Councils ranked by price per square metre

All 318 councils in England and Wales, from the lowest median £ per m² to the highest, over the 24 months to September 2026. Blackpool is lowest at £1,650 and Kensington and Chelsea highest at £14,210.

Rank	Council	Region	£ / m²	On a year ago	Sales, 24 months
1	Blackpool	North West	£1,650	+2.8%	5,140
2	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	£1,650	+5.3%	1,813
3	Hyndburn	North West	£1,660	+5.3%	2,700
4	Burnley	North West	£1,690	+10.8%	3,555
5	County Durham	North East	£1,750	+3.2%	19,035
6	Pendle	North West	£1,770	+6.4%	3,120
7	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	£1,800	+3.2%	1,446
8	Hartlepool	North East	£1,820	+5.6%	3,699
9	City of Kingston upon Hull	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,820	+3.8%	7,730
10	Sunderland	North East	£1,880	+3.2%	8,354
11	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	£1,900	+1.3%	3,912
12	Middlesbrough	North East	£1,920	+4.9%	4,337
13	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,960	+1.8%	5,834
14	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	£1,960	+4.4%	7,123
15	South Tyneside	North East	£1,980	+0.8%	3,952
16	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	£2,010	+5.8%	4,291
17	Cumberland	North West	£2,010	+3.7%	9,704
18	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	£2,040	+5.7%	4,494
19	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,050	+2.9%	5,262
20	Gateshead	North East	£2,060	−0.1%	5,946
21	Darlington	North East	£2,070	+1.9%	4,171
22	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	£2,070	+2.6%	7,443
23	Carmarthenshire	Wales	£2,120	+3.4%	5,164
24	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,150	+5.1%	9,816
25	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	£2,160	+5.1%	6,769
26	Boston	East Midlands	£2,220	−2.2%	2,083
27	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,250	+2.9%	7,832
28	Rossendale	North West	£2,280	+2%	2,425
29	Gwynedd	Wales	£2,290	+2.1%	3,504
30	Torfaen	Wales	£2,320	+1.1%	2,279
31	Caerphilly	Wales	£2,320	+4.4%	4,787
32	Preston	North West	£2,340	+4.7%	5,016
33	Wyre	North West	£2,340	+2.9%	4,347
34	Mansfield	East Midlands	£2,350	+2.8%	3,468
35	Bolsover	East Midlands	£2,350	+4.6%	2,884
36	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,350	+1.5%	6,734
37	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,360	+4%	14,920
38	Pembrokeshire	Wales	£2,370	+1.8%	3,659
39	Northumberland	North East	£2,370	+4.2%	11,744
40	St. Helens	North West	£2,370	+3.6%	5,471
41	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£2,380	+3.8%	4,164
42	Swansea	Wales	£2,380	+1.5%	6,566
43	Liverpool	North West	£2,380	+5.5%	12,921
44	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,380	+2.5%	7,702
45	Ceredigion	Wales	£2,420	+3.6%	1,942
46	Knowsley	North West	£2,420	+6.7%	3,965
47	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	£2,440	+3.5%	3,792
48	East Lindsey	East Midlands	£2,450	+1.2%	5,010
49	West Lindsey	East Midlands	£2,460	+2.1%	3,622
50	South Holland	East Midlands	£2,460	+0.7%	3,357
51	Lancaster	North West	£2,470	+0.7%	4,337
52	Ashfield	East Midlands	£2,470	+0.2%	4,113
53	Wigan	North West	£2,470	+2.9%	10,343
54	Wirral	North West	£2,480	+4.1%	9,967
55	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	£2,480	+3.4%	8,081
56	Wrexham	Wales	£2,480	+2.9%	3,488
57	Lincoln	East Midlands	£2,480	+3.2%	2,916
