Three Elm Lane, Tonbridge house prices are built from 71 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 3 Dec 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £320,000. Across the 11 years from 2001 to 2012 the median moved +174.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +109.3%.
Median price paid
£320,000
Change in cash, 2001–2012
+174.8%
Change in real terms
+109.3%
Median per m²
£3,057
HM Land Registry71 sales4 with floor areaLatest sale 3 Dec 2025
Section 01
How Three Elm Lane, Tonbridge prices moved
The chart tracks the median Three Elm Lane, Tonbridge house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2012. 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 | £225,000 | £499,606 |
| 2000s | 1 | £228,500 | £416,260 |
| 2010s | 2 | £355,000 | £500,550 |
The highest yearly median on record for Three Elm Lane, Tonbridge is £628,000 in 2012; the lowest is £225,000 in 1997. Across the full 16-year record the cash median has moved from £225,000 to £628,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £477,068, so the real change over the whole record is +96.6% — about +4.61% 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: +174.8% in cash against +109.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Barns Street Cottages | 3 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £325,000 | £332,065 |
| Blackbrook | 31 Jan 2025 | Detached | £1,300,000 | £1,328,261 |
| 2 Bell Cottages | 23 Aug 2024 | Terraced | £395,000 | £415,634 |
| 4 Barns Street Cottages | 31 May 2024 | Semi-detached | £625,000 | £657,649 |
| Houblon | 7 May 2024 | Semi-detached | £278,580 | £293,133 |
| Applegarth | 30 Aug 2023 | Detached | £1,510,000 | £1,631,494 |
| 1 Easterfield Cottages | 16 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £390,000 | £451,849 |
| 1 Barns Street Cottages | 25 Nov 2021 | Terraced | £330,000 | £416,935 |
| Alder House | 14 May 2021 | Detached | £1,160,000 | £1,465,591 |
| The Laurels | 1 Apr 2021 | Detached | £1,180,000 | £1,490,860 |
| Blackthorns | 25 Mar 2021 | Detached | £1,150,000 | £1,452,957 |
| 4 Bewlies Cottages | 7 Feb 2020 | Terraced | £255,000 | £330,165 |
| 1 Barns Street Cottages | 12 Feb 2016 | Terraced | £250,000 | £349,010 |
| Tithe Ward House | 22 Jan 2016 | Detached | £910,000 | £1,270,396 |
| The Old Forge | 28 Aug 2015 | Detached | £590,000 | £831,900 |
| Carrickstarne | 1 Jul 2015 | Detached | £425,000 | £599,250 |
| Pippins | 27 Nov 2014 | Semi-detached | £345,000 | £494,863 |
| Bowers Wood | 7 Dec 2012 | Detached | £670,000 | £1,000,742 |
| South View | 26 Oct 2012 | Detached | £628,000 | £938,008 |
| 1 Tithe Ward Cottages | 12 Oct 2012 | Semi-detached | £375,000 | £560,117 |
| The Pines | 28 Sep 2012 | Detached | £840,000 | £1,254,661 |
| Amberlands | 5 Mar 2012 | Detached | £351,000 | £524,269 |
| Holmdale | 16 Dec 2011 | Terraced | £245,000 | £375,489 |
| 2 Barnes Street Oasts | 16 Sep 2011 | Detached | £1,030,000 | £1,578,587 |
| 1 Easterfield Cottages | 9 Sep 2011 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £383,152 |
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 Three Elm Lane, Tonbridge values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 BARNS STREET COTTAGES Three Elm Lane | £155,000 (2001) | £325,000 (2025) | +3.1% | +0.4% |
| 4 BARNS STREET COTTAGES Three Elm Lane | £250,000 (2003) | £625,000 (2024) | +4.5% | +1.6% |
| APPLEGARTH Three Elm Lane | £330,000 (1997) | £1,510,000 (2023) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
| 1 EASTERFIELD COTTAGES Three Elm Lane | £250,000 (2011) | £390,000 (2022) | +4.1% | +1.5% |
| 1 BARNS STREET COTTAGES Three Elm Lane | £250,000 (2016) | £330,000 (2021) | +5.7% | +3.6% |
| TITHE WARD HOUSE Three Elm Lane | £780,000 (2009) | £910,000 (2016) | +2.2% | -0.1% |
| CARRICKSTARNE Three Elm Lane | £159,000 (1999) | £425,000 (2015) | +6.3% | +3.9% |
