Waters Drive, Staines house prices are built from 160 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 31 Aug 2012. The median price paid across the whole record is £164,975. Across the 10 years from 2002 to 2012 the median moved +55.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +20.2%.
Median price paid
£164,975
Change in cash, 2002–2012
+55.3%
Change in real terms
+20.2%
Median per m²
£2,306
HM Land Registry160 sales60 with floor areaLatest sale 31 Aug 2012
Section 01
How Waters Drive, Staines prices moved
The chart tracks the median Waters Drive, Staines house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2012. 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 | £86,370 | £191,782 |
| 2000s | 9 | £207,000 | £377,093 |
| 2010s | 2 | £212,500 | £299,625 |
The highest yearly median on record for Waters Drive, Staines is £290,000 in 2012; the lowest is £66,000 in 1996. Across the full 18-year record the cash median has moved from £86,370 to £290,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £191,782, so the real change over the whole record is +125.9% — about +4.91% 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: +55.3% in cash against +20.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135 | 31 Aug 2012 | Terraced | £280,000 | £418,220 |
| 133 | 10 Aug 2012 | Terraced | £272,000 | £406,271 |
| 123 | 8 Jun 2012 | Terraced | £370,000 | £552,648 |
| 62 | 18 May 2012 | Terraced | £293,000 | £437,638 |
| 88 | 11 Apr 2012 | Terraced | £290,000 | £433,157 |
| 131 | 29 Dec 2011 | Flat or maisonette | £285,000 | £436,793 |
| 26 | 4 Aug 2011 | Semi-detached | £310,000 | £475,109 |
| 45 | 22 Jun 2011 | Flat or maisonette | £232,500 | £356,332 |
| 79 | 27 Jan 2011 | Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | £291,196 |
| 33 | 30 Nov 2010 | Flat or maisonette | £205,000 | £327,350 |
| 27 | 29 Sep 2010 | Flat or maisonette | £195,000 | £311,382 |
| 35 | 16 Jun 2010 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £263,477 |
| 41 | 4 Jun 2010 | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | £351,302 |
| 151 | 16 Apr 2010 | Terraced | £273,000 | £435,934 |
| 20 | 31 Mar 2010 | Terraced | £325,000 | £518,969 |
| 45 | 18 Dec 2009 | Flat or maisonette | £206,000 | £338,531 |
| 11 | 23 Nov 2009 | Terraced | £275,000 | £451,923 |
| 81 | 3 Jul 2009 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £345,105 |
| 84 | 15 Dec 2008 | Terraced | £235,000 | £394,464 |
| 17 | 6 Oct 2008 | Terraced | £317,500 | £532,946 |
| 90 | 3 Oct 2008 | Terraced | £246,500 | £413,768 |
| 69 | 23 Jun 2008 | Flat or maisonette | £217,000 | £364,250 |
| 165 | 4 Apr 2008 | Flat or maisonette | £174,950 | £293,666 |
| 92 | 19 Mar 2008 | Terraced | £250,000 | £419,643 |
| 155 | 30 Nov 2007 | Terraced | £299,950 | £521,491 |
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 Waters Drive, Staines values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135 Waters Drive | £207,000 (2005) | £280,000 (2012) | +4.4% | +1.5% |
| 88 Waters Drive | £117,500 (1999) | £290,000 (2012) | +7.2% | +4.7% |
| 131 Waters Drive | £217,500 (2004) | £285,000 (2011) | +3.9% | +1.1% |
| 45 Waters Drive | £82,000 (1997) | £232,500 (2011) | +7.7% | +5.3% |
| 79 Waters Drive | £130,000 (2002) | £190,000 (2011) | +4.3% | +1.7% |
| 33 Waters Drive | £95,000 (1999) | £205,000 (2010) | +7.2% | +4.9% |
| 41 Waters Drive | £68,000 (1995) | £220,000 (2010) | +8.1% | +5.8% |
| 20 Waters Drive | £250,000 (2006) | £325,000 (2010) | +6.8% | +3.9% |
| 11 Waters Drive | £305,000 (2007) | £275,000 (2009) | -5.0% | -7.7% |
| 81 Waters Drive | £85,000 (1998) | £210,000 (2009) | +8.6% | +6.3% |
| 17 Waters Drive | £147,000 (1998) | £317,500 (2008) | +8.0% | +5.7% |
| 90 Waters Drive | £89,000 (1995) | £246,500 (2008) | +8.2% | +5.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Waters Drive, Staines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 72 | 45.0% | £187,500 | £84,000 – £370,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 72 | 45.0% | £121,950 | £59,000 – £285,000 |
| Semi-detached | 12 | 7.5% | £210,000 | £92,950 – £310,000 |
| Detached | 4 | 2.5% | £145,000 | £87,000 – £220,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Waters Drive, Staines
74 of the sales on record are leasehold and 86 freehold — 46.3% 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 £125,950 and the median freehold sale £208,500 — a gap of +65.5%. 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 | 74 | 46.3% | £125,950 |
| Freehold | 86 | 53.8% | £208,500 |
Section 07
Living in Waters Drive, Staines
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Runnymede, 47.2% of 42,982 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.3% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 194 | 0.5% |
| B | 6,368 | 14.8% |
| C | 13,741 | 32.0% |
| D | 14,878 | 34.6% |
| E | 5,964 | 13.9% |
| F | 1,422 | 3.3% |
| G | 415 | 1.0% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Runnymede at £1,576 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,077 for a one-bedroom home and £1,662 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £164,975 here, that rent is a gross yield of 11.46% 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 TW18, 264 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 79 violent, 5 burglary, 8 vehicle-related and 63 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.6 times busier.
