Heron Way, Torquay house prices are built from 221 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 10 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £99,950. Across the 15 years from 2006 to 2021 the median moved +26.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -10.0%.
Median price paid
£99,950
Change in cash, 2006–2021
+26.8%
Change in real terms
-10.0%
Median per m²
£1,607
HM Land Registry221 sales73 with floor areaLatest sale 10 Feb 2026
Section 01
How Heron Way, Torquay prices moved
The chart tracks the median Heron Way, Torquay house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2021. 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 | 5 | £58,975 | £130,952 |
| 2000s | 6 | £99,950 | £182,079 |
| 2010s | 2 | £160,000 | £225,600 |
| 2020s | 2 | £200,000 | £204,348 |
The highest yearly median on record for Heron Way, Torquay is £225,000 in 2021; the lowest is £54,500 in 1997. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £58,975 to £225,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £130,952, so the real change over the whole record is +117.1% — about +3.03% 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: +26.8% in cash against -10.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 10 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £192,000 | £192,000 |
| 5 | 3 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £223,250 | £228,103 |
| 60 | 12 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £198,000 | £202,304 |
| 29 | 27 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £240,000 | £252,537 |
| 11 | 18 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £272,500 | £286,735 |
| 95 | 13 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £315,000 | £331,455 |
| 57 | 23 Aug 2024 | Terraced | £212,500 | £223,601 |
| 89 | 28 Apr 2023 | Detached | £325,000 | £351,149 |
| 3 | 9 Dec 2022 | Terraced | £260,000 | £301,233 |
| 22 | 14 Apr 2022 | Semi-detached | £242,000 | £280,378 |
| 24 | 11 Mar 2022 | Terraced | £184,000 | £213,180 |
| 20 | 14 Jan 2022 | Terraced | £182,500 | £211,442 |
| 55 | 22 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £217,500 | £274,798 |
| 95 | 5 Aug 2021 | Terraced | £287,500 | £363,239 |
| 38 | 30 Jul 2021 | Terraced | £225,000 | £284,274 |
| 12 | 30 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £157,000 | £198,360 |
| 83 | 13 Apr 2021 | Detached | £295,000 | £372,715 |
| 105 | 9 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £230,000 | £290,591 |
| 47 | 9 Apr 2021 | Terraced | £145,000 | £183,199 |
| 71 | 6 Nov 2020 | Semi-detached | £242,000 | £313,333 |
| 35 | 21 Sep 2020 | Terraced | £165,000 | £213,636 |
| 19 | 20 Jul 2020 | Detached | £200,000 | £258,953 |
| 63 | 5 Jun 2020 | Terraced | £213,000 | £275,785 |
| 9 | 22 May 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £188,000 | £243,416 |
| 93 | 30 Jul 2019 | Semi-detached | £222,500 | £291,025 |
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 Heron Way, Torquay values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Heron Way | £47,000 (1999) | £192,000 (2026) | +5.4% | +2.6% |
| 5 Heron Way | £49,950 (1995) | £223,250 (2025) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
| 60 Heron Way | £48,750 (1995) | £198,000 (2025) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| 29 Heron Way | £54,000 (1995) | £240,000 (2024) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| 11 Heron Way | £58,000 (1998) | £272,500 (2024) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
| 95 Heron Way | £64,000 (1995) | £315,000 (2024) | +5.6% | +3.0% |
| 57 Heron Way | £115,000 (2004) | £212,500 (2024) | +3.1% | +0.2% |
| 89 Heron Way | £75,000 (1995) | £325,000 (2023) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| 3 Heron Way | £44,250 (1999) | £260,000 (2022) | +8.0% | +5.4% |
| 22 Heron Way | £55,000 (1996) | £242,000 (2022) | +5.9% | +3.3% |
| 24 Heron Way | £49,000 (1997) | £184,000 (2022) | +5.4% | +2.9% |
| 20 Heron Way | £43,500 (1995) | £182,500 (2022) | +5.5% | +2.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Heron Way, Torquay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 119 | 53.8% | £110,000 | £18,950 – £315,000 |
| Semi-detached | 53 | 24.0% | £94,950 | £44,950 – £242,000 |
| Detached | 34 | 15.4% | £130,000 | £59,750 – £325,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 15 | 6.8% | £78,000 | £46,500 – £198,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Heron Way, Torquay
14 of the sales on record are leasehold and 207 freehold — 6.3% 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 £68,975 and the median freehold sale £99,950 — a gap of +44.9%. 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 | 14 | 6.3% | £68,975 |
| Freehold | 207 | 93.7% | £99,950 |
| New build | 34 | 15.4% | £60,000 |
| Existing home | 187 | 84.6% | £129,950 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -53.8%. 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 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 07
Living in Heron Way, Torquay
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Teignbridge, 40.2% of 68,510 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 8.0% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 605 | 0.9% |
| B | 8,824 | 12.9% |
| C | 18,091 | 26.4% |
| D | 24,507 | 35.8% |
| E | 11,010 | 16.1% |
| F | 4,044 | 5.9% |
| G | 1,429 | 2.1% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Teignbridge at £954 a month as of Jun 2026 — £650 for a one-bedroom home and £1,078 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £99,950 here, that rent is a gross yield of 11.45% 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 TQ2, 396 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 175 violent, 6 burglary, 9 vehicle-related and 41 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.4 times busier.
