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Wells Town

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Wells Town typically sold for £310,000. Half of the 459 sales were between £235k and £390k, against a typical £280,000 across Somerset.

Postcode BA5

All of Somerset
Draycott, Westbury & WookeyOakhill, Horrington & Chewton Mendip
Wells Town and the neighbourhoods next to it, in Somerset.Open the map
Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £310k half sold for £235k to £390k
Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 459 July 2023 to June 2026
Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +11.7% typical price, against 5 years before
New builds 0% of sales · 26% leasehold

By type of home

What homes sold for

The band is the middle half of sales, a quarter sold for less and a quarter for more, with the typical price marked. The dashed line is the typical price for the same type across Somerset.

  • Detached £485,000 typical
    Half between £385k and £586k · 80 sales · Somerset £420k
  • Semi-detached £320,000 typical
    Half between £285k and £370k · 113 sales · Somerset £275k
  • Terraced £312,250 typical
    Half between £252k and £380k · 155 sales · Somerset £230k
  • Flat £185,000 typical
    Half between £134k and £255k · 111 sales · Somerset £145k

Since 1995

Each year in Wells Town

This neighbourhood Somerset Homes sold
£0£200k£400k 1995: £56,0001996: £56,0001997: £59,9501998: £68,5001999: £69,9502000: £86,2502001: £97,2502002: £126,2252003: £135,0002004: £173,2502005: £185,0002006: £186,0002007: £196,5002008: £208,0002009: £170,0002010: £187,5002011: £190,0002012: £185,0002013: £192,5002014: £195,0002015: £230,0002016: £226,0002017: £241,5002018: £264,9502019: £263,9502020: £274,0002021: £276,5002022: £275,0002023: £296,0002024: £301,2502025: £315,000 1995: 197 sold1996: 183 sold1997: 212 sold1998: 191 sold1999: 207 sold2000: 212 sold2001: 238 sold2002: 260 sold2003: 232 sold2004: 214 sold2005: 163 sold2006: 197 sold2007: 192 sold2008: 107 sold2009: 150 sold2010: 118 sold2011: 139 sold2012: 125 sold2013: 192 sold2014: 267 sold2015: 235 sold2016: 212 sold2017: 207 sold2018: 195 sold2019: 173 sold2020: 161 sold2021: 212 sold2022: 169 sold2023: 137 sold2024: 166 sold2025: 160 sold 1995200020052010201520202025
£0£200k£400k 1995: £56,0001996: £56,0001997: £59,9501998: £68,5001999: £69,9502000: £86,2502001: £97,2502002: £126,2252003: £135,0002004: £173,2502005: £185,0002006: £186,0002007: £196,5002008: £208,0002009: £170,0002010: £187,5002011: £190,0002012: £185,0002013: £192,5002014: £195,0002015: £230,0002016: £226,0002017: £241,5002018: £264,9502019: £263,9502020: £274,0002021: £276,5002022: £275,0002023: £296,0002024: £301,2502025: £315,000 1995: 197 sold1996: 183 sold1997: 212 sold1998: 191 sold1999: 207 sold2000: 212 sold2001: 238 sold2002: 260 sold2003: 232 sold2004: 214 sold2005: 163 sold2006: 197 sold2007: 192 sold2008: 107 sold2009: 150 sold2010: 118 sold2011: 139 sold2012: 125 sold2013: 192 sold2014: 267 sold2015: 235 sold2016: 212 sold2017: 207 sold2018: 195 sold2019: 173 sold2020: 161 sold2021: 212 sold2022: 169 sold2023: 137 sold2024: 166 sold2025: 160 sold 199520102025

The typical price is the middle sale of each full year, shown where at least 5 homes sold. It moves with which homes happened to sell, so a single year can jump.

The homes that sell here

  • Terraced34% · Somerset 28%
  • Semi-detached25% · Somerset 29%
  • Flat24% · Somerset 10%
  • Detached17% · Somerset 33%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales0% · Somerset 7%
Leaseholds, share of sales26% · Somerset 11%

New builds can take up to a year to appear in Land Registry's figures, so the latest year may show fewer than were sold.

Next door

Neighbourhoods around Wells Town

About these figures

Every standard home sale registered with HM Land Registry since 1995: homes sold at full market value to a person, so repossessions and sales to companies are left out. Recent months fill in as late sales are registered. Not financial advice.

Sources and licences

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Neighbourhood names: contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 (House of Commons Library). Neighbourhood boundaries and the postcode lookup: source, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.