Barley Way, Marlow house prices are built from 97 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 13 Aug 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £320,000. Across the 9 years from 1998 to 2007 the median moved +95.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +63.6%.
Median price paid
£320,000
Change in cash, 1998–2007
+95.1%
Change in real terms
+63.6%
Median per m²
£4,521
HM Land Registry97 sales16 with floor areaLatest sale 13 Aug 2025
Section 01
How Barley Way, Marlow prices moved
The chart tracks the median Barley Way, Marlow house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1998 to 2007. 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 | £225,000 | £499,606 |
| 2000s | 2 | £345,000 | £628,488 |
The highest yearly median on record for Barley Way, Marlow is £595,000 in 2007; the lowest is £225,000 in 1999. Across the full 10-year record the cash median has moved from £305,000 to £595,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £632,426, so the real change over the whole record is +63.6% — about +5.62% 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: +95.1% in cash against +63.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 13 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £1,275,000 | £1,302,717 |
| 16 | 13 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £890,000 | £909,348 |
| 3 Brew Tower | 3 Apr 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £525,000 | £567,241 |
| 25 | 13 Dec 2022 | Terraced | £1,200,000 | £1,390,304 |
| 21 Brew Tower | 30 Jun 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £565,000 | £654,601 |
| 19 | 4 Sep 2020 | Detached | £1,065,000 | £1,378,926 |
| 8 Brew Tower | 19 Jun 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £399,950 | £517,842 |
| 21 | 24 Feb 2020 | Terraced | £861,000 | £1,114,793 |
| 4 Brew Tower | 17 Dec 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £615,000 | £804,406 |
| 2 Brew Tower | 5 May 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £522,500 | £711,125 |
| 16 | 24 Jan 2017 | Terraced | £745,000 | £1,013,948 |
| 1 Brew Tower | 9 Jun 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £605,000 | £844,604 |
| 8 Brew Tower | 4 Apr 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £392,000 | £547,248 |
| 18 Brew Tower | 12 May 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £448,000 | £642,604 |
| 7 Brew Tower | 28 Apr 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £410,000 | £588,098 |
| 11 Brew Tower | 3 Apr 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £305,100 | £437,631 |
| 15 Brew Tower | 28 Feb 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £485,000 | £695,677 |
| 20 Brew Tower | 28 Mar 2013 | Flat or maisonette | £499,950 | £728,986 |
| 12 Brew Tower | 3 Dec 2012 | Flat or maisonette | £480,000 | £716,949 |
| 8 Brew Tower | 3 Dec 2012 | Flat or maisonette | £305,000 | £455,561 |
| 15 Brew Tower | 18 Jul 2011 | Flat or maisonette | £495,000 | £758,641 |
| 9 Brew Tower | 12 Jul 2010 | Flat or maisonette | £445,000 | £710,589 |
| 8 Brew Tower | 30 Apr 2010 | Flat or maisonette | £280,000 | £447,112 |
| 16 | 14 Apr 2010 | Terraced | £550,000 | £878,256 |
| 10 Brew Tower | 24 Jun 2009 | Flat or maisonette | £415,000 | £681,993 |
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 Barley Way, Marlow values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Barley Way | £229,500 (1999) | £890,000 (2025) | +5.4% | +2.6% |
| 24 Barley Way | £315,000 (1998) | £1,275,000 (2025) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| 3 BREW TOWER Barley Way | £165,000 (1999) | £525,000 (2023) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| 25 Barley Way | £295,000 (1998) | £1,200,000 (2022) | +6.0% | +3.5% |
| 21 BREW TOWER Barley Way | £230,000 (1999) | £565,000 (2022) | +4.0% | +1.5% |
| 19 Barley Way | £350,000 (1998) | £1,065,000 (2020) | +5.2% | +3.0% |
| 8 BREW TOWER Barley Way | £155,000 (1999) | £399,950 (2020) | +4.6% | +2.4% |
| 21 Barley Way | £299,500 (1998) | £861,000 (2020) | +4.9% | +2.7% |
| 2 BREW TOWER Barley Way | £179,000 (1999) | £522,500 (2017) | +6.1% | +3.8% |
| 1 BREW TOWER Barley Way | £210,000 (1999) | £605,000 (2016) | +6.4% | +4.1% |
| 18 BREW TOWER Barley Way | £209,000 (1999) | £448,000 (2014) | +5.2% | +2.8% |
| 7 BREW TOWER Barley Way | £205,000 (2000) | £410,000 (2014) | +5.1% | +2.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Barley Way, Marlow 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 57 | 58.8% | £320,000 | £145,000 – £615,000 |
| Terraced | 29 | 29.9% | £420,000 | £229,500 – £1,275,000 |
| Semi-detached | 7 | 7.2% | £307,500 | £295,000 – £730,000 |
| Detached | 4 | 4.1% | £305,000 | £299,500 – £1,065,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Barley Way, Marlow
57 of the sales on record are leasehold and 40 freehold — 58.8% 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 £320,000 and the median freehold sale £351,250 — a gap of +9.8%. 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 | 57 | 58.8% | £320,000 |
| Freehold | 40 | 41.2% | £351,250 |
| New build | 31 | 32.0% | £229,500 |
| Existing home | 66 | 68.0% | £415,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -44.7%. 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 Barley Way, Marlow
