East Wittering and Bracklesham house prices
House prices, flood zones and new building. Land Registry sales to August 2026; figures last changed 23 October 2026.
East Wittering and Bracklesham homes sold for a median of £440,000 between September 2025 and August 2026. That covers 73 sales recorded by HM Land Registry.
Latest update, 22 October 2026: the district price index now runs to August 2026.
- Median sold price
- £440,000
- September 2025 – August 2026, 73 sales
- Homes sold
- 73
- 68 in the 12 months before
- Flood zone 3
- 43 of 149
- postcodes; 15 more in zone 2
- Chichester district index
- −2.7%
- year to August 2026
Sales from July and August 2026 are still being registered with Land Registry, so the latest counts will rise.
What do homes in East Wittering and Bracklesham sell for?
East Wittering and Bracklesham are seaside villages along Bracklesham Bay, on the Manhood Peninsula south-west of Chichester. These figures cover East Wittering parish, which takes in Bracklesham; homes over the line in Earnley parish are not counted.
The table below uses three years of sales, so each type of home has enough of them to mean something. Types with fewer than five sales are left out.
| Detached | £555,000 | 113 |
| Semi-detached | £355,000 | 54 |
| Terraced | £310,000 | 26 |
| Flat | £216,000 | 29 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Download these figures (CSV).
Are East Wittering and Bracklesham house prices going up or down?
The median rose about 8% on the year before, up from £408,000. The steadier guide is the official index for Chichester district, which adjusts for the kind of homes sold: it fell 2.7% in the year to August 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · UK House Price Index.
Is East Wittering and Bracklesham an expensive place to live?
About average for the area. Detached houses made up half of its sales between September 2023 and August 2026, at a median of £555,000. On the government's deprivation index its three neighbourhoods sit in deciles 5, 6 and 6, where 10 is the least deprived tenth of England. That index measures deprivation, not wealth, so it supports the picture rather than proving it.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
How many homes sell in East Wittering and Bracklesham each year?
HM Land Registry recorded 73 open-market sales in East Wittering and Bracklesham between September 2025 and August 2026, against 68 in the 12 months before. None of them were recorded as new builds; newly built homes can take several months to appear in Land Registry's records.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
Sales year by year
| 2021 | £398,000 | 112 |
| 2022 | £369,000 | 132 |
| 2023 | £450,000 | 71 |
| 2024 | £428,000 | 79 |
| 2025 | £435,000 | 71 |
| 2026, January to August | £413,000 | 44 |
What locals say about East Wittering and Bracklesham
From lifelong locals who have lived on this stretch of coast for over 60 years. Where a point can be checked against sales or a published source, the figures or the link follow it.
- East Wittering has its own shops, including a greengrocer and a butcher, so locals say you could get by without going anywhere else. Near the seafront there is a surf shop, places to eat and a pub.
- Munneries on Shore Road has traded since 1919. Its shop serves the village, and its wholesale side supplies fresh produce to caterers. Sussex Express: Munneries still fresh after 100 years
- The beach is shingle at high tide. When the tide is out a long stretch of sand opens up, and locals come from along the coast to walk it.
- Buyers prefer East Wittering to Bracklesham, locals say. Median sale prices between September 2023 and August 2026: nearer East Wittering £461,000 (60 sales, 55% detached); nearer Bracklesham £430,000 (162 sales, 49% detached). Since 1995, Land Registry has recorded sales of 544 different homes nearer East Wittering, and 1,347 nearer Bracklesham.
- Summer brings the crowds and the traffic.
East Wittering and Bracklesham at a glance
The short answers. Each question links to the full answer, with its figures, dates and sources.
Flooding and land in East Wittering and Bracklesham
- Does East Wittering and Bracklesham flood?
- Parts of it can: 43 of its 149 postcodes are in flood zone 3, and 15 more in zone 2; 52 (35%) have high or medium risk from heavy rain.
- Will East Wittering and Bracklesham flood more in future?
- Yes, noticeably more: on the Environment Agency's climate change scenario, postcodes at high or medium risk from rivers and the sea go from 27 to 63, and from heavy rain go from 52 to 68.
- How often does East Wittering and Bracklesham get flood warnings?
- Flood warnings went out for part of East Wittering and Bracklesham on one day in the ten years to June 2026, and flood alerts on eight.
- Is the coast at East Wittering and Bracklesham eroding?
- Not where homes are, on current plans; the shoreline plan for most of its coast is to hold the line to 2105.
- Are there old landfill sites near East Wittering and Bracklesham?
- The Environment Agency records one old landfill site within 500 metres of an East Wittering and Bracklesham postcode; four postcodes (3%) are on or within 250 metres of one.
Water and energy in East Wittering and Bracklesham
- How often does sewage spill near East Wittering and Bracklesham?
- No monitored storm overflow lies within 1.5 km of an East Wittering and Bracklesham postcode, on the 2025 returns.
- How clean is the water for swimming near East Wittering and Bracklesham?
- The nearest beach the Environment Agency rates is Bracklesham Bay, 0.8 km away: Excellent for 2025.
- How energy efficient are homes in East Wittering and Bracklesham?
- 58% of its homes with a certificate are rated C or better, against 50% across the Chichester area; the most common rating is C.
Getting around East Wittering and Bracklesham
- Can you live in East Wittering and Bracklesham without a car?
- In much of it, yes, though not all: the basics are within a walk, but frequent buses reach only part of it. The nearest station is Bosham, a median 8.7 km away.
Planning, new building and listed buildings in East Wittering and Bracklesham
- What is being built near East Wittering and Bracklesham?
- Land Registry has recorded 51 sales of newly built homes since January 2022; the brownfield register lists one site nearby.
- Can I extend or alter a home in East Wittering and Bracklesham?
- None of its postcodes is in a conservation area, National Landscape or National Park, so the usual national limits apply; five listed buildings lie in East Wittering and Bracklesham.
- How many listed buildings are in East Wittering and Bracklesham?
- Five listed building entries: one at Grade II* and four at Grade II.
Living in East Wittering and Bracklesham
- Who lives in East Wittering and Bracklesham?
- About 5,030 people at the 2021 Census; 31% were 65 or over, against 18% in England, and 18% of households rented privately.
- How much is council tax in East Wittering and Bracklesham?
- Band D is £2,459 for 2026 to 2027, against an average of £2,470 across Chichester district.
- Is East Wittering and Bracklesham safe?
- About 41 recorded crimes for every 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026, against 64 across Chichester district.
- How noisy is East Wittering and Bracklesham, and how clean is the air?
- 49 of its 149 postcodes (33%) are above the WHO's road noise guideline; background nitrogen dioxide is about 7 micrograms per cubic metre, under the legal limit of 40.
House prices nearby
- West Wittering: £575,000 (32 sales), September 2025 to August 2026
- West Itchenor: £846,000 (2 years, 12 sales), September 2024 to August 2026
- Birdham: £482,000 (19 sales), September 2025 to August 2026
- Bosham: £500,000 (31 sales), September 2025 to August 2026
Figures cover 149 postcodes in East Wittering and Bracklesham and only Land Registry's standard-price sales: repossessions, sales to companies and other non-standard transfers are left out. How these figures are made.