58	Denbighshire	Wales	£2,500	+4.5%	2,902
59	Halton	North West	£2,500	+2.7%	3,571
60	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	£2,500	+5.1%	1,829
61	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,500	+4.2%	10,461
62	Sefton	North West	£2,510	+1.7%	8,650
63	Chesterfield	East Midlands	£2,530	+4.6%	3,432
64	Bridgend	Wales	£2,550	+3.5%	4,227
65	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,550	+2.9%	12,388
66	Nottingham	East Midlands	£2,550	+0.5%	7,253
67	Flintshire	Wales	£2,560	+1.5%	4,487
68	Conwy	Wales	£2,560	+1.4%	4,056
69	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,570	+2%	13,298
70	Bolton	North West	£2,570	+2.3%	8,271
71	Fylde	North West	£2,590	+1.8%	3,135
72	North Tyneside	North East	£2,590	+1.8%	6,687
73	Powys	Wales	£2,600	+3.4%	3,336
74	Rochdale	North West	£2,600	+4.8%	5,929
75	South Ribble	North West	£2,610	+3.3%	4,258
76	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	£2,620	+1.9%	4,406
77	Fenland	East of England	£2,630	+2.5%	3,493
78	West Lancashire	North West	£2,640	+2.3%	3,629
79	Chorley	North West	£2,680	+1.9%	3,825
80	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	£2,680	+2.7%	5,336
81	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	£2,690	+4.8%	3,069
82	North Kesteven	East Midlands	£2,690	+1.3%	4,182
83	Oldham	North West	£2,700	+4%	5,777
84	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£2,700	−0.8%	3,391
85	Westmorland and Furness	North West	£2,710	+0.2%	8,190
86	Newport	Wales	£2,710	+3.6%	4,760
87	Sandwell	West Midlands	£2,720	+1.7%	6,269
88	Plymouth	South West	£2,720	+2.6%	8,181
89	Erewash	East Midlands	£2,720	+0.5%	3,640
90	Walsall	West Midlands	£2,730	+2.9%	6,353
91	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,750	+0.8%	13,829
92	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	£2,780	+0.2%	4,112
93	Derby	East Midlands	£2,780	+2.6%	7,321
94	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	£2,790	+1.7%	3,222
95	Tameside	North West	£2,790	+1.8%	6,375
96	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	£2,800	+2.4%	5,525
97	Ribble Valley	North West	£2,800	+0.9%	2,418
98	Amber Valley	East Midlands	£2,820	+4.1%	4,410
99	Ipswich	East of England	£2,850	+0.6%	3,815
100	South Kesteven	East Midlands	£2,860	+2.1%	4,939
101	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	£2,860	+3.8%	2,964
102	Coventry	West Midlands	£2,860	+1.9%	8,460
103	Peterborough	East of England	£2,880	+2.1%	5,559
104	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	£2,890	−1%	4,199
105	Leicester	East Midlands	£2,910	+0.5%	5,844
106	Bury	North West	£2,920	−0.8%	5,553
107	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	£2,930	+0.2%	4,934
108	Stafford	West Midlands	£2,940	+2.5%	4,452
109	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	£2,940	+2.5%	4,065
110	Gedling	East Midlands	£2,950	+0.5%	3,957
111	Dudley	West Midlands	£2,960	+1.5%	8,185
112	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£2,960	+0.6%	11,951
113	Melton	East Midlands	£2,970	+1.5%	1,990
114	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	£2,980	+3.8%	11,403
115	Torbay	South West	£2,990	−0.9%	4,565
116	Breckland	East of England	£2,990	−1.3%	4,774
117	Birmingham	West Midlands	£2,990	+2.2%	23,751
118	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£3,000	−0.4%	3,358
119	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	£3,000	+2.1%	4,015
