Wadhurst house prices are built from 4,749 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 16 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £295,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +30.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -6.4%.
Median price paid
£295,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+30.7%
Change in real terms
-6.4%
Median per m²
£3,274
HM Land Registry4,749 sales415 with floor areaLatest sale 16 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Wadhurst prices moved
The chart tracks the median Wadhurst house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. 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 | £106,500 | £236,480 |
| 2000s | 10 | £250,000 | £455,426 |
| 2010s | 10 | £360,000 | £507,600 |
| 2020s | 7 | £490,000 | £500,652 |
The highest yearly median on record for Wadhurst is £537,500 in 2023; the lowest is £99,975 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £99,975 to £490,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £221,992, so the real change over the whole record is +120.7% — about +2.59% 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: +30.7% in cash against -6.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 the OLD COACH WORKS High Street | 16 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 16 Cross Lane Gardens | 15 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| Garden House | 9 Jun 2026 | Detached | £937,500 | £937,500 |
| Great Butt Cottage | 4 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £420,000 | £420,000 |
| 2 Cockmount Cottages | 1 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £490,000 | £490,000 |
| CORNFIELDS Turners Green Road | 28 May 2026 | Detached | £900,000 | £900,000 |
| Robin Cottage | 28 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £487,500 | £487,500 |
| 2 Watergate Cottages | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £415,000 | £415,000 |
| APPLE TREE COTTAGE Hollydene Road | 21 May 2026 | Detached | £850,000 | £850,000 |
| 13 CRITTLES COURT Townlands Road | 15 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 17 Lower St Marys | 12 May 2026 | Detached | £570,000 | £570,000 |
| Flimwell House Farm | 8 May 2026 | Detached | £912,250 | £912,250 |
| 2 the Lions | 1 May 2026 | Terraced | £430,000 | £430,000 |
| OAKHURST Three Leg Cross | 23 Apr 2026 | Detached | £835,000 | £835,000 |
| 18 Sunnybank | 8 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £629,000 | £629,000 |
| SWALLOW BARN WEST Windmill Lane | 31 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £360,000 | £360,000 |
| 10 Bruce Manor Close | 30 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 4 GLOUCESTER COTTAGES South View Road | 25 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £425,000 | £425,000 |
| 5 Berners Hill | 12 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £550,000 | £550,000 |
| 18 Lower St Marys | 12 Mar 2026 | Detached | £547,330 | £547,330 |
| 2 Gloucester Villas | 6 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £865,000 | £865,000 |
| HONEYSUCKLE COTTAGE High Street | 6 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 3 WOODROFFE LODGES High Street | 27 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £175,500 | £175,500 |
| SENRAB Union Street | 25 Feb 2026 | Detached | £780,000 | £780,000 |
| 14 Bankside | 23 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £420,000 | £420,000 |
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 Wadhurst values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 the OLD COACH WORKS High Street | £340,000 (2021) | £350,000 (2026) | +0.6% | -4.0% |
| 16 Cross Lane Gardens | £245,000 (2004) | £325,000 (2026) | +1.3% | -1.5% |
| 2 Cockmount Cottages | £250,000 (2012) | £490,000 (2026) | +4.9% | +2.0% |
| CORNFIELDS Turners Green Road | £532,800 (2008) | £900,000 (2026) | +3.0% | +0.0% |
| 2 Watergate Cottages | £186,500 (2002) | £415,000 (2026) | +3.4% | +0.6% |
| APPLE TREE COTTAGE Hollydene Road | £184,000 (1999) | £850,000 (2026) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 13 CRITTLES COURT Townlands Road | £298,000 (2012) | £375,000 (2026) | +1.7% | -1.2% |
| 17 Lower St Marys | £365,000 (2011) | £570,000 (2026) | +3.0% | +0.1% |
| OAKHURST Three Leg Cross | £275,000 (2004) | £835,000 (2026) | +5.2% | +2.3% |
| 18 Sunnybank | £191,000 (2005) | £629,000 (2026) | +5.8% | +2.9% |
