The average Chichester district home was £436,312 in May 2026, down 1.0% while England rose 2.3%. Sold-price medians for 18 places, Selsey to Loxwood.
The average home in the Chichester district sold for £436,312 in May 2026, the most recent month in the official UK House Price Index. That is down 1.0% over twelve months, at a time when West Sussex edged up 0.3%, the South East rose 1.2% and England as a whole rose 2.3%. Chichester is one of the places going backwards while the market around it inches forward.
That headline hides an enormous local spread. Sold prices recorded by HM Land Registry over the last twelve months put the median in Selsey at £340,000 and the median in West Wittering at £573,250. Those two places are seven miles apart on the same peninsula.
The district average, and what moved
These are the mix-adjusted figures for the Chichester local authority district in May 2026, from the UK House Price Index, which is built from completed Land Registry sales rather than asking prices.
| Property type | Average price | Change over 12 months |
|---|---|---|
| All property types | £436,312 | −1.0% |
| Detached | £693,105 | −0.9% |
| Semi-detached | £430,902 | +0.3% |
| Terraced | £348,182 | −0.4% |
| Flat or maisonette | £220,062 | −4.0% |
Flats did the damage. Everything else moved by less than one per cent either way, but flats and maisonettes fell 4.0% over the year, and they are a big part of the Chichester city and Selsey markets. Semi-detached homes were the only category to rise at all.
The same data splits the market by buyer. A first-time buyer in the district paid an average of £342,411 in May 2026, down 0.9% on the year. Someone moving from one home to another paid an average of £519,755. The gap between those two numbers, around £177,000, is the size of the step from a first flat or terrace to a family house here.
How Chichester compares
| Area | Average price | Annual change |
|---|---|---|
| Chichester district | £436,312 | −1.0% |
| West Sussex | £374,551 | +0.3% |
| South East | £381,311 | +1.2% |
| England | £292,095 | +2.3% |
A Chichester home costs about £62,000 more than the West Sussex average and roughly £144,000 more than the England average. The district is expensive, but its premium over the county narrowed slightly over the past year rather than widening, because West Sussex rose and Chichester did not.
What places actually sell for
The district average is a poor guide to any particular village, so here are real sold prices. HM Land Registry registered 1,543 sales in the Chichester district between 1 July 2025 and 30 June 2026. These are the median sold prices for every place with at least 15 registered sales in that period.
| Place | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Loxwood | £758,000 | 28 |
| Wisborough Green | £592,000 | 26 |
| West Wittering | £573,250 | 38 |
| Fernhurst | £565,000 | 26 |
| Bosham | £525,000 | 31 |
| Hambrook | £520,000 | 15 |
| Birdham | £470,000 | 19 |
| Bracklesham Bay | £452,500 | 40 |
| Westhampnett | £446,000 | 17 |
| East Wittering | £409,750 | 34 |
| Southbourne | £405,000 | 32 |
| Midhurst | £400,000 | 101 |
| Lavant | £400,000 | 15 |
| Chichester | £362,500 | 451 |
| Petworth | £360,000 | 29 |
| Hunston | £355,000 | 20 |
| Selsey | £340,000 | 179 |
| Tangmere | £300,000 | 44 |
Three patterns come out of that list.
The Manhood peninsula splits sharply. West Wittering at £573,250 and Bracklesham Bay at £452,500 sit above the district’s town, while Selsey at £340,000, on the same road out, is well below it. Selsey also has the second highest sale count in the district after Chichester itself, so this is a large, liquid market, not a handful of trades.
The northern parishes are the expensive ones. Loxwood, Wisborough Green and Fernhurst all clear £565,000. These are the inland villages in the top of the district, several of them inside the South Downs National Park, where large detached houses on generous plots dominate the sales.
Chichester city is cheaper than most of the district around it. The city’s £362,500 median reflects a mix that includes a lot of flats and terraces close to the centre, which is why the city sits below Bosham, Lavant and Westhampnett only a few miles away.
Sold prices by property type
Using the same twelve months of Land Registry sales, the median across the whole district was £631,250 for a detached house (548 sales), £385,000 for a semi-detached (363 sales), £340,000 for a terrace (322 sales) and £210,000 for a flat or maisonette (218 sales).
Those medians run below the mix-adjusted UK House Price Index averages in the first table, which is normal: an average is pulled up by the largest sales, and a median is not. Both are correct. They answer different questions. If you want to know what a typical home in your street changed hands for, use the median. If you want to know which way the market is moving, use the index.
What this means if you are buying or selling
If you are selling, the flat-to-falling district figure means pricing off 2022 comparables will leave a property sitting. Flats are the hardest category right now, down 4.0% over the year.
If you are buying, the local spread matters more than the district trend. Moving your search from West Wittering to Bracklesham Bay, or from Bosham to Southbourne, changes the median by more than £100,000 without changing the postcode area. It is also worth pricing the commute before you fix on a maximum offer: the annual season ticket to London Victoria is £6,168 from Chichester, and whether a village is inside a Local Plan allocation changes what gets built next to it over the next decade.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average house price in Chichester?
The average home in the Chichester district sold for £436,312 in May 2026, according to the UK House Price Index built from HM Land Registry sales. Within the district, median sold prices over the last twelve months ranged from £300,000 in Tangmere to £758,000 in Loxwood.
Are Chichester house prices going up or down?
Down, slightly. Prices fell 1.0% in the year to May 2026, while West Sussex rose 0.3%, the South East rose 1.2% and England rose 2.3%. Flats and maisonettes fell hardest, at 4.0%.
How much is a detached house in Chichester?
The UK House Price Index puts the district average for a detached house at £693,105 in May 2026. The median detached sale registered over the last twelve months was £631,250.
Where are the most expensive parts of the Chichester district?
By median sold price over the last twelve months, Loxwood (£758,000), Wisborough Green (£592,000) and West Wittering (£573,250) top the list. The cheapest places with a meaningful number of sales are Tangmere (£300,000) and Selsey (£340,000).
Why do Rightmove and Zoopla show different figures?
They usually cover a different area and a different mix. A “Chichester” average on a property portal is often weighted to the PO19 town postcode and to larger homes. The figures on this page are for the whole Chichester local authority district, which stretches from Southbourne to Loxwood and includes Selsey, the Witterings, Midhurst and Petworth.
Where can I check what one specific house sold for?
Every completed sale in England and Wales is public. Search a street or an address free on the HM Land Registry Price Paid service.
Sources
- UK House Price Index, Chichester (HM Land Registry) for the district averages, property-type figures and buyer-type figures.
- UK House Price Index, West Sussex, South East and England for the comparison table.
- HM Land Registry Price Paid data for the 1,543 registered sales behind the place-by-place and property-type medians.
- HM Land Registry Price Paid search to look up an individual address.
Land Registry figures are provisional and revised as sales complete and are registered, so the most recent months in the sold-price sample are still filling up. Checked on 9 August 2026.
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