120	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3,020	+0.8%	21,919
121	Salford	North West	£3,040	+2.4%	8,903
122	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3,050	+1.6%	22,805
123	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£3,060	−0.2%	3,708
124	Shropshire	West Midlands	£3,070	+1.1%	9,918
125	Isle of Wight	South East	£3,080	−1.5%	4,746
126	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	£3,080	+1%	2,002
127	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	£3,090	−0.4%	4,032
128	Warrington	North West	£3,090	+4%	6,479
129	Tamworth	West Midlands	£3,090	+3.1%	2,367
130	High Peak	East Midlands	£3,100	+3%	3,058
131	Torridge	South West	£3,100	−4.1%	2,421
132	Norwich	East of England	£3,120	−0.2%	4,232
133	Redditch	West Midlands	£3,130	+0.9%	2,357
134	Forest of Dean	South West	£3,130	+0.9%	2,435
135	Portsmouth	South East	£3,140	+1%	5,568
136	County of Herefordshire	West Midlands	£3,180	+1.3%	5,676
137	Gosport	South East	£3,190	−2.1%	2,510
138	West Devon	South West	£3,210	−1.4%	1,857
139	Blaby	East Midlands	£3,210	+1.1%	3,035
140	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£3,210	+1.9%	4,110
141	Worcester	West Midlands	£3,220	+1.9%	3,140
142	Somerset	South West	£3,220	+1.6%	18,678
143	Charnwood	East Midlands	£3,220	+1.5%	5,714
144	North Devon	South West	£3,220	−2.9%	3,210
145	Cheshire East	North West	£3,220	+2.8%	14,881
146	Gloucester	South West	£3,230	+1%	4,103
147	Mid Devon	South West	£3,260	+0.1%	2,494
148	East Suffolk	East of England	£3,260	−0.4%	8,223
149	Cardiff	Wales	£3,280	+1.8%	9,778
150	Rugby	West Midlands	£3,280	−0.7%	3,842
151	Southampton	South East	£3,290	+0.8%	6,446
152	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£3,300	−2.1%	2,339
153	North Norfolk	East of England	£3,310	−1.6%	3,610
154	South Norfolk	East of England	£3,310	−0.8%	4,783
155	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	£3,320	+0.8%	1,533
156	Cornwall	South West	£3,340	−1%	18,218
157	Mid Suffolk	East of England	£3,340	−1%	4,040
158	Rutland	East Midlands	£3,350	+0.3%	1,355
159	Swindon	South West	£3,350	+2.8%	7,250
160	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	£3,350	+0.6%	3,039
161	West Suffolk	East of England	£3,360	+1%	5,792
162	Hastings	South East	£3,370	−2.6%	2,974
163	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£3,370	+0.9%	13,780
164	Monmouthshire	Wales	£3,380	+1.3%	2,794
165	Manchester	North West	£3,380	+3.7%	12,232
166	Broadland	East of England	£3,390	+1.8%	4,759
167	Tendring	East of England	£3,390	−3.1%	5,856
168	Thanet	South East	£3,410	−1.5%	4,782
169	Dover	South East	£3,430	−0.3%	3,938
170	Teignbridge	South West	£3,430	−1.4%	4,408
171	Eastbourne	South East	£3,430	−3.1%	3,316
172	Harborough	East Midlands	£3,440	+1.2%	3,711
173	Wychavon	West Midlands	£3,440	+0.6%	3,986
174	Lichfield	West Midlands	£3,470	+2%	3,619
175	Huntingdonshire	East of England	£3,480	+0.8%	6,187
176	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£3,490	+1%	4,300
177	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	£3,500	−2.2%	3,953
178	East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£3,520	+0.4%	2,720
179	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	£3,520	+1.5%	2,696
180	Babergh	East of England	£3,550	+0.4%	3,123
181	Wiltshire	South West	£3,610	+1.2%	15,746
182	Stockport	North West	£3,640	+2.3%	9,559
183	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£3,640	+1.5%	2,893
