West Street, Watchet house prices are built from 194 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 18 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £143,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +23.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -10.8%.
Median price paid
£143,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+23.1%
Change in real terms
-10.8%
Median per m²
£2,079
HM Land Registry194 sales49 with floor areaLatest sale 18 May 2026
Section 01
How West Street, Watchet prices moved
The chart tracks the median West Street, Watchet house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 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 | 3 | £39,995 | £88,808 |
| 2000s | 9 | £131,500 | £239,554 |
| 2010s | 7 | £154,000 | £217,140 |
| 2020s | 5 | £195,000 | £199,239 |
The highest yearly median on record for West Street, Watchet is £240,000 in 2025; the lowest is £39,725 in 1998. Across the full 29-year record the cash median has moved from £39,995 to £240,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £84,801, so the real change over the whole record is +189.2% — about +3.87% 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: +23.1% in cash against -10.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 18 May 2026 | Terraced | £154,000 | £154,000 |
| 37 | 9 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £180,000 | £183,913 |
| 22b Lorna Doone | 10 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £332,500 | £339,728 |
| 58 | 1 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £365,000 | £372,935 |
| 43 | 28 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £245,217 |
| 12 | 17 Feb 2025 | Terraced | £205,000 | £209,457 |
| 82 | 13 Dec 2024 | Terraced | £250,000 | £263,060 |
| 29 Lorna Doone | 12 Sep 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £220,970 |
| 28 | 31 May 2024 | Terraced | £350,000 | £368,284 |
| 66 | 18 Dec 2023 | Terraced | £250,000 | £270,115 |
| 3 | 29 Sep 2023 | Terraced | £210,000 | £226,897 |
| 1 | 21 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £215,000 | £232,299 |
| 2 | 14 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £195,000 | £210,690 |
| 9 Lorna Doone | 21 Apr 2023 | Terraced | £178,000 | £192,322 |
| 25 Lorna Doone | 14 Apr 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £91,000 | £98,322 |
| 79 | 3 Feb 2023 | Semi-detached | £195,000 | £210,690 |
| 29 | 16 Nov 2022 | Terraced | £172,000 | £199,277 |
| 73 | 26 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £320,000 | £370,748 |
| 41 | 11 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £175,000 | £202,753 |
| 28 Lorna Doone | 31 May 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £98,500 | £114,121 |
| 33 | 12 Apr 2022 | Terraced | £194,000 | £224,766 |
| 23 Lorna Doone | 1 Mar 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £87,000 | £100,797 |
| 71 | 4 Feb 2022 | Terraced | £200,000 | £231,717 |
| 3 | 17 Dec 2021 | Terraced | £168,000 | £212,258 |
| 32 | 9 Dec 2021 | Semi-detached | £207,500 | £262,164 |
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 West Street, Watchet values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 West Street | £28,000 (1997) | £154,000 (2026) | +6.1% | +3.3% |
| 37 West Street | £44,500 (1998) | £180,000 (2025) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| 22B LORNA DOONE West Street | £199,900 (2015) | £332,500 (2025) | +5.2% | +1.9% |
| 58 West Street | £53,000 (2000) | £365,000 (2025) | +8.0% | +5.2% |
| 43 West Street | £161,000 (2004) | £240,000 (2025) | +1.9% | -0.9% |
| 82 West Street | £49,000 (1999) | £250,000 (2024) | +6.7% | +4.0% |
| 29 LORNA DOONE West Street | £147,950 (2009) | £210,000 (2024) | +2.4% | -0.6% |
| 28 West Street | £76,000 (2001) | £350,000 (2024) | +6.9% | +4.0% |
| 66 West Street | £85,000 (2002) | £250,000 (2023) | +5.3% | +2.4% |
| 3 West Street | £95,000 (2006) | £210,000 (2023) | +4.8% | +1.7% |
| 1 West Street | £150,000 (2019) | £215,000 (2023) | +9.4% | +4.3% |
| 2 West Street | £55,000 (2002) | £195,000 (2023) | +6.2% | +3.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. West Street, Watchet 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 | 141 | 72.7% | £156,000 | £24,000 – £365,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 36 | 18.6% | £78,500 | £16,000 – £210,000 |
| Semi-detached | 14 | 7.2% | £161,000 | £38,000 – £270,000 |
| Detached | 3 | 1.5% | £235,000 | £234,000 – £307,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in West Street, Watchet
36 of the sales on record are leasehold and 158 freehold — 18.6% 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 £79,000 and the median freehold sale £157,750 — a gap of +99.7%. 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 | 36 | 18.6% | £79,000 |
| Freehold | 158 | 81.4% | £157,750 |
| New build | 30 | 15.5% | £144,750 |
| Existing home | 164 | 84.5% | £143,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +1.2%. 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 7 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 West Street, Watchet compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. West Street, Watchet sits below that national figure — -9.2%.
Within Watchet the street ranks 55 of 89 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £154,000 (-7.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,079 per square metre, across 49 of the 194 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 £16,000 to £365,000. 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
- Doniford Road£145,500 median
- South Road£88,000 median
- Swain Street£122,500 median
- Brendon Road£186,500 median
- Holm View£181,000 median
- Liddymore Road£136,000 median
- St Decumans Road£192,500 median
- Admirals Close£168,500 median
- Five Bells£290,000 median
- Causeway Terrace£117,000 median
- Gladstone Terrace£134,500 median
- Whitehall£156,500 median
- Mariners Way£100,000 median
- Almyr Terrace£112,000 median
- Castlemead£87,000 median
- Helwell Street£250,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 82 West Street6 sales
- 41 West Street5 sales
- 67 West Street5 sales
- 58 West Street4 sales
- 3 West Street4 sales
- 2 West Street4 sales
- 73 West Street4 sales
- 28, LORNA DOONE West Street4 sales
- 69 West Street4 sales
- 80 West Street4 sales
- FLAT 1, 57 West Street4 sales
- 36 West Street3 sales
- 22B, LORNA DOONE West Street3 sales
- 28 West Street3 sales
- 33 West Street3 sales
- 49 West Street3 sales
- 3, LORNA DOONE West Street3 sales
- 11, LORNA DOONE West Street3 sales
- 12, LORNA DOONE West Street3 sales
- 77 West Street3 sales
- 1, LORNA DOONE West Street3 sales
- 78 West Street3 sales
- 38 West Street3 sales
- 38, LORNA DOONE West Street3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in West Street, Watchet?
The median price paid in West Street, Watchet across every sale on the register is £143,000. 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 West Street, Watchet?
194 sales are on record for West Street, Watchet, the most recent completing on 18 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have West Street, Watchet house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +23.1% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -10.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were West Street, Watchet house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £240,000, set in 2025. 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 West Street, Watchet?
£2,079 per square metre, from the 49 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 18 May 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, “West Street, Watchet 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.