Shelvers Way, Tadworth house prices are built from 154 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 31 Mar 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £442,000. Across the 11 years from 2014 to 2025 the median moved +25.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -11.0%.
Median price paid
£442,000
Change in cash, 2014–2025
+25.0%
Change in real terms
-11.0%
Median per m²
£3,473
HM Land Registry154 sales31 with floor areaLatest sale 31 Mar 2025
Section 01
How Shelvers Way, Tadworth prices moved
The chart tracks the median Shelvers Way, Tadworth house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2025. 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 | 3 | £180,000 | £399,685 |
| 2000s | 7 | £343,000 | £624,845 |
| 2010s | 4 | £575,000 | £810,750 |
| 2020s | 3 | £765,000 | £781,630 |
The highest yearly median on record for Shelvers Way, Tadworth is £825,000 in 2025; the lowest is £180,000 in 1996. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £180,000 to £825,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £390,462, so the real change over the whole record is +115.9% — about +2.69% 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: +25.0% in cash against -11.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | 31 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £825,000 | £842,935 |
| 78 | 17 Mar 2025 | Detached | £1,145,000 | £1,169,891 |
| 56a | 14 Mar 2025 | Detached | £702,000 | £717,261 |
| 78a | 24 Jan 2025 | Detached | £1,565,000 | £1,599,022 |
| 28 | 10 Jan 2025 | Semi-detached | £750,000 | £766,304 |
| 76a | 23 Aug 2024 | Detached | £1,550,000 | £1,630,970 |
| 8 | 31 Jul 2024 | Semi-detached | £755,000 | £794,440 |
| 105a | 13 Jun 2024 | Terraced | £970,000 | £1,020,672 |
| 131 | 29 Feb 2024 | Semi-detached | £790,000 | £831,269 |
| 97 | 13 Dec 2023 | Semi-detached | £928,500 | £1,003,207 |
| 73 | 29 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £750,000 | £868,940 |
| 121 | 12 Aug 2022 | Semi-detached | £700,000 | £811,011 |
| 94 | 28 Jun 2022 | Semi-detached | £650,000 | £753,081 |
| 109 | 21 Apr 2022 | Detached | £860,000 | £996,385 |
| 139 | 4 Feb 2022 | Semi-detached | £504,000 | £583,928 |
| 84 | 29 Jun 2021 | Detached | £980,000 | £1,238,172 |
| 15 | 28 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £820,000 | £1,036,022 |
| 79 | 7 May 2021 | Semi-detached | £725,000 | £915,995 |
| 61 | 25 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £765,000 | £966,532 |
| 11 | 15 Jan 2021 | Semi-detached | £710,000 | £897,043 |
| 10 | 20 Nov 2020 | Semi-detached | £722,000 | £934,821 |
| 131 | 4 Nov 2020 | Semi-detached | £670,000 | £867,493 |
| 59 | 24 Sep 2020 | Semi-detached | £735,000 | £951,653 |
| 74 | 15 Nov 2019 | Detached | £745,000 | £974,443 |
| 58a | 2 Sep 2019 | Detached | £635,000 | £830,566 |
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 Shelvers Way, Tadworth values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 Shelvers Way | £499,950 (2013) | £825,000 (2025) | +4.3% | +1.2% |
| 56A Shelvers Way | £292,000 (2002) | £702,000 (2025) | +3.9% | +1.1% |
| 105A Shelvers Way | £760,000 (2016) | £970,000 (2024) | +3.1% | -0.5% |
| 131 Shelvers Way | £249,950 (2002) | £790,000 (2024) | +5.4% | +2.5% |
| 97 Shelvers Way | £787,000 (2017) | £928,500 (2023) | +2.8% | -1.1% |
| 121 Shelvers Way | £390,000 (2007) | £700,000 (2022) | +4.0% | +1.2% |
| 94 Shelvers Way | £150,000 (1999) | £650,000 (2022) | +6.6% | +4.0% |
| 139 Shelvers Way | £195,000 (2006) | £504,000 (2022) | +6.1% | +3.3% |
| 84 Shelvers Way | £180,000 (1996) | £980,000 (2021) | +7.0% | +4.7% |
| 15 Shelvers Way | £520,000 (2014) | £820,000 (2021) | +6.7% | +4.8% |
| 61 Shelvers Way | £462,000 (2010) | £765,000 (2021) | +4.7% | +2.5% |
| 10 Shelvers Way | £465,000 (2009) | £722,000 (2020) | +4.1% | +1.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Shelvers Way, Tadworth 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 | 101 | 65.6% | £444,000 | £110,000 – £928,500 |
| Detached | 50 | 32.5% | £430,000 | £177,000 – £1,565,000 |
| Terraced | 3 | 1.9% | £760,000 | £100,000 – £970,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Shelvers Way, Tadworth
1 of the sales on record are leasehold and 153 freehold — 0.6% 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 £756,000 and the median freehold sale £440,000 — a gap of -41.8%. 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 | 1 | 0.6% | £756,000 |
| Freehold | 153 | 99.4% | £440,000 |
| New build | 1 | 0.6% | £325,000 |
| Existing home | 153 | 99.4% | £444,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -26.8%. 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 8 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 Shelvers Way, Tadworth
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Mole Valley, 39.4% of 39,308 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.8% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 104 | 0.3% |
| B | 3,685 | 9.4% |
| C | 11,688 | 29.7% |
| D | 14,367 | 36.5% |
| E | 7,188 | 18.3% |
| F | 1,835 | 4.7% |
| G | 441 | 1.1% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Mole Valley at £1,546 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,135 for a one-bedroom home and £1,850 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £442,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 4.20% 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 KT20, 28 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 15 violent, 0 burglary, 2 vehicle-related and 2 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 6.0 times quieter.
