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Upton upon Severn market report WR8, Worcester
The WR8 (Upton upon Severn) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Everything below comes from 3,993 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in WR8 (Worcester) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Sales data to August 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: the 2026 median for WR8 (Worcester) is £395,000, from 52 registered sales, up 8% on five years earlier; the mean is £418,800, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,550 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 3,993 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
WR8 is the postcode district covering Upton upon Severn, Hanley Castle, Hanley Swan in Worcester. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.
Where WR8 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.
What buyers actually paid in WR8
The 2026 median for WR8 is £395,000, taken from 52 registered sales. The mean, which is what most sites call the "average house price", is £418,800, a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.
What a square metre costs in WR8
A square metre of WR8 home has cost about £3,550 on average across the last five years of sales, using the floor area on each home's Energy Performance Certificate: the measure that puts a studio and a five-bed on the same footing.
Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, WR8 runs 39% above it.
A typical WR8 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.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £395,000 | £395,000 | 52 |
| 2025 | £362,500 | £371,168 | 120 |
| 2024 | £357,500 | £380,096 | 94 |
| 2023 | £361,500 | £397,200 | 94 |
| 2022 | £345,000 | £404,552 | 126 |
| 2021 | £365,000 | £462,137 | 168 |
| 2020 | £330,000 | £428,182 | 120 |
| 2019 | £321,500 | £421,410 | 136 |
| 2018 | £300,000 | £399,906 | 125 |
| 2017 | £275,000 | £375,072 | 159 |
| 2016 | £272,500 | £381,230 | 110 |
| 2015 | £229,000 | £323,577 | 116 |
| 2014 | £240,000 | £340,482 | 126 |
| 2013 | £230,000 | £330,947 | 79 |
| 2012 | £215,000 | £316,453 | 97 |
| 2011 | £235,000 | £354,760 | 101 |
| 2010 | £240,000 | £376,382 | 69 |
| 2009 | £210,000 | £337,577 | 88 |
| 2008 | £242,000 | £396,689 | 63 |
| 2007 | £250,000 | £424,070 | 132 |
| 2006 | £230,000 | £399,251 | 163 |
| 2005 | £211,500 | £376,385 | 132 |
| 2004 | £200,000 | £363,239 | 136 |
| 2003 | £173,800 | £320,182 | 138 |
| 2002 | £175,000 | £329,261 | 180 |
| 2001 | £137,000 | £263,376 | 199 |
| 2000 | £125,000 | £245,313 | 135 |
| 1999 | £95,000 | £189,330 | 169 |
| 1998 | £86,000 | £173,597 | 125 |
| 1997 | £92,000 | £188,673 | 142 |
| 1996 | £70,000 | £147,627 | 139 |
| 1995 | £76,000 | £165,212 | 160 |
In cash terms the typical WR8 home went from £76,000 in 1995 to £395,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 139%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2021. The market now sits about 15% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the WR8 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2000 (+31.6% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−13.2%). 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
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | +9.0% | +6.4% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.6% | −3.1% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +3.0% | −1.3% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.8% | +0.4% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.7% | −0.1% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of detached houses dominate the record here, 54% of the typed total. In 2025, the last year both were recorded here, a detached home traded at £490,000 against £163,000 for a flat, 3.0 times the price.
Median by property type, WR8
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £492,500 | 30 | 2,143 |
| Semi-detached | £320,000 | 13 | 1,014 |
| Terraced | £250,000 | 7 | 626 |
| Flats | £163,000 (2025) | – | 179 |
Transaction volumes
Sales per year, counted
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
Month by month, five years back
Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.
Over the last twelve months of data, 93 sales completed in WR8. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 152 sales a year before the financial crisis and 97 a year over the last five. Watch the volume as closely as the price. Thin years make jumpy medians, where one street's sales can move the figure, and the newest year is always incomplete because registrations trail completions by weeks or months.
