Swale
ME12 house prices in Swale
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Swale, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£269,000
Range £160,000–£400,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 6 Feb 2026 and 18 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in ME12: the typical (median) sold price is £269,000, close to the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). ME12 is an active market, with about 39 recorded sales a month. By property type, 37% were terraced homes (typically £207,000) and 30% were detached homes (typically £356,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,406 a year: Swale's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Swale, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on ME12: steady sales, so price from the evidence
At around 39 sales a month, ME12 ticks along steadily, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
If you are thinking of selling, ME12 buyers have mostly paid between £160,000 and £400,000, so find the sold homes closest to yours and price against those; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, typical prices in ME12 sit close to the UK average, so the sold homes of your type are the yardstick to hold an asking price to.
On any ME12 home we would check what has been applied for nearby (496 applications on record within 500 m), whether the home is at risk of flooding and council tax (Band D is £2,406 a year), and ask a conveyancer to read the title.
Next step: the free ME12 OfferCheck, which sets flood, crime, planning, council tax and schools next to these prices, with every source named.
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At a glance
ME12 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£269,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
39.4
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,406
A year
On the map
Where ME12 sits in Swale
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in ME12
1A, GLENWOOD DRIVE, SHEERNESS
Detached · Freehold · 18 Aug 2026
£275,000
5, POPPY CRESCENT, SHEERNESS
Detached · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£375,000
6, EDWINA AVENUE, SHEERNESS
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£278,000
5, BAYLISS GROVE, SHEERNESS
Terraced · Freehold · 13 Aug 2026
£255,000
31, WILLIAM RIGBY DRIVE, SHEERNESS
Semi-detached · Freehold · 12 Aug 2026
£287,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). ME12 includes the Minster Cliffs ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in ME12
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in ME12 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £356,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £162,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 74 | £356,000 | £248,550–£472,500 |
| Semi-detached | 67 | £280,000 | £208,200–£338,200 |
| Terraced | 91 | £207,000 | £150,000–£305,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 13 | £162,000 | £127,000–£187,500 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 6 Feb 2026 and 18 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in ME12
The quarterly typical price rose 3.8%, from £265,000 in Q1 2026 (81 sales) to £275,000 in Q3 2026 (53 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | £265,000 | 81 |
| Q2 2026 | £264,000 | 116 |
| Q3 2026 | £275,000 | 53 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 6 Feb 2026 and 18 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of ME12 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most ME12 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £160,000 and £400,000, around a typical £269,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 6 Feb 2026 and 18 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in ME12
Terraced homes were 37% of recorded sales (91 of 245). 93% of sales were freehold and 7% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached30%
- Semi-detached27%
- Terraced37%
- Flat / maisonette5%
Tenure
- Freehold93%
- Leasehold7%
See the figures
233 freehold (93%) and 17 leasehold (7%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in ME12, including 1 new-build sale. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 6 Feb 2026 and 18 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Swale (ME12) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £356,000 against £162,000 for flats: about 2.2 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Nearly all of these sales (93%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 39 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 6 February 2026 and 18 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on ME12
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in ME12
£2,406
Band D a year in Swale, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,604 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,871 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,138 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,406 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,940 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,475 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,009 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,811 |
These are Swale's charges for 2026-27, the authority ME12 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Swale · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near ME12
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Minster in Sheppey Primary School.
All schools
Minster in Sheppey Primary School
Primary · Academies · ME12 2HX
245 m
Good · 2022
The Elmley Dray School
Special schools · ME12 2DP
651 m
Not graded
Thistle Hill Academy
Primary · Academies · ME12 3UD
851 m
Requires improvement · 2022
St Georges CofE (Aided) Primary School
Primary · Academies · ME12 3QU
1.1 km
Good · 2024
Leigh Academy Minster
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · ME12 3JQ
1.5 km
Not graded
Halfway Houses Primary School
Primary · Academies · ME12 3AP
1.9 km
Good · 2015
Nore Academy
Free Schools · ME12 3AP
1.9 km
Not graded
Richmond Primary School
Primary · Academies · ME12 2ET
2.6 km
Good · 2022
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the ME12 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 5 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near ME12
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around ME12
496
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 18 October 2026.
Recent applications
MidKent/26/502142/SUBUndecided
379 m
Submission of details pursuant to condition 3-SAP Assessment, condition 4-Material Schedule, condition 5-Landscaping Proposals and condition 6-EVCP Plan, in relation to planning permission 24/501171/FULL.
