Walsingham’s residential market currently shows an average asking price of £386,995 across the listings analysed, with three properties sold subject to contract and an SSTC rate of 15.0%. Prices span a wide range, from £70,000 for a modest terraced home up to £3,250,000, reflecting the village’s mix of workaday cottages and substantial period properties.
Of the twenty comparable listings used to build this picture, half are detached houses, three in ten are semi-detached, and one in five are terraced, a spread that speaks to Walsingham’s varied housing stock rather than a single dominant property type.
Average price: £386,995
Price range: £70,000 to £3,250,000
Sold subject to contract: 3 properties
SSTC rate: 15.0%
Property type mix (20 comparable listings): Detached houses 50% (10), Semi-detached houses 30% (6), Terraced houses 20% (4)
Price versus Norfolk county average: £8,704 higher (2.3%), against a county average of £378,291
The clearest trend in Walsingham at present is the SSTC rate of 15.0%, which sits above Wighton’s 5.0% but well below Binham’s 44.0%. Individual listings show the pace at which homes are moving is far from uniform: a three bedroom detached house at NR22 6DB had only been listed for 1 day before this snapshot, while a two bedroom detached house on Knight Street had been on the market for 456 days.
This split between fast moving and slow moving stock, rather than a single uniform pace, is the defining trend visible in this market right now.
With an SSTC rate of 15.0%, Walsingham currently sits closer to Wighton’s 5.0% than to Binham’s more brisk 44.0%, positioning it as a market with moderate rather than intense buyer competition. The £70,000 to £3,250,000 price range on offer also means the area accommodates a wide spread of buyers, from those seeking an entry-level terraced house to those pursuing a substantial detached property, which tends to soften the sense of a single, unified sellers’ or buyers’ market.
Taken together, the evidence points to conditions that favour patient, well-informed buyers over rushed sellers’ market bidding, without tipping fully into buyer-dominated territory.
Momentum in Walsingham is best read at the level of individual listings rather than through a single headline figure. The current SSTC rate of 15.0%, with three properties under offer, sits at a moderate level between Wighton’s 5.0% and Binham’s 44.0%. At listing level, momentum is uneven: some properties, such as the £450,000 three bedroom detached house at NR22 6DB, had been on the market for only 1 day at the time of this report, while others, including the Grade II Listed Cottage at 205 days and the Knight Street property at 456 days, show that pace varies widely across the village.
Overall the picture is one of a moderate SSTC rate paired with a wide spread of days on market, rather than a single uniform pace of activity.
For buyers, the current spread of days on market gives a genuine basis for negotiation on the slower moving properties. The Knight Street detached house, listed at £300,000 and on the market for 456 days, and the Grade II Listed Cottage at £300,000 after 205 days, both sit well past the pace of the freshest listings such as the £450,000 detached house at NR22 6DB, which had been available for only 1 day at the time of this report.
Buyers eyeing the longer-listed properties are in a reasonable position to test the seller’s flexibility on price, while newly listed and keenly priced homes, including the £70,000 terraced house at 32 Mount Pleasant, are less likely to yield significant movement so soon after coming to market.
Working across Walsingham, we consistently find that the village’s property mix, half detached, three in ten semi-detached, and one in five terraced, plays out differently depending on which street you are looking at. Knight Street and St Peters Road tend to carry the larger detached properties, including the £499,950 three bedroom house on St Peters Road, while Mount Pleasant offers a smaller scale of terraced housing, illustrated by the £70,000 two bedroom terraced property there.
Our experience is that buyers who understand this street by street variation, rather than treating Walsingham as a single homogenous market, make better informed offers.
A closer look at the six current comparable listings shows just how much days on market can vary within a single village. At one extreme, the £450,000 three bedroom detached house at NR22 6DB had been listed for only 1 day, and the £70,000 two bedroom terraced house at 32 Mount Pleasant for 3 days. At the other extreme, the two bedroom detached house on Knight Street, priced at £300,000, had accumulated 456 days on market, and the Grade II Listed Cottage, also £300,000, 205 days. The £499,950 three bedroom detached house on St Peters Road sits in between at 124 days.
