Herefordshire, County of

SY8 house prices in Herefordshire, County of

Name: Sold house prices in SY8, Herefordshire, County of
Creator: HM Land Registry
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Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Herefordshire, County of, from official UK data in one place.

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Summary

House prices in SY8: the typical (median) sold price is £270,000, close to the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). SY8 is an active market, with about 25 recorded sales a month. By property type, 43% were detached homes (typically £345,000) and 26% were terraced homes (typically £210,000).

Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.

Across the 12 most recently sold SY8 postcodes we sampled, area deprivation has a median of decile 5 of 10, where 10 is the least deprived.

Source: Deprivation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

Our take · opinion, not advice

Our take on SY8: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead

Roughly 25 homes a month change hands in SY8, so there is a fair body of evidence, but not enough of it for a trustworthy twelve-month trend.

For sellers, £270,000 is only the middle of a market that runs from £140,000 to £540,000, so the closest sold homes of your type say much more than the middle; roughly 25 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.

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When buying here, SY8 sits close to the UK average for typical prices, so the sold homes of your type are the yardstick to hold an asking price to.

Before you offer in SY8, check planning history nearby (276 applications on record within 500 m), long-term flood risk and the energy rating (EPC), and ask your conveyancer about the title.

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At a glance

SY8 in four numbers

The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.

Typical price
£270,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
25.0
Across 250 sales
Freehold sales
91%
Of recorded sales

The data, honestly

House prices in SY8

These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.

By property type

Average house price in SY8 by property type

Detached homes have the highest typical price at £345,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £110,000.

Detached£345,000

Semi-detached£240,000

Terraced£210,000

Flat / maisonette£110,000

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Sales, typical price and middle-80% range by property type in SY8
Type	Sales	Typical	Range
Detached	102	£345,000	£240,800–£621,000
Semi-detached	52	£240,000	£177,700–£345,350
Terraced	61	£210,000	£150,000–£400,000
Flat / maisonette	24	£110,000	£76,500–£194,700

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 17 Oct 2025 and 18 Aug 2026.

24-month trend

Typical price by quarter in SY8

The quarterly typical price fell 18.5%, from £270,000 in Q4 2025 (78 sales) to £220,000 in Q3 2026 (25 sales).

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Median sold price and number of recorded sales for each recent quarter in SY8
Quarter	Typical price	Sales
Q4 2025	£270,000	78
Q1 2026	£270,000	83
Q2 2026	£284,000	64
Q3 2026	£220,000	25

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 17 Oct 2025 and 18 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.

Range and mix

The spread of SY8 prices

How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.

Price range

Where most SY8 homes sold

Eight in ten sales fell between £140,000 and £540,000, around a typical £270,000.

Lower end£140,000

Typical£270,000

Upper end£540,000

Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 17 Oct 2025 and 18 Aug 2026.

Mix of homes

Who is selling in SY8

Detached homes were 43% of recorded sales (102 of 239). 91% of sales were freehold and 9% leasehold.

Property type

Detached43%
Semi-detached22%
Terraced26%
Flat / maisonette10%

Tenure

Freehold91%
Leasehold9%

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227 freehold (91%) and 23 leasehold (9%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in SY8, 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 17 Oct 2025 and 18 Aug 2026.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.

On the map

Where SY8 sits in Herefordshire, County of

The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.

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Latest sales

The most recent sales in SY8

12, HENLEY ORCHARDS, LUDLOW
Terraced · Freehold · 18 Aug 2026
£213,000
81, LOWER GALDEFORD, LUDLOW
Semi-detached · Freehold · 11 Aug 2026
£105,000
77, LOWER GALDEFORD, LUDLOW
Terraced · Freehold · 11 Aug 2026
£105,000
OVERMEAD, LUDLOW
Detached · Freehold · 10 Aug 2026
£410,000
64, HUCKLEMARSH ROAD, LUDLOW
Semi-detached · Freehold · 10 Aug 2026
£235,000

All sales

Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). SY8 includes the Bircher ward.

In plain English

What the Herefordshire, County of (SY8) numbers mean

The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £345,000 against £110,000 for flats: about 3.1 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £140,000 and £540,000, so the median says little about any one home.
Nearly all of these sales (91%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.

This is an active district: about 25 recorded sales a month.

Based on 250 recorded sales between 17 October 2025 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 SY8

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 SY8

We don't hold published band charges for Herefordshire, County of yet. Your billing authority publishes its own band table each year. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency: check a band on GOV.UK.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities

Schools

Schools near SY8

open schools within 3 km, nearest Ludlow Primary School.

All schools

Ludlow Primary School
Primary · Academies · SY8 1HX
1.1 km
Good · 2024
St Laurence CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SY8 1TP
1.3 km
Good · 2024
Ludlow Church of England School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · SY8 1GJ
2.6 km
Good · 2020
Overton School
Special schools · SY8 4AD
3.0 km
Not graded

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 SY8 district centroid, not from any address.

Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 4 open schools within 3 km, 3 with a grade on record

Area context

Planning and deprivation near SY8

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 SY8

276

applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 19 October 2026.

Recent applications

Shropshire/26/02569/DISUndecided
372 m
Discharge of conditions 16 (external materials), 17 (soil, vent, waste pipes, rainwater goods, flues, meter boxes, electrical fittings) and 19 (roof windows) on planning permission 19/01940/FUL
Received 2026-07-07
Shropshire/26/02070/ADVUndecided
127 m
Installation of Totem Sign to the north of the retail unit
Received 2026-06-03
Shropshire/26/01318/FULUndecided
248 m
Proposed MOT Testing Facility and Associated works
Received 2026-04-16
Shropshire/26/01387/DISUndecided
167 m
Discharge of conditions 6 (Drainage), 12 (Lighting Strategy) and 13 (Wildlife boxes) on planning permission 23/04457/FUL
Received 2026-04-15
Shropshire/26/01238/AMPPermitted
167 m
Non-material amendment to planning application number 23/04457/FUL
Received 2026-03-31 · decided 2026-04-20
Shropshire/26/00870/VARUndecided
371 m
Variation of Condition No. 2 attached to permission 25/00309/FUL dated 27 March 2025
Received 2026-03-16

Applications are matched within 500 m of the SY8 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 SY8 for the current picture.

Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 276 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 19 October 2026

Deprivation (IMD)

Area profile for SY8

Decile 5 of 10

Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.

1 · most deprived10 · least deprived

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Across the 12 sampled SY8 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 to decile 9, with a median of decile 5 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.

SY8 4ND, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 5 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 SY8 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in SY8: 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

Address by address

What individual homes in SY8 sold for

The 24 most recently sold doors of the 245 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SY8. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.

12, HENLEY ORCHARDS, LUDLOW
SY8 1TN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£213,000
2026-08-18
81, LOWER GALDEFORD, LUDLOW
SY8 1RU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£105,000
2026-08-11
77, LOWER GALDEFORD, LUDLOW
SY8 1RU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£105,000
2026-08-11
OVERMEAD, LUDLOW
SY8 4ND · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£410,000
2026-08-10
64, HUCKLEMARSH ROAD, LUDLOW
SY8 2PW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£235,000
2026-08-10
CHURCH COTTAGES, JULIAN ROAD, LUDLOW
SY8 1HA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£270,000
2026-08-07
BADGERBROOK COTTAGE, LUDLOW
SY8 4NW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£425,000
2026-08-04
45, RAGLAN PLACE, LUDLOW
SY8 2LW · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£99,000
2026-07-31
CORNBROOK BRIDGE HOUSE, CORNBROOK, LUDLOW
SY8 3QQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-07-31
23, MURCHISON PLACE, LUDLOW
SY8 1FJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£200,000
2026-07-28
6, WYSON TERRACE, LUDLOW
SY8 4NH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£190,000
2026-07-24
THE MEWS, ROCK LANE, LUDLOW
SY8 1ST · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£107,000
2026-07-24
30, BROAD STREET, LUDLOW
SY8 1NJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£826,750
2026-07-24
6, TOWER STREET, LUDLOW
SY8 1RL · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£225,000
2026-07-21
VIGROVE BARN, LUDLOW
SY8 4JZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£775,000
2026-07-20
THE OLD FORGE, LUDLOW
SY8 2DY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£226,500
2026-07-17
FOUR WINDS, ROCK LANE, LUDLOW
SY8 1SF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£175,000
2026-07-17
29, BRINGEWOOD ROAD, LUDLOW
SY8 2NA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-07-17
1, TENBURY ROAD, LUDLOW
SY8 3LY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£180,000
2026-07-17
1, STOKE COTTAGES, LUDLOW
SY8 3BX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£285,000
2026-07-16
13, HONEY MEADOW, LUDLOW
SY8 1TG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-07-13
COTSWOLD, STEVENTON NEW ROAD, LUDLOW
SY8 1LE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£278,000
2026-07-13
CLIFTON COURT, OLD STREET, LUDLOW
SY8 1TZ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£90,000
2026-07-10
106, DAHN DRIVE, LUDLOW
SY8 1YG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£185,000
2026-07-03

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.

Questions, answered

The SY8 report: your questions

What is the average house price in SY8?

The typical (median) sold price in SY8 is £270,000, from 250 recorded sales between 17 October 2025 and 18 August 2026. Most sales fell between £140,000 and £540,000. That is close to the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index averages). A median is the middle sale, so a few very expensive homes do not pull it up the way they pull up an average.

What does each type of home cost in SY8?

Typical sold prices by type in SY8: detached homes £345,000 (102 sales), terraced homes £210,000 (61 sales), semi-detached homes £240,000 (52 sales), flats £110,000 (24 sales). Use the figure for your type of home rather than the all-homes median.

Which schools are near SY8?

The Department for Education's register lists 4 open schools within 3 km of the SY8 district centre, the nearest being Ludlow Primary School (last Ofsted grade: Good). These are nearest by straight-line distance from the district centroid. They are not catchment or admission areas, which councils set individually and do not publish centrally.

How up to date are the SY8 sold prices?

Sold prices come from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, covering sales up to 28 August 2026. The store is rebuilt monthly. New sales can take several weeks to appear in the official register after completion, so the very latest transactions may not show yet.

Is SY8 a deprived area?

On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, the 12 SY8 postcodes we sampled (the ones with the most recent recorded sales, not a random sample) run from decile 2 to decile 9, with a median of decile 5 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. Deprivation is published for small areas, not postcode districts, so a district like SY8 usually spans several. It is area context, never a judgement on an individual home.

Have there been planning applications near SY8?

The last check of the local planning authority register found 276 applications within 500 m of the SY8 district centre; the most recent are listed on this page with their reference, description and status as the authority published them. For an up-to-the-minute search, use the planning tool with your full postcode.

Can I see what an individual address in SY8 sold for?

Yes. This page lists the 24 most recently sold doors of the 245 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SY8, each with its price and date. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so a home that has never been sold does not appear; and we link an address to its own property page only where the match is certain, never by guessing.

Does SY8 cover my exact street?

SY8 is the outward half of the postcode and covers the whole district, so the district-wide figures on this page are medians and ranges, not a valuation of any single property. The address list gives you the door-level picture, and the free checks take a full postcode.

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Street-level reported crime from Police.UK, by category.

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Data sources

Every SY8 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.