Received 2026-06-04
MidKent/26/501971/FULLUndecided
226 m
Section 73 Application for Minor Material Amendment to approved plans condition 5 (to allow for the reduction of the site area, the repositioning of the dwelling and changes to the design of the house to include a new front porch, rearrangement of fenestration and changes to the internal layout) pursuant to SW/01/0368 for detached bungalow.
Received 2026-05-26
MidKent/26/501339/OUTUndecided
249 m
Outline application (with all matters reserved) for the demolition of the existing church and erection of 6no. semi-detached houses (Revised Scheme 25/504935/OUT)
Received 2026-04-16
MidKent/26/501264/LAWPROPermitted
385 m
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed for a garage conversion into a part store and part habitable accommodation
Received 2026-03-31 · decided 2026-05-08
MidKent/26/501064/FULLPermitted
170 m
Erection of single storey rear extension and part garage conversion to create an annexe
Received 2026-03-19 · decided 2026-06-04
MidKent/26/500992/FULLPermitted
110 m
Erection of single storey rear extension, conservatory and side garage/car port extension and changes to fenestration.
Received 2026-03-16 · decided 2026-05-06
Applications are matched within 500 m of the ME12 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for ME12 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 496 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 18 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for ME12
Decile 4 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled ME12 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 1 to decile 6, with a median of decile 4 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
ME12 3QF, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 4 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so ME12 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in ME12: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in ME12, band by band
Swale's council tax for 2026-27 set against the ME12 median sold price of £269,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearSwale | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £269,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,604 | £134 | 0.60% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,871 | £156 | 0.70% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,138 | £178 | 0.79% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,406 | £201 | 0.89% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,940 | £245 | 1.09% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,475 | £290 | 1.29% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,009 | £334 | 1.49% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,811 | £401 | 1.79% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the ME12 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Swale, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in ME12 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 250 distinct addresses in the records we hold for ME12. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
1A, GLENWOOD DRIVE, SHEERNESS
ME12 2JP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-08-18
5, POPPY CRESCENT, SHEERNESS
ME12 3TF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-08-17
6, EDWINA AVENUE, SHEERNESS
ME12 2EB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£278,000
2026-08-14
5, BAYLISS GROVE, SHEERNESS
ME12 3UJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£255,000
2026-08-13
31, WILLIAM RIGBY DRIVE, SHEERNESS
ME12 3TE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£287,000
2026-08-12
31, DAVIE CLOSE, SHEERNESS
ME12 1EP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-08-11
MILLERLOT, THE BROADWAY, SHEERNESS
ME12 2DE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£390,000
2026-08-10
1, SQUIRES COURT, SHEERNESS
ME12 4DW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-08-07
3, CHAPEL STREET, SHEERNESS
ME12 3QF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£245,000
2026-08-06
65, NELSON AVENUE, SHEERNESS
ME12 3SF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£337,000
2026-08-03
27, SANSPAREIL AVENUE, SHEERNESS
ME12 3LD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£325,000
2026-07-31
4, JEFFERSON ROAD, SHEERNESS
ME12 2PU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£195,000
2026-07-31
HAPPY DAYS, BELL FARM LANE, SHEERNESS
ME12 4JB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-07-31
9, COMMODORES CLOSE, SHEERNESS
ME12 3UU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£335,000
2026-07-31
3, CURLEW RISE, SHEERNESS
ME12 3XP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£335,000
2026-07-31
262, MINSTER ROAD, SHEERNESS
ME12 3DY · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£150,000
2026-07-31
9, NOREEN AVENUE, SHEERNESS
ME12 2EL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£285,000
2026-07-30
3, PENNY CRESS ROAD, SHEERNESS
ME12 3AN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£385,000
2026-07-30
383, MINSTER ROAD, SHEERNESS
ME12 3NS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£364,500
2026-07-30
84, EDENBRIDGE DRIVE, SHEERNESS
ME12 1JT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£217,000
2026-07-30
40, BUTTERCUP AVENUE, SHEERNESS
ME12 3FX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£240,000
2026-07-29
68, VICTORIA STREET, SHEERNESS
ME12 1YB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£270,000
2026-07-27
80, MARINE PARADE, SHEERNESS
ME12 2BE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-07-27
12, ALMOND TREE CLOSE, SHEERNESS
ME12 1LA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£168,500
2026-07-27
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near ME12
The closest districts to ME12 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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- House prices in SS3 (Southend-on-Sea) 8.4 miles
- House prices in SS1 (Southend) 8.6 miles
- House prices in ME13 (Faversham) 9 miles
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Data sources
Every ME12 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.