Against the 88,079 residents the 2021 census counted in Runnymede, that is 3.00 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 Waters Drive, Staines
The 2021 census counted 88,079 residents in Runnymede across 34,838 households. 67.9% of those households own their home and 32.0% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
7 state and independent schools have a TW18 postcode: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Magna Carta School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,042 |
| The Matthew Arnold School | Secondary | Academy converter | 947 |
| Riverbridge Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 687 |
| Hythe Primary School | Primary | Community school | 444 |
| Laleham CofE VA Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 406 |
| Buckland Primary School | Primary | Community school | 399 |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 236 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Staines Rail Station | Rail | 0.5 km |
| Ashford (Surrey) Rail Station | Rail | 2.7 km |
| Egham Rail Station | Rail | 2.9 km |
| Wraysbury Rail Station | Rail | 4.2 km |
Section 09
How Waters Drive, Staines compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Waters Drive, Staines sits above that national figure — +4.7%.
Within Staines the street ranks 233 of 379 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £172,500 (-4.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,306 per square metre, across 60 of the 160 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 £59,000 to £370,000. 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.
Waters Drive, Staines sits in Runnymede, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Runnymede at 9.8 times median local earnings of £46,455 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
- Laleham Road£148,975 median
- Gresham Road£135,500 median
- Kingston Road£154,975 median
- Wendover Road£160,475 median
- Laleham Road£306,000 median
- Avondale Avenue£156,250 median
- Sidney Road£145,500 median
- Riverside Road£180,000 median
- High Street£397,475 median
- Eden Grove£397,500 median
- Worple Road£209,000 median
- Edgell Road£138,000 median
- Penton Avenue£148,000 median
- Wendover Road£379,950 median
- New Road£135,875 median
- Staines Road£578,750 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 98 Waters Drive4 sales
- 163 Waters Drive4 sales
- 49 Waters Drive4 sales
- 167 Waters Drive4 sales
- 45 Waters Drive3 sales
- 33 Waters Drive3 sales
- 41 Waters Drive3 sales
- 81 Waters Drive3 sales
- 155 Waters Drive3 sales
- 38 Waters Drive3 sales
- 19 Waters Drive3 sales
- 46 Waters Drive3 sales
- 28 Waters Drive3 sales
- 125 Waters Drive3 sales
- 66 Waters Drive3 sales
- 111 Waters Drive3 sales
- 23 Waters Drive3 sales
- 135 Waters Drive2 sales
- 88 Waters Drive2 sales
- 131 Waters Drive2 sales
- 79 Waters Drive2 sales
- 20 Waters Drive2 sales
- 11 Waters Drive2 sales
- 17 Waters Drive2 sales
Back to Staines house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Waters Drive, Staines?
The median price paid in Waters Drive, Staines 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 Waters Drive, Staines?
160 sales are on record for Waters Drive, Staines, the most recent completing on 31 Aug 2012. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Waters Drive, Staines house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +55.3% between 2002 and 2012. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +20.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Waters Drive, Staines house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £290,000, set in 2012. 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 Waters Drive, Staines?
£2,306 per square metre, from the 60 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 31 Aug 2012. 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, “Waters Drive, Staines 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.