Mill Lane, Sandwich house prices are built from 98 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 19 Jan 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £164,975. Across the 11 years from 2004 to 2015 the median moved +75.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +33.7%.
Median price paid
£164,975
Change in cash, 2004–2015
+75.9%
Change in real terms
+33.7%
HM Land Registry98 salesLatest sale 19 Jan 2026
Section 01
How Mill Lane, Sandwich prices moved
The chart tracks the median Mill Lane, Sandwich house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2015. 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 | £71,000 | £157,654 |
| 2000s | 4 | £137,000 | £249,574 |
| 2010s | 1 | £241,000 | £339,810 |
The highest yearly median on record for Mill Lane, Sandwich is £241,000 in 2015; the lowest is £71,000 in 1997. Across the full 19-year record the cash median has moved from £71,000 to £241,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £150,541, so the real change over the whole record is +125.7% — about +4.63% 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: +75.9% in cash against +33.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Chapel | 19 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| Merridale | 5 Dec 2025 | Detached | £480,000 | £490,435 |
| Cha-Rica | 14 Nov 2024 | Semi-detached | £235,000 | £247,276 |
| 4 Mill Bank | 13 Sep 2024 | Detached | £540,000 | £568,209 |
| 1 the Laurels | 19 Jul 2024 | Semi-detached | £322,000 | £338,821 |
| Mill View | 7 Oct 2022 | Detached | £500,000 | £579,293 |
| Tik-I-Tak | 30 Jul 2021 | Semi-detached | £279,995 | £353,757 |
| The Retreat | 30 Jul 2021 | Detached | £250,000 | £315,860 |
| 2 Mill Bank Cottages | 7 Jan 2020 | Detached | £263,500 | £341,171 |
| Mill View | 20 Sep 2019 | Detached | £351,500 | £459,754 |
| Hazel Cottage | 5 Jul 2018 | Terraced | £220,000 | £293,195 |
| 1 the Laurels | 9 Oct 2017 | Semi-detached | £148,851 | £202,587 |
| 2 Mill Bank Cottages | 4 Oct 2017 | Detached | £258,000 | £351,139 |
| Marl House | 2 Oct 2017 | Detached | £395,000 | £537,597 |
| Tewkesbury | 7 Apr 2017 | Semi-detached | £254,000 | £345,695 |
| 1 Mill Bank Cottages | 30 Sep 2016 | Semi-detached | £185,500 | £258,965 |
| New Horizon | 25 Apr 2016 | Semi-detached | £239,000 | £333,653 |
| Landfall | 15 Mar 2016 | Detached | £196,000 | £273,624 |
| Belle Vue | 7 Dec 2015 | Detached | £241,000 | £339,810 |
| September Place | 27 Nov 2015 | Detached | £359,000 | £506,190 |
| Ambra | 27 Nov 2015 | Semi-detached | £182,000 | £256,620 |
| Merridale | 27 Feb 2015 | Detached | £345,000 | £486,450 |
| Belle Vue | 13 Feb 2015 | Detached | £165,000 | £232,650 |
| 1 Mill Lane Cottages | 27 Jun 2014 | Terraced | £180,000 | £258,189 |
| Belle Vue | 4 Oct 2013 | Detached | £125,000 | £182,265 |
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 Mill Lane, Sandwich values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROVIDENCE CHAPEL Mill Lane | £212,000 (2007) | £315,000 (2026) | +2.1% | -0.8% |
| MERRIDALE Mill Lane | £85,000 (1997) | £480,000 (2025) | +6.4% | +3.6% |
| 1 the LAURELS Mill Lane | £63,000 (1997) | £322,000 (2024) | +6.2% | +3.5% |
| MILL VIEW Mill Lane | £351,500 (2019) | £500,000 (2022) | +12.5% | +8.0% |
| 2 MILL BANK COTTAGES Mill Lane | £64,000 (1999) | £263,500 (2020) | +7.0% | +4.7% |
| HAZEL COTTAGE Mill Lane | £78,500 (2000) | £220,000 (2018) | +5.9% | +3.5% |
| MARL HOUSE Mill Lane | £60,000 (1996) | £395,000 (2017) | +9.4% | +7.0% |
| TEWKESBURY Mill Lane | £183,000 (2004) | £254,000 (2017) | +2.6% | +0.1% |
