The Thorns, Marlborough house prices are built from 68 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 13 Jun 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £168,500. Across the 6 years from 1996 to 2002 the median moved +84.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +64.0%.
Median price paid
£168,500
Change in cash, 1996–2002
+84.4%
Change in real terms
+64.0%
Median per m²
£1,428
HM Land Registry68 sales15 with floor areaLatest sale 13 Jun 2025
Section 01
How The Thorns, Marlborough prices moved
The chart tracks the median The Thorns, Marlborough house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2002. 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 | £69,150 | £153,546 |
| 2000s | 1 | £127,500 | £232,267 |
The highest yearly median on record for The Thorns, Marlborough is £127,500 in 2002; the lowest is £69,150 in 1996. Across the full 7-year record the cash median has moved from £69,150 to £127,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £150,002, so the real change over the whole record is +64.0% — about +8.59% 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: +84.4% in cash against +64.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 13 Jun 2025 | Detached | £650,000 | £664,130 |
| 24 | 7 Sep 2023 | Detached | £425,000 | £459,195 |
| 35 | 3 Feb 2023 | Detached | £580,000 | £626,667 |
| 20 | 31 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £255,000 | £295,440 |
| 8 | 16 May 2022 | Terraced | £365,000 | £422,884 |
| 25 | 19 Nov 2021 | Detached | £425,000 | £536,962 |
| 23 | 24 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £275,000 | £347,446 |
| 8 | 25 Oct 2018 | Terraced | £305,000 | £406,474 |
| 12 | 8 Dec 2017 | Terraced | £232,000 | £315,753 |
| 20 | 28 Jul 2017 | Terraced | £220,000 | £299,421 |
| 33 | 13 Jul 2017 | Detached | £435,000 | £592,037 |
| 6 | 12 Jul 2017 | Terraced | £219,950 | £299,353 |
| 23 | 9 Sep 2016 | Terraced | £275,000 | £383,911 |
| 32 | 15 Apr 2016 | Detached | £525,000 | £732,921 |
| 2 | 27 Nov 2015 | Detached | £330,000 | £465,300 |
| 22 | 20 Feb 2015 | Terraced | £198,950 | £280,520 |
| 28 | 30 Jan 2015 | Detached | £435,000 | £613,350 |
| 1 | 26 Mar 2014 | Detached | £275,000 | £394,456 |
| 32 | 4 Oct 2013 | Detached | £420,000 | £612,410 |
| 7 | 23 Aug 2013 | Terraced | £199,950 | £291,551 |
| 20 | 19 Aug 2013 | Terraced | £168,500 | £245,693 |
| 18 | 8 Jun 2012 | Terraced | £187,000 | £279,311 |
| 4 | 19 Aug 2011 | Terraced | £200,000 | £306,522 |
| 14 | 2 Aug 2011 | Terraced | £249,950 | £383,076 |
| 5 | 22 Jul 2011 | Terraced | £165,000 | £252,880 |
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 The Thorns, Marlborough values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 the Thorns | £168,500 (2000) | £425,000 (2023) | +4.1% | +1.4% |
| 35 the Thorns | £145,000 (1997) | £580,000 (2023) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 20 the Thorns | £157,000 (2008) | £255,000 (2022) | +3.5% | +0.8% |
| 8 the Thorns | £305,000 (2018) | £365,000 (2022) | +4.6% | +1.0% |
| 25 the Thorns | £135,000 (1999) | £425,000 (2021) | +5.4% | +3.1% |
| 23 the Thorns | £69,150 (1996) | £275,000 (2021) | +5.7% | +3.4% |
| 12 the Thorns | £74,000 (1999) | £232,000 (2017) | +6.6% | +4.2% |
| 33 the Thorns | £135,000 (1999) | £435,000 (2017) | +6.7% | +4.4% |
| 6 the Thorns | £59,950 (1997) | £219,950 (2017) | +6.7% | +4.4% |
| 32 the Thorns | £301,500 (2005) | £525,000 (2016) | +5.2% | +2.7% |
| 2 the Thorns | £67,500 (2002) | £330,000 (2015) | +13.0% | +10.3% |
| 22 the Thorns | £59,000 (1996) | £198,950 (2015) | +6.6% | +4.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. The Thorns, Marlborough 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 | 42 | 61.8% | £142,000 | £55,000 – £365,000 |
| Detached | 26 | 38.2% | £275,000 | £67,500 – £650,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in The Thorns, Marlborough
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 68 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 | 68 | 100.0% | £168,500 |
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 The Thorns, Marlborough
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Swindon, 55.1% of 106,645 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 1.8% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 715 | 0.7% |
| B | 15,600 | 14.6% |
| C | 42,470 | 39.8% |
| D | 36,357 | 34.1% |
| E | 9,531 | 8.9% |
| F | 1,557 | 1.5% |
| G | 415 | 0.4% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Swindon at £1,091 a month as of Jun 2026 — £816 for a one-bedroom home and £1,212 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £168,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 7.77% 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.
