Rooms with a view with property buyers, beauty, like everything else, has a price
New research shows what we would probably all have guessed - that owning a property in one of the UK's 12 national parks can add serious money to a property - up to 70% more than the average in an area.
And perhaps we'd also have guessed that it's the national parks in the south of the country that add the most money to a property.
The research, carried out by estate agents Haart, reveals that the average price of a property in the most popular national parks are 40% higher than in surrounding areas.
The biggest difference was in Dulverton on Exmoor, where property was 76% more expensive than the average in the region.
In second and third places were towns in the New Forest and Dartmoor - with Lyndhurst's average property price at £352,800 - 64% more than the regional average - and Bovey Tracey's at £257,000 - 58% more than the regional average.
| Property Prices in UK National Parks |
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| Location | Average Price in Region | Price in Park | Variation |
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| Dulverton, Exmoor, Devon | £163,000 | £287,000 | 76.1% |
| Lyndhurst, New Forest, Hampshire | £214,900 | £352,800 | 64.2% |
| BoveyTracey, Dartmoor, Devon | £163,000 | £257,000 | 58% |
| Windermere, Lake District, Cumbria | £126,800 | £194,000 | 53% |
| Castleton, Peak District, Derbyshire | £126,000 | £190,300 | 51% |
| Wroxham, The Broads, Norfolk | £138,500 | £187,900 | 35.7% |
| Kirknewton, Northumberland | £123,800 | £166,300 | 34% |
| Ripon, Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire | £166,400 | £213,300 | 28.2% |
| Helmsley, North York Moors | £166,400 | £209,500 | 25.9% |
| Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, South Wales | £125,300 | £151,000 | 20.5% |
| Brecon, Brecon Beacons, South Wales | £125,300 | £150,360 | 20.0% |
| Llanwrst, Snowdonia, North Wales | £119,300 | £143,160 | 20.0% |
Russell Jervis, Managing Director of Haart said: 'This research reveals the extent the desirability of living in any of the twelve National Parks in England and Wales has on the housing economy, which interestingly conforms to the North-South property divide.
'People in the South have to pay a higher price for beauty as the demand is much higher and there is relatively much less protected land.'
So, with prices in these areas already inflated, are these good locations in which to invest? We believe so - such locations will become increasingly hard to find within the UK and demand can only increase.
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