THE TOP 20 MOST EXPENSIVE MARKET TOWNS

(Average Price in Q4 2007)

1 Cookham, Berkshire, South East: £500,601

2 Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, South West: £478,781

3 Pulborough, West Sussex, South East: £470,967

4 Odiham, Hampshire, South East: £440,761

5 Whitchurch, Shropshire, West Midlands: £403,947

6 Stow-On-The-Wold, Gloucestershire, South West: £396,046

7 Shipston-On-Stour, Warwickshire, West Midlands: £384,292

8 Haslemere, Surrey, South East: £379,792

9 Cranleigh, Surrey, South East: £376,187

10 Aldeburgh, Suffolk, Eastern: £361,502

11 Henfield, West Sussex, South East: £358,555

12 Ollerton, Cheshire, North West: £356,190

13 Hawkhurst, Kent, South East: £343,903

14 Hassocks, West Sussex, South East: £332,242

15 Leatherhead, Surrey, South East: £331,359

16 Lechlade, Gloucestshire, South West: £328,982

17 Bakewell, Derbyshire, East Midlands: £326,994

18 Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, South West: £326,340

19 Storrington, West Sussex, South East: £321,728

20 Tenterden, Kent, South East: £316,797

THE TOP 5 MOST EXPENSIVE MARKET TOWNS BY REGION

(Average Price in Q4 2007)

East Anglia

1 Aldeburgh, Suffolk: £361,502

2 Tring, Hertfordshire: £310,632

3 Buntingford, Hertfordshire: £304,470

4 Holt, Norfolk: £298,559

5 Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire: £295,899

East Midlands

1 Bakewell, Derbyshire: £326,994

2 Southwell, Nottinghamshire: £290,006

3 Uppingham, Rutland: £274,057

4 Ashbourne, Derbyshire: £249,996

5 Wirksworth, Derbyshire: £230,077

North

1 Hexham, Northumberland: £235,612

2 Morpeth, Northumberland: £191,648

3 Alnwick, Northumberland: £169,939

4 Haltwhistle, Northumberland: £146,312

5 Stanhope, Durham: £140,626

North West

1 Ollerton, Cheshire: £356,190

2 Keswick, Cumbria: £287,022

3 Garstang, Lancashire: £264,196

4 Appleby-In-Westmorland, Cumbria: £202,131

5 Cockermouth, Cumbria: £200,017

West Midlands

1 Whitchurch, Shropshire: £403,947

2 Shipston-On-Stour, Warwickshire: £384,292

3 Wellington, Herefordshire: £295,769

4 Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire: £277,159

5 Craven Arms, Shropshire: £272,061

South East

1 Cookham, Berkshire: £500,601

2 Pulborough, West Sussex: £470,967

3 Odiham, Hampshire: £440,761

4 Haslemere, Surrey: £379,792

5 Cranleigh, Surrey: £376,187

South West

1 Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire: £478,781

2 Stow-On-The-Wold, Gloucestershire: £396,046

3 Lechlade, Gloucestshire: £328,982

4 Winchcombe, Gloucestershire: £326,340

5 Tetbury, Gloucestershire: £310,802

Yorks & Humberside

1 Knaresborough, North Yorkshire: £287,695

2 Harrogate, North Yorkshire: £269,553

3 Melton, East Riding: £263,483

4 Stokesley, North Yorkshire: £261,677

5 Wetherby, North Yorkshire: £259,877

Wales

1 Brecon, Powys: £200,230

MARKET TOWNS WITH THE HIGHEST HOUSE PRICE GROWTH IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS

Price rise between 2002 and 2007

1 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, East Midlands: from £37,935 to £97,198; 156% rise

2 Barnoldswick, Lancashire, North West: from £51,643 to £128,201; 148% rise

3 Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber: from £80,931 to £195,320; 141% rise

4 Padiham, Lancashire, North West: from £51,318 to £118,567; 131% rise

5 Haltwhistle, Northumberland, North East: from £63,832 to £146,312; 129% rise

6 Egremont, Cumbria, North West: from £54,787 to £121,651; 122% rise

7 Chapel-En-Le-Frith, Derbyshire, East Midlands: from £98,172 to £214,186; 118% rise

8 Howden, East Riding, Yorkshire & the Humber: from £104,957 to £228,139; 117% rise

9 Clitheroe, Lancashire, North West: from £82,046 to £174,253; 112% rise

10 Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, South West: from £227,975 to £478,781; 110% rise

Research by Knight Frank

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