Watermill Lane, Ripon house prices are built from 97 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 29 Oct 2024. The median price paid across the whole record is £260,000. Across the 13 years from 2008 to 2021 the median moved +12.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -15.0%.
Median price paid
£260,000
Change in cash, 2008–2021
+12.9%
Change in real terms
-15.0%
HM Land Registry97 salesLatest sale 29 Oct 2024
Section 01
How Watermill Lane, Ripon prices moved
The chart tracks the median Watermill Lane, Ripon house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2021. 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 | 1 | £112,475 | £249,748 |
| 2000s | 2 | £269,975 | £491,815 |
| 2010s | 2 | £273,750 | £385,988 |
| 2020s | 1 | £350,000 | £357,609 |
The highest yearly median on record for Watermill Lane, Ripon is £350,000 in 2021; the lowest is £112,475 in 1996. Across the full 26-year record the cash median has moved from £112,475 to £350,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £243,984, so the real change over the whole record is +81.2% — about +2.41% 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: +12.9% in cash against -15.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 29 Oct 2024 | Terraced | £360,000 | £378,806 |
| 14 | 26 Jul 2024 | Detached | £620,000 | £652,388 |
| 21 | 17 Aug 2023 | Detached | £475,000 | £513,218 |
| 3 Old Mill Court | 14 Apr 2022 | Detached | £550,000 | £637,223 |
| 36 | 22 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £350,000 | £442,204 |
| 39 | 26 May 2021 | Terraced | £325,000 | £410,618 |
| 3 | 25 Mar 2021 | Detached | £415,000 | £524,328 |
| 4 Old Mill Court | 26 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £442,204 |
| 6 | 15 Jan 2021 | Detached | £465,000 | £587,500 |
| 14 | 21 Dec 2020 | Detached | £507,000 | £656,446 |
| 8 | 9 Dec 2020 | Semi-detached | £460,000 | £595,592 |
| 26 | 30 Sep 2020 | Detached | £382,500 | £495,248 |
| 15 | 12 Feb 2020 | Semi-detached | £255,000 | £330,165 |
| 5 Mews Court | 19 Aug 2019 | Semi-detached | £248,250 | £324,705 |
| 26 | 4 Jan 2019 | Detached | £372,500 | £487,222 |
| 6 | 19 Dec 2018 | Detached | £410,000 | £546,408 |
| 4 Mews Court | 30 Nov 2018 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £319,849 |
| 5 Mews Court | 28 Mar 2018 | Semi-detached | £247,000 | £329,178 |
| 8 | 19 Jan 2018 | Semi-detached | £440,000 | £586,389 |
| 2 | 21 Jun 2017 | Detached | £345,000 | £469,546 |
| 14 | 5 Aug 2016 | Detached | £430,000 | £600,297 |
| 6 | 1 Jul 2016 | Detached | £367,000 | £512,347 |
| 1 Old Mill Court | 20 Nov 2015 | Semi-detached | £299,950 | £422,930 |
| 2 Old Mill Court | 16 Jan 2015 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £352,500 |
| 39 | 15 Oct 2014 | Terraced | £257,500 | £369,354 |
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 Watermill Lane, Ripon values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 Watermill Lane | £272,500 (2009) | £360,000 (2024) | +1.9% | -1.1% |
| 14 Watermill Lane | £260,000 (2002) | £620,000 (2024) | +4.0% | +1.2% |
| 21 Watermill Lane | £105,000 (1996) | £475,000 (2023) | +5.7% | +3.1% |
| 3 OLD MILL COURT Watermill Lane | £415,000 (2013) | £550,000 (2022) | +3.2% | +0.6% |
| 39 Watermill Lane | £230,000 (2005) | £325,000 (2021) | +2.2% | -0.1% |
| 3 Watermill Lane | £135,000 (1996) | £415,000 (2021) | +4.6% | +2.4% |
| 4 OLD MILL COURT Watermill Lane | £282,800 (2013) | £350,000 (2021) | +2.7% | +0.9% |
| 6 Watermill Lane | £124,950 (1996) | £465,000 (2021) | +5.4% | +3.1% |
| 8 Watermill Lane | £440,000 (2018) | £460,000 (2020) | +2.2% | +0.8% |
| 26 Watermill Lane | £365,000 (2006) | £382,500 (2020) | +0.3% | -1.9% |
| 15 Watermill Lane | £85,000 (1999) | £255,000 (2020) | +5.4% | +3.1% |
| 5 MEWS COURT Watermill Lane | £215,000 (2014) | £248,250 (2019) | +2.9% | +1.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Watermill Lane, Ripon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 47 | 48.5% | £350,000 | £56,950 – £620,000 |
| Semi-detached | 26 | 26.8% | £247,000 | £49,950 – £460,000 |
| Terraced | 24 | 24.7% | £249,750 | £49,950 – £385,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Watermill Lane, Ripon
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 97 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 | 97 | 100.0% | £260,000 |
| New build | 37 | 38.1% | £209,000 |
| Existing home | 60 | 61.9% | £327,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -36.2%. 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 1 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 Watermill Lane, Ripon
