Riverhead, Louth house prices are built from 89 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 12 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £94,903. Across the 14 years from 1997 to 2011 the median moved +284.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +177.8%.
Median price paid
£94,903
Change in cash, 1997–2011
+284.3%
Change in real terms
+177.8%
Median per m²
£1,688
HM Land Registry89 sales32 with floor areaLatest sale 12 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Riverhead, Louth prices moved
The chart tracks the median Riverhead, Louth house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2011. 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 | 2 | £34,000 | £75,496 |
| 2000s | 2 | £72,500 | £132,074 |
| 2010s | 1 | £134,499 | £189,644 |
The highest yearly median on record for Riverhead, Louth is £134,499 in 2011; the lowest is £34,000 in 1995. Across the full 17-year record the cash median has moved from £34,000 to £134,499.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £75,496, so the real change over the whole record is +173.0% — about +6.48% 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: +284.3% in cash against +177.8% 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 | 12 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £168,000 | £168,000 |
| 20 | 12 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £137,000 | £139,978 |
| 35 | 22 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £221,000 | £232,545 |
| 4 the Moorings | 22 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £145,000 | £152,575 |
| 30 | 22 Mar 2024 | Terraced | £132,500 | £139,422 |
| 34 | 30 Mar 2023 | Terraced | £190,000 | £205,287 |
| 22 | 6 Jan 2023 | Terraced | £150,000 | £162,069 |
| 43 | 26 Sep 2022 | Terraced | £150,000 | £173,788 |
| 44 | 1 Jul 2022 | Semi-detached | £158,000 | £183,057 |
| 26 | 7 Jan 2022 | Terraced | £90,000 | £104,273 |
| 22 | 23 Apr 2021 | Terraced | £94,500 | £119,395 |
| 17 | 21 Oct 2020 | Terraced | £122,500 | £158,609 |
| 7 the Moorings | 13 Feb 2020 | Detached | £102,000 | £132,066 |
| 27 | 11 Oct 2019 | Terraced | £80,000 | £104,638 |
| 43 | 6 Sep 2019 | Terraced | £135,000 | £176,577 |
| 2 the Moorings | 28 Sep 2018 | Terraced | £115,000 | £153,261 |
| 26 | 4 Apr 2018 | Terraced | £95,000 | £126,607 |
| 49 | 26 Mar 2018 | Semi-detached | £134,500 | £179,249 |
| 27 | 16 Jan 2018 | Terraced | £76,250 | £101,619 |
| 48 | 20 Dec 2017 | Terraced | £130,000 | £176,931 |
| 46 | 15 Sep 2017 | Semi-detached | £155,000 | £210,956 |
| 24 | 18 Jul 2017 | Terraced | £117,000 | £159,237 |
| 28 | 20 Jan 2017 | Terraced | £77,500 | £105,478 |
| 26 | 20 May 2016 | Terraced | £63,500 | £88,649 |
| 4 the Moorings | 29 Feb 2016 | Terraced | £114,000 | £159,149 |
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 Riverhead, Louth values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 Riverhead | £107,000 (2011) | £168,000 (2026) | +3.1% | +0.2% |
| 20 Riverhead | £83,000 (2006) | £137,000 (2025) | +2.7% | -0.3% |
| 4 the MOORINGS Riverhead | £35,000 (1997) | £145,000 (2024) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| 35 Riverhead | £130,000 (2009) | £221,000 (2024) | +3.6% | +0.6% |
| 30 Riverhead | £38,500 (1999) | £132,500 (2024) | +5.1% | +2.3% |
| 34 Riverhead | £40,250 (1998) | £190,000 (2023) | +6.4% | +3.7% |
| 22 Riverhead | £46,500 (2002) | £150,000 (2023) | +5.7% | +2.9% |
| 43 Riverhead | £113,995 (2012) | £150,000 (2022) | +2.8% | +0.2% |
| 44 Riverhead | £119,999 (2011) | £158,000 (2022) | +2.5% | 0.0% |
| 26 Riverhead | £29,000 (1995) | £90,000 (2022) | +4.3% | +1.8% |
| 17 Riverhead | £36,500 (1998) | £122,500 (2020) | +5.7% | +3.4% |
| 27 Riverhead | £33,500 (2001) | £80,000 (2019) | +5.0% | +2.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Riverhead, Louth 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 | 68 | 76.4% | £90,000 | £14,000 – £221,000 |
| Semi-detached | 17 | 19.1% | £130,000 | £34,000 – £169,999 |
| Detached | 4 | 4.5% | £65,000 | £60,000 – £102,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Riverhead, Louth
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 89 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 | 89 | 100.0% | £94,903 |
| New build | 14 | 15.7% | £125,000 |
| Existing home | 75 | 84.3% | £89,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +40.4%. 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 Riverhead, Louth
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across East Lindsey, 33.8% of 83,562 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 11.0% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 582 | 0.7% |
| B | 7,824 | 9.4% |
| C | 19,835 | 23.7% |
| D | 29,818 | 35.7% |
| E | 16,296 | 19.5% |
| F | 6,884 | 8.2% |
| G | 2,323 | 2.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in East Lindsey at £695 a month as of Jun 2026 — £516 for a one-bedroom home and £809 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £94,903 here, that rent is a gross yield of 8.79% 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 LN11, 65 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 26 violent, 1 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 25 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.6 times quieter.
