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Tunbridge Wells market report TN1 1

The TN1 1 (Tunbridge Wells) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 4,018 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in TN1 1 (Tunbridge Wells) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.

Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

In short: 25 registered 2026 sales put the TN1 1 (Tunbridge Wells) median at £690,000, up 79% on five years earlier, with a mean of £606,600, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £5,230 per square metre over the last five years. Everything rests on 4,018 completed HM Land Registry sales since 1995, refreshed monthly; valuations and asking prices play no part.

A postcode sector like TN1 1 is a single group of streets within TN1 (Tunbridge Wells), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.

Where TN1 1 sits

Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.

£690,000typical sale, 2026
£5,230/m²per square metre, 5-year average
+79%five-year change (cash)
25sales, most recent 12 months
2.6%gross rental yield (est.)

The going rate for a home in TN1 1

Take the 25 registered 2026 sales in TN1 1 and the middle price, the median, is £690,000. The mean lands at £606,600, beneath it, usually the sign of a batch of very cheap recorded transfers pulling the average lower.

What a square metre costs in TN1 1

The last five years of sales put TN1 1 at roughly £5,230 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.

Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, TN1 1 runs 142% above it.

A typical TN1 1 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)

The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£250k£500k£750k£1.00M1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £49,500 at the time · £107,605 in today's money · 114 sales1996: £57,200 at the time · £120,632 in today's money · 130 sales1997: £60,000 at the time · £123,048 in today's money · 184 sales1998: £65,000 at the time · £131,207 in today's money · 165 sales1999: £78,000 at the time · £155,450 in today's money · 199 sales2000: £110,000 at the time · £215,875 in today's money · 169 sales2001: £138,000 at the time · £265,298 in today's money · 195 sales2002: £155,000 at the time · £291,631 in today's money · 208 sales2003: £161,500 at the time · £297,522 in today's money · 134 sales2004: £210,000 at the time · £381,401 in today's money · 181 sales2005: £240,000 at the time · £427,103 in today's money · 129 sales2006: £225,000 at the time · £390,571 in today's money · 195 sales2007: £200,000 at the time · £339,256 in today's money · 209 sales2008: £220,000 at the time · £360,626 in today's money · 85 sales2009: £290,000 at the time · £466,177 in today's money · 74 sales2010: £292,500 at the time · £458,715 in today's money · 109 sales2011: £219,500 at the time · £331,361 in today's money · 84 sales2012: £275,200 at the time · £405,060 in today's money · 89 sales2013: £214,000 at the time · £307,925 in today's money · 98 sales2014: £264,400 at the time · £375,098 in today's money · 146 sales2015: £277,500 at the time · £392,108 in today's money · 145 sales2016: £310,000 at the time · £433,693 in today's money · 109 sales2017: £335,000 at the time · £456,906 in today's money · 87 sales2018: £330,000 at the time · £439,896 in today's money · 96 sales2019: £385,000 at the time · £504,643 in today's money · 77 sales2020: £445,000 at the time · £577,397 in today's money · 92 sales2021: £385,000 at the time · £487,460 in today's money · 114 sales2022: £347,500 at the time · £407,483 in today's money · 102 sales2023: £315,000 at the time · £346,108 in today's money · 76 sales2024: £345,000 at the time · £366,806 in today's money · 99 sales2025: £318,500 at the time · £326,116 in today's money · 99 sales2026: £690,000 at the time · £690,000 in today's money · 25 sales
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YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£690,000£690,00025
2025£318,500£326,11699
2024£345,000£366,80699
2023£315,000£346,10876
2022£347,500£407,483102
2021£385,000£487,460114
2020£445,000£577,39792
2019£385,000£504,64377
2018£330,000£439,89696
2017£335,000£456,90687
2016£310,000£433,693109
2015£277,500£392,108145
2014£264,400£375,098146
2013£214,000£307,92598
2012£275,200£405,06089
2011£219,500£331,36184
2010£292,500£458,715109
2009£290,000£466,17774
2008£220,000£360,62685
2007£200,000£339,256209
2006£225,000£390,571195
2005£240,000£427,103129
2004£210,000£381,401181
2003£161,500£297,522134
2002£155,000£291,631208
2001£138,000£265,298195
2000£110,000£215,875169
1999£78,000£155,450199
1998£65,000£131,207165
1997£60,000£123,048184
1996£57,200£120,632130
1995£49,500£107,605114

In cash terms the typical TN1 1 home went from £49,500 in 1995 to £690,000 in 2026, roughly 14 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 541%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper.

