UK land market tracker: what land actually sells for
Asking prices are fiction; recorded sales are not. We track what land actually sells for across England's rural authorities from HM Land Registry data, refreshed quarterly.
Status: live data page, refreshed quarterly. Every figure below comes from HM Land Registry's public price paid records. Last updated: 28 July 2026. We update this page as new data lands.
Asking prices for land are easy to find and largely fiction. What land actually sells for is harder to see, because completed land sales hide inside HM Land Registry's "other" property class alongside everything that isn't a standard house sale. We pull that class apart for a fixed basket of predominantly rural authorities and publish what the recorded sales say, updated quarterly.
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What land is actually selling for
Data as of 28 July 2026. Across 13 authorities, the median recorded land-class sale over the last 12 months is £350,000 (median of authority medians).
| Authority | Region | Land-class sales (12m) | Median price | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall | South West | 199 | £300,000 | £196,000 (Jun 2026) |
| Somerset | South West | 198 | £375,000 | £235,000 (Jun 2026) |
| Dorset | South West | 187 | £372,000 | £310,000 (Jun 2026) |
| Wiltshire | South West | 199 | £378,000 | £150,000 (Jun 2026) |
| Buckinghamshire | South East | 185 | £485,000 | £270,000 (Jun 2026) |
| Central Bedfordshire | East | 80 | £350,000 | £1,650,000 (Jun 2026) |
| Shropshire | West Midlands | 178 | £425,000 | £585,000 (Jun 2026) |
| East Suffolk | East | 127 | £250,000 | £290,000 (Jun 2026) |
| Derbyshire Dales | East Midlands | 59 | £440,000 | £540,000 (Jun 2026) |
| North Yorkshire | North | 198 | £350,000 | £160,000 (Jun 2026) |
| County Durham | North | 196 | £170,000 | £790,000 (Jun 2026) |
| Northumberland | North | 179 | £199,000 | £127,500 (Jun 2026) |
| Westmorland And Furness | North West | 195 | £280,000 | £185,000 (Jun 2026) |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, "other" property class (the category land transactions are recorded under), last 12 months, sales between £2,000 and £5m to exclude non-land records. This class also includes some non-residential transactions, so treat medians as indicative of the land market's level, not a valuation of any plot.
How to read these numbers
- They are market levels, not valuations. A county's median mixes paddocks, parcels of farmland, woodland and development plots. Your specific acre is worth what its planning position, access and constraints say — which is why the spread inside any authority is enormous.
- Volume matters as much as price. Authorities recording more land-class sales have more liquid markets: easier to buy fairly, easier to sell on.
- Recorded completions lag the market by a few months, so these figures describe the recent past, not this week's negotiations.
What this means if you're buying or selling
If you're pricing a specific plot, start from evidence rather than asking prices: our free land valuation tool anchors to recorded sales near your postcode, and a Plot Report checks the plot-level facts (planning, flood, access, designations) that decide where in the range a plot really sits. Selling? The same evidence tells you whether an offer is serious.
Policy moves in parallel with the market: see our trackers on property tax reform and the land value tax and what the planning reforms mean for plot owners.
Development log
- 28 July 2026. Tracker launched with 12 months of HM Land Registry price paid data across 13 authorities.
We add dated entries at each refresh. Use the box at the top of this page for an email when the data updates.