Grasmere Road, Lightwater house prices are built from 101 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 16 Jan 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £277,000. Across the 9 years from 1996 to 2005 the median moved +177.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +132.6%.
Median price paid
£277,000
Change in cash, 1996–2005
+177.0%
Change in real terms
+132.6%
Median per m²
£3,113
HM Land Registry101 sales19 with floor areaLatest sale 16 Jan 2026
Section 01
How Grasmere Road, Lightwater prices moved
The chart tracks the median Grasmere Road, Lightwater house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2005. 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 | 3 | £150,000 | £333,071 |
| 2000s | 3 | £243,000 | £442,674 |
The highest yearly median on record for Grasmere Road, Lightwater is £277,000 in 2005; the lowest is £100,000 in 1996. Across the full 10-year record the cash median has moved from £100,000 to £277,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £216,923, so the real change over the whole record is +132.6% — about +9.83% 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: +177.0% in cash against +132.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | 16 Jan 2026 | Detached | £520,000 | £520,000 |
| 83 | 5 Jan 2024 | Semi-detached | £570,000 | £599,776 |
| 12 | 10 Nov 2023 | Detached | £500,000 | £540,230 |
| 36 | 8 Nov 2023 | Semi-detached | £622,500 | £672,586 |
| 13 | 28 Sep 2023 | Semi-detached | £496,615 | £536,573 |
| 44 | 18 Oct 2022 | Detached | £745,000 | £863,147 |
| 36 | 15 Mar 2022 | Semi-detached | £640,000 | £741,495 |
| 8 | 7 Mar 2022 | Semi-detached | £475,000 | £550,329 |
| 49 | 7 Mar 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £325,000 | £376,541 |
| 43 | 20 Aug 2021 | Semi-detached | £600,000 | £758,065 |
| 8 | 22 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £345,000 | £435,887 |
| 57 | 16 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £410,618 |
| 77 | 4 Aug 2020 | Semi-detached | £470,000 | £608,540 |
| 49 | 15 Nov 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £245,000 | £320,455 |
| 36 | 29 Mar 2019 | Semi-detached | £575,000 | £752,087 |
| 41 | 3 Aug 2018 | Semi-detached | £400,000 | £533,081 |
| 43 | 29 Mar 2018 | Semi-detached | £540,000 | £719,660 |
| 32 | 11 Aug 2017 | Detached | £535,000 | £728,137 |
| 45 | 12 Dec 2016 | Semi-detached | £475,000 | £663,119 |
| 52 | 10 Mar 2016 | Detached | £700,000 | £977,228 |
| 81 | 10 Mar 2016 | Semi-detached | £525,000 | £732,921 |
| 20 | 5 Feb 2016 | Detached | £495,000 | £691,040 |
| 47 | 17 Dec 2015 | Semi-detached | £592,500 | £835,425 |
| 11 | 7 Apr 2015 | Semi-detached | £550,000 | £775,500 |
| 40 | 13 Feb 2015 | Semi-detached | £499,950 | £704,930 |
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 Grasmere Road, Lightwater values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 Grasmere Road | £178,000 (2000) | £570,000 (2024) | +5.0% | +2.2% |
| 36 Grasmere Road | £82,500 (1996) | £622,500 (2023) | +7.8% | +5.0% |
| 13 Grasmere Road | £66,000 (1995) | £496,615 (2023) | +7.5% | +4.7% |
| 49 Grasmere Road | £175,000 (2014) | £325,000 (2022) | +8.0% | +5.2% |
| 8 Grasmere Road | £345,000 (2021) | £475,000 (2022) | +37.7% | +26.3% |
| 43 Grasmere Road | £207,500 (2002) | £600,000 (2021) | +5.7% | +3.4% |
| 77 Grasmere Road | £166,500 (1998) | £470,000 (2020) | +4.8% | +2.6% |
| 81 Grasmere Road | £114,000 (1997) | £525,000 (2016) | +8.4% | +6.0% |
| 20 Grasmere Road | £208,000 (2000) | £495,000 (2016) | +5.6% | +3.2% |
| 47 Grasmere Road | £270,000 (2002) | £592,500 (2015) | +6.2% | +3.7% |
| 40 Grasmere Road | £160,000 (1998) | £499,950 (2015) | +6.9% | +4.5% |
| 38 Grasmere Road | £320,000 (2006) | £445,000 (2014) | +4.2% | +1.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Grasmere Road, Lightwater 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 | 73 | 72.3% | £250,000 | £66,000 – £640,000 |
| Detached | 22 | 21.8% | £350,000 | £100,000 – £745,000 |
| Terraced | 3 | 3.0% | £243,000 | £220,000 – £293,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 3 | 3.0% | £245,000 | £175,000 – £325,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Grasmere Road, Lightwater
3 of the sales on record are leasehold and 98 freehold — 3.0% 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.
The median leasehold sale is £245,000 and the median freehold sale £281,000 — a gap of +14.7%. 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 | 3 | 3.0% | £245,000 |
| Freehold | 98 | 97.0% | £281,000 |
A further 6 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 09
How Grasmere Road, Lightwater compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Grasmere Road, Lightwater sits above that national figure — +75.9%.
Within Lightwater the street ranks 51 of 81 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £250,000 (+10.8%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,113 per square metre, across 19 of the 101 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 £66,000 to £745,000. 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.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Guildford Road£219,000 median
- Ambleside Road£465,000 median
- Macdonald Road£410,000 median
- Ivy Drive£168,750 median
- Broom Field£174,000 median
- Spruce Drive£190,000 median
- The Orchard£143,500 median
- Meadowbank Road£156,250 median
- Alsford Close£170,500 median
- Bluebell Rise£121,000 median
- Curley Hill Road£564,050 median
- Birchwood Drive£156,000 median
- The Avenue£185,500 median
- Clearsprings£283,500 median
- Barnett Lane£206,000 median
- Lightwater Meadow£356,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 36 Grasmere Road6 sales
- 40 Grasmere Road5 sales
- 13 Grasmere Road4 sales
- 19 Grasmere Road4 sales
- 67 Grasmere Road4 sales
- 49 Grasmere Road3 sales
- 43 Grasmere Road3 sales
- 77 Grasmere Road3 sales
- 81 Grasmere Road3 sales
- 17 Grasmere Road3 sales
- 63 Grasmere Road3 sales
- 27 Grasmere Road3 sales
- 83 Grasmere Road2 sales
- 8 Grasmere Road2 sales
- 20 Grasmere Road2 sales
- 47 Grasmere Road2 sales
- 38 Grasmere Road2 sales
- 21 Grasmere Road2 sales
- 89 Grasmere Road2 sales
- 33 Grasmere Road2 sales
- 53 Grasmere Road2 sales
- 37 Grasmere Road2 sales
- 22 Grasmere Road2 sales
- 24 Grasmere Road2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Grasmere Road, Lightwater?
The median price paid in Grasmere Road, Lightwater across every sale on the register is £277,000. 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 Grasmere Road, Lightwater?
101 sales are on record for Grasmere Road, Lightwater, the most recent completing on 16 Jan 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Grasmere Road, Lightwater house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +177.0% between 1996 and 2005. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +132.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Grasmere Road, Lightwater house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £277,000, set in 2005. 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 Grasmere Road, Lightwater?
£3,113 per square metre, from the 19 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 16 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, “Grasmere Road, Lightwater 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.