Home buyers are paying out about one and-a-half times the typical property prices to live within one of Britain's protected green spaces, according to new research. Property firm Savills found that the average price of a property located within a National Park is £422,225, compared to the county average of £279,171. This means buyers are paying a premium of 51%.
Living within a National Landscape (formerly known as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) comes with an even higher price tag, averaging at £581,121. This translates to a 48% premium, according to Savills. In Scotland , the research revealed that buyers are paying 46% more to live in a National Scenic Area, with the average price standing at £285,175.
In some locations, buyers are paying more than double the average house price in the wider area. Chichester Harbour was found to command a particularly high house price premium compared to the county average, at 122.1%.
Homes in the Gower National Landscape in Wales also had a relatively high premium, at 121.8%. The average house price in Chichester Harbour was estimated at £983,389, compared to an average of £442,857 in the wider area.
In the Gower National Landscape, the average house price was found to be £441,585, compared to a county average of £199,110. Properties in the New Forest, the Lake District National Park and the Loch Lomond National Scenic Area were also found to be more than double the price of properties in their wider areas, on average. In t.
