Waterside, Ross-on-wye house prices are built from 73 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1999 and the most recent on 20 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £142,500. Across the 14 years from 2007 to 2021 the median moved +21.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -12.1%.
Median price paid
£142,500
Change in cash, 2007–2021
+21.0%
Change in real terms
-12.1%
Median per m²
£2,019
HM Land Registry73 sales23 with floor areaLatest sale 20 Mar 2026
Section 01
How Waterside, Ross-on-wye prices moved
The chart tracks the median Waterside, Ross-on-wye house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1999 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 | £82,000 | £182,079 |
| 2000s | 1 | £195,000 | £355,233 |
| 2020s | 1 | £236,000 | £241,130 |
The highest yearly median on record for Waterside, Ross-on-wye is £236,000 in 2021; the lowest is £82,000 in 1999. Across the full 23-year record the cash median has moved from £82,000 to £236,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £167,081, so the real change over the whole record is +78.5% — about +2.67% 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: +21.0% in cash against -12.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 20 Mar 2026 | Detached | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 34 | 24 Jan 2025 | Detached | £278,000 | £284,043 |
| Flat 44 Penyard Court | 19 Jul 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £152,550 | £160,519 |
| 3 | 3 May 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £282,000 | £296,731 |
| 14 | 26 Jan 2024 | Semi-detached | £285,000 | £299,888 |
| 17 | 26 Sep 2023 | Detached | £365,000 | £394,368 |
| 22 | 28 Oct 2022 | Detached | £347,000 | £402,030 |
| 20 | 30 Sep 2021 | Detached | £295,000 | £372,715 |
| 3 | 29 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £236,500 | £298,804 |
| 11 | 28 Sep 2021 | Detached | £225,000 | £284,274 |
| 12 | 22 Jul 2021 | Semi-detached | £236,000 | £298,172 |
| 60 | 9 Apr 2021 | Terraced | £195,000 | £246,371 |
| 1 | 3 Jul 2020 | Semi-detached | £205,000 | £265,427 |
| Flat 48 Penyard Court | 19 Dec 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £118,000 | £154,341 |
| 38 | 4 Nov 2019 | Semi-detached | £222,500 | £291,025 |
| 9 | 14 May 2018 | Detached | £187,000 | £249,216 |
| 3 | 26 May 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £209,000 | £284,450 |
| Flat 52 Penyard Court | 22 Dec 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £108,000 | £150,772 |
| Flat 46 Penyard Court | 25 Aug 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £167,525 |
| 7 | 17 Mar 2016 | Detached | £180,000 | £251,287 |
| 3 | 17 Jul 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £167,500 | £236,175 |
| Flat 46 Penyard Court | 16 Jan 2015 | Terraced | £110,000 | £155,100 |
| 60 | 19 Dec 2014 | Terraced | £157,000 | £225,198 |
| 58 | 19 Dec 2014 | Terraced | £155,000 | £222,330 |
| Flat 54 Penyard Court | 11 Dec 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £80,000 | £114,751 |
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 Waterside, Ross-on-wye values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Waterside | £202,500 (2007) | £290,000 (2026) | +1.9% | -1.0% |
| FLAT 44 PENYARD COURT Waterside | £32,000 (1997) | £152,550 (2024) | +6.0% | +3.2% |
| 3 Waterside | £167,500 (2015) | £282,000 (2024) | +6.0% | +2.6% |
| 14 Waterside | £69,000 (1999) | £285,000 (2024) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 17 Waterside | £86,000 (1999) | £365,000 (2023) | +6.2% | +3.4% |
| 22 Waterside | £212,000 (2007) | £347,000 (2022) | +3.3% | +0.6% |
| 20 Waterside | £110,000 (1999) | £295,000 (2021) | +4.6% | +2.3% |
| 60 Waterside | £48,500 (1995) | £195,000 (2021) | +5.5% | +3.2% |
| 1 Waterside | £50,500 (1996) | £205,000 (2020) | +6.0% | +3.8% |
| FLAT 48 PENYARD COURT Waterside | £80,000 (2003) | £118,000 (2019) | +2.5% | +0.1% |
| 38 Waterside | £162,000 (2008) | £222,500 (2019) | +2.9% | +0.6% |
| 9 Waterside | £174,000 (2003) | £187,000 (2018) | +0.5% | -1.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Waterside, Ross-on-wye 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 | 27 | 37.0% | £195,000 | £81,000 – £365,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 23 | 31.5% | £87,500 | £25,500 – £282,000 |
| Terraced | 13 | 17.8% | £152,000 | £48,500 – £195,000 |
| Semi-detached | 10 | 13.7% | £162,000 | £50,500 – £285,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Waterside, Ross-on-wye
20 of the sales on record are leasehold and 53 freehold — 27.4% 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 £80,000 and the median freehold sale £167,500 — a gap of +109.4%. 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 | 20 | 27.4% | £80,000 |
| Freehold | 53 | 72.6% | £167,500 |
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 Waterside, Ross-on-wye
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Forest of Dean, 38.6% of 39,729 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 10.3% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 452 | 1.1% |
| B | 5,467 | 13.8% |
| C | 9,410 | 23.7% |
| D | 12,580 | 31.7% |
| E | 7,732 | 19.5% |
| F | 3,095 | 7.8% |
| G | 993 | 2.5% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Forest of Dean at £824 a month as of Jun 2026 — £591 for a one-bedroom home and £954 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £142,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.94% 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 HR9, 72 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 25 violent, 2 burglary, 3 vehicle-related and 12 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.3 times quieter.