Against the 87,386 residents the 2021 census counted in Mole Valley, that is 0.32 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 Shelvers Way, Tadworth
The 2021 census counted 87,386 residents in Mole Valley across 37,139 households. 74.2% of those households own their home and 25.8% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
3 state and independent schools have a KT20 postcode: 3 primary. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walton-on-the-Hill Primary School | Primary | Community school | 204 |
| Kingswood Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 170 |
| Tadworth Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | — |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Tadworth Rail Station | Rail | 0.7 km |
| Kingswood Rail Station | Rail | 1.7 km |
| Tattenham Corner Rail Station | Rail | 2.7 km |
| Epsom Downs Rail Station | Rail | 4.2 km |
Section 09
How Shelvers Way, Tadworth compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Shelvers Way, Tadworth sits above that national figure — +180.6%.
Within Tadworth the street ranks 125 of 267 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £333,000 (+32.7%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,473 per square metre, across 31 of the 154 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 £100,000 to £1,565,000. 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.
Shelvers Way, Tadworth sits in Mole Valley, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Mole Valley at 11.6 times median local earnings of £49,889 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
- Brighton Road£249,998 median
- Woodland Way£1,190,000 median
- Beechen Lane£227,000 median
- Tattenham Way£336,250 median
- St Monicas Road£320,000 median
- The Avenue£355,000 median
- Ashurst Road£285,000 median
- Sandlands Road£292,500 median
- Preston Lane£210,000 median
- Chetwode Road£187,000 median
- Hatch Gardens£185,000 median
- Headley Grove£207,750 median
- Chequers Lane£340,000 median
- The Glade£920,000 median
- Meade Court£210,000 median
- Tadworth Street£329,950 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 94 Shelvers Way5 sales
- 56A Shelvers Way4 sales
- 131 Shelvers Way4 sales
- 59 Shelvers Way4 sales
- 65 Shelvers Way4 sales
- 9 Shelvers Way4 sales
- 121 Shelvers Way3 sales
- 139 Shelvers Way3 sales
- 16 Shelvers Way3 sales
- 135 Shelvers Way3 sales
- 80 Shelvers Way3 sales
- 2 Shelvers Way3 sales
- 72 Shelvers Way3 sales
- 72A Shelvers Way3 sales
- 1 Shelvers Way3 sales
- 92 Shelvers Way3 sales
- 89 Shelvers Way2 sales
- 105A Shelvers Way2 sales
- 97 Shelvers Way2 sales
- 84 Shelvers Way2 sales
- 15 Shelvers Way2 sales
- 61 Shelvers Way2 sales
- 10 Shelvers Way2 sales
- 101 Shelvers Way2 sales
Back to Tadworth house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Shelvers Way, Tadworth?
The median price paid in Shelvers Way, Tadworth across every sale on the register is £442,000. 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 Shelvers Way, Tadworth?
154 sales are on record for Shelvers Way, Tadworth, the most recent completing on 31 Mar 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Shelvers Way, Tadworth house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +25.0% between 2014 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -11.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Shelvers Way, Tadworth house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £825,000, set in 2025. 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 Shelvers Way, Tadworth?
£3,473 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 31 Mar 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, “Shelvers Way, Tadworth 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.