The Ridge, Thatcham house prices are built from 107 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 5 Jan 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £585,000. Across the 14 years from 2011 to 2025 the median moved +118.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +45.6%.
Median price paid
£585,000
Change in cash, 2011–2025
+118.4%
Change in real terms
+45.6%
Median per m²
£5,492
HM Land Registry107 sales5 with floor areaLatest sale 5 Jan 2026
Section 01
How The Ridge, Thatcham prices moved
The chart tracks the median The Ridge, Thatcham house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1998 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 | 2 | £250,000 | £555,118 |
| 2000s | 1 | £495,000 | £901,744 |
| 2010s | 3 | £680,000 | £958,800 |
| 2020s | 3 | £1,207,500 | £1,233,750 |
The highest yearly median on record for The Ridge, Thatcham is £1,450,000 in 2024; the lowest is £250,000 in 1998. Across the full 28-year record the cash median has moved from £250,000 to £1,207,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £518,382, so the real change over the whole record is +138.0% — about +3.26% 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: +118.4% in cash against +45.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rimington | 5 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £730,000 | £730,000 |
| Portofino House | 17 Dec 2025 | Detached | £1,165,000 | £1,190,326 |
| Cedar Haven St. Gabriels Farm | 30 Apr 2025 | Detached | £450,000 | £459,783 |
| Turnbury | 11 Mar 2025 | Detached | £1,500,000 | £1,532,609 |
| Brackenber | 10 Mar 2025 | Detached | £1,250,000 | £1,277,174 |
| Ridgeway House | 20 Feb 2025 | Detached | £990,000 | £1,011,522 |
| Ellerston | 20 Jan 2025 | Detached | £1,490,000 | £1,522,391 |
| Twin Chimneys | 4 Oct 2024 | Detached | £1,950,000 | £2,051,866 |
| Tangletrees | 26 Jun 2024 | Detached | £908,500 | £955,959 |
| Merion | 2 May 2024 | Detached | £1,450,000 | £1,525,746 |
| Staddlestones | 29 Apr 2024 | Terraced | £683,000 | £718,679 |
| Woburn | 15 Mar 2024 | Detached | £1,450,000 | £1,525,746 |
| Windy Ridge | 27 Oct 2023 | Detached | £675,000 | £729,310 |
| Birkdale | 7 Jun 2023 | Detached | £1,600,000 | £1,728,736 |
| Heather Cottage | 21 Oct 2022 | Semi-detached | £770,000 | £892,112 |
| Applewood House | 9 Sep 2022 | Detached | £1,395,000 | £1,616,228 |
| Southcote | 12 Aug 2022 | Semi-detached | £1,175,000 | £1,361,339 |
| Woodland View | 5 Jul 2022 | Detached | £1,600,000 | £1,853,739 |
| Woodside House | 30 Jun 2022 | Detached | £1,030,000 | £1,193,344 |
| Clover House Westrop Farm | 6 May 2022 | Detached | £1,750,000 | £2,027,527 |
| Teazle Cottage | 18 Mar 2022 | Detached | £775,000 | £897,905 |
| Greenbanks | 19 Jan 2022 | Detached | £985,000 | £1,141,208 |
| Briarfield | 11 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £625,000 | £789,651 |
| The Gables | 22 Mar 2021 | Detached | £1,110,000 | £1,402,419 |
| Verona | 22 Dec 2020 | Detached | £500,000 | £647,383 |
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 The Ridge, Thatcham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIMINGTON the Ridge | £240,000 (2000) | £730,000 (2026) | +4.4% | +1.6% |
| PORTOFINO HOUSE the Ridge | £385,000 (1999) | £1,165,000 (2025) | +4.4% | +1.6% |
| BRACKENBER the Ridge | £870,000 (2015) | £1,250,000 (2025) | +3.7% | +0.4% |
| TWIN CHIMNEYS the Ridge | £1,260,000 (2010) | £1,950,000 (2024) | +3.2% | +0.1% |
| HEATHER COTTAGE the Ridge | £347,000 (2011) | £770,000 (2022) | +7.5% | +4.8% |
| SOUTHCOTE the Ridge | £475,000 (2001) | £1,175,000 (2022) | +4.4% | +1.8% |
| WOODLAND VIEW the Ridge | £105,000 (1998) | £1,600,000 (2022) | +12.0% | +9.3% |
| WOODSIDE HOUSE the Ridge | £500,000 (2003) | £1,030,000 (2022) | +3.9% | +1.2% |
