000 (2025) | +11.1% | +6.9% |
| PIPPIN COTTAGE Higher Town | £200,000 (2014) | £310,000 (2024) | +4.5% | +1.3% |
| DRIFTWOOD Higher Town | £64,000 (1999) | £325,000 (2023) | +7.0% | +4.2% |
| CHURCH END COTTAGE Higher Town | £87,500 (2000) | £307,500 (2023) | +5.6% | +2.8% |
| MYRTLE COTTAGE Higher Town | £75,750 (1997) | £500,000 (2023) | +7.5% | +4.8% |
| 2 TOWNSEND COTTAGES Higher Town | £300,000 (2020) | £375,000 (2022) | +11.8% | +5.8% |
| ELLENOR Higher Town | £190,000 (2002) | £330,000 (2020) | +3.1% | +0.9% |
| 3 CHURCHGATE COTTAGES Higher Town | £15,500 (1998) | £273,000 (2020) | +13.9% | +11.5% |
| CHESTNUT FOLLY Higher Town | £275,000 (2002) | £432,500 (2020) | +2.5% | +0.3% |
| FOXBEAR Higher Town | £172,000 (2004) | £196,000 (2014) | +1.3% | -1.3% |
| WEST END COTTAGE Higher Town | £123,000 (2000) | £300,000 (2012) | +7.7% | +5.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Higher Town, Kingsbridge 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 | 46 | 76.7% | £200,000 | £15,500 – £445,000 |
| Semi-detached | 10 | 16.7% | £87,500 | £62,000 – £500,000 |
| Detached | 4 | 6.7% | £140,000 | £125,000 – £415,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Higher Town, Kingsbridge
1 of the sales on record are leasehold and 59 freehold — 1.7% 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 £124,000 and the median freehold sale £200,000 — a gap of +61.3%. 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 | 1 | 1.7% | £124,000 |
| Freehold | 59 | 98.3% | £200,000 |
| New build | 1 | 1.7% | £87,500 |
| Existing home | 59 | 98.3% | £200,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -56.3%. 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 2 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 Higher Town, Kingsbridge
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across South Hams, 36.3% of 52,222 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 12.0% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 775 | 1.5% |
| B | 6,359 | 12.2% |
| C | 11,843 | 22.7% |
| D | 16,680 | 31.9% |
| E | 10,298 | 19.7% |
| F | 4,645 | 8.9% |
| G | 1,622 | 3.1% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in South Hams at £1,005 a month as of Jun 2026 — £732 for a one-bedroom home and £1,130 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £198,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.09% 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 TQ7, 37 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 12 violent, 2 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 3 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 4.5 times quieter.
Against the 88,627 residents the 2021 census counted in South Hams, that is 0.42 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 Higher Town, Kingsbridge
The 2021 census counted 88,627 residents in South Hams across 39,337 households. 72.1% of those households own their home and 27.9% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
9 state and independent schools have a TQ7 postcode: 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsbridge Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,199 |
| Kingsbridge Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 343 |
| Stokenham Area Primary School | Primary | Community school | 202 |
| Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 149 |
| Loddiswell Primary School | Primary | Community school | 118 |
| Aveton Gifford CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 97 |
| Malborough with South Huish Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 85 |
| West Alvington Church of England Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 34 |
| Charleton Church of England Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 24 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Kingsbridge Ferry Landing | Ferry | 0.7 km |
| Salcombe Ferry Landing | Ferry | 5.3 km |
| East Portlemouth Ferry Landing | Ferry | 5.5 km |
| Bantham Ferry Landing | Ferry | 6.2 km |
Section 09
How Higher Town, Kingsbridge compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Higher Town, Kingsbridge sits above that national figure — +25.7%.
Within Kingsbridge the street ranks 188 of 315 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £228,000 (-13.2%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,905 per square metre, across 9 of the 60 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 £15,500 to £500,000. 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.
Higher Town, Kingsbridge sits in South Hams, in the South West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in South Hams at 11.4 times median local earnings of £32,086 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
- Fore Street£150,000 median
- Cumber Close£127,000 median
- Embankment Road£292,500 median
- Church Street£135,000 median
- Saffron Park£163,500 median
- Scholars Walk£195,000 median
- Elmwood Park£170,000 median
- Windsor Court£72,000 median
- Vincents Road£159,950 median
- Ebrington Street£155,000 median
- Marine Drive£331,250 median
- Knowle House Close£200,000 median
- Kiln Lane£372,500 median
- Wallingford Road£189,500 median
- Duncombe Street£115,000 median
- Coombe Meadows£232,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 2, TERRACE COTTAGE Higher Town5 sales
- DRIFTWOOD Higher Town5 sales
- 3, CHURCHGATE COTTAGES Higher Town4 sales
- CHESTNUT FOLLY Higher Town4 sales
- PIPPIN COTTAGE Higher Town3 sales
- MYRTLE COTTAGE Higher Town3 sales
- FOXBEAR Higher Town3 sales
- WEST END COTTAGE Higher Town3 sales
- TOWNSEND COTTAGE Higher Town2 sales
- CHURCH END COTTAGE Higher Town2 sales
- 2 TOWNSEND COTTAGES Higher Town2 sales
- ELLENOR Higher Town2 sales
- CHURCH GATE COTTAGE Higher Town2 sales
- 2 Higher Town2 sales
- THE OLD FORGE Higher Town2 sales
- HOPE THATCH Higher Town2 sales
- PEBBLE COTTAGE, Higher Town2 sales
- LITTLE HAVEN Higher Town2 sales
- HATCH WAY Higher Town2 sales
Back to Kingsbridge house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Higher Town, Kingsbridge?
The median price paid in Higher Town, Kingsbridge across every sale on the register is £198,000. 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 Higher Town, Kingsbridge?
60 sales are on record for Higher Town, Kingsbridge, 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 Higher Town, Kingsbridge house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +73.7% between 2002 and 2020. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +16.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Higher Town, Kingsbridge house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £330,000, 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 Higher Town, Kingsbridge?
£1,905 per square metre, from the 9 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 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, “Higher Town, Kingsbridge 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.