Funtington
House prices, flood zones and new building. Land Registry sales to August 2026; figures last changed 20 October 2026.
Funtington homes sold for a median of £750,000 between September 2024 and August 2026. That covers two years, because the latest 12 months had only nine sales.
- Median sold price
- £750,000
- September 2024 – August 2026
- Homes sold
- 9
- 17 in the 12 months before
- Flood zone 3
- 0 of 86
- postcodes; 0 more in zone 2
- Chichester district index
- −1.4%
- year to July 2026
Sales from July and August 2026 are still being registered with Land Registry, so the latest counts will rise.
What do homes in Funtington sell for?
Funtington parish lies inland, north-west of Chichester at the foot of the South Downs, and takes in Funtington, West Ashling and East Ashling.
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 | £1,035,000 | 23 |
| Semi-detached | £674,000 | 6 |
| Terraced | £399,000 | 6 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Download these figures (CSV).
Are Funtington house prices going up or down?
There are too few sales in Funtington to compare one year with the next. The steadier guide is the official index for Chichester district, which adjusts for the kind of homes sold: it fell 1.4% in the year to July 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · UK House Price Index.
Is Funtington an expensive place to live?
Yes, by local standards. Detached houses made up 66% of its sales between September 2023 and August 2026, at a median of £1,035,000. On the government's deprivation index its two neighbourhoods sit in deciles 4 and 5, 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 Funtington each year?
HM Land Registry recorded 9 open-market sales in Funtington between September 2025 and August 2026, against 17 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 | £810,000 | 35 |
| 2022 | £610,000 | 19 |
| 2023 | £708,000 | 16 |
| 2024 | £875,000 | 12 |
| 2025 | £750,000 | 19 |
| 2026, January to August | £520,000 | 3 |
What locals say about Funtington
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.
- Of the parish's three villages, Funtington is the one buyers want. Locals put that down to its standing and its good roads.
- Funtington lies inside the South Downs National Park, where new building is tightly limited, so few new homes go up. South Downs Local Plan policies map: Funtington
- East Ashling is a small place, and its one pub is the Horse and Groom. CAMRA: Horse and Groom, East Ashling
Funtington at a glance
The short answers. Each question links to the full answer, with its figures, dates and sources.
Flooding and land in Funtington
- Does Funtington flood?
- Very little from rivers and the sea: none of its 86 postcodes is in flood zone 3; 25 (29%) have high or medium risk from heavy rain.
- Will Funtington flood more in future?
- A little more: on the Environment Agency's climate change scenario, postcodes at high or medium risk from rivers and the sea stay at none, and from heavy rain go from 25 to 29.
- How often does Funtington get flood warnings?
- No flood warning area covers Funtington, so the Environment Agency does not issue flood warnings for it.
- Are there old landfill sites near Funtington?
- The Environment Agency records twelve old landfill sites within 500 metres of a Funtington postcode; seven postcodes (8%) are on or within 250 metres of one.
Water and energy in Funtington
- How often does sewage spill near Funtington?
- Two monitored storm overflows within 1.5 km spilled 11 times in 2025, for 64 hours.
- How clean is the water for swimming near Funtington?
- The nearest beach the Environment Agency rates is West Wittering, 10.8 km away: Excellent for 2025.
- How energy efficient are homes in Funtington?
- 29% of its homes with a certificate are rated C or better, against 50% across the Chichester area; the most common rating is D.
Getting around Funtington
- Can you live in Funtington without a car?
- It would be hard. The nearest station is Bosham, a median 2.4 km away.
Planning and new building in Funtington
- What is being built near Funtington?
- Land Registry has recorded no sales of newly built homes since January 2022, though new estates take months to appear.
- Can I extend or alter a home in Funtington?
- 61 of its 86 postcodes are in a conservation area, National Landscape or National Park, where more needs planning permission; 56 listed buildings lie within 100 metres.
Living in Funtington
- Who lives in Funtington?
- About 1,530 people at the 2021 Census; 31% were 65 or over, against 18% in England, and 16% of households rented privately.
- How much is council tax in Funtington?
- Band D is £2,426 for 2026 to 2027, against an average of £2,470 across Chichester district.
- Is Funtington safe?
- About 65 recorded crimes for every 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026, against 64 across Chichester district.
- How noisy is Funtington, and how clean is the air?
- 34 of its 86 postcodes (40%) are above the WHO's road noise guideline; background nitrogen dioxide is about 7 micrograms per cubic metre, under the legal limit of 40.
Figures cover 86 postcodes in Funtington 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.