Gilbert Road, Swanage house prices are built from 94 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2001 and the most recent on 5 Jan 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £215,000. Across the 10 years from 2003 to 2013 the median moved +17.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -9.2%.
Median price paid
£215,000
Change in cash, 2003–2013
+17.6%
Change in real terms
-9.2%
Median per m²
£2,722
HM Land Registry94 sales19 with floor areaLatest sale 5 Jan 2026
Section 01
How Gilbert Road, Swanage prices moved
The chart tracks the median Gilbert Road, Swanage house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2001 to 2013. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2 | £67,000 | £122,054 |
| 2010s | 3 | £236,500 | £333,465 |
The highest yearly median on record for Gilbert Road, Swanage is £250,000 in 2013; the lowest is £67,000 in 2001. Across the full 13-year record the cash median has moved from £67,000 to £250,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £131,391, so the real change over the whole record is +177.4% — about +8.88% 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: +17.6% in cash against -9.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 3 Sunnybank, 4 | 5 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| Flat 7 Selby House, 10a | 7 Apr 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £447,500 | £457,228 |
| Flat 6 Sunnybank, 4 | 15 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £260,000 | £273,582 |
| Flat 2 Sefton Court, 10 | 16 Aug 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £295,000 | £310,410 |
| Flat 4 2 | 29 Feb 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £199,950 | £210,395 |
| Flat 2 Haycrafts House, 16 | 10 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £380,000 | £410,575 |
| Flat 5 2 | 29 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £275,000 | £347,446 |
| Flat 4 Sunnybank, 4 | 29 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £170,000 | £214,785 |
| Flat 1 Nethway House, 8 | 23 Jul 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £250,500 | £316,492 |
| Flat 1 2 | 10 Feb 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | £240,054 |
| Flat 4 Selby House, 10a | 9 Dec 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £296,000 | £383,251 |
| Flat 7 Sefton Court, 10 | 24 Aug 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £307,000 | £397,493 |
| Flat 2 Sefton Court, 10 | 1 Apr 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £255,000 | £333,534 |
| Flat 3 Selby House, 10a | 27 Feb 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £285,000 | £372,774 |
| Flat 4 Haycrafts House, 16 | 8 Feb 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £265,000 | £346,614 |
| Flat 2 Selby House, 10a | 7 Feb 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £326,994 |
| Flat 3 Nethway House, 8 | 19 Sep 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £295,000 | £393,147 |
| Flat 4 Sunnybank, 4 | 29 Sep 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £152,500 | £207,553 |
| Flat 8 Haycrafts House, 16 | 28 Jun 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £377,500 | £513,779 |
| Flat 3 12 | 9 Feb 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £173,000 | £235,454 |
| Flat 9 Sefton Court, 10 | 3 Feb 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £252,500 | £343,653 |
| Flat 3 Sefton Court, 10 | 12 Sep 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £325,000 | £453,713 |
| Flat 5 Sunnybank, 4 | 1 Sep 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £140,000 | £195,446 |
| Flat 7 Sunnybank, 4 | 30 Jan 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £142,250 | £200,573 |
| Flat 1 Haycrafts House, 16 | 25 Jul 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £230,000 | £329,908 |
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 Gilbert Road, Swanage values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 3 SUNNYBANK, 4 Gilbert Road | £40,250 (1998) | £165,000 (2026) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| FLAT 7 SELBY HOUSE, 10A Gilbert Road | £350,000 (2012) | £447,500 (2025) | +1.9% | -1.0% |
| FLAT 6 SUNNYBANK, 4 Gilbert Road | £95,000 (2013) | £260,000 (2024) | +9.6% | +6.4% |
| FLAT 2 SEFTON COURT, 10 Gilbert Road | £245,000 (2007) | £295,000 (2024) | +1.1% | -1.8% |
| FLAT 4 2 Gilbert Road | £35,000 (1998) | £199,950 (2024) | +6.9% | +4.2% |
| FLAT 4 SUNNYBANK, 4 Gilbert Road | £44,500 (1999) | £170,000 (2021) | +6.3% | +4.0% |
| FLAT 5 2 Gilbert Road | £57,000 (2000) | £275,000 (2021) | +7.8% | +5.5% |
| FLAT 1 NETHWAY HOUSE, 8 Gilbert Road | £195,000 (2003) | £250,500 (2021) | +1.4% | -0.8% |
| FLAT 4 SELBY HOUSE, 10A Gilbert Road | £228,000 (2011) | £296,000 (2020) | +2.9% | +1.0% |
| FLAT 3 SELBY HOUSE, 10A Gilbert Road | £224,500 (2012) | £285,000 (2019) | +3.5% | +1.5% |
| FLAT 2 SELBY HOUSE, 10A Gilbert Road | £227,500 (2011) | £250,000 (2019) | +1.2% | -0.8% |
| FLAT 3 NETHWAY HOUSE, 8 Gilbert Road | £212,500 (2003) | £295,000 (2018) | +2.2% | -0.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Gilbert Road, Swanage 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 | 87 | 92.6% | £212,500 | £35,000 – £447,500 |
| Detached | 7 | 7.4% | £510,000 | £135,000 – £795,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Gilbert Road, Swanage
87 of the sales on record are leasehold and 7 freehold — 92.6% 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 £212,500 and the median freehold sale £510,000 — a gap of +140.0%. 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 | 87 | 92.6% | £212,500 |
| Freehold | 7 | 7.4% | £510,000 |
| New build | 22 | 23.4% | £229,000 |
| Existing home | 72 | 76.6% | £187,500 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +22.1%. 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.
