Thornbridge, Washington house prices are built from 112 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 28 Oct 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £128,500. Across the 9 years from 1995 to 2004 the median moved +146.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +106.2%.
Median price paid
£128,500
Change in cash, 1995–2004
+146.8%
Change in real terms
+106.2%
Median per m²
£1,507
HM Land Registry112 sales28 with floor areaLatest sale 28 Oct 2025
Section 01
How Thornbridge, Washington prices moved
The chart tracks the median Thornbridge, Washington house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2004. 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 | £58,250 | £129,343 |
| 2000s | 5 | £117,500 | £214,050 |
The highest yearly median on record for Thornbridge, Washington is £146,500 in 2003; the lowest is £54,950 in 1996. Across the full 10-year record the cash median has moved from £56,725 to £140,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £125,956, so the real change over the whole record is +106.2% — about +8.37% 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: +146.8% in cash against +106.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 28 Oct 2025 | Detached | £325,000 | £332,065 |
| 47 | 2 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £160,000 | £163,478 |
| 3 | 2 May 2025 | Detached | £287,000 | £293,239 |
| 39 | 29 Nov 2024 | Semi-detached | £162,000 | £170,463 |
| 17 | 27 Jun 2024 | Semi-detached | £175,000 | £184,142 |
| 15 | 2 Jun 2023 | Terraced | £150,000 | £162,069 |
| 69 | 31 Aug 2022 | Detached | £350,000 | £405,505 |
| 17 | 17 Jun 2022 | Semi-detached | £165,000 | £191,167 |
| 28 | 21 Jan 2022 | Detached | £305,000 | £353,369 |
| 62 | 22 Jun 2021 | Detached | £295,000 | £372,715 |
| 66 | 10 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £165,000 | £208,468 |
| 71 | 26 Feb 2021 | Detached | £300,000 | £379,032 |
| 63 | 8 Jan 2021 | Detached | £200,000 | £252,688 |
| 42 | 18 Oct 2019 | Detached | £280,000 | £366,234 |
| 67 | 19 Aug 2019 | Detached | £265,000 | £346,614 |
| 35 | 28 Sep 2018 | Detached | £198,000 | £263,875 |
| 34 | 19 Dec 2017 | Detached | £253,000 | £344,334 |
| 50 | 15 Sep 2017 | Detached | £224,000 | £304,865 |
| 26 | 19 Jul 2017 | Detached | £110,000 | £149,710 |
| 5 | 1 Jul 2016 | Semi-detached | £150,000 | £209,406 |
| 28 | 5 Feb 2016 | Detached | £225,000 | £314,109 |
| 6 | 16 Dec 2015 | Detached | £172,000 | £242,520 |
| 12 | 4 Dec 2015 | Detached | £172,500 | £243,225 |
| 20 | 11 Sep 2015 | Semi-detached | £145,000 | £204,450 |
| 8 | 5 Nov 2014 | Detached | £164,950 | £236,602 |
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 Thornbridge, Washington values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Thornbridge | £79,950 (2000) | £325,000 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.0% |
| 47 Thornbridge | £114,500 (2004) | £160,000 (2025) | +1.6% | -1.2% |
| 39 Thornbridge | £45,950 (1995) | £162,000 (2024) | +4.4% | +1.8% |
| 17 Thornbridge | £52,500 (1995) | £175,000 (2024) | +4.2% | +1.6% |
| 15 Thornbridge | £133,000 (2006) | £150,000 (2023) | +0.7% | -2.2% |
| 69 Thornbridge | £75,000 (1998) | £350,000 (2022) | +6.6% | +4.1% |
| 66 Thornbridge | £90,000 (2002) | £165,000 (2021) | +3.2% | +1.0% |
| 63 Thornbridge | £78,950 (1997) | £200,000 (2021) | +3.9% | +1.7% |
| 42 Thornbridge | £187,000 (2003) | £280,000 (2019) | +2.6% | +0.2% |
| 67 Thornbridge | £182,000 (2003) | £265,000 (2019) | +2.4% | +0.0% |
| 34 Thornbridge | £84,950 (1996) | £253,000 (2017) | +5.3% | +3.0% |
| 50 Thornbridge | £21,042 (1996) | £224,000 (2017) | +11.9% | +9.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Thornbridge, Washington 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 | 69 | 61.6% | £160,000 | £21,042 – £350,000 |
| Semi-detached | 39 | 34.8% | £114,000 | £45,950 – £175,000 |
| Terraced | 4 | 3.6% | £54,000 | £51,950 – £150,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Thornbridge, Washington
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 112 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 | 112 | 100.0% | £128,500 |
A further 1 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 Thornbridge, Washington
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across County Durham, 45.4% of 308,749 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.5% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,955 | 0.6% |
| B | 26,324 | 8.5% |
| C | 111,773 | 36.2% |
| D | 123,575 | 40.0% |
| E | 34,304 | 11.1% |
| F | 8,153 | 2.6% |
| G | 2,665 | 0.9% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in County Durham at £641 a month as of Jun 2026 — £450 for a one-bedroom home and £683 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £128,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.99% 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 NE38, 165 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 61 violent, 5 burglary, 2 vehicle-related and 34 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is about typical.
