Acton Lane, Sudbury house prices are built from 104 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 1 Sep 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £177,250. Across the 11 years from 2007 to 2018 the median moved +45.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +11.7%.
Median price paid
£177,250
Change in cash, 2007–2018
+45.7%
Change in real terms
+11.7%
Median per m²
£2,044
HM Land Registry104 sales31 with floor areaLatest sale 1 Sep 2025
Section 01
How Acton Lane, Sudbury prices moved
The chart tracks the median Acton Lane, Sudbury house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2018. 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 | 2 | £45,000 | £99,921 |
| 2000s | 2 | £172,000 | £313,333 |
| 2010s | 2 | £205,000 | £289,050 |
The highest yearly median on record for Acton Lane, Sudbury is £268,500 in 2018; the lowest is £45,000 in 1996. Across the full 23-year record the cash median has moved from £45,000 to £268,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £97,615, so the real change over the whole record is +266.6% — about +6.08% 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: +45.7% in cash against +11.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 1 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £245,000 | £250,326 |
| 18 | 31 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £265,652 |
| Jupiter | 27 Mar 2025 | Detached | £300,000 | £306,522 |
| 32 | 28 Feb 2025 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £255,435 |
| Ingle House | 29 Nov 2024 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £315,672 |
| Virginia House | 26 Apr 2024 | Semi-detached | £345,000 | £363,022 |
| 51 | 26 Oct 2023 | Semi-detached | £335,000 | £361,954 |
| 47 | 11 Sep 2023 | Detached | £440,000 | £475,402 |
| 75 | 14 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £310,000 | £334,943 |
| 49 | 22 Jun 2023 | Semi-detached | £355,000 | £383,563 |
| 79 | 12 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £315,000 | £364,955 |
| 77 | 19 May 2022 | Terraced | £300,000 | £347,576 |
| The Rowlands | 14 Jan 2022 | Detached | £420,000 | £486,606 |
| 2 | 23 Nov 2020 | Semi-detached | £390,000 | £504,959 |
| 4 | 9 Jun 2020 | Semi-detached | £313,000 | £405,262 |
| 53 | 6 Dec 2019 | Semi-detached | £395,000 | £516,651 |
| 57 | 5 Nov 2019 | Detached | £290,000 | £379,314 |
| 6 | 14 Jun 2019 | Semi-detached | £275,000 | £359,694 |
| 32 | 29 May 2019 | Semi-detached | £217,000 | £283,831 |
| The Mews House, 81 | 11 Dec 2018 | Detached | £275,000 | £366,493 |
| 79 | 19 Oct 2018 | Terraced | £270,000 | £359,830 |
| Colwyn | 27 Aug 2018 | Detached | £240,000 | £319,849 |
| 6 | 8 Jun 2018 | Semi-detached | £255,000 | £339,839 |
| 33 | 23 Jan 2018 | Semi-detached | £268,500 | £357,831 |
| 75 | 20 Jan 2017 | Terraced | £237,500 | £323,238 |
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 Acton Lane, Sudbury values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 Acton Lane | £190,000 (2007) | £245,000 (2025) | +1.4% | -1.5% |
| 18 Acton Lane | £94,995 (2000) | £260,000 (2025) | +4.1% | +1.3% |
| JUPITER Acton Lane | £67,150 (1999) | £300,000 (2025) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| 32 Acton Lane | £174,000 (2007) | £250,000 (2025) | +2.0% | -0.9% |
| VIRGINIA HOUSE Acton Lane | £170,150 (2005) | £345,000 (2024) | +3.8% | +0.8% |
| 75 Acton Lane | £195,000 (2009) | £310,000 (2023) | +3.4% | +0.3% |
| 79 Acton Lane | £207,500 (2005) | £315,000 (2022) | +2.5% | -0.2% |
| 77 Acton Lane | £172,000 (2009) | £300,000 (2022) | +4.4% | +1.6% |
| 2 Acton Lane | £207,500 (2007) | £390,000 (2020) | +5.0% | +2.6% |
| 53 Acton Lane | £148,000 (2001) | £395,000 (2019) | +5.6% | +3.3% |
| 6 Acton Lane | £57,995 (1998) | £275,000 (2019) | +7.7% | +5.4% |
| THE MEWS HOUSE, 81 Acton Lane | £170,000 (2009) | £275,000 (2018) | +5.5% | +3.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Acton Lane, Sudbury 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 67 | 64.4% | £162,000 | £13,000 – £395,000 |
| Detached | 26 | 25.0% | £207,500 | £30,000 – £475,000 |
| Terraced | 11 | 10.6% | £218,000 | £50,000 – £315,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Acton Lane, Sudbury
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 104 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 | 104 | 100.0% | £177,250 |
| New build | 3 | 2.9% | £94,995 |
| Existing home | 101 | 97.1% | £184,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -48.4%. 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 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 07
Living in Acton Lane, Sudbury
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Babergh, 43.0% of 43,823 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 7.4% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 389 | 0.9% |
| B | 6,268 | 14.3% |
| C | 12,181 | 27.8% |
| D | 14,574 | 33.3% |
| E | 7,180 | 16.4% |
| F | 2,592 | 5.9% |
| G | 639 | 1.5% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Babergh at £970 a month as of Jun 2026 — £720 for a one-bedroom home and £1,116 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £177,250 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.57% 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 CO10, 26 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 8 violent, 1 burglary, 6 vehicle-related and 6 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 6.4 times quieter.