Section 09
How Gilbert Road, Swanage compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Gilbert Road, Swanage sits above that national figure — +36.5%.
Within Swanage the street ranks 134 of 218 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £210,000 (+2.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,722 per square metre, across 19 of the 94 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 £35,000 to £795,000. 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
- High Street£180,000 median
- De Moulham Road£175,000 median
- Park Road£137,500 median
- Victoria Avenue£185,500 median
- Kings Road West£163,000 median
- Ulwell Road£150,000 median
- Burlington Road£195,000 median
- Cranborne Road£148,250 median
- Rempstone Road£173,032 median
- Rabling Road£227,650 median
- Bay Crescent£320,000 median
- Priests Road£210,000 median
- Bell Street£219,975 median
- Durberville Drive£340,000 median
- Ilminster Road£158,000 median
- Queens Road£239,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FLAT 3, SUNNYBANK, 4 Gilbert Road4 sales
- FLAT 4, SUNNYBANK, 4 Gilbert Road4 sales
- FLAT 10, SEFTON COURT, 10 Gilbert Road4 sales
- FLAT 2, 12 Gilbert Road4 sales
- FLAT 2, SEFTON COURT, 10 Gilbert Road3 sales
- FLAT 3, NETHWAY HOUSE, 8 Gilbert Road3 sales
- FLAT 3, 12 Gilbert Road3 sales
- FLAT 7, NETHWAY HOUSE, 8 Gilbert Road3 sales
- 6 Gilbert Road3 sales
- FLAT 2, 2 Gilbert Road3 sales
- FLAT 7, SELBY HOUSE, 10A Gilbert Road2 sales
- FLAT 6, SUNNYBANK, 4 Gilbert Road2 sales
- FLAT 4, 2 Gilbert Road2 sales
- FLAT 5, 2 Gilbert Road2 sales
- FLAT 1, NETHWAY HOUSE, 8 Gilbert Road2 sales
- FLAT 4, SELBY HOUSE, 10A Gilbert Road2 sales
- FLAT 3, SELBY HOUSE, 10A Gilbert Road2 sales
- FLAT 2, SELBY HOUSE, 10A Gilbert Road2 sales
- FLAT 8, HAYCRAFTS HOUSE, 16 Gilbert Road2 sales
- FLAT 5, SUNNYBANK, 4 Gilbert Road2 sales
- FLAT 3, SANDPIPER, 14 Gilbert Road2 sales
- FLAT 4, SANDPIPER, 14 Gilbert Road2 sales
- FLAT 1, SUNNYBANK, 4 Gilbert Road2 sales
- FLAT 2, SUNNYBANK, 4 Gilbert Road2 sales
Back to Swanage house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Gilbert Road, Swanage?
The median price paid in Gilbert Road, Swanage across every sale on the register is £215,000. 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 Gilbert Road, Swanage?
94 sales are on record for Gilbert Road, Swanage, the most recent completing on 5 Jan 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Gilbert Road, Swanage house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +17.6% between 2003 and 2013. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -9.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Gilbert Road, Swanage house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £250,000, set in 2013. 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 Gilbert Road, Swanage?
£2,722 per square metre, from the 19 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 5 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, “Gilbert Road, Swanage 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.