| 1 MILL BANK COTTAGES Mill Lane | £13,000 (1998) | £185,500 (2016) | +15.9% | +13.4% |
| LANDFALL Mill Lane | £47,650 (1997) | £196,000 (2016) | +7.7% | +5.4% |
| BELLE VUE Mill Lane | £125,000 (2013) | £241,000 (2015) | +38.9% | +36.5% |
| SEPTEMBER PLACE Mill Lane | £83,000 (1997) | £359,000 (2015) | +8.5% | +6.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Mill Lane, Sandwich 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 | 37 | 37.8% | £220,000 | £30,000 – £540,000 |
| Terraced | 31 | 31.6% | £137,000 | £4,289 – £315,000 |
| Semi-detached | 30 | 30.6% | £165,000 | £13,000 – £322,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Mill Lane, Sandwich
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 98 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 | 98 | 100.0% | £164,975 |
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 09
How Mill Lane, Sandwich compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Mill Lane, Sandwich sits above that national figure — +4.7%.
Within Sandwich the street ranks 115 of 143 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £199,950 (-17.5%).
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 £4,289 to £540,000. 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.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Dover Road£190,000 median
- High Street£188,500 median
- Strand Street£193,750 median
- St Georges Road£235,000 median
- Woodnesborough Road£169,000 median
- New Street£239,998 median
- Poulders Gardens£169,000 median
- Fordwich Place£110,000 median
- Church Street£217,498 median
- The Street£230,000 median
- Peak Drive£168,750 median
- St Barts Road£175,000 median
- Sandown Road£246,000 median
- Sandown Lees£150,000 median
- Laburnum Avenue£157,500 median
- Willowbank£333,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 5, MILL LANE COTTAGES Mill Lane6 sales
- MERRIDALE Mill Lane5 sales
- PROSPECT COTTAGE Mill Lane5 sales
- 2, MILL LANE COTTAGES Mill Lane5 sales
- 1, the LAURELS Mill Lane4 sales
- SEPTEMBER PLACE Mill Lane4 sales
- 1, MILL LANE COTTAGES Mill Lane4 sales
- 3, MILL LANE COTTAGES Mill Lane4 sales
- 2, MILL BANK COTTAGES Mill Lane3 sales
- HAZEL COTTAGE Mill Lane3 sales
- MARL HOUSE Mill Lane3 sales
- TEWKESBURY Mill Lane3 sales
- BELLE VUE Mill Lane3 sales
- PROVIDENCE CHAPEL Mill Lane2 sales
- MILL VIEW Mill Lane2 sales
- 1, MILL BANK COTTAGES Mill Lane2 sales
- LANDFALL Mill Lane2 sales
- NORTHCOTE Mill Lane2 sales
- KERONCIA Mill Lane2 sales
- WEST HOUSE Mill Lane2 sales
- THE WINDMILL Mill Lane2 sales
- CORONATION COTTAGE Mill Lane2 sales
- SOLENT Mill Lane2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Mill Lane, Sandwich?
The median price paid in Mill Lane, Sandwich across every sale on the register is £164,975. 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 Mill Lane, Sandwich?
98 sales are on record for Mill Lane, Sandwich, the most recent completing on 19 Jan 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Mill Lane, Sandwich house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +75.9% between 2004 and 2015. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +33.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Mill Lane, Sandwich house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £241,000, set in 2015. 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 Mill Lane, Sandwich?
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 19 Jan 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, “Mill Lane, Sandwich 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.