No street-level crime was published for SN8 in Jun 2026. Several forces do not supply street-level data to police.uk, so this is a gap in the source rather than a crime-free month — and printing a zero would say something the data does not.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around The Thorns, Marlborough
The 2021 census counted 233,407 residents in Swindon across 95,861 households. 64.9% of those households own their home and 34.9% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
13 state and independent schools have a SN8 postcode: 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John's Marlborough | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,692 |
| Marlborough St Mary's CE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 356 |
| Burbage Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 209 |
| Great Bedwyn Church of England School | Primary | Academy converter | 205 |
| St Michael's CofE Aided Primary | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 194 |
| Ramsbury Primary School | Primary | Community school | 186 |
| Preshute Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 135 |
| Collingbourne Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 101 |
| St Katharine's CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 93 |
| Baydon St Nicholas Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 81 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Bedwyn Rail Station | Rail | 6.7 km |
| Pewsey Rail Station | Rail | 9.3 km |
| Hungerford Rail Station | Rail | 12.0 km |
| Kintbury Rail Station | Rail | 16.6 km |
Section 09
How The Thorns, Marlborough compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. The Thorns, Marlborough sits above that national figure — +7.0%.
Within Marlborough the street ranks 328 of 370 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £270,000 (-37.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,428 per square metre, across 15 of the 68 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 £55,000 to £650,000. 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.
The Thorns, Marlborough sits in Swindon, in the South West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Swindon at 7.0 times median local earnings of £40,280 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
- High Street£285,000 median
- London Road£215,000 median
- River Park£167,000 median
- Kelham Gardens£160,450 median
- Salisbury Road£228,250 median
- Church Street£312,000 median
- Oxford Street£297,750 median
- The Green£290,000 median
- Kingsbury Street£222,500 median
- Rogers Meadow£144,000 median
- Priorsfield£242,500 median
- George Lane£180,000 median
- Herd Street£171,000 median
- White Horse Road£290,000 median
- Back Lane£381,750 median
- Lottage Road£232,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 23 the Thorns5 sales
- 20 the Thorns4 sales
- 12 the Thorns4 sales
- 6 the Thorns4 sales
- 25 the Thorns3 sales
- 32 the Thorns3 sales
- 7 the Thorns3 sales
- 5 the Thorns3 sales
- 11 the Thorns3 sales
- 24 the Thorns2 sales
- 35 the Thorns2 sales
- 8 the Thorns2 sales
- 33 the Thorns2 sales
- 2 the Thorns2 sales
- 22 the Thorns2 sales
- 28 the Thorns2 sales
- 1 the Thorns2 sales
- 18 the Thorns2 sales
- 27 the Thorns2 sales
- 31 the Thorns2 sales
- 34 the Thorns2 sales
- 16 the Thorns2 sales
- 21 the Thorns2 sales
Back to Marlborough house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in The Thorns, Marlborough?
The median price paid in The Thorns, Marlborough across every sale on the register is £168,500. 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 The Thorns, Marlborough?
68 sales are on record for The Thorns, Marlborough, the most recent completing on 13 Jun 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have The Thorns, Marlborough house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +84.4% between 1996 and 2002. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +64.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were The Thorns, Marlborough house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £127,500, set in 2002. 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 The Thorns, Marlborough?
£1,428 per square metre, from the 15 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 13 Jun 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, “The Thorns, Marlborough 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.