184	Swale	South East	£3,680	−0.1%	4,913
185	North Somerset	South West	£3,680	+1%	7,830
186	Tewkesbury	South West	£3,690	+1.2%	3,752
187	Havant	South East	£3,700	+2.2%	3,568
188	Exeter	South West	£3,700	−1.1%	3,625
189	Stroud	South West	£3,710	+1.2%	3,986
190	Solihull	West Midlands	£3,740	−0.2%	6,197
191	East Devon	South West	£3,740	−0.4%	5,418
192	Bedford	East of England	£3,770	+3.9%	5,276
193	Rother	South East	£3,770	−1.7%	3,119
194	South Hams	South West	£3,770	−2%	3,360
195	Colchester	East of England	£3,770	−0.8%	6,143
196	Dorset	South West	£3,780	−0.8%	13,247
197	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3,800	+0.5%	6,058
198	Medway	South East	£3,830	+1%	7,879
199	Ashford	South East	£3,850	+1.4%	3,873
200	Luton	East of England	£3,890	+1.6%	4,325
201	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£3,900	+1.2%	5,032
202	Braintree	East of England	£3,920	+0.9%	5,105
203	Canterbury	South East	£3,920	−1.2%	4,702
204	Arun	South East	£3,990	−1.6%	5,937
205	Milton Keynes	South East	£4,000	+0.6%	7,955
206	Eastleigh	South East	£4,010	−0.3%	4,400
207	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	£4,020	−2.4%	12,284
208	Fareham	South East	£4,040	+0.7%	3,855
209	South Gloucestershire	South West	£4,050	+1.6%	9,123
210	Cherwell	South East	£4,060	+0.8%	4,927
211	Cheltenham	South West	£4,070	+0.2%	4,313
212	Test Valley	South East	£4,090	+0.9%	3,941
213	Stevenage	East of England	£4,090	+2.1%	2,014
214	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	£4,120	+1.2%	5,622
215	Trafford	North West	£4,140	+0.4%	6,600
216	Warwick	West Midlands	£4,140	+1.4%	5,035
217	Gravesham	South East	£4,160	0%	2,654
218	Maidstone	South East	£4,160	−1.4%	5,405
219	Wealden	South East	£4,160	−2.6%	5,529
220	Harlow	East of England	£4,170	+2%	2,287
221	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	£4,170	+1.4%	10,154
222	Maldon	East of England	£4,180	+1.9%	2,241
223	Vale of White Horse	South East	£4,190	+2.3%	4,675
224	Castle Point	East of England	£4,210	+1.3%	2,683
225	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	£4,220	+2.1%	5,388
226	Worthing	South East	£4,220	−2.2%	3,669
227	City of Bristol	South West	£4,300	+0.3%	13,211
228	Lewes	South East	£4,330	−1%	3,256
229	West Oxfordshire	South East	£4,330	+1.4%	3,415
230	Rushmoor	South East	£4,340	+0.9%	2,816
231	Rochford	East of England	£4,350	+2%	2,801
232	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	£4,350	+0.3%	5,655
233	New Forest	South East	£4,360	−0.8%	5,486
234	Crawley	South East	£4,360	+1.1%	2,537
235	Thurrock	East of England	£4,360	+0.3%	4,406
236	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£4,360	−1%	4,709
237	Reading	South East	£4,390	−0.9%	4,599
238	Basildon	East of England	£4,400	−0.3%	5,302
239	East Hampshire	South East	£4,420	−1%	3,855
240	Cotswold	South West	£4,440	+0.8%	3,083
241	Chichester	South East	£4,440	−3.3%	3,717
242	West Berkshire	South East	£4,440	−1%	4,856
243	Uttlesford	East of England	£4,480	+0.5%	3,154
244	Adur	South East	£4,480	+0.7%	1,868
245	Dartford	South East	£4,580	+0.3%	3,412
246	Chelmsford	East of England	£4,590	−0.3%	5,438
247	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	£4,630	−1.4%	4,143
248	Winchester	South East	£4,680	−0.9%	3,976
249	Horsham	South East	£4,790	+0.2%	4,602
250	Mid Sussex	South East	£4,830	−0.5%	5,181
251	Bracknell Forest	South East	£4,850	+0.2%	3,709
252	Surrey Heath	South East	£4,870	−1%	2,716