This spread suggests pricing and presentation, rather than the village’s overall desirability, are the main drivers of how quickly individual homes sell, a pattern reinforced by the semi-detached property currently under offer, the £290,000 three bedroom home on St Peters Road, which secured its buyer after only 22 days.
Buying in Walsingham means engaging with a genuinely varied stock rather than a single housing type. At the affordable end, 32 Mount Pleasant offers a two bedroom terraced house at £70,000, while at the other end of the scale a three bedroom detached house on St Peters Road is listed at £499,950.
Prospective buyers should be prepared for older and listed properties to feature prominently, as seen with the Grade II Listed Cottage currently on the market at £300,000, which typically brings additional considerations around maintenance, insurance and any consents needed for alterations. With three properties currently sold subject to contract and an SSTC rate of 15.0%, buyers who move decisively on well-priced, well-presented homes are still finding themselves in competition, even if the overall pace allows more room for consideration than in busier neighbouring villages.
Our considered view is that Walsingham’s appeal lies in the genuine range it offers, from a £70,000 terraced starter home to properties well beyond a million pounds, within a single, small village. This breadth means the area does not fit neatly into either a purely buyers’ or purely sellers’ narrative.
Compared with Binham’s brisker 44.0% SSTC rate, Walsingham currently moves at a steadier pace, which in our experience tends to suit sellers who are prepared to price realistically and buyers who want time to make a considered decision rather than a rushed one.
For an investor, Walsingham currently presents an average asking price of £386,995, with an SSTC rate of 15.0% and three properties currently sold subject to contract. The £70,000 to £3,250,000 price range indicates the village supports both lower entry point purchases and higher value acquisitions within the same small market.
The type mix, weighted 50% towards detached houses among the 20 comparable listings analysed, suggests that stock at the more affordable terraced end, such as the £70,000 property at 32 Mount Pleasant, is comparatively scarce at just 20% of the sample.
Of the 20 comparable listings used in this analysis, detached houses make up half the market at 50% (10 properties), semi-detached houses account for 30% (6 properties), and terraced houses make up the remaining 20% (4 properties).
This detached-heavy mix is reflected in the current listings sample, where four of the six properties shown, spanning £300,000 to £499,950, are detached, against a single terraced listing at £70,000 and one semi-detached property, the £290,000 St Peters Road home now under offer. A market weighted so heavily towards detached stock tends to pull the overall average price, currently £386,995, upward relative to areas with a larger share of terraced housing.
Six comparable properties illustrate the current Walsingham market.
Walsingham, Norfolk, NR22 6DB: £450,000, 3 bed detached house, 1 day on market, for sale.
Grade II Listed Cottage in Walsingham, NR22 6DB: £300,000, 3 bed detached house, 205 days on market, for sale.
Knight Street, Little Walsingham, NR22 6DA: £300,000, 2 bed detached house, 456 days on market, for sale.
St Peters Road, Walsingham, NR22 6DU: £499,950, 3 bed detached house, 124 days on market, for sale.
32 Mount Pleasant, Walsingham, NR22 6DD: £70,000, 2 bed terraced house, 3 days on market, for sale.
9 St Peters Road, Walsingham, NR22 6DW: £290,000, 3 bed semi-detached house, 22 days on market, sold subject to contract.
No Land Registry sold price records have been supplied for Walsingham in this report. Rather than present the current sold subject to contract listing, the £290,000 three bedroom semi-detached house on St Peters Road, as a completed sale, we prefer to be clear that this transaction has not yet completed.
Once Land Registry data confirming completed sales in Walsingham becomes available, this section will be updated with genuine transaction prices rather than an approximation drawn from listings still in progress.
Walsingham’s average price of £386,995 sits £8,704 above the Norfolk county average of £378,291, a premium of 2.3%. This is a modest gap rather than a dramatic one, suggesting Walsingham broadly tracks the wider county market rather than commanding a significant premium or discount.