Against the 134,803 residents the 2021 census counted in Teignbridge, that is 2.94 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 Heron Way, Torquay
The 2021 census counted 134,803 residents in Teignbridge across 59,837 households. 72.6% of those households own their home and 27.4% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
10 state and independent schools have a TQ2 postcode: 7 primary, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torquay Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,472 |
| Torquay Boys' Grammar School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,087 |
| Torquay Girls' Grammar School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,058 |
| Sherwell Valley Primary School | Primary | Community school | 694 |
| Lift Barton Hill | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 568 |
| Cockington Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 380 |
| Shiphay Learning Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 373 |
| Preston Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 325 |
| Watcombe Primary School | Primary | Community school | 221 |
| Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 145 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Torre Rail Station | Rail | 0.4 km |
| Torquay Rail Station | Rail | 1.7 km |
| Torquay – North Quay | Ferry | 2.3 km |
| Torquay Harbour Boarding Pontoon | Ferry | 2.4 km |
Section 09
How Heron Way, Torquay compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Heron Way, Torquay sits below that national figure — -36.5%.
Within Torquay the street ranks 655 of 769 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £136,000 (-26.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,607 per square metre, across 73 of the 221 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 £18,950 to £325,000. 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.
Heron Way, Torquay sits in Teignbridge, in the South West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Teignbridge at 8.7 times median local earnings of £34,315 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
- Warren Road£150,000 median
- Abbey Road£71,500 median
- Sherwell Valley Road£143,750 median
- Avenue Road£120,500 median
- Hele Road£73,000 median
- Glebeland Way£120,000 median
- Newton Road£161,000 median
- Fore Street£133,000 median
- St Lukes Road South£125,000 median
- Barton Hill Road£140,500 median
- Leeward Lane£153,725 median
- Seaway Lane£295,000 median
- Walnut Road£107,000 median
- Shearwater Drive£135,000 median
- The Reeves Road£129,975 median
- Sherwell Lane£129,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 20 Heron Way7 sales
- 95 Heron Way6 sales
- 93 Heron Way6 sales
- 51 Heron Way6 sales
- 71 Heron Way5 sales
- 25 Heron Way4 sales
- 5 Heron Way4 sales
- 60 Heron Way4 sales
- 29 Heron Way4 sales
- 11 Heron Way4 sales
- 57 Heron Way4 sales
- 3 Heron Way4 sales
- 22 Heron Way4 sales
- 83 Heron Way4 sales
- 63 Heron Way4 sales
- 21 Heron Way4 sales
- 6 Heron Way4 sales
- 39 Heron Way4 sales
- 23 Heron Way4 sales
- 103 Heron Way4 sales
- 89 Heron Way3 sales
- 55 Heron Way3 sales
- 38 Heron Way3 sales
- 105 Heron Way3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Heron Way, Torquay?
The median price paid in Heron Way, Torquay across every sale on the register is £99,950. 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 Heron Way, Torquay?
221 sales are on record for Heron Way, Torquay, the most recent completing on 10 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Heron Way, Torquay house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +26.8% between 2006 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -10.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Heron Way, Torquay house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £225,000, set in 2021. 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 Heron Way, Torquay?
£1,607 per square metre, from the 73 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 10 Feb 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, “Heron Way, Torquay 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.