West Itchenor house prices
House prices, flood zones and new building. Land Registry sales to August 2026; figures last changed 23 October 2026.
West Itchenor homes sold for a median of £846,000 between September 2024 and August 2026. That covers two years, because the latest 12 months had only six sales.
Latest update, 22 October 2026: the district price index now runs to August 2026.
- Median sold price
- £846,000
- September 2024 – August 2026, 12 sales
- Homes sold
- 6
- 6 in the 12 months before
- Flood zone 3
- 3 of 22
- postcodes; 0 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 West Itchenor sell for?
West Itchenor is a small sailing village on the south shore of Chichester Harbour, on the Manhood Peninsula. A passenger ferry crosses from its jetty to Bosham.
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 | £1,113,000 | 16 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Download these figures (CSV).
Are West Itchenor house prices going up or down?
There are too few sales in West Itchenor 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 2.7% in the year to August 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · UK House Price Index.
Is West Itchenor an expensive place to live?
Yes, by local standards. Detached houses made up 100% of its sales between September 2023 and August 2026, at a median of £1,113,000. On the government's deprivation index its two neighbourhoods sit in deciles 7 and 8, 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 West Itchenor each year?
HM Land Registry recorded 6 open-market sales in West Itchenor between September 2025 and August 2026, against 6 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 | £1,235,000 | 9 |
| 2022 | £950,000 | 9 |
| 2023 | £2,295,000 | 6 |
| 2024 | £1,030,000 | 6 |
| 2025 | £925,000 | 6 |
| 2026, January to August | £660,000 | 5 |
What locals say about West Itchenor
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.
- West Itchenor is a boating village. People come for their boats, and the houses are large and expensive, not built for the mass market.
- Locals doubt all the owners live there all year; many are there for the sailing.
- The ferry across to Bosham is a regular crossing, used by walkers and cyclists both ways. Chichester Harbour Conservancy: water taxi and ferry
West Itchenor at a glance
The short answers. Each question links to the full answer, with its figures, dates and sources.
Flooding and land in West Itchenor
- Does West Itchenor flood?
- Parts of it can: three of its 22 postcodes are in flood zone 3; 2 (9%) have high or medium risk from heavy rain.
- Will West Itchenor 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 go from three to four, and from heavy rain stay at two.
- How often does West Itchenor get flood warnings?
- Flood warnings went out for part of West Itchenor on eleven days in the ten years to June 2026, and flood alerts on 44.
- Is the coast at West Itchenor 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 West Itchenor?
- None that the Environment Agency knows of within 500 metres of a West Itchenor postcode.
Water and energy in West Itchenor
- How often does sewage spill near West Itchenor?
- One monitored storm overflow within 1.5 km spilled 22 times in 2025, for 221 hours.
- How clean is the water for swimming near West Itchenor?
- The nearest beach the Environment Agency rates is West Wittering, 4.5 km away: Excellent for 2025.
- How energy efficient are homes in West Itchenor?
- 43% 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 West Itchenor
- Can you live in West Itchenor without a car?
- It would be hard. The nearest station is Bosham, a median 4.5 km away.
Planning, new building and listed buildings in West Itchenor
- What is being built near West Itchenor?
- 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 West Itchenor?
- 22 of its 22 postcodes are in a conservation area, National Landscape or National Park, where more needs planning permission; eleven listed buildings lie in West Itchenor.
- How many listed buildings are in West Itchenor?
- Eleven listed building entries: one at Grade I, one at Grade II* and nine at Grade II.
Living in West Itchenor
- Who lives in West Itchenor?
- About 890 people at the 2021 Census; 35% were 65 or over, against 18% in England, and 15% of households rented privately.
- How much is council tax in West Itchenor?
- Band D is £2,484 for 2026 to 2027, against an average of £2,470 across Chichester district.
- Is West Itchenor safe?
- About 20 recorded crimes for every 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026, against 64 across Chichester district.
- How noisy is West Itchenor, and how clean is the air?
- Four of its 22 postcodes (18%) 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
- Birdham: £482,000 (19 sales), September 2025 to August 2026
- Bosham: £500,000 (31 sales), September 2025 to August 2026
- Chidham and Hambrook: £493,000 (26 sales), September 2025 to August 2026
- Southbourne: £405,000, September 2025 to August 2026
Figures cover 22 postcodes in West Itchenor 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.