The rental side of WR8
The local authority for WR8 is Malvern Hills, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £940 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £692 a month here against £1,474 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Malvern Hills
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £395,000 median purchase price, a rent of £940 a month (£11,280 a year) works out at a 2.9% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
What kind of market WR8 is
Only 93 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes WR8 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. Detached homes made up 50% of last year's sales, an unusually house-heavy mix that keeps the median well above what a flat or terrace here goes for. Among the 15 measurable districts of its area, WR8 ranks 4 by median price: firmly in the dearer tier.
Asked and answered: WR8 (Upton upon Severn)
Is WR8 (Upton upon Severn) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in WR8 (Upton upon Severn)?
Are property prices falling in WR8 (Upton upon Severn)?
Where do WR8 prices go next?
Prediction is not this page's business. Its business is the record, which says: the median is up 8% over five years in cash but down 15% 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 WR8 now
Everything above is what homes in WR8 sold for. This is what you could actually buy today: 29 homes currently on the market from 3 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 22% below the WR8 median sold price.
WR8 registered 93 sales in the last twelve months; the 29 homes listed now would take about 4 months to clear at that rate. The count covers agents publishing to HomesIndex, so the real stock is larger.
Of everything listed here, 17% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
- Dunns Lane, Upton-Upon-Severn, Worcester
- 14- 16 High Street, Upton upon Severn, Upton-Upon-Severn Worcester
- Court Street, Upton-Upon-Severn
"Under comparable sales" means the asking price sits below what similar homes nearby actually fetched. Treat it as the start of a conversation, never a valuation, and always view the home.
See every WR8 home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
The WR8 sales calendar
Across the 602 sales completed in WR8 from 2021 to 2025, March was the busiest month for completions (14.5% of the total) and April the quietest (5.5%). The gap between the two is wide enough to plan around: completion follows the agreed sale by weeks, so the busiest month for completions points to deals done earlier, and a seller wanting several bidders should list ahead of it.
Sales by month, 2021 to 2025
| Month | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 34 | 5.6% |
| February | 37 | 6.1% |
| March | 87 | 14.5% |
| April | 33 | 5.5% |
| May | 41 | 6.8% |
| June | 66 | 11.0% |
| July | 53 | 8.8% |
| August | 45 | 7.5% |
| September | 72 | 12.0% |
| October | 47 | 7.8% |
| November | 37 | 6.1% |
| December | 50 | 8.3% |
The price of an extra bedroom in WR
Real sold prices by size across the WR area, straight 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.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £285,000 | £310,000 (+9%) | £355,000 (+15%) | £447,500 (+26%) | £600,000 (+34%) |
| Semi-detached | £217,000 | £249,995 (+15%) | £280,000 (+12%) | £335,000 (+20%) | £427,000 (+27%) |
| Terraced | £172,250 | £210,000 (+22%) | £235,000 (+12%) | £283,500 (+21%) | £335,000 (+18%) |
| Flat | £107,750 | £155,000 (+44%) | £240,000 (+55%) | — | £433,750 |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
WR8 ranks 7 of 15 in the WR area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
WR area districts: five years of change
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full report.
Inside WR8, sector by sector
The next slice down is the postcode sector: a group of streets, each with its own report. Two sectors a short walk apart can trade at sharply different prices.
How WR8 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the WR area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| WR7 | £540,000 | +20% |
| WR6 | £495,000 | +17% |
| WR12 | £435,000 | -8% |
| WR8 (this report) | £395,000 | +8% |
| WR13 | £362,500 | -5% |
| WR10 | £332,500 | +6% |
| WR9 | £325,000 | +8% |
| WR14 | £320,000 | +14% |
| WR3 | £302,500 | +18% |
| WR11 | £297,000 | +6% |
| WR2 | £294,000 | +11% |
| WR15 | £288,000 | -10% |
| WR5 | £278,000 | +5% |
| WR4 | £240,000 | +18% |
| WR1 | £170,500 | -8% |
Selling in WR8? Start from the sold record
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in WR8, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from WR8's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded WR8 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
Take it further
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with WR8 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every WR8 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.