Against the 522,068 residents the 2021 census counted in County Durham, 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 Thornbridge, Washington
The 2021 census counted 522,068 residents in County Durham across 234,764 households. 62.8% of those households own their home and 37.1% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
15 state and independent schools have a NE38 postcode: 11 primary, 3 secondary, 1 nursery. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Washington | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,527 |
| Oxclose Community Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,029 |
| Biddick Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,002 |
| Rickleton Primary School | Primary | Community school | 450 |
| John F Kennedy Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 412 |
| Biddick Primary School | Primary | Community school | 285 |
| Fatfield Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 233 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Washington | Primary | Academy converter | 227 |
| Wessington Primary School | Primary | Community school | 218 |
| Barmston Village Primary School | Primary | Community school | 206 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| South Hylton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | Metro or underground | 5.0 km |
| Chester-le-Street Rail Station | Rail | 5.5 km |
| Pelaw (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | Metro or underground | 6.7 km |
| Heworth (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) | Metro or underground | 6.8 km |
Section 09
How Thornbridge, Washington compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Thornbridge, Washington sits below that national figure — -18.4%.
Within Washington the street ranks 200 of 568 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £92,000 (+39.7%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,507 per square metre, across 28 of the 112 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 £21,042 to £350,000. 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.
Thornbridge, Washington sits in County Durham, in the North East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in County Durham at 4.3 times median local earnings of £32,945 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
- Fountains Close£98,000 median
- Horsley Road£67,000 median
- Bramhall Drive£420,000 median
- Helvellyn Avenue£96,000 median
- Lumley Close£47,750 median
- Waskerley Road£61,000 median
- Cairngorm Avenue£88,000 median
- Mitford Close£72,500 median
- Avebury Drive£152,250 median
- Fatfield Park£262,500 median
- Burnhope Road£98,300 median
- Kirkham£120,000 median
- Chipchase£113,625 median
- Coquet£96,000 median
- Hogarth Drive£64,000 median
- Hexham£95,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 28 Thornbridge4 sales
- 39 Thornbridge4 sales
- 17 Thornbridge4 sales
- 69 Thornbridge4 sales
- 5 Thornbridge4 sales
- 75 Thornbridge4 sales
- 66 Thornbridge3 sales
- 63 Thornbridge3 sales
- 34 Thornbridge3 sales
- 50 Thornbridge3 sales
- 26 Thornbridge3 sales
- 20 Thornbridge3 sales
- 59 Thornbridge3 sales
- 31 Thornbridge3 sales
- 72 Thornbridge3 sales
- 36 Thornbridge3 sales
- 7 Thornbridge3 sales
- 47 Thornbridge2 sales
- 15 Thornbridge2 sales
- 42 Thornbridge2 sales
- 67 Thornbridge2 sales
- 12 Thornbridge2 sales
- 52 Thornbridge2 sales
- 58 Thornbridge2 sales
Back to Washington house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Thornbridge, Washington?
The median price paid in Thornbridge, Washington across every sale on the register is £128,500. 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 Thornbridge, Washington?
112 sales are on record for Thornbridge, Washington, the most recent completing on 28 Oct 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Thornbridge, Washington house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +146.8% between 1995 and 2004. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +106.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Thornbridge, Washington house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £146,500, set in 2003. 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 Thornbridge, Washington?
£1,507 per square metre, from the 28 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 28 Oct 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, “Thornbridge, Washington 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.