England / Kent
Tunbridge Wells£520,552
Average price, last 12 months
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The average house price in Tunbridge Wells is £520,552 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices fell 2.0%.
England / Kent
Tunbridge Wells£520,552
Average price, last 12 months
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With £530,000 you could afford the average semi-detached house in Tunbridge Wells.
Flats
£286,583
In budget
Terraced
£430,092
In budget
Semi-detached
£522,297
In budget
Detached
£888,356
£358k short
Average sale price by type of home over the last 12 months, from HM Land Registry. These are averages, so cheaper homes of each type do sell.
With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Tunbridge Wells costs £2,604 a month.
£2,604
a month
A repayment mortgage on each location's average sale price over the last 12 months. The rate is an example, not a quote, so check current deals. Many lenders cap borrowing at about 4.5 times income.
Average sale price by property type over the last 12 months.
Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.
Mostly semi-detached houses
In Tunbridge Wells the priciest area costs 3.0× the cheapest.
Cheapest: Paddock Wood, £411,945. Priciest: Bidborough, £1,255,321.
Each dot is one area inside the location, by its average sale price over the last 12 months. The areas we have prices for may not cover every part of a location.
Tunbridge Wells has 43 public parks among 352 green space sites. Green space covers 1.2% of the area: about 33 m² per resident, or 4.7 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 55% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
1.2%
of the land is green space
33 m² per resident, or 4.7 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
43 public parks
Each grid is the location's land, one square per 1%. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Tunbridge Wells has about 2.5 residents for every football pitch of land, or 901 people per square mile, which counts as high density.
Census 2021 population divided by land area. A football pitch is about 7,140 m² (105 m × 68 m).
Rolling 12-month average for each location, last 10 years. Gaps mean no sales were recorded that month.
Prices in Tunbridge Wells were down on a year earlier in 30 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now down 2.0% on a year earlier.
Each stripe is one month: the rolling 12-month average against the same month a year earlier, since October 2017. Falls are hatched as well as red.
Monthly sales volume for each location, last 10 years.
Every measure side by side. The highest value in each row is highlighted.
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
£520,552
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
−£10,564
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
+£99,577
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
1,407
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
5,487
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
48,242
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
377 per sq mi · High
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
115,390
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
901 per sq mi · High
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
33 m² per resident · more than 55% of areas
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
1.2%
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
43
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
56 per 1,000 · High
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
+0.2%
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
15 per 1,000
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
DEC 2023 · £622,273
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
£500k – £1m · 30.1%
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
£888,356
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
£522,297
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
£430,092
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
£286,583
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
23.3%
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
28.9%
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
22.3%
Tunbridge Wells
England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells
25.5%
| Metric | Tunbridge Wells England / Kent / Tunbridge Wells |
|---|---|
| Latest 12-month average | £520,552 |
| Change over 1 year | −£10,564 |
| Change over ~10 years | +£99,577 |
| Homes sold (last 12 months) | 1,407 |
| Number of postcodes | 5,487 |
| Households (Census 2021) | 48,242 |
| Household density | 377 per sq mi · High |
| Population (Census 2021) | 115,390 |
| Population density | 901 per sq mi · High |
| Green space per resident | 33 m² per resident · more than 55% of areas |
| Green space share of area | 1.2% |
| Public parks | 43 |
| Crime rate (per 1,000 residents) | 56 per 1,000 · High |
| Crime vs previous 12 months | +0.2% |
| Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents | 15 per 1,000 |
| Peak month | DEC 2023 · £622,273 |
| Most common price band | £500k – £1m · 30.1% |
| Detached average | £888,356 |
| Semi-detached average | £522,297 |
| Terraced average | £430,092 |
| Flats average | £286,583 |
| Detached share of sales | 23.3% |
| Semi-detached share of sales | 28.9% |
| Terraced share of sales | 22.3% |
| Flats share of sales | 25.5% |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry. Households and population from Census 2021. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is police-recorded crime from police.uk, per 1,000 residents, over the latest 12 published months; anti-social behaviour is counted separately. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.
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