Wickham Close, Sittingbourne house prices are built from 196 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 27 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £110,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +203.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +120.0%.
Median price paid
£110,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+203.6%
Change in real terms
+120.0%
HM Land Registry196 salesLatest sale 27 Mar 2026
Section 01
How Wickham Close, Sittingbourne prices moved
The chart tracks the median Wickham Close, Sittingbourne house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2025. 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 | £45,500 | £101,031 |
| 2000s | 5 | £78,500 | £143,004 |
| 2010s | 5 | £138,000 | £194,580 |
| 2020s | 3 | £160,000 | £163,478 |
The highest yearly median on record for Wickham Close, Sittingbourne is £297,500 in 2025; the lowest is £37,000 in 1997. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £45,500 to £297,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £98,700, so the real change over the whole record is +208.0% — about +3.95% 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: +203.6% in cash against +120.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 146 | 27 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £153,000 | £153,000 |
| 162 | 16 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £155,000 |
| 13 | 18 Sep 2025 | Detached | £470,000 | £480,217 |
| 154 | 1 Jul 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £175,000 | £178,804 |
| 4 | 28 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £418,000 | £427,087 |
| 66 | 27 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £297,500 | £303,967 |
| 196 | 26 Feb 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £158,370 |
| 58 | 8 Oct 2024 | Terraced | £160,000 | £168,358 |
| 200 | 22 Jan 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £145,500 | £153,101 |
| 172 | 24 Nov 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £118,851 |
| 170 | 31 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £118,851 |
| 7 | 13 Mar 2023 | Detached | £375,000 | £405,172 |
| 1 | 10 Mar 2023 | Detached | £427,500 | £461,897 |
| 208 | 2 Mar 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £167,471 |
| 158 | 3 Feb 2023 | Terraced | £145,000 | £156,667 |
| 154 | 17 Jan 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £172,874 |
| 160 | 17 Jan 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £167,471 |
| 190 | 14 Oct 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £231,717 |
| 144 | 9 Jun 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £143,000 | £165,678 |
| 8 | 14 Feb 2022 | Detached | £430,000 | £498,192 |
| 16 | 30 Jun 2021 | Detached | £445,000 | £562,231 |
| 186 | 17 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £202,151 |
| 14 | 11 Jun 2021 | Detached | £420,000 | £530,645 |
| 146 | 28 May 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £157,930 |
| 74 | 21 May 2021 | Terraced | £260,000 | £328,495 |
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 Wickham Close, Sittingbourne values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 146 Wickham Close | £92,000 (2014) | £153,000 (2026) | +4.3% | +1.2% |
| 162 Wickham Close | £33,250 (1995) | £155,000 (2026) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
| 154 Wickham Close | £37,000 (1997) | £175,000 (2025) | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| 4 Wickham Close | £89,500 (1997) | £418,000 (2025) | +5.7% | +2.9% |
| 196 Wickham Close | £44,500 (2000) | £155,000 (2025) | +5.1% | +2.3% |
| 58 Wickham Close | £133,000 (2021) | £160,000 (2024) | +6.4% | +0.1% |
| 170 Wickham Close | £25,000 (1997) | £110,000 (2023) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| 1 Wickham Close | £92,500 (1996) | £427,500 (2023) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 208 Wickham Close | £36,500 (1998) | £155,000 (2023) | +6.0% | +3.2% |
| 158 Wickham Close | £52,500 (2002) | £145,000 (2023) | +5.0% | +2.1% |
| 160 Wickham Close | £130,000 (2018) | £155,000 (2023) | +3.6% | -0.7% |
| 190 Wickham Close | £66,000 (2001) | £200,000 (2022) | +5.4% | +2.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Wickham Close, Sittingbourne 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 | 105 | 53.6% | £92,000 | £25,000 – £200,000 |
| Terraced | 45 | 23.0% | £128,000 | £28,000 – £297,500 |
| Detached | 38 | 19.4% | £243,000 | £81,000 – £470,000 |
| Semi-detached | 8 | 4.1% | £106,000 | £36,500 – £418,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Wickham Close, Sittingbourne
113 of the sales on record are leasehold and 83 freehold — 57.7% 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 £92,000 and the median freehold sale £155,000 — a gap of +68.5%. 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 | 113 | 57.7% | £92,000 |
| Freehold | 83 | 42.3% | £155,000 |
| New build | 13 | 6.6% | £76,000 |
| Existing home | 183 | 93.4% | £113,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -32.7%. 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.
