St Bees house prices are built from 1,075 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 15 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £155,500. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +24.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -10.8%.
Median price paid
£155,500
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+24.5%
Change in real terms
-10.8%
Median per m²
£1,642
HM Land Registry1,075 sales200 with floor areaLatest sale 15 May 2026
Section 01
How St Bees prices moved
The chart tracks the median St Bees house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. 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 | 5 | £56,000 | £124,346 |
| 2000s | 10 | £150,000 | £273,256 |
| 2010s | 10 | £182,500 | £257,325 |
| 2020s | 7 | £220,000 | £224,783 |
The highest yearly median on record for St Bees is £250,000 in 2022; the lowest is £45,950 in 1997. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £60,000 to £235,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £133,228, so the real change over the whole record is +76.4% — about +1.85% 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: +24.5% in cash against -10.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Grindal Place | 15 May 2026 | Terraced | £319,000 | £319,000 |
| CULLODEN Abbey Road | 29 Apr 2026 | Detached | £462,500 | £462,500 |
| 19 Main Street | 23 Apr 2026 | Detached | £183,000 | £183,000 |
| 5 Seacote Gardens | 11 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| MAYFIELD HOUSE Finkle Street | 9 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| MAYFIELD Finkle Street | 23 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £207,500 | £207,500 |
| 116A Main Street | 23 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £190,000 | £190,000 |
| THIMBLE COTTAGE Cross Hill | 28 Nov 2025 | Detached | £132,500 | £135,380 |
| BURNDEN PLACE Sea Mill Lane | 18 Nov 2025 | Detached | £440,000 | £449,565 |
| 3 Croft Foot | 17 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £160,540 | £164,030 |
| 111 Main Street | 17 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £120,000 | £122,609 |
| MANX HORIZON Main Street | 7 Nov 2025 | Detached | £470,000 | £480,217 |
| 75 Fairladies | 24 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £286,087 |
| 21 Main Street | 22 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £145,000 | £148,152 |
| COLT HOUSE Sea Mill Lane | 12 Sep 2025 | Detached | £175,000 | £178,804 |
| 121 Fairladies | 2 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £164,000 | £167,565 |
| BELVEDERE Egremont Road | 8 Aug 2025 | Detached | £500,000 | £510,870 |
| 11 ABBEY FARM Abbey Road | 1 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £214,000 | £218,652 |
| 7 Finkle Street | 25 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £190,000 | £194,130 |
| 30 Seacroft Drive | 25 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £145,000 | £148,152 |
| 12 Seacote Gardens | 23 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £140,000 | £143,043 |
| 71 Fairladies | 20 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £275,000 | £280,978 |
| 7 Abbotts Way | 16 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £190,000 | £194,130 |
| 25 Main Street | 9 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £127,500 | £130,272 |
| 2 Fleatham Gardens | 22 May 2025 | Detached | £705,000 | £720,326 |
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 St Bees values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Grindal Place | £140,000 (2014) | £319,000 (2026) | +7.1% | +3.9% |
| CULLODEN Abbey Road | £349,000 (2007) | £462,500 (2026) | +1.5% | -1.4% |
| 19 Main Street | £196,000 (2010) | £183,000 (2026) | -0.4% | -3.3% |
| 5 Seacote Gardens | £182,683 (2020) | £235,000 (2026) | +4.3% | -0.1% |
| MAYFIELD HOUSE Finkle Street | £32,570 (1995) | £270,000 (2026) | +7.1% | +4.3% |
| MAYFIELD Finkle Street | £30,000 (2001) | £207,500 (2026) | +8.0% | +5.2% |
| 116A Main Street | £46,000 (2015) | £190,000 (2026) | +13.8% | +10.3% |
| THIMBLE COTTAGE Cross Hill | £108,000 (2017) | £132,500 (2025) | +2.6% | -1.0% |
| BURNDEN PLACE Sea Mill Lane | £90,000 (2009) | £440,000 (2025) | +10.4% | +7.2% |
| 111 Main Street | £42,000 (1995) | £120,000 (2025) | +3.6% | +0.9% |
| MANX HORIZON Main Street | £270,000 (2011) | £470,000 (2025) | +4.0% | +1.1% |
| 75 Fairladies | £180,000 (2005) | £280,000 (2025) | +2.2% | -0.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. St Bees 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 | 418 | 38.9% | £230,000 | £30,000 – £705,000 |
| Terraced | 330 | 30.7% | £105,000 | £10,000 – £460,000 |
| Semi-detached | 248 | 23.1% | £162,500 | £25,000 – £405,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 79 | 7.3% | £150,000 | £9,000 – £297,500 |
Section 05
How big homes are in St Bees
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 153 certificates cover St Bees, and their median floor area is 117 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +53.9%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 117 m² | about 1,259 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 72 m² | about 775 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 156 m² | about 1,679 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 12.4% | 19 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 30.1% | 46 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in St Bees
878 of the sales on record are leasehold and 197 freehold — 81.7% 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 £151,750 and the median freehold sale £194,000 — a gap of +27.8%. 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 | 878 | 81.7% | £151,750 |
| Freehold | 197 | 18.3% | £194,000 |
| New build | 101 | 9.4% | £208,950 |
| Existing home | 974 | 90.6% | £150,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +39.3%. 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 32 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 St Bees compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. St Bees sits below that national figure — -1.3%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,642 per square metre, across 200 of the 1,075 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 £9,000 to £705,000. 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 in St Bees
- Main Street221 sales
- Fairladies177 sales
- The Crofts78 sales
- Abbey Road46 sales
- Abbey Vale42 sales
- Seacroft Drive37 sales
- Finkle Street34 sales
- High House Road34 sales
- Seamill Lane31 sales
- Sea Mill Lane30 sales
- Solway Rise27 sales
- Firth Drive24 sales
- Seacote Gardens23 sales
- Priory Road22 sales
- Egremont Road20 sales
- Beach Road19 sales
- Nethertown Road19 sales
- Sea View19 sales
- Abbotts Way17 sales
- Outrigg16 sales
- Monks Hill12 sales
- Peck Mill12 sales
- Bay View10 sales
- Blythe Place10 sales
- Cross Hill9 sales
- Vale View9 sales
- Hillside8 sales
- Richmond Crescent8 sales
- Grindal Place7 sales
- Rowan Terrace7 sales
- Fleatham Croft6 sales
- Victoria Terrace6 sales
- Station Road5 sales
Postcode districts covering St Bees
- CA27£155,250 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in St Bees?
The median price paid in St Bees across every sale on the register is £155,500. 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 St Bees?
1,075 sales are on record for St Bees, the most recent completing on 15 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have St Bees house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +24.5% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -10.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were St Bees house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £250,000, set in 2022. 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 St Bees?
£1,642 per square metre, from the 200 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 15 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, “St Bees 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.