| TEAZLE COTTAGE the Ridge | £515,000 (2004) | £775,000 (2022) | +2.3% | -0.3% |
| THE GABLES the Ridge | £396,500 (1999) | £1,110,000 (2021) | +4.8% | +2.5% |
| WINDRUSH the Ridge | £198,000 (1996) | £735,000 (2020) | +5.6% | +3.4% |
| STOKE HOUSE the Ridge | £670,000 (2007) | £1,295,000 (2020) | +5.2% | +2.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. The Ridge, Thatcham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 96 | 89.7% | £585,000 | £105,000 – £1,950,000 |
| Semi-detached | 9 | 8.4% | £520,000 | £240,000 – £1,175,000 |
| Terraced | 2 | 1.9% | £387,000 | £387,000 – £683,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in The Ridge, Thatcham
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 107 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 | 107 | 100.0% | £585,000 |
| New build | 9 | 8.4% | £396,500 |
| Existing home | 98 | 91.6% | £605,875 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -34.6%. 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 5 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 09
How The Ridge, Thatcham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. The Ridge, Thatcham sits above that national figure — +271.4%.
Within Thatcham the street ranks 22 of 464 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £218,500 (+167.7%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £5,492 per square metre, across 5 of the 107 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 £105,000 to £1,950,000. 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
- Bath Road£202,000 median
- Sagecroft Road£179,725 median
- Foxglove Way£270,000 median
- Cowslip Crescent£241,500 median
- Cold Ash Hill£376,000 median
- Heather Drive£218,500 median
- Harebell Drive£182,250 median
- Northfield Road£249,997 median
- Chapel Street£175,000 median
- Hawthorne Close£148,248 median
- Simmons Field£143,000 median
- Park Lane£245,000 median
- Roman Way£199,475 median
- Buttercup Place£177,475 median
- Stoney Lane£346,500 median
- Blackthorn Drive£304,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- WOODLAND VIEW the Ridge4 sales
- THE GABLES the Ridge4 sales
- PORTOFINO HOUSE the Ridge3 sales
- TWIN CHIMNEYS the Ridge3 sales
- WOODSIDE HOUSE the Ridge3 sales
- THE SYCAMORES the Ridge3 sales
- RIMINGTON the Ridge2 sales
- BRACKENBER the Ridge2 sales
- HEATHER COTTAGE the Ridge2 sales
- SOUTHCOTE the Ridge2 sales
- TEAZLE COTTAGE the Ridge2 sales
- WINDRUSH the Ridge2 sales
- STOKE HOUSE the Ridge2 sales
- BEECHCROFT, 1 the Ridge2 sales
- BRAMBLES the Ridge2 sales
- DRAKE HOUSE the Ridge2 sales
- WINDMILL HILL the Ridge2 sales
- CONIFERS the Ridge2 sales
- THISTLEWOOD the Ridge2 sales
- HIGH DANSON the Ridge2 sales
- MAPLEWOOD, 2 the Ridge2 sales
- THREE JAYS the Ridge2 sales
- MARCH HOUSE the Ridge2 sales
- THE ROWANS, 3 the Ridge2 sales
Back to Thatcham house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in The Ridge, Thatcham?
The median price paid in The Ridge, Thatcham across every sale on the register is £585,000. 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 The Ridge, Thatcham?
107 sales are on record for The Ridge, Thatcham, 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 The Ridge, Thatcham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +118.4% between 2011 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +45.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were The Ridge, Thatcham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £1,450,000, set in 2024. 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 The Ridge, Thatcham?
£5,492 per square metre, from the 5 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, “The Ridge, Thatcham 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.