Against the 87,004 residents the 2021 census counted in Forest of Dean, that is 0.83 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 Waterside, Ross-on-wye
The 2021 census counted 87,004 residents in Forest of Dean across 37,217 households. 73.5% of those households own their home and 26.5% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
12 state and independent schools have a HR9 postcode: 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,274 |
| Ashfield Park Primary School | Primary | Community school | 246 |
| Gorsley Goffs Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 210 |
| St Joseph's RC Primary School and Nursery | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 183 |
| Walford Nursery & Primary School | Primary | Community school | 182 |
| Goodrich CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 155 |
| Whitchurch CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 127 |
| Brampton Abbotts CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 112 |
| Lea CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 95 |
| Bridstow CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 86 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Dean Forest Railway | Tram | 15.6 km |
| Parkend (Dean Forest Railway) | Metro or underground | 15.7 km |
| Ledbury Rail Station | Rail | 18.7 km |
| Hereford Rail Station | Rail | 19.1 km |
Section 09
How Waterside, Ross-on-wye compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Waterside, Ross-on-wye sits below that national figure — -9.5%.
Within Ross-on-wye the street ranks 235 of 317 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £191,000 (-25.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,019 per square metre, across 23 of the 73 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 £25,500 to £365,000. 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.
Waterside, Ross-on-wye sits in Forest of Dean, in the West Midlands.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Forest of Dean at 8.2 times median local earnings of £33,474 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
- Gloucester Road£125,000 median
- Station Street£137,750 median
- Walford Road£199,975 median
- Duxmere Drive£138,000 median
- Roman Way£195,000 median
- Fonteine Court£65,000 median
- Court Road£215,000 median
- Vaga Crescent£125,000 median
- Merrivale Lane£182,000 median
- Honeysuckle Close£71,000 median
- Primrose Close£72,250 median
- Edde Cross Street£115,000 median
- Oaklands£80,000 median
- Archenfield Road£235,000 median
- Crofts Lane£125,000 median
- Park Walk£158,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FLAT 46, PENYARD COURT Waterside6 sales
- 60 Waterside5 sales
- FLAT 44, PENYARD COURT Waterside4 sales
- 3 Waterside4 sales
- 17 Waterside4 sales
- 7 Waterside3 sales
- FLAT 48, PENYARD COURT Waterside3 sales
- FLAT 52, PENYARD COURT Waterside3 sales
- 64 Waterside3 sales
- 14 Waterside2 sales
- 22 Waterside2 sales
- 20 Waterside2 sales
- 1 Waterside2 sales
- 38 Waterside2 sales
- 9 Waterside2 sales
- 58 Waterside2 sales
- FLAT 54, PENYARD COURT Waterside2 sales
- FLAT 50, PENYARD COURT Waterside2 sales
- 16 Waterside2 sales
- 62 Waterside2 sales
- 4 Waterside2 sales
- 18 Waterside2 sales
Back to Ross-on-wye house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Waterside, Ross-on-wye?
The median price paid in Waterside, Ross-on-wye across every sale on the register is £142,500. 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 Waterside, Ross-on-wye?
73 sales are on record for Waterside, Ross-on-wye, the most recent completing on 20 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Waterside, Ross-on-wye house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +21.0% between 2007 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -12.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Waterside, Ross-on-wye house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £236,000, 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 Waterside, Ross-on-wye?
£2,019 per square metre, from the 23 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 20 Mar 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, “Waterside, Ross-on-wye 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.