Against the 142,296 residents the 2021 census counted in East Lindsey, that is 0.46 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 Riverhead, Louth
The 2021 census counted 142,296 residents in East Lindsey across 64,754 households. 68.5% of those households own their home and 31.5% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
16 state and independent schools have a LN11 postcode: 13 primary, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Edward VI Grammar School | Secondary | Academy converter | 900 |
| Louth Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 891 |
| Kidgate Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 397 |
| Somercotes Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 395 |
| Lacey Gardens Junior Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 307 |
| St Michael's Church of England School, Louth | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 291 |
| Grimoldby Primary School | Primary | Foundation school | 207 |
| Eastfield Infants and Nursery Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 204 |
| North Somercotes CofE Primary School | Primary | Foundation school | 179 |
| The Donington-on-Bain School | Primary | Community school | 103 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cleethorpes Rail Station | Rail | 21.3 km |
| New Clee Rail Station | Rail | 23.1 km |
| Grimsby Docks Rail Station | Rail | 23.4 km |
| Great Coates Rail Station | Rail | 24.8 km |
Section 09
How Riverhead, Louth compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Riverhead, Louth sits below that national figure — -39.7%.
Within Louth the street ranks 379 of 464 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £126,750 (-25.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,688 per square metre, across 32 of the 89 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 £14,000 to £221,000. 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.
Riverhead, Louth sits in East Lindsey, in the East Midlands.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in East Lindsey at 7.0 times median local earnings of £31,350 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
- Main Road£150,500 median
- Newmarket£84,000 median
- Church Lane£198,000 median
- High Holme Road£100,500 median
- Eastgate£130,000 median
- Eastfield Road£105,000 median
- Mill Lane£153,250 median
- Chapel Lane£145,000 median
- Keddington Road£122,500 median
- Fulmar Drive£82,950 median
- Keeling Street£145,000 median
- Kidgate£83,000 median
- Upgate£102,000 median
- Church Street£86,975 median
- Westgate£135,000 median
- Tinkle Street£128,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 26 Riverhead6 sales
- 22 Riverhead5 sales
- 31 Riverhead5 sales
- 4, the MOORINGS Riverhead4 sales
- 30 Riverhead4 sales
- 27 Riverhead4 sales
- 5, the MOORINGS Riverhead4 sales
- 33 Riverhead4 sales
- 35 Riverhead3 sales
- 34 Riverhead3 sales
- 43 Riverhead3 sales
- 17 Riverhead3 sales
- 2, the MOORINGS Riverhead3 sales
- 28 Riverhead3 sales
- 42 Riverhead2 sales
- 20 Riverhead2 sales
- 44 Riverhead2 sales
- 49 Riverhead2 sales
- 48 Riverhead2 sales
- 46 Riverhead2 sales
- 24 Riverhead2 sales
- LYNSEY Riverhead2 sales
- 45 Riverhead2 sales
- 23 Riverhead2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Riverhead, Louth?
The median price paid in Riverhead, Louth across every sale on the register is £94,903. 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 Riverhead, Louth?
89 sales are on record for Riverhead, Louth, the most recent completing on 12 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Riverhead, Louth house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +284.3% between 1997 and 2011. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +177.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Riverhead, Louth house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £134,499, set in 2011. 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 Riverhead, Louth?
£1,688 per square metre, from the 32 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 Jun 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, “Riverhead, Louth 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.