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across North Yorkshire, 38.1% of 324,488 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 8.5% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 2,546 | 0.8% |
| B | 37,477 | 11.5% |
| C | 83,448 | 25.7% |
| D | 117,825 | 36.3% |
| E | 55,738 | 17.2% |
| F | 20,519 | 6.3% |
| G | 6,935 | 2.1% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in North Yorkshire at £838 a month as of Jun 2026 — £586 for a one-bedroom home and £929 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £260,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 3.87% 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 HG4 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 Watermill Lane, Ripon
15 state and independent schools have a HG4 postcode: 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ripon Grammar School | Secondary | Community school | 957 |
| Outwood Academy Ripon | Secondary | Academy converter | 609 |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 335 |
| Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 210 |
| Moorside Primary School & Nursery | Primary | Community school | 169 |
| Outwood Primary Academy Greystone | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 169 |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 151 |
| Kirkby Malzeard Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 96 |
| Sharow Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 76 |
| Fountains Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 71 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Bedale (Wensleydale Railway) | Metro or underground | 14.8 km |
| Thirsk Rail Station | Rail | 14.9 km |
| Leeming Bar (Wensleydale Railway) | Metro or underground | 16.5 km |
| Knaresborough Rail Station | Rail | 17.6 km |
Section 09
How Watermill Lane, Ripon compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Watermill Lane, Ripon sits above that national figure — +65.1%.
Within Ripon the street ranks 88 of 397 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £174,950 (+48.6%).
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 £49,950 to £620,000. 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.
Watermill Lane, Ripon sits in North Yorkshire, in the Yorkshire and The Humber.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in North Yorkshire at 7.9 times median local earnings of £34,785 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 Street£212,500 median
- Palace Road£335,000 median
- Moorside Dale£138,750 median
- Clotherholme Road£185,000 median
- Williamson Close£120,000 median
- Steven Way£157,000 median
- Whitcliffe Lane£217,500 median
- Allhallowgate£133,000 median
- Kirkby Road£230,000 median
- Station Drive£137,500 median
- Aismunderby Close£98,498 median
- Bellman Walk£179,950 median
- Doublegates Avenue£145,325 median
- Princess Road£94,000 median
- The Oaks£124,000 median
- Williamson Drive£159,950 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 14 Watermill Lane5 sales
- 6 Watermill Lane4 sales
- 9 Watermill Lane4 sales
- 36 Watermill Lane3 sales
- 21 Watermill Lane3 sales
- 39 Watermill Lane3 sales
- 26 Watermill Lane3 sales
- 15 Watermill Lane3 sales
- 5, MEWS COURT Watermill Lane3 sales
- 4, MEWS COURT Watermill Lane3 sales
- 16 Watermill Lane3 sales
- 18 Watermill Lane3 sales
- 47 Watermill Lane3 sales
- 11 Watermill Lane3 sales
- 3, OLD MILL COURT Watermill Lane2 sales
- 3 Watermill Lane2 sales
- 4, OLD MILL COURT Watermill Lane2 sales
- 8 Watermill Lane2 sales
- 2 Watermill Lane2 sales
- 1, OLD MILL COURT Watermill Lane2 sales
- 2, OLD MILL COURT Watermill Lane2 sales
- 3, MEWS COURT Watermill Lane2 sales
- 28 Watermill Lane2 sales
- 10 Watermill Lane2 sales
Back to Ripon house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Watermill Lane, Ripon?
The median price paid in Watermill Lane, Ripon across every sale on the register is £260,000. 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 Watermill Lane, Ripon?
97 sales are on record for Watermill Lane, Ripon, the most recent completing on 29 Oct 2024. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Watermill Lane, Ripon house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +12.9% between 2008 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -15.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Watermill Lane, Ripon house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £350,000, set in 2021. 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 Watermill Lane, Ripon?
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 29 Oct 2024. 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, “Watermill Lane, Ripon 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.