Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham house prices are built from 158 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 11 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £117,475. Across the 11 years from 2007 to 2018 the median moved +47.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +13.3%.
Median price paid
£117,475
Change in cash, 2007–2018
+47.8%
Change in real terms
+13.3%
HM Land Registry158 salesLatest sale 11 May 2026
Section 01
How Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham prices moved
The chart tracks the median Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2018. 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 | 4 | £43,500 | £96,591 |
| 2000s | 8 | £106,998 | £194,918 |
| 2010s | 5 | £125,000 | £176,250 |
The highest yearly median on record for Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham is £201,000 in 2018; the lowest is £40,625 in 1996. Across the full 23-year record the cash median has moved from £40,625 to £201,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £88,125, so the real change over the whole record is +204.0% — about +5.18% 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: +47.8% in cash against +13.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 11 May 2026 | Terraced | £271,500 | £271,500 |
| 15 | 5 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £217,000 | £221,717 |
| 58 | 27 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £250,000 | £255,435 |
| 66 | 27 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £265,000 | £270,761 |
| 47 | 2 Dec 2024 | Semi-detached | £230,000 | £242,015 |
| 6 | 24 Oct 2024 | Terraced | £255,000 | £268,321 |
| 77 | 16 Nov 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £202,500 | £218,793 |
| 23 | 21 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £230,000 | £248,506 |
| 52 | 30 Jun 2023 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £280,920 |
| 79 | 22 Nov 2022 | Terraced | £229,000 | £265,316 |
| 44 | 24 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £220,000 | £254,889 |
| 51 | 31 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £172,000 | £217,312 |
| 36 | 28 Aug 2020 | Terraced | £170,000 | £220,110 |
| 12 | 11 May 2020 | Semi-detached | £195,000 | £252,479 |
| 7 | 23 Jan 2020 | Terraced | £185,000 | £239,532 |
| 25 | 22 Nov 2019 | Terraced | £193,000 | £252,440 |
| 13 | 26 Jul 2019 | Terraced | £200,000 | £261,596 |
| 55 | 30 Apr 2019 | Terraced | £183,000 | £239,360 |
| 58 | 7 Sep 2018 | Terraced | £190,000 | £253,214 |
| 1 | 17 Aug 2018 | Semi-detached | £245,000 | £326,512 |
| 55a | 10 Aug 2018 | Terraced | £182,000 | £242,552 |
| 6 | 29 Mar 2018 | Terraced | £212,000 | £282,533 |
| 45 | 26 Mar 2018 | Terraced | £176,000 | £234,556 |
| 49 | 9 Feb 2018 | Semi-detached | £225,000 | £299,858 |
| 55 | 21 Nov 2017 | Terraced | £175,000 | £238,176 |
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 Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 Barnes Wallis Close | £88,000 (2001) | £271,500 (2026) | +4.6% | +1.8% |
| 58 Barnes Wallis Close | £50,000 (1998) | £250,000 (2025) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
| 66 Barnes Wallis Close | £45,000 (1997) | £265,000 (2025) | +6.5% | +3.8% |
| 6 Barnes Wallis Close | £56,500 (1998) | £255,000 (2024) | +6.0% | +3.2% |
| 77 Barnes Wallis Close | £66,000 (2001) | £202,500 (2023) | +5.2% | +2.4% |
| 52 Barnes Wallis Close | £41,500 (1996) | £260,000 (2023) | +7.0% | +4.3% |
| 79 Barnes Wallis Close | £43,500 (1997) | £229,000 (2022) | +6.9% | +4.3% |
| 44 Barnes Wallis Close | £49,000 (1998) | £220,000 (2022) | +6.5% | +3.9% |
| 51 Barnes Wallis Close | £101,000 (2004) | £172,000 (2021) | +3.2% | +0.9% |
| 36 Barnes Wallis Close | £40,000 (1996) | £170,000 (2020) | +6.2% | +4.0% |
| 12 Barnes Wallis Close | £92,000 (2002) | £195,000 (2020) | +4.3% | +2.0% |
| 7 Barnes Wallis Close | £57,500 (1999) | £185,000 (2020) | +5.7% | +3.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham 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 | 93 | 58.9% | £122,000 | £40,000 – £271,500 |
| Semi-detached | 58 | 36.7% | £104,950 | £37,000 – £260,000 |
| Detached | 4 | 2.5% | £121,500 | £83,000 – £172,500 |
| Flat or maisonette | 3 | 1.9% | £112,000 | £66,000 – £202,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 158 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 | 158 | 100.0% | £117,475 |
| New build | 2 | 1.3% | £116,975 |
| Existing home | 156 | 98.7% | £117,475 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -0.4%. 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 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 Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Wiltshire, 46.2% of 244,491 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.6% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,879 | 0.8% |
| B | 35,247 | 14.4% |
| C | 75,811 | 31.0% |
| D | 82,467 | 33.7% |
| E | 35,498 | 14.5% |
| F | 10,863 | 4.4% |
| G | 2,726 | 1.1% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Wiltshire at £1,069 a month as of Jun 2026 — £740 for a one-bedroom home and £1,204 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £117,475 here, that rent is a gross yield of 10.92% 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 SN12, 138 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 51 violent, 2 burglary, 3 vehicle-related and 35 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.2 times quieter.
