Kenilworth second as Stratford tops Warwickshire house price ranking

Stratford-upon-Avon is Warwickshire’s most expensive town to buy a house in, with an average property price of £454,470, according to HM Land Registry data reported by Nub News. Kenilworth, which previously held the top spot, is now second at £445,143, while the county average stands at £355,639.

Stratford takes Warwickshire’s top price spot

The ranking puts Stratford-upon-Avon ahead of Kenilworth on the average price of homes sold over the past year, ending in August 2026. It is a change at the top of the county’s property price list, rather than evidence on its own of how prices have moved in either town.

Kenilworth’s previous position as the most expensive town provides the local context. Although it no longer leads the ranking, its average remains above the Warwickshire figure, as does Stratford’s.

The comparison is specifically about average sale prices. It does not establish that every property in Stratford costs more than an equivalent home in Kenilworth, or that all homes in either town sell above the county average.

For readers comparing the two places, the figures offer a town-level benchmark. They are not a valuation of a particular house or a price guide broken down by property type.

Key Warwickshire house price figures

The reported figures and the scope of the ranking are set out below. The source summary names the two leading towns but does not give the names or individual averages for the other eight places in the top ten.

The county figure gives a wider reference point for the two town averages. It should not be read as the average for the ten most expensive towns, which is not supplied.

Sales period behind the house prices

The data covers house sales over a year, concluding at the end of August 2026. Nub News published its report on 21 September 2026, so the publication date is separate from the period covered by the transactions.

That timing matters when interpreting the figures. These are averages drawn from a year of sales, not prices for August alone and not a snapshot of homes advertised on the publication date.

The summary does not provide a month-by-month breakdown. It therefore cannot show whether either town became more or less expensive during the final month of the period, or when Stratford moved ahead of Kenilworth.

Nor does the report give the date or average price associated with Kenilworth’s previous first-place ranking. The supported comparison is that Kenilworth held the top spot before and ranks second in the latest reported list. A percentage rise or fall in its house prices cannot be established from those details.

Southern Warwickshire dominates the top ten

All ten of Warwickshire’s most expensive towns in the reported ranking are in the south of the county. The geographical pattern therefore extends beyond Stratford-upon-Avon and Kenilworth at the top of the list.

This is a finding about where the highest town averages are concentrated. It does not give a separate average for southern Warwickshire, or provide a direct comparison between the northern and southern parts of the county as a whole.

Without the remaining town names and prices, it is also not possible to show how closely the other eight places sit behind the leaders. The available material supports the top-two comparison and the location of all ten towns, but not a complete league table.

Readers looking for the cheapest Warwickshire town will not find that answer in this summary. Its focus is the most expensive end of the town ranking.

What this means for Kenilworth

For Kenilworth buyers and sellers, the clearest local takeaway is that the town remains near the top of Warwickshire’s house price ranking. Its second-place position changes its standing relative to Stratford, but does not by itself demonstrate that local homes have become cheaper.

The £445,143 average gives residents a reference point for sales across the town during the reported year. Anyone using it to consider an individual property would still need information that this summary does not supply, including a breakdown of prices for comparable homes.

The practical distinctions are:

• Buyers can use the average as a broad town-level comparison, not as the expected price of every available home.
• Sellers should not interpret second place as evidence that their own property has lost value.
• Residents can distinguish Kenilworth’s position in the county ranking from changes in prices over time.

There is no information here about the number of homes sold in Kenilworth, how long properties took to sell or the prices sellers initially sought. The ranking consequently offers no direct measure of how easy it was to buy or sell locally during the year.

What the averages cannot tell buyers

An average brings together sales into a single figure. Without a breakdown, it does not reveal how prices vary within a town or how much of the recorded sales activity involved different kinds of homes.

The source summary does not separate flats from houses, give figures by bedroom count or compare particular streets. It cannot establish which town would be cheaper for a buyer seeking a specific type of property.

Affordability is another question the ranking does not answer. No household income, deposit or mortgage information is supplied, so the figures cannot show what a typical Kenilworth household could afford.

The material also gives no explanation for Stratford taking first place and no forecast for the next reporting period. Attributing the change to demand, housing supply or any other cause would go beyond the available evidence.