A further 7 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 Wickham Close, Sittingbourne
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Maidstone, 52.3% of 86,401 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.6% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 595 | 0.7% |
| B | 15,443 | 17.9% |
| C | 29,119 | 33.7% |
| D | 28,467 | 32.9% |
| E | 9,650 | 11.2% |
| F | 2,414 | 2.8% |
| G | 713 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Maidstone at £1,292 a month as of Jun 2026 — £915 for a one-bedroom home and £1,455 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £110,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 14.09% 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 ME9, 226 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 82 violent, 1 burglary, 12 vehicle-related and 63 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.4 times busier.
Against the 175,782 residents the 2021 census counted in Maidstone, that is 1.29 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 Wickham Close, Sittingbourne
The 2021 census counted 175,782 residents in Maidstone across 71,208 households. 69.3% of those households own their home and 30.7% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
13 state and independent schools have a ME9 postcode: 13 primary. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iwade School | Primary | Academy converter | 591 |
| Bapchild and Tonge Church of England Primary School and Nursery | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 252 |
| Newington Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 242 |
| Holywell Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 212 |
| Lower Halstow Primary School | Primary | Community school | 200 |
| Bobbing Village School | Primary | Academy converter | 192 |
| Borden Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 138 |
| Rodmersham School | Primary | Community school | 128 |
| Bredgar Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 106 |
| Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 104 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Sittingbourne Rail Station | Rail | 1.1 km |
| Kemsley Rail Station | Rail | 3.1 km |
| Newington Rail Station | Rail | 4.2 km |
| Teynham Rail Station | Rail | 6.0 km |
Section 09
How Wickham Close, Sittingbourne compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Wickham Close, Sittingbourne sits below that national figure — -30.2%.
Within Sittingbourne the street ranks 784 of 865 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £165,000 (-33.3%).
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 £25,000 to £470,000. 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.
Wickham Close, Sittingbourne sits in Maidstone, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Maidstone at 10.1 times median local earnings of £36,199 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
- The Street£216,000 median
- High Street£120,000 median
- Borden Lane£231,000 median
- School Lane£241,500 median
- Station Road£135,000 median
- Sanderling Way£195,000 median
- Honeyball Walk£128,500 median
- Stangate Drive£240,000 median
- Church Lane£163,000 median
- Randle Way£232,000 median
- Keycol Hill£222,500 median
- Mansfield Drive£192,950 median
- Mallard Crescent£170,000 median
- Teal Way£175,000 median
- Cormorant Road£245,000 median
- Bull Lane£239,995 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 162 Wickham Close6 sales
- 208 Wickham Close6 sales
- 8 Wickham Close6 sales
- 154 Wickham Close5 sales
- 196 Wickham Close5 sales
- 178 Wickham Close5 sales
- 40 Wickham Close5 sales
- 170 Wickham Close4 sales
- 16 Wickham Close4 sales
- 186 Wickham Close4 sales
- 74 Wickham Close4 sales
- 206 Wickham Close4 sales
- 194 Wickham Close4 sales
- 72 Wickham Close4 sales
- 148 Wickham Close4 sales
- 142 Wickham Close4 sales
- 2 Wickham Close4 sales
- 146 Wickham Close3 sales
- 1 Wickham Close3 sales
- 190 Wickham Close3 sales
- 192 Wickham Close3 sales
- 52 Wickham Close3 sales
- 164 Wickham Close3 sales
- 86 Wickham Close3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Wickham Close, Sittingbourne?
The median price paid in Wickham Close, Sittingbourne across every sale on the register is £110,000. 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 Wickham Close, Sittingbourne?
196 sales are on record for Wickham Close, Sittingbourne, the most recent completing on 27 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Wickham Close, Sittingbourne house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +203.6% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +120.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Wickham Close, Sittingbourne house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £297,500, set in 2025. 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 Wickham Close, Sittingbourne?
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 27 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, “Wickham Close, Sittingbourne 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.