Against the 510,333 residents the 2021 census counted in Wiltshire, that is 0.27 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 Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham
The 2021 census counted 510,333 residents in Wiltshire across 215,081 households. 68.0% of those households own their home and 31.9% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
10 state and independent schools have a SN12 postcode: 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melksham Oak Community School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,058 |
| Forest and Sandridge Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 460 |
| Bowerhill Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 378 |
| Aloeric Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 360 |
| River Mead School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 261 |
| Shaw CE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 189 |
| Churchfields, the Village School | Primary | Academy converter | 121 |
| The Manor CofE VC Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 121 |
| Seend Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 71 |
| St Mary's Broughton Gifford Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 61 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Melksham Rail Station | Rail | 1.0 km |
| Trowbridge Rail Station | Rail | 7.9 km |
| Bradford-on-Avon Rail Station | Rail | 8.6 km |
| Chippenham Rail Station | Rail | 10.2 km |
Section 09
How Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham sits below that national figure — -25.4%.
Within Melksham the street ranks 336 of 374 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £167,500 (-29.9%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £37,000 to £271,500. 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.
Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham sits in Wiltshire, in the South West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Wiltshire at 8.8 times median local earnings of £36,370 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
- Primrose Drive£110,128 median
- Spa Road£81,000 median
- Forest Road£139,950 median
- Bath Road£240,000 median
- Semington Road£149,998 median
- Daisy Close£84,000 median
- Weavers Crofts£109,750 median
- Skylark Road£235,000 median
- Lowbourne£121,950 median
- Savernake Avenue£159,950 median
- Hornchurch Road£199,998 median
- Woodrow Road£185,000 median
- Market Place£90,000 median
- Kenilworth Gardens£126,500 median
- Speedwell Close£115,000 median
- Locking Close£166,250 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 6 Barnes Wallis Close6 sales
- 36 Barnes Wallis Close6 sales
- 7 Barnes Wallis Close6 sales
- 44 Barnes Wallis Close5 sales
- 16 Barnes Wallis Close5 sales
- 58 Barnes Wallis Close4 sales
- 79 Barnes Wallis Close4 sales
- 8A Barnes Wallis Close4 sales
- 75 Barnes Wallis Close4 sales
- 32 Barnes Wallis Close4 sales
- 54 Barnes Wallis Close4 sales
- 5 Barnes Wallis Close4 sales
- 40 Barnes Wallis Close4 sales
- 60 Barnes Wallis Close3 sales
- 66 Barnes Wallis Close3 sales
- 77 Barnes Wallis Close3 sales
- 52 Barnes Wallis Close3 sales
- 12 Barnes Wallis Close3 sales
- 45 Barnes Wallis Close3 sales
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- 20 Barnes Wallis Close3 sales
- 71 Barnes Wallis Close3 sales
- 14 Barnes Wallis Close3 sales
Back to Melksham house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham?
The median price paid in Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham across every sale on the register is £117,475. 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 Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham?
158 sales are on record for Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham, the most recent completing on 11 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +47.8% between 2007 and 2018. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +13.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £201,000, set in 2018. 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 Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 11 May 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, “Barnes Wallis Close, Melksham 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.