| SWALLOW BARN WEST Windmill Lane | £235,000 (2010) | £360,000 (2026) | +2.7% | -0.3% |
| 10 Bruce Manor Close | £340,000 (2022) | £350,000 (2026) | +0.7% | -2.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Wadhurst 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 | 1,884 | 39.7% | £430,000 | £25,000 – £4,175,000 |
| Semi-detached | 1,473 | 31.0% | £263,500 | £8,000 – £1,375,000 |
| Terraced | 956 | 20.1% | £231,500 | £15,900 – £1,350,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 436 | 9.2% | £166,000 | £31,250 – £1,495,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Wadhurst
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 992 certificates cover Wadhurst, and their median floor area is 98 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +28.9%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 98 m² | about 1,055 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 69 m² | about 743 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 154 m² | about 1,658 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 15.6% | 155 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 26.6% | 264 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Wadhurst
515 of the sales on record are leasehold and 4,234 freehold — 10.8% 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 £172,500 and the median freehold sale £312,000 — a gap of +80.9%. 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 | 515 | 10.8% | £172,500 |
| Freehold | 4,234 | 89.2% | £312,000 |
| New build | 313 | 6.6% | £365,000 |
| Existing home | 4,436 | 93.4% | £290,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +25.9%. 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 242 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 Wadhurst compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Wadhurst sits above that national figure — +87.3%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,274 per square metre, across 415 of the 4,749 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 £8,000 to £4,175,000. 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 in Wadhurst
- High Street376 sales
- Little Park145 sales
- Church Street123 sales
- Townlands Road100 sales
- Station Road94 sales
- Lower Platts85 sales
- Old Wardsdown76 sales
- Springfields72 sales
- Lower High Street71 sales
- Mayfield Lane68 sales
- Rosemary Lane66 sales
- Western Road66 sales
- Queens Cottages63 sales
- Acres Rise60 sales
- Union Street59 sales
- Jonas Drive53 sales
- Three Leg Cross53 sales
- Cross Lane Gardens52 sales
- Fairglen Cottages47 sales
- Old Station Road46 sales
- Balaclava Lane41 sales
- Beech Hill39 sales
- Eden Court36 sales
- George Street36 sales
- Lower St Marys36 sales
- Osmers Hill36 sales
- Woods Green Cottages36 sales
- Cockmount Lane35 sales
- St Marys Lane35 sales
- Berners Hill34 sales
- Steellands Rise34 sales
- Ward Close34 sales
- Bankside33 sales
- London Road33 sales
- Jonas Lane32 sales
- Station Hill32 sales
- Turners Green32 sales
- Gloucester Road31 sales
- Hillbury Field30 sales
- Sunnybank30 sales
- Best Beech Hill29 sales
- Monks Lane29 sales
- South View Road28 sales
- Dale Hill27 sales
- Deepdene27 sales
- Farthing Hill27 sales
- Lymden Lane27 sales
- Bardown Road26 sales
- Oakwood Way26 sales
- Stonegate Court26 sales
- Turners Green Road26 sales
- Upper Platts26 sales
- Brinkers Lane25 sales
- Limden Close25 sales
- Pashley Road25 sales
- Corner Farm Close24 sales
- Legat Close24 sales
- Baldock Road23 sales
- Cottenden Road23 sales
- Great Durgates Close23 sales
Postcode districts covering Wadhurst
- TN5£295,000 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Wadhurst?
The median price paid in Wadhurst across every sale on the register is £295,000. 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 Wadhurst?
4,749 sales are on record for Wadhurst, the most recent completing on 16 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Wadhurst house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +30.7% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -6.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Wadhurst house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £537,500, set in 2023. 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 Wadhurst?
£3,274 per square metre, from the 415 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 16 Jun 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, “Wadhurst 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.