253	Barking and Dagenham	London	£4,900	0%	3,273
254	Hart	South East	£4,900	−0.3%	3,071
255	South Oxfordshire	South East	£4,900	+1.5%	4,516
256	Buckinghamshire	South East	£4,920	+0.2%	15,686
257	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£4,930	−2%	3,644
258	Broxbourne	East of England	£4,950	−0.2%	2,747
259	North Hertfordshire	East of England	£4,960	−0.3%	4,127
260	Croydon	London	£5,000	−0.5%	9,010
261	Slough	South East	£5,000	−0.2%	2,439
262	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	£5,080	−1.5%	2,727
263	Wokingham	South East	£5,110	+1.1%	5,159
264	East Hertfordshire	East of England	£5,110	+1.7%	4,822
265	Tandridge	South East	£5,120	−0.3%	2,470
266	Havering	London	£5,150	+0.1%	6,997
267	Bexley	London	£5,180	−0.6%	5,990
268	Dacorum	East of England	£5,190	−0.1%	4,146
269	Sevenoaks	South East	£5,210	0%	3,397
270	Reigate and Banstead	South East	£5,260	−0.5%	4,465
271	Runnymede	South East	£5,260	−1.3%	2,543
272	Woking	South East	£5,280	−0.4%	3,096
273	Isles of Scilly	South West	£5,300	—	50
274	Brighton and Hove	South East	£5,330	−1.4%	8,095
275	Spelthorne	South East	£5,370	−0.5%	2,803
276	Watford	East of England	£5,420	+0.5%	2,502
277	Brentwood	East of England	£5,450	+0.4%	2,709
278	Waverley	South East	£5,520	−1.6%	3,958
279	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	£5,560	−2.3%	4,161
280	Sutton	London	£5,560	−1%	4,937
281	Redbridge	London	£5,580	−1%	5,229
282	Guildford	South East	£5,590	−2%	4,114
283	Enfield	London	£5,630	−0.8%	6,059
284	Oxford	South East	£5,650	+0.1%	2,930
285	Epping Forest	East of England	£5,660	−1.2%	3,734
286	Mole Valley	South East	£5,730	−2.8%	2,419
287	Newham	London	£5,770	−2.6%	4,893
288	Bromley	London	£5,770	−0.9%	9,020
289	Epsom and Ewell	South East	£5,800	+0.7%	2,093
290	Hertsmere	East of England	£5,860	−0.5%	2,620
291	Cambridge	East of England	£5,910	−2.2%	2,680
292	Greenwich	London	£5,940	−3.2%	6,166
293	Hillingdon	London	£5,980	−0.3%	6,055
294	Harrow	London	£6,000	−3%	4,187
295	Three Rivers	East of England	£6,030	−1.5%	2,386
296	Hounslow	London	£6,180	−1.3%	4,796
297	Elmbridge	South East	£6,470	−1.2%	4,312
298	Lewisham	London	£6,480	−1.5%	6,704
299	St Albans	East of England	£6,570	0%	4,178
300	Barnet	London	£6,590	−0.7%	7,987
301	Brent	London	£6,650	−2.8%	5,113
302	Kingston upon Thames	London	£6,680	−0.3%	4,110
303	Waltham Forest	London	£6,930	+1.1%	6,119
304	Ealing	London	£7,000	−2.1%	6,829
305	Merton	London	£7,040	−0.4%	4,893
306	Lambeth	London	£7,550	−1.3%	7,785
307	Tower Hamlets	London	£7,620	−5.6%	6,070
308	Haringey	London	£7,650	−1.7%	5,206
309	Southwark	London	£7,860	−2.7%	6,475
310	Richmond upon Thames	London	£8,310	−2.4%	5,376
311	Wandsworth	London	£8,530	−2.2%	10,001
312	Hackney	London	£8,820	+0.6%	5,140
313	Islington	London	£9,670	−0.2%	4,390
314	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	£9,700	−4.4%	4,873
315	Camden	London	£10,610	−5%	4,598
316	City of London	London	£11,500	−7.8%	401
317	Westminster	London	£11,600	−5.2%	5,374
318	Kensington and Chelsea	London	£14,210	−6.4%	3,821

Each figure is the median price per square metre of the sales we count in the council over 24 months, and the change compares resales in the last 12 months with the 12 before. How the figures are worked out.

Sales to September 2026 · HM Land Registry price paid data · MHCLG energy certificates · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.