Maidstone
ME20 house prices in Maidstone
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Maidstone, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£375,000
Range £236,800–£524,250 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 6 Oct 2025 and 26 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in ME20: the typical (median) sold price is £375,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). ME20 is an active market, with about 23 recorded sales a month. By property type, 41% were semi-detached homes (typically £402,500) and 30% were terraced homes (typically £322,500).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,503 a year: Maidstone's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Maidstone, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on ME20: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
Roughly 23 homes a month change hands in ME20, enough to learn from, though the year-on-year comparison is too thin to quote, so lean on the recent sold homes.
When selling here, £236,800 to £524,250 is what most ME20 buyers have actually paid, so the real question is where in it your home sits; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseFor buyers, on price, ME20 is well above the UK average, so a price above the norm for the area should be earned by the home itself, not assumed.
Do your own homework first: planning history nearby (348 applications on record within 500 m), whether the home is at risk of flooding and council tax (Band D is £2,503 a year), then hand the title to your conveyancer.
Our free ME20 OfferCheck puts the rest of the picture alongside these prices, and the Report explains which parts deserve a second look.
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At a glance
ME20 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£375,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
23.5
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,503
A year
On the map
Where ME20 sits in Maidstone
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in ME20
105, PRIMROSE DRIVE, AYLESFORD
Semi-detached · Freehold · 26 Aug 2026
£402,500
21, NEW ROAD, AYLESFORD
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£271,000
10, CORK STREET, AYLESFORD
Terraced · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£282,000
3, ROWAN CLOSE, AYLESFORD
Semi-detached · Freehold · 11 Aug 2026
£440,000
387, LONDON ROAD, AYLESFORD
Semi-detached · Freehold · 11 Aug 2026
£325,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). ME20 includes the Aylesford North & North Downs ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in ME20
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in ME20 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £531,250, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £217,500.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 40 | £531,250 | £353,000–£765,500 |
| Semi-detached | 101 | £402,500 | £310,000–£485,000 |
| Terraced | 73 | £322,500 | £250,000–£417,001 |
| Flat / maisonette | 31 | £217,500 | £188,000–£355,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 6 Oct 2025 and 26 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in ME20
The quarterly typical price fell 4.6%, from £377,500 in Q4 2025 (110 sales) to £360,000 in Q3 2026 (27 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £377,500 | 110 |
| Q1 2026 | £355,000 | 57 |
| Q2 2026 | £380,000 | 56 |
| Q3 2026 | £360,000 | 27 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 6 Oct 2025 and 26 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of ME20 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most ME20 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £236,800 and £524,250, around a typical £375,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 6 Oct 2025 and 26 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in ME20
Semi-detached homes were 41% of recorded sales (101 of 245). 87% of sales were freehold and 13% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached16%
- Semi-detached41%
- Terraced30%
- Flat / maisonette13%
Tenure
- Freehold87%
- Leasehold13%
See the figures
218 freehold (87%) and 32 leasehold (13%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in ME20, including 4 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 6 Oct 2025 and 26 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
405, NEW HYTHE LANE, AYLESFORD
£415,000 (2025)£320,000 (2026)-22.9% over 0.5 yrs (-39.2%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Maidstone (ME20) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £531,250 against £217,500 for flats: about 2.4 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- This is an active district: about 23 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 6 October 2025 and 26 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 ME20
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 ME20
£2,503
Band D a year in Maidstone, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,668 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,946 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,225 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,503 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,059 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,615 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,171 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,005 |
These are Maidstone's charges for 2026-27, the authority ME20 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 Maidstone · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near ME20
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford.
All schools
Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford
Primary · Academies · ME20 7JU
514 m
Outstanding · 2023
Aylesford School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · ME20 7JU
514 m
Good · 2020
Ditton Infant School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · ME20 6EB
856 m
Good · 2022
Ditton Church of England Junior School
Primary · Academies · ME20 6AE
913 m
Requires improvement · 2019
Sports Connect
Other types · ME20 7DS
1.3 km
Not graded
Brookfield Infant School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · ME20 6PY
1.4 km
Good · 2023
Lunsford Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · ME20 6PY
1.4 km
Good · 2013
Brookfield Junior School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · ME20 6PY
1.4 km
Good · 2017
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 ME20 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 7 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near ME20
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 ME20
348
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 23 July 2026.