Norfolk as a whole averages 391 days on market across the other areas in this coverage, a figure this report cannot directly compare against a single area-wide average for Walsingham, though the individual listings analysed here range from 1 day to 456 days.
Set against its closest neighbours, Walsingham’s average price of £386,995 is lower than all three. Wighton averages £420,490, a difference of £33,495, and carries a lower SSTC rate of 5.0% against Walsingham’s 15.0%. Binham averages £474,500, £87,505 above Walsingham, with a markedly higher SSTC rate of 44.0%, pointing to a brisker pace of sales there. Wells-next-the-Sea averages £465,000, £78,005 above Walsingham, with an SSTC rate of 10.0%.
Across all three neighbours, Walsingham stands out as the more affordable option, while its SSTC rate of 15.0% sits in the middle of the range.
Walsingham is a small Norfolk village long associated with its pilgrimage history, and that heritage still shapes the housing stock you find here today, from the Grade II Listed Cottage currently on the market to more modest terraced homes like the one on Mount Pleasant.
Streets such as Knight Street and St Peters Road carry a mix of detached family homes, while the village centre retains a close, walkable feel typical of small Norfolk settlements. It is not a large village, and the housing supply reflects that scale, but the range from a £70,000 terraced house to properties well over £1 million shows there is genuine variety within a small footprint.
Selling in Walsingham means competing within a small, varied market rather than a large, homogenous one. The current listings show how differently properties can perform: the £450,000 detached house at NR22 6DB and the £70,000 terraced house at 32 Mount Pleasant had each been on the market for only a few days at the time of this report, while the Knight Street detached house at £300,000 had been listed for 456 days.
Sellers whose homes sit in the 20% terraced or 30% semi-detached segments, less common than the 50% detached share among comparable listings, may find their property draws a narrower but more targeted pool of buyers. Realistic pricing from the outset appears to make the difference between a swift path to a sale, such as the 22 day route to SSTC for the St Peters Road semi-detached home, and a prolonged listing.
Choosing the right agent in a village as varied as Walsingham matters because the difference between a £70,000 terraced house and a £499,950 detached property calls for quite different marketing and buyer targeting.
We work across this stretch of Norfolk with direct knowledge of how Walsingham’s streets, from Mount Pleasant to St Peters Road, perform differently, and we use that knowledge to price and present each property according to its own segment of the market rather than applying a single blanket strategy.
The Ivybridge Collection maintains an active presence across this part of north Norfolk, tracking Walsingham’s listings from the Grade II Listed Cottage to the terraced homes on Mount Pleasant as part of our ongoing coverage of the village.
Our familiarity with the area comes from following its market closely, listing by listing, rather than relying on generic regional data alone.
Given the spread of days on market seen in Walsingham’s current listings, from 1 day to 456 days, our professional advice to sellers is to commission an honest, evidence based valuation before listing rather than testing the market at an optimistic price.
For buyers, particularly those considering a listed property such as the Grade II Listed Cottage currently available at £300,000, we recommend budgeting for a full structural survey and checking with the local planning authority on any consent requirements before making an offer. These steps matter more in a village with as much variation in property type and condition as Walsingham.
This report is compiled from current listing data for Walsingham, including 20 comparable properties used to establish the type mix and average price, alongside a snapshot of individual listings with their prices and days on market, and comparative figures for the Norfolk county average and neighbouring areas.
The snapshot date for these figures is 1 August 2026.
If you are weighing up buying or selling in Walsingham, whether that is a modest terraced house like the one on Mount Pleasant or a substantial detached property, we would welcome the chance to talk through what the current figures mean for your own plans.
Get in touch for a straightforward, evidence based valuation of your Walsingham property.
For fuller detail on how Walsingham compares locally, the individual market reports for Wighton, Binham and Wells-next-the-Sea each set out that area’s own average price, SSTC rate and current listings in the same format as this report.