Against the 92,341 residents the 2021 census counted in Babergh, that is 0.28 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 Acton Lane, Sudbury
The 2021 census counted 92,341 residents in Babergh across 40,200 households. 71.8% of those households own their home and 28.1% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
20 state and independent schools have a CO10 postcode: 17 primary, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Gainsborough School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,603 |
| Ormiston Sudbury Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 710 |
| Stour Valley Community School | Secondary | Free schools | 569 |
| Wells Hall Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 494 |
| Woodhall Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 448 |
| Tudor Church of England Primary School, Sudbury | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 268 |
| Glemsford Primary Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 243 |
| Pot Kiln Primary School | Primary | Community school | 236 |
| St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 227 |
| Long Melford Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 207 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Sudbury (Suffolk) Rail Station | Rail | 2.7 km |
| Bures Rail Station | Rail | 10.3 km |
| Chappel & Wakes Colne Rail Station | Rail | 15.0 km |
| Marks Tey Rail Station | Rail | 20.2 km |
Section 09
How Acton Lane, Sudbury compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Acton Lane, Sudbury sits above that national figure — +12.5%.
Within Sudbury the street ranks 479 of 764 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £183,000 (-3.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,044 per square metre, across 31 of the 104 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 £13,000 to £475,000. 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.
Acton Lane, Sudbury sits in Babergh, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Babergh at 10.6 times median local earnings of £30,929 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£242,500 median
- High Street£233,250 median
- Melford Road£205,000 median
- Lucas Road£68,500 median
- Bures Road£232,000 median
- Talbot Road£119,995 median
- Kings Road£118,000 median
- Waldingfield Road£185,000 median
- Church Street£182,500 median
- Mallard Way£75,500 median
- Hall Street£242,500 median
- Clermont Avenue£219,995 median
- Church Road£250,000 median
- Egremont Street£124,000 median
- Ballingdon Street£151,000 median
- Queens Road£171,838 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 79 Acton Lane6 sales
- 6 Acton Lane5 sales
- 36 Acton Lane4 sales
- JUPITER Acton Lane4 sales
- 32 Acton Lane4 sales
- VIRGINIA HOUSE Acton Lane4 sales
- 53 Acton Lane4 sales
- 12 Acton Lane4 sales
- 18 Acton Lane3 sales
- 75 Acton Lane3 sales
- 77 Acton Lane3 sales
- 33 Acton Lane3 sales
- 16 Acton Lane3 sales
- FIRBANK Acton Lane3 sales
- 31 Acton Lane3 sales
- 19 Acton Lane3 sales
- 2 Acton Lane2 sales
- THE MEWS HOUSE, 81 Acton Lane2 sales
- COLWYN Acton Lane2 sales
- 35 Acton Lane2 sales
- 61 Acton Lane2 sales
- OUTWOOD Acton Lane2 sales
- 37 Acton Lane2 sales
- TOWERS Acton Lane2 sales
Back to Sudbury house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Acton Lane, Sudbury?
The median price paid in Acton Lane, Sudbury across every sale on the register is £177,250. 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 Acton Lane, Sudbury?
104 sales are on record for Acton Lane, Sudbury, the most recent completing on 1 Sep 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Acton Lane, Sudbury house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +45.7% between 2007 and 2018. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +11.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Acton Lane, Sudbury house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £268,500, set in 2018. 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 Acton Lane, Sudbury?
£2,044 per square metre, from the 31 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 1 Sep 2025. 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, “Acton Lane, Sudbury 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.