Recent applications
Tonbridge/26/01243/RDUndecided
300 m
Details of condition 4 (noise mitigation) pursuant to planning permission TM/25/01144/FL (Re-laying of 1 no. grass pitch into a new hybrid football pitch with associated infrastructure, installation of internal and external boundary treatment, and associated hard and soft landscaping)
Received 2026-07-02
Tonbridge/26/01242/FLUndecided
453 m
Proposed substation and associated works to facilitate Electric Vehicle charging infrastructure
Received 2026-07-02
Tonbridge/26/01154/RDUndecided
443 m
Details of condition 3 (CEMP), condition 7 (soil) and condition 37 (RAMS) submitted pursuant to planning permission 25/01319/FL (Full planning permission for development at Cobdown Park to provide a football training centre (sui generis), comprising of the demolition and redevelopment of existing Clubhouse building, refurbishment of existing Academy building; demolition of ancillary buildings and structures across the Site; provision of new grounds maintenance building and service area; refurbishment of existing pavilion building to provide upgraded changing and kitchen facilities; provision of new upgraded grass football pitches and upgrade of existing synthetic surface; new areas for car and cycle parking; upgrade to existing sports lighting; boundary treatment and hard and soft landscaping and associated site infrastructure and site plant)
Received 2026-06-18
Tonbridge/26/01030/RDUndecided
416 m
Details of condition 6 (Landscape Management Plan) pursuant of planning permission TM/25/01319/FL Full planning permission for development at Cobdown Park to provide a football training centre (sui generis), comprising of the demolition and redevelopment of existing Clubhouse building, refurbishment of existing Academy building; demolition of ancillary buildings and structures across the Site; provision of new grounds maintenance building and service area; refurbishment of existing pavilion building to provide upgraded changing and kitchen facilities; provision of new upgraded grass football pitches and upgrade of existing synthetic surface; new areas for car and cycle parking; upgrade to existing sports lighting; boundary treatment and hard and soft landscaping and associated site infrastructure and site plant
Received 2026-05-29
Tonbridge/26/00928/RDUndecided
134 m
Details of condition 35 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) 38 ( South East Water Landscape proposal) pursuant to planning permission TM/25/01319/PA Full planning permission for development at Cobdown Park to provide a football training centre (sui generis), comprising of the demolition and redevelopment of existing Clubhouse building, refurbishment of existing Academy building; demolition of ancillary buildings and structures across the Site; provision of new grounds maintenance building and service area; refurbishment of existing pavilion building to provide upgraded changing and kitchen facilities; provision of new upgraded grass football pitches and upgrade of existing synthetic surface; new areas for car and cycle parking; upgrade to existing sports lighting; boundary treatment and hard and soft landscaping and associated site infrastructure and site plant
Received 2026-05-14
Tonbridge/26/00780/RDUndecided
296 m
Details of Conditions 3 (Construction and Environmental Management Plan) and 37 (Groundwater Risk Assessment Method Statement) submitted pursuant to planning permission TM/25/01319/FL (Full planning permission for development at Cobdown Park to provide a football training centre (sui generis), comprising of the demolition and redevelopment of existing Clubhouse building, refurbishment of existing Academy building; demolition of ancillary buildings and structures across the Site; provision of new grounds maintenance building and service area; refurbishment of existing pavilion building to provide upgraded changing and kitchen facilities; provision of new upgraded grass football pitches and upgrade of existing synthetic surface; new areas for car and cycle parking; upgrade to existing sports lighting; boundary treatment and hard and soft landscaping and associated site infrastructure and site plant)
Received 2026-04-27
Applications are matched within 500 m of the ME20 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 ME20 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 348 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 23 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for ME20
Decile 7 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 ME20 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 5 to decile 10, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
ME20 7HG, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 7 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 ME20 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in ME20: 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 ME20, band by band
Maidstone's council tax for 2026-27 set against the ME20 median sold price of £375,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearMaidstone | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £375,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,668 | £139 | 0.44% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,946 | £162 | 0.52% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,225 | £185 | 0.59% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,503 | £209 | 0.67% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,059 | £255 | 0.82% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,615 | £301 | 0.96% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,171 | £348 | 1.11% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,005 | £417 | 1.33% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the ME20 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, Maidstone, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in ME20 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 243 distinct addresses in the records we hold for ME20. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
105, PRIMROSE DRIVE, AYLESFORD
ME20 6EH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£402,500
2026-08-26
21, NEW ROAD, AYLESFORD
ME20 6AR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£271,000
2026-08-14
10, CORK STREET, AYLESFORD
ME20 7HG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£282,000
2026-08-14
3, ROWAN CLOSE, AYLESFORD
ME20 7LP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£440,000
2026-08-11
387, LONDON ROAD, AYLESFORD
ME20 7QA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£325,000
2026-08-11
56, BRAMPTON FIELD, AYLESFORD
ME20 6ED · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£248,000
2026-08-07
10, YEW TREE CLOSE, AYLESFORD
ME20 7RJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£360,000
2026-07-31
352, NEW HYTHE LANE, AYLESFORD
ME20 6RZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£330,000
2026-07-31
17, BELGRAVE STREET, AYLESFORD
ME20 7HL · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£250,000
2026-07-31
13, MACAULAY CLOSE, AYLESFORD
ME20 6TZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£520,000
2026-07-28
168, THE LAKES, AYLESFORD
ME20 6SL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-07-28
20, PRIORY GROVE, AYLESFORD
ME20 6BA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£415,000
2026-07-27
22, MOUNT PLEASANT, AYLESFORD
ME20 7BE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-07-24
29, ROCHESTER ROAD, AYLESFORD
ME20 7BS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£495,000
2026-07-23
68, INGRAM CLOSE, AYLESFORD
ME20 7GR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-07-22
78, SHERWOOD AVENUE, AYLESFORD
ME20 7GJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£212,500
2026-07-21
6, THE LAKES, AYLESFORD
ME20 6GD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£660,000
2026-07-17
4, THE AVENUE, AYLESFORD
ME20 7LG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-07-17
24, TRINITY COURT, AYLESFORD
ME20 7BQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-07-15
292, LUNSFORD LANE, AYLESFORD
ME20 6HU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£365,000
2026-07-15
97, THE LAKES, AYLESFORD
ME20 6SJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£382,800
2026-07-10
111A, KINGFISHER ROAD, AYLESFORD
ME20 6RE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£190,000
2026-07-08
19, CEDAR CLOSE, AYLESFORD
ME20 6EN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£425,000
2026-07-07
26, MACAULAY CLOSE, AYLESFORD
ME20 6TZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£600,000
2026-07-07
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 ME20
The closest districts to ME20 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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- House prices in ME19 (West Malling) 2.4 miles
- House prices in ME14 (Maidstone) 3.9 miles
- House prices in ME5 (Chatham) 4.5 miles
- House prices in ME15 (Maidstone) 4.6 miles
- House prices in ME18 (Maidstone) 4.6 miles
- House prices in ME1 (Rochester) 5 miles
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Data sources
Every ME20 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.