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Buckinghamshire, 47.8% of 262,827 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.4% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,146 | 0.4% |
| B | 36,297 | 13.8% |
| C | 88,289 | 33.6% |
| D | 90,049 | 34.3% |
| E | 35,486 | 13.5% |
| F | 9,381 | 3.6% |
| G | 2,179 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Buckinghamshire at £1,476 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,035 for a one-bedroom home and £1,603 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £320,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.54% 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 SL7, 66 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 23 violent, 5 burglary, 2 vehicle-related and 10 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 553,078 residents the 2021 census counted in Buckinghamshire, that is 0.12 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 Barley Way, Marlow
The 2021 census counted 553,078 residents in Buckinghamshire across 220,327 households. 71.3% of those households own their home and 28.7% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
10 state and independent schools have a SL7 postcode: 8 primary, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Marlow School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,395 |
| Sir William Borlase's Grammar School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,222 |
| Danesfield School | Primary | Foundation school | 455 |
| Holy Trinity Church of England (Aided) School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 351 |
| Foxes Piece School | Primary | Community school | 161 |
| Bisham Church of England Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 104 |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 40 |
| Burford School | Primary | Academy converter | — |
| Marlow Church of England Infant School | Primary | Academy converter | — |
| Spinfield School | Primary | Academy converter | — |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Marlow Rail Station | Rail | 1.0 km |
| Cookham Rail Station | Rail | 4.4 km |
| Bourne End Rail Station | Rail | 4.7 km |
| Furze Platt Rail Station | Rail | 5.8 km |
Section 09
How Barley Way, Marlow compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Barley Way, Marlow sits above that national figure — +103.2%.
Within Marlow the street ranks 178 of 284 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £340,000 (-5.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £4,521 per square metre, across 16 of the 97 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 £145,000 to £1,275,000. 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.
Barley Way, Marlow sits in Buckinghamshire, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Buckinghamshire at 11.3 times median local earnings of £40,365 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
- Station Road£330,000 median
- Marlow Bottom£480,000 median
- Newtown Road£266,500 median
- Dean Street£250,000 median
- The Croft£170,000 median
- Glade Road£408,750 median
- Marlow Bottom Road£313,475 median
- Gunthorpe Road£188,500 median
- Henley Road£790,000 median
- Dedmere Road£277,500 median
- Wycombe Road£426,375 median
- Wethered Road£182,250 median
- West Street£340,000 median
- New Road£386,250 median
- Oxford Road£330,000 median
- Redgrave Place£249,950 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 16 Barley Way6 sales
- 24 Barley Way5 sales
- 8, BREW TOWER Barley Way5 sales
- 18, BREW TOWER Barley Way5 sales
- 2, BREW TOWER Barley Way4 sales
- 15, BREW TOWER Barley Way4 sales
- 17, BREW TOWER Barley Way4 sales
- 3, BREW TOWER Barley Way3 sales
- 25 Barley Way3 sales
- 21 Barley Way3 sales
- 1, BREW TOWER Barley Way3 sales
- 7, BREW TOWER Barley Way3 sales
- 20, BREW TOWER Barley Way3 sales
- 12, BREW TOWER Barley Way3 sales
- 9, BREW TOWER Barley Way3 sales
- 10, BREW TOWER Barley Way3 sales
- 29 Barley Way3 sales
- 20 Barley Way3 sales
- 21, BREW TOWER Barley Way2 sales
- 19 Barley Way2 sales
- 11, BREW TOWER Barley Way2 sales
- 17 Barley Way2 sales
- 11 Barley Way2 sales
- 22, BREW TOWER Barley Way2 sales
Back to Marlow house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Barley Way, Marlow?
The median price paid in Barley Way, Marlow across every sale on the register is £320,000. 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 Barley Way, Marlow?
97 sales are on record for Barley Way, Marlow, the most recent completing on 13 Aug 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Barley Way, Marlow house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +95.1% between 1998 and 2007. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +63.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Barley Way, Marlow house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £595,000, set in 2007. 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 Barley Way, Marlow?
£4,521 per square metre, from the 16 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 Aug 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, “Barley Way, Marlow 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.