Selsey house prices
House prices, flood zones and new building. Land Registry sales to September 2026. Figures last changed 2 November 2026.
Average house price in Selsey
The average (median) house price in Selsey, West Sussex, is £340,000, from 169 Land Registry sales between October 2025 and September 2026. Half sold for more and half for less.
Selsey is a seaside town at the southern tip of the Manhood Peninsula, about eight miles south of Chichester, ending at Selsey Bill. It has a small fishing fleet and an RNLI lifeboat station.
Selsey Town Council: www.selseytowncouncil.gov.uk
- Median sold price
- £340,000
- October 2025 – September 2026, 169 sales
- Homes sold
- 169
- 201 in the 12 months before
- Flood zone 3
- 85 of 360
- postcodes; 14 more in zone 2
- Chichester district index
- −2.7%
- year to August 2026
Sales from August and September 2026 are still being registered with Land Registry, so the latest counts will rise.
Prices by type of home in Selsey
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 | £410,000 | 249 |
| Semi-detached | £320,000 | 185 |
| Terraced | £295,000 | 86 |
| Flat | £167,000 | 53 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Download these figures (CSV).
Are Selsey house prices going up or down?
The median slipped about 1% on the year before, from £343,000. 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 Selsey expensive?
Not especially, for the area: Selsey's median of £340,000 is about 21% below the £428,000 average on the official index for Chichester district. That index adjusts for the mix of homes sold, so this is a guide rather than a like-for-like comparison. Per square metre of floor space, homes sold for a median of £3,960, from the 160 of 169 sales matched to an energy certificate's floor area. Detached houses made up 43% of its sales between October 2023 and September 2026, at a median of £410,000. On the government's deprivation index its seven neighbourhoods sit between deciles 4 and 7, 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 Selsey each year?
HM Land Registry recorded 169 open-market sales in Selsey between October 2025 and September 2026, against 201 in the 12 months before. Nine of them were new builds.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
Sales year by year
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
- 2026to Sep
| 2021 | £329,000 | 298 |
| 2022 | £350,000 | 220 |
| 2023 | £343,000 | 192 |
| 2024 | £343,000 | 209 |
| 2025 | £350,000 | 207 |
| 2026, January to September | £330,000 | 103 |
Streets by median price: the 44 with five or more sales
| East Beach Road | £635,000 | 7 |
| James Street | £465,000 | 6 |
| Coxswain Way | £458,000 | 6 |
| Seal Road | £447,000 | 6 |
| Sunnymead Drive | £440,000 | 7 |
| Hubble Close | £425,000 | 5 |
| Lifeboat Way | £421,000 | 5 |
| West Street | £406,000 | 8 |
| Hunnisett Close | £405,000 | 5 |
| Tythe Barn Road | £405,000 | 6 |
| Grove Road | £400,000 | 5 |
| Canadian Crescent | £395,000 | 5 |
| Lewis Road | £395,000 | 6 |
| Albion Road | £385,000 | 7 |
| Grafton Road | £385,000 | 9 |
| St Itha Close | £385,000 | 5 |
| The Horseshoe | £385,000 | 5 |
| Munday Road | £363,000 | 14 |
| Ferguson Drive | £349,000 | 6 |
| Fontwell Road | £348,000 | 6 |
| Lawrence Close | £345,000 | 5 |
| Cockayne Way | £342,000 | 10 |
| Wellington Gardens | £341,000 | 10 |
| Acorn Close | £339,000 | 6 |
| Halleys Path | £332,000 | 5 |
| Roundstone Way | £326,000 | 6 |
| Kingsway | £325,000 | 7 |
| Manor Lane | £325,000 | 9 |
| Townsend Drive | £325,000 | 5 |
| Beach Road | £320,000 | 5 |
| Drift Road | £320,000 | 9 |
| Windsor Road | £315,000 | 5 |
| East Street | £303,000 | 16 |
| Gainsborough Drive | £300,000 | 22 |
| Lingfield Way | £300,000 | 5 |
| Glen Crescent | £294,000 | 8 |
| Merryfield Drive | £293,000 | 6 |
| Marine Drive | £290,000 | 8 |
| Wheatfield Road | £290,000 | 5 |
| Clayton Road | £276,000 | 10 |
| High Street | £243,000 | 11 |
| Manor Road | £210,000 | 15 |
| The Willows | £153,000 | 9 |
| Hillfield Road | £149,000 | 12 |
Selsey at a glance
The short answers. Each question links to the full answer, with its figures, dates and sources.
Selsey flooding and flood risk
- Does Selsey flood?
- Parts of it can: 85 of its 360 postcodes are in flood zone 3, and 14 more in zone 2; 125 (35%) have high or medium risk from heavy rain.
- Will Selsey 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 69 to 141, and from heavy rain go from 125 to 174.
- How often does Selsey get flood warnings?
- Flood warnings went out for part of Selsey on two days in the ten years to June 2026, and flood alerts on 20.
- Is the coast at Selsey 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 Selsey?
- The Environment Agency records four old landfill sites within 500 metres of a Selsey postcode; twelve postcodes (3%) are on or within 250 metres of one.
Selsey water quality, swimming and sewage
- How often does sewage spill near Selsey?
- Six monitored storm overflows within 1.5 km spilled 52 times in 2025, for 498 hours. Some monitors have gaps, so the true count may be higher.
- How clean is the water for swimming near Selsey?
- The nearest beach the Environment Agency rates is Selsey, 1.4 km away: Excellent for 2025.
- How energy efficient are homes in Selsey?
- 43% of its homes with a certificate are rated C or better, against 50% across the Chichester area; the most common rating is D.
Selsey trains, buses, doctors and schools
- Can you live in Selsey 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 without crossing the water is Chichester, a median 11.0 km away.
Selsey new builds, planning and conservation area
- What is being built near Selsey?
- Land Registry has recorded 81 sales of newly built homes since January 2022; the brownfield register lists two sites nearby.
- Can I extend or alter a home in Selsey?
- 15 of its 360 postcodes are in a conservation area, National Landscape or National Park, where more needs planning permission; 70 listed buildings lie in Selsey.
- How many listed buildings are in Selsey?
- 70 listed building entries: one at Grade I and 69 at Grade II.
Living in Selsey
- Who lives in Selsey?
- About 10,900 people at the 2021 Census; 37% were 65 or over, against 18% in England, and 15% of households rented privately.
- How much is council tax in Selsey?
- Band D is £2,524 for 2026 to 2027, against an average of £2,470 across Chichester district.
- Is Selsey safe?
- About 54 recorded crimes for every 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026, against 64 across Chichester district.
- How noisy is Selsey, and how clean is the air?
- 101 of its 360 postcodes (28%) 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
- East Wittering and Bracklesham: £435,000, October 2025 to September 2026
- Birdham: £478,000 (20 sales), October 2025 to September 2026
- Donnington: £523,000 (33 sales), October 2025 to September 2026
- West Wittering: £560,000 (33 sales), October 2025 to September 2026
Figures cover 360 postcodes in Selsey 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.