Year-on-year change in the TN1 1 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+200% -50% 0% 1996 · +15.6% on the year before1997 · +4.9% on the year before1998 · +8.3% on the year before1999 · +20.0% on the year before2000 · +41.0% on the year before2001 · +25.5% on the year before2002 · +12.3% on the year before2003 · +4.2% on the year before2004 · +30.0% on the year before2005 · +14.3% on the year before2006 · −6.3% on the year before2007 · −11.1% on the year before2008 · +10.0% on the year before2009 · +31.8% on the year before2010 · +0.9% on the year before2011 · −25.0% on the year before2012 · +25.4% on the year before2013 · −22.2% on the year before2014 · +23.6% on the year before2015 · +5.0% on the year before2016 · +11.7% on the year before2017 · +8.1% on the year before2018 · −1.5% on the year before2019 · +16.7% on the year before2020 · +15.6% on the year before2021 · −13.5% on the year before2022 · −9.7% on the year before2023 · −9.4% on the year before2024 · +9.5% on the year before2025 · −7.7% on the year before2026 · +116.6% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2026 (+116.6% on the year before); the weakest, 2011 (−25.0%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Growth per year, over one to twenty years

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)+116.6%+111.6%
5 years (since 2021)+12.4%+7.2%
10 years (since 2016)+8.3%+4.8%
20 years (since 2006)+5.8%+2.9%

The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.

Sales activity in TN1 1

How many homes change hands

Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.

63125188250 1995: 114 sales1996: 130 sales1997: 184 sales1998: 165 sales1999: 199 sales2000: 169 sales2001: 195 sales2002: 208 sales2003: 134 sales2004: 181 sales2005: 129 sales2006: 195 sales2007: 209 sales2008: 85 sales2009: 74 sales2010: 109 sales2011: 84 sales2012: 89 sales2013: 98 sales2014: 146 sales2015: 145 sales2016: 109 sales2017: 87 sales2018: 96 sales2019: 77 sales2020: 92 sales2021: 114 sales2022: 102 sales2023: 76 sales2024: 99 sales2025: 99 sales2026: 25 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The register shows 25 TN1 1 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 178 sales a year before the financial crisis and 80 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.

Reading the TN1 1 market

This is a thin market: 25 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict. The record here is jumpy: year-on-year moves of ten per cent or more are common in the chart above, mostly a function of which homes happened to sell rather than the market lurching. Against the TN1 district median, TN1 1 sits 67% higher, marking it as a dearer pocket of the district.

The rental side of TN1 1

TN1 1 falls under Tunbridge Wells, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,517 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £1,045 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £2,440, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Tunbridge Wells

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £1,045 a month£1,0451 bed2 bed: £1,391 a month£1,3912 bed3 bed: £1,682 a month£1,6823 bed4+ bed: £2,440 a month£2,4404+ bed

Set against the £690,000 median sold price, £1,517 a month is £18,204 a year, a gross yield of 2.6%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.

Common questions on TN1 1 (Tunbridge Wells)

Are property prices falling in TN1 1 (Tunbridge Wells)?
In TN1 1 (Tunbridge Wells) the median moved up 117% year on year; over five years it is up 79%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.
Is TN1 1 (Tunbridge Wells) a good place to buy a house?
TN1 1 (Tunbridge Wells) sold prices are up 79% over five years. This report weighs growth, affordability and volume against neighbouring areas using only recorded sales.
How much did a house sell for in TN1 1 (Tunbridge Wells)?
Land Registry recorded 25 sales in TN1 1 (Tunbridge Wells) in 2026, with a median sold price of £690,000. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.

Where do TN1 1 prices go next?

Prediction is not this page's business. Its business is the record, which says: the median is up 79% over five years in cash and up 42% after inflation. Read the volume chart with the price chart before acting on either, remembering that registrations trail the deals themselves by weeks.

What you could buy in TN1 now

Turning to what is actually available: 34 homes on the market right now, from 5 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole TN1 district, not just TN1 1: live asking prices are collected per district.

£687,475Typical asking price now (TN1 district)
3 below what sold nearby16 in line with nearby sales6 above nearby sales9 well above nearby sales

9% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.

The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.

See every TN1 home for sale on the map →

Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.

What another bedroom costs in TN

What homes of each size actually sold for across the TN area, from the Land Registry record. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 bed
Detached£375,000£520,000 (+39%)£789,950 (+52%)£1,140,000 (+44%)
Semi-detached£280,000£340,000 (+21%)£415,000 (+22%)£580,000 (+40%)£750,000 (+29%)
Terraced£265,000£310,000 (+17%)£358,115 (+16%)£463,497 (+29%)£703,750 (+52%)
Flat£175,000£240,000 (+37%)£350,000 (+46%)£570,000 (+63%)

Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.

The risers and the fallers

The spread across the TN area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

Other sectors in TN1

A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are TN1's other sectors, each with its own report:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
TN1 2£393,20064

Zoom out to the full TN1 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how TN1 compares with its neighbours.

Selling a home in TN1 1? Price it on the evidence

The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in TN1 1, open the average prices map and zoom from the TN1 1 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded TN1 1 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.

Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim TN1 1.

Go deeper

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The live map plots every individual TN1 1 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on a real purchase.

Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.