| BOWERS WOOD Three Elm Lane | £305,000 (1998) | £670,000 (2012) | +5.8% | +3.3% |
| SOUTH VIEW Three Elm Lane | £370,000 (2003) | £628,000 (2012) | +6.1% | +3.3% |
| 1 TITHE WARD COTTAGES Three Elm Lane | £124,000 (1996) | £375,000 (2012) | +7.2% | +4.7% |
| THE PINES Three Elm Lane | £235,000 (1998) | £840,000 (2012) | +9.5% | +7.0% |
| 4 CRYSTALATE COTTAGES Three Elm Lane | £60,000 (1995) | £361,000 (2011) | +11.9% | +9.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Three Elm Lane, Tonbridge 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 | 35 | 49.3% | £425,000 | £159,000 – £3,000,000 |
| Semi-detached | 23 | 32.4% | £250,000 | £60,000 – £772,500 |
| Terraced | 13 | 18.3% | £245,000 | £53,500 – £395,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Three Elm Lane, Tonbridge
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 71 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 | 71 | 100.0% | £320,000 |
| New build | 1 | 1.4% | £60,000 |
| Existing home | 70 | 98.6% | £322,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -81.4%. 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 3 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 Three Elm Lane, Tonbridge compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Three Elm Lane, Tonbridge sits above that national figure — +103.2%.
Within Tonbridge the street ranks 401 of 1015 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £250,000 (+28.0%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,057 per square metre, across 4 of the 71 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 £53,500 to £3,000,000. 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
- Tonbridge Road£300,000 median
- Church Road£215,000 median
- Penshurst Road£675,000 median
- The Freehold£180,000 median
- Higham Lane£417,500 median
- Hilden Park Road£245,000 median
- The Maltings£133,750 median
- Leigh Road£311,000 median
- Brookmead£287,500 median
- Riding Lane£421,500 median
- Court Lane£287,500 median
- North Frith Park£425,000 median
- Knowsley Way£495,000 median
- Ashley Road£292,500 median
- Baker Lane£394,995 median
- Hildenbrook Farm£353,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 3, BARNS STREET COTTAGES Three Elm Lane4 sales
- 4, BARNS STREET COTTAGES Three Elm Lane4 sales
- CARRICKSTARNE Three Elm Lane3 sales
- 1, TITHE WARD COTTAGES Three Elm Lane3 sales
- THE PINES Three Elm Lane3 sales
- 4, CRYSTALATE COTTAGES Three Elm Lane3 sales
- 5, CRYSTALATE COTTAGES Three Elm Lane3 sales
- APPLEGARTH Three Elm Lane2 sales
- 1, EASTERFIELD COTTAGES Three Elm Lane2 sales
- 1, BARNS STREET COTTAGES Three Elm Lane2 sales
- TITHE WARD HOUSE Three Elm Lane2 sales
- BOWERS WOOD Three Elm Lane2 sales
- SOUTH VIEW Three Elm Lane2 sales
- 2, FARM COTTAGES Three Elm Lane2 sales
- HOGSWELL Three Elm Lane2 sales
- 3, BARNES STREET OASTS Three Elm Lane2 sales
- AVALON Three Elm Lane2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Three Elm Lane, Tonbridge?
The median price paid in Three Elm Lane, Tonbridge across every sale on the register is £320,000. 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 Three Elm Lane, Tonbridge?
71 sales are on record for Three Elm Lane, Tonbridge, the most recent completing on 3 Dec 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Three Elm Lane, Tonbridge house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +174.8% between 2001 and 2012. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +109.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Three Elm Lane, Tonbridge house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £628,000, set in 2012. 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 Three Elm Lane, Tonbridge?
£3,057 per square metre, from the 4 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 3 Dec 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, “Three Elm Lane, Tonbridge 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.