West Wittering house prices
House prices, flood zones and new building. Land Registry sales to August 2026; figures last changed 23 October 2026.
West Wittering homes sold for a median of £575,000 between September 2025 and August 2026. That rests on 32 sales, so a couple of big houses can move it a long way.
Latest update, 22 October 2026: the district price index now runs to August 2026.
- Median sold price
- £575,000
- September 2025 – August 2026, 32 sales
- Homes sold
- 32
- 57 in the 12 months before
- Flood zone 3
- 11 of 98
- postcodes; 11 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 Wittering sell for?
West Wittering is a village at the mouth of Chichester Harbour, on the Manhood Peninsula, known for its sandy beach and East Head, the sand spit at the harbour entrance.
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 | £775,000 | 91 |
| Semi-detached | £400,000 | 29 |
| Terraced | £380,000 | 7 |
| Flat | £264,000 | 6 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Download these figures (CSV).
Are West Wittering house prices going up or down?
With only 32 sales, it's too early to call a trend. The median slipped about 3% on the year before, from £595,000. 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 West Wittering an expensive place to live?
Yes, by local standards. Detached houses made up 68% of its sales between September 2023 and August 2026, at a median of £775,000. On the government's deprivation index its two neighbourhoods both sit in decile 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 West Wittering each year?
HM Land Registry recorded 32 open-market sales in West Wittering between September 2025 and August 2026, against 57 in the 12 months before. Two of them were new builds.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
Sales year by year
| 2021 | £650,000 | 73 |
| 2022 | £750,000 | 58 |
| 2023 | £581,000 | 40 |
| 2024 | £610,000 | 53 |
| 2025 | £638,000 | 42 |
| 2026, January to August | £535,000 | 19 |
What locals say about West Wittering
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.
- It is busy all year: beach crowds in summer, and surfers through the winter.
- Beach parking has to be booked online by 11pm the day before. Once the car park's daily limit is reached, anyone without a booking is turned away. West Wittering Estate: parking
- The beach has been in local hands since 1952, when a group of residents bought 167 acres, foreshore included, to stop a holiday complex being built. The company they formed is now West Wittering Estate. West Wittering Parish Council: recent history
- Summer brings the traffic and the crowds. The beach car park is enormous and still fills up.
West Wittering at a glance
The short answers. Each question links to the full answer, with its figures, dates and sources.
Flooding and land in West Wittering
- Does West Wittering flood?
- Parts of it can: eleven of its 98 postcodes are in flood zone 3, and eleven more in zone 2; 25 (26%) have high or medium risk from heavy rain.
- Will West Wittering 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 18 to 31, and from heavy rain go from 25 to 34.
- How often does West Wittering get flood warnings?
- Flood warnings went out for part of West Wittering on none days in the ten years to June 2026, and flood alerts on eight.
- Is the coast at West Wittering 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 Wittering?
- None that the Environment Agency knows of within 500 metres of a West Wittering postcode.
Water and energy in West Wittering
- How often does sewage spill near West Wittering?
- No monitored storm overflow lies within 1.5 km of a West Wittering postcode, on the 2025 returns.
- How clean is the water for swimming near West Wittering?
- The nearest beach the Environment Agency rates is West Wittering, 2.4 km away: Excellent for 2025.
- How energy efficient are homes in West Wittering?
- 42% 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 Wittering
- Can you live in West Wittering 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 7.9 km away.
Planning, new building and listed buildings in West Wittering
- What is being built near West Wittering?
- Land Registry has recorded 2 sales of newly built homes since January 2022.
- Can I extend or alter a home in West Wittering?
- 22 of its 98 postcodes are in a conservation area, National Landscape or National Park, where more needs planning permission; 29 listed buildings lie in West Wittering.
- How many listed buildings are in West Wittering?
- 29 listed building entries: one at Grade I, one at Grade II* and 27 at Grade II.
Living in West Wittering
- Who lives in West Wittering?
- About 2,770 people at the 2021 Census; 40% were 65 or over, against 18% in England, and 16% of households rented privately.
- How much is council tax in West Wittering?
- Band D is £2,450 for 2026 to 2027, against an average of £2,470 across Chichester district.
- Is West Wittering safe?
- About 39 recorded crimes for every 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026, against 64 across Chichester district.
- How noisy is West Wittering, and how clean is the air?
- 22 of its 98 postcodes (22%) 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 Itchenor: £846,000 (2 years, 12 sales), September 2024 to August 2026
- Birdham: £482,000 (19 sales), September 2025 to August 2026
- Chidham and Hambrook: £493,000 (26 sales), September 2025 to August 2026
- Bosham: £500,000 (31 sales), September 2025 to August 2026
Figures cover 98 postcodes in West Wittering 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.