Sermon Drive, Swanley house prices are built from 73 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2014 and the most recent on 25 Nov 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £200,000.
Median price paid
£200,000
Median per m²
£1,909
HM Land Registry73 sales20 with floor areaLatest sale 25 Nov 2025
Section 01
How Sermon Drive, Swanley prices moved
There are too few years of sales in Sermon Drive, Swanley to plot a trend line. The figures below are drawn from the whole record rather than a yearly series.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 25 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £425,000 | £434,239 |
| 6 | 12 Dec 2024 | Semi-detached | £375,000 | £394,590 |
| 28 | 25 Oct 2024 | Semi-detached | £379,000 | £398,799 |
| 15 | 1 Aug 2023 | Semi-detached | £327,000 | £353,310 |
| 46 | 18 Apr 2023 | Semi-detached | £460,000 | £497,011 |
| 27 | 3 Oct 2022 | Semi-detached | £450,000 | £521,364 |
| 16 | 21 Jul 2022 | Semi-detached | £465,000 | £538,743 |
| 37 | 16 May 2022 | Semi-detached | £382,000 | £442,580 |
| 36 | 17 Dec 2021 | Semi-detached | £390,000 | £492,742 |
| 43 | 1 Sep 2021 | Semi-detached | £380,000 | £480,108 |
| 24 | 12 Aug 2020 | Semi-detached | £340,000 | £440,220 |
| 3 | 19 Jun 2020 | Semi-detached | £322,500 | £417,562 |
| 54 | 11 Jun 2020 | Semi-detached | £385,000 | £498,485 |
| 60 | 3 Mar 2020 | Semi-detached | £360,000 | £466,116 |
| 1 | 9 Jan 2019 | Semi-detached | £370,000 | £483,952 |
| 19 | 12 Oct 2018 | Semi-detached | £315,000 | £419,802 |
| 34 | 3 Aug 2018 | Semi-detached | £332,500 | £443,124 |
| 20 | 27 Nov 2017 | Semi-detached | £360,000 | £489,961 |
| 14 | 14 Jun 2017 | Semi-detached | £415,000 | £564,817 |
| 18 | 10 May 2017 | Semi-detached | £340,000 | £462,741 |
| 62 | 23 Feb 2017 | Semi-detached | £339,995 | £462,735 |
| 19 | 16 Jan 2017 | Semi-detached | £282,500 | £384,484 |
| 33 | 24 Jun 2016 | Semi-detached | £275,000 | £383,911 |
| 23 | 12 Feb 2016 | Semi-detached | £266,000 | £371,347 |
| 68 | 4 Sep 2015 | Semi-detached | £255,000 | £359,550 |
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 Sermon Drive, Swanley values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 Sermon Drive | £147,000 (2005) | £425,000 (2025) | +5.5% | +2.4% |
| 46 Sermon Drive | £89,000 (1999) | £460,000 (2023) | +7.1% | +4.3% |
| 27 Sermon Drive | £130,000 (2002) | £450,000 (2022) | +6.4% | +3.7% |
| 16 Sermon Drive | £71,000 (1996) | £465,000 (2022) | +7.5% | +4.9% |
| 37 Sermon Drive | £189,000 (2009) | £382,000 (2022) | +5.6% | +2.8% |
| 24 Sermon Drive | £208,500 (2006) | £340,000 (2020) | +3.6% | +1.2% |
| 54 Sermon Drive | £88,000 (1999) | £385,000 (2020) | +7.3% | +5.0% |
| 60 Sermon Drive | £175,000 (2010) | £360,000 (2020) | +7.5% | +5.2% |
| 19 Sermon Drive | £282,500 (2017) | £315,000 (2018) | +11.5% | +9.2% |
| 20 Sermon Drive | £250,000 (2014) | £360,000 (2017) | +12.9% | +11.0% |
| 14 Sermon Drive | £217,000 (2014) | £415,000 (2017) | +24.1% | +22.0% |
| 18 Sermon Drive | £73,500 (1995) | £340,000 (2017) | +7.2% | +4.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Sermon Drive, Swanley 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 | 71 | 97.3% | £203,000 | £64,000 – £465,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 1 | 1.4% | £171,500 | £171,500 – £171,500 |
| Terraced | 1 | 1.4% | £200,000 | £200,000 – £200,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Sermon Drive, Swanley
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 73 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 | 73 | 100.0% | £200,000 |
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 Sermon Drive, Swanley
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Bromley, 40.3% of 149,776 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.7% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 282 | 0.2% |
| B | 12,223 | 8.2% |
| C | 47,871 | 32.0% |
| D | 59,759 | 39.9% |
| E | 24,098 | 16.1% |
| F | 4,451 | 3.0% |
| G | 1,092 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Bromley at £1,678 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,306 for a one-bedroom home and £1,982 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £200,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 10.07% 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 BR8, 152 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 52 violent, 7 burglary, 7 vehicle-related and 27 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is about typical.
