Westbourne
House prices, flood zones and new building. Land Registry sales to August 2026; figures last changed 20 October 2026.
Westbourne homes sold for a median of £515,000 between September 2025 and August 2026. That rests on 40 sales, so a couple of big houses can move it a long way.
- Median sold price
- £515,000
- September 2025 – August 2026
- Homes sold
- 40
- 31 in the 12 months before
- Flood zone 3
- 4 of 91
- postcodes; 3 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 Westbourne sell for?
Westbourne is a village on the River Ems, on the West Sussex side of the county border, just north of Emsworth.
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 | £640,000 | 31 |
| Semi-detached | £450,000 | 29 |
| Terraced | £355,000 | 27 |
| Flat | £159,000 | 8 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Download these figures (CSV).
Are Westbourne house prices going up or down?
With only 40 sales, it's too early to call a trend. The median rose about 17% on the year before, up from £440,000. 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 Westbourne an expensive place to live?
Yes, by local standards. Detached houses made up 33% of its sales between September 2023 and August 2026, at a median of £640,000. On the government's deprivation index its one neighbourhood sits in decile 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 Westbourne each year?
HM Land Registry recorded 40 open-market sales in Westbourne between September 2025 and August 2026, against 31 in the 12 months before. Five of them were new builds.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
Sales year by year
| 2021 | £428,000 | 45 |
| 2022 | £421,000 | 36 |
| 2023 | £410,000 | 22 |
| 2024 | £420,000 | 25 |
| 2025 | £440,000 | 36 |
| 2026, January to August | £505,000 | 24 |
What locals say about Westbourne
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.
- People in Westbourne feel West Sussex, not Hampshire, even with Emsworth and the county border just down the road.
- Locals call it a quaint little village, with a good bakery and a good garage. It is one of a ring of small villages around Emsworth.
Westbourne at a glance
The short answers. Each question links to the full answer, with its figures, dates and sources.
Flooding and land in Westbourne
- Does Westbourne flood?
- Parts of it can: four of its 91 postcodes are in flood zone 3, and three more in zone 2; 40 (44%) have high or medium risk from heavy rain.
- Will Westbourne 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 four to six, and from heavy rain go from 40 to 44.
- How often does Westbourne get flood warnings?
- Flood warnings went out for part of Westbourne on one day in the ten years to June 2026, and flood alerts on ten.
- Are there old landfill sites near Westbourne?
- The Environment Agency records four old landfill sites within 500 metres of a Westbourne postcode; 31 postcodes (34%) are on or within 250 metres of one.
Water and energy in Westbourne
- How often does sewage spill near Westbourne?
- One monitored storm overflow within 1.5 km spilled 0 times in 2025.
- How clean is the water for swimming near Westbourne?
- The nearest beach the Environment Agency rates is West Wittering, 9.7 km away: Excellent for 2025.
- How energy efficient are homes in Westbourne?
- 47% 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 Westbourne
- Can you live in Westbourne without a car?
- Day to day, perhaps, because the basics are within a walk, but getting further afield is hard without one. The nearest station is Emsworth, a median 1.7 km away.
Planning and new building in Westbourne
- What is being built near Westbourne?
- Land Registry has recorded 7 sales of newly built homes since January 2022.
- Can I extend or alter a home in Westbourne?
- 29 of its 91 postcodes are in a conservation area, National Landscape or National Park, where more needs planning permission; 57 listed buildings lie within 100 metres.
Living in Westbourne
- Who lives in Westbourne?
- About 2,390 people at the 2021 Census; 24% were 65 or over, against 18% in England, and 15% of households rented privately.
- How much is council tax in Westbourne?
- Band D is £2,524 for 2026 to 2027, against an average of £2,470 across Chichester district.
- Is Westbourne safe?
- About 32 recorded crimes for every 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026, against 64 across Chichester district.
- How noisy is Westbourne, and how clean is the air?
- 37 of its 91 postcodes (41%) are above the WHO's road noise guideline; background nitrogen dioxide is about 9 micrograms per cubic metre, under the legal limit of 40.
Figures cover 91 postcodes in Westbourne 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.