Against the 329,992 residents the 2021 census counted in Bromley, that is 0.46 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 Sermon Drive, Swanley
The 2021 census counted 329,992 residents in Bromley across 135,828 households. 69.3% of those households own their home and 30.6% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
9 state and independent schools have a BR8 postcode: 8 primary, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hextable Primary School | Primary | Community school | 605 |
| Orchards Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 554 |
| St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley | Primary | Academy converter | 318 |
| St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 279 |
| High Firs Primary School | Primary | Community school | 210 |
| Crockenhill Primary School | Primary | Community school | 203 |
| Horizon Primary Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 195 |
| Downsview Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 140 |
| St Pauls' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 107 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Swanley Rail Station | Rail | 0.7 km |
| Farningham Road Rail Station | Rail | 4.2 km |
| Eynsford Rail Station | Rail | 4.5 km |
| St Mary Cray Rail Station | Rail | 4.7 km |
Section 09
How Sermon Drive, Swanley compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Sermon Drive, Swanley sits above that national figure — +27.0%.
Within Swanley the street ranks 134 of 223 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £206,000 (-2.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,909 per square metre, across 20 of the 73 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 £64,000 to £465,000. 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.
Sermon Drive, Swanley sits in Bromley, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Bromley at 12.1 times median local earnings of £43,474 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
- Claremont Road£210,000 median
- Oakleigh Close£125,000 median
- Swanley Lane£181,500 median
- London Road£192,500 median
- Northview£164,800 median
- St Marys Road£200,000 median
- Glendale£229,950 median
- Pinks Hill£238,000 median
- Archer Way£230,000 median
- Lullingstone Avenue£155,500 median
- Waylands£240,000 median
- West View Road£213,000 median
- Sprucedale Close£89,500 median
- Goldsel Road£140,000 median
- The Oaks£85,000 median
- Cranleigh Drive£243,498 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 34 Sermon Drive4 sales
- 27 Sermon Drive4 sales
- 46 Sermon Drive3 sales
- 16 Sermon Drive3 sales
- 37 Sermon Drive3 sales
- 24 Sermon Drive3 sales
- 54 Sermon Drive2 sales
- 60 Sermon Drive2 sales
- 19 Sermon Drive2 sales
- 20 Sermon Drive2 sales
- 14 Sermon Drive2 sales
- 18 Sermon Drive2 sales
- 23 Sermon Drive2 sales
- 68 Sermon Drive2 sales
- 40 Sermon Drive2 sales
- 7 Sermon Drive2 sales
- 10 Sermon Drive2 sales
- 38 Sermon Drive2 sales
- 11 Sermon Drive2 sales
- 58 Sermon Drive2 sales
- 25 Sermon Drive2 sales
Back to Swanley house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Sermon Drive, Swanley?
The median price paid in Sermon Drive, Swanley across every sale on the register is £200,000. 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 Sermon Drive, Swanley?
73 sales are on record for Sermon Drive, Swanley, the most recent completing on 25 Nov 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
When were Sermon Drive, Swanley house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £340,000, set in 2017. 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 Sermon Drive, Swanley?
£1,909 per square metre, from the 20 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 25 Nov 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, “Sermon Drive, Swanley 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.