Hamlet Park
From£425,000
- 3-5 beds
- 2-3 baths
Development in Gillingham, Medway ME8 7FR
Deposit contribution, on 5 of 31 homes · 2 more
RedrowLiving in Gillingham
Living in Gillingham, a town in Medway, South East: its new homes, prices and builders, the neighbourhoods, schools and people, and what buying here costs, from today's listings and the official records.
- New homes for sale
- 21
- Developments
- 3
- Middle price
- £615,000
- Builders
- 3
Listings updated 12 Nov 2026
Hamlet ParkRedrow
Wakeley MeadowBellway
Orchard ViewEsquire DevelopmentsAbout Gillingham
Gillingham is a town in Medway, in north Kent, forming one conurbation with neighbouring Chatham, Rochester, Strood and Rainham. It grew as homes spread along the road from Brompton to the railway station, along the shore road by The Strand and along Watling Street, until these communities merged with the small village of Gillingham into one town.
Gillingham appears in the Domesday Book of 1086. Much of Chatham Dockyard lay within its boundaries, and the dockyard was the main employer until it closed as a naval base in 1984. The Chatham Lines, built by 1758 to guard the dockyard, are now part of the Great Lines Heritage Park, and the town, then called New Brompton, grew as homes for dockyard workers spread. Brompton Barracks has been central to the Royal Engineers since 1812, and their museum is in its Ravelin Building of 1905.
Riverside Country Park covers about 250 acres beside the Medway estuary between Gillingham and Rainham, with mudflats, salt marsh, reed beds and grassland. The Strand Leisure Park has an open-air swimming pool on the banks of the Medway, and the town has its own marina.
Gillingham station, opened in 1858 as New Brompton, is on the Chatham Main Line between Chatham and Rainham, with trains to London Victoria and London St Pancras. The Medway Tunnel, opened in 1996, links the town with Strood and the M2, and the A278 Hoath Way runs to junction 4 of the M2.
Written by NewHomeSearch and checked on 11 Nov 2026 against: Wikipedia: Gillingham, Kent; Wikipedia: Royal Engineers Museum; Wikipedia: Riverside Country Park; Wikipedia: Gillingham railway station (Kent)
Gillingham in brief
Gillingham has 21 new homes for sale today across 3 developments from 3 builders, priced from £334,995 to £815,000. The middle asking price is £615,000.
That middle price is 22% above the South East middle of £504,725 and 54% above England's £399,995, across the new homes for sale in each.
Gillingham sits in Medway, the council that sets its council tax, runs its planning and is named on its Your First Home cap.
Where the new homes are
Every development with homes for sale in Gillingham, at its lowest price, inside its boundary.
Boundaries from the ONS; map data from Ordnance Survey OS Open Zoomstack.
New homes in Gillingham
4-bedroom homes are the most common, 62% of those for sale and 100% are houses. 9 homes came on the market in the last 30 days. Where the floor area is stated, the middle price is £433 a square foot.
Redrow
Wakeley Meadow
From£334,995
- 2-4 beds
- 2 baths
- 755-1,338 sq ft
Development in Gillingham, Medway ME8 8GS
Assisted move, on every home
Bellway
Orchard View
From£575,000
- 2-5 beds
- 1-3 baths
- 690-2,093 sq ft
Development in Cliffe Woods, Medway ME3 8JQ
Flooring, on 1 of 79 homes
Esquire DevelopmentsNew build prices in Gillingham
The middle asking price of the homes for sale, by bedrooms and by kind of home.
New homes listed with HomePortfolio and on the builders’ own sites, today.
How Gillingham compares
Sold prices, people, schools and costs, ranked among the council areas of England and Wales.
Medway among the council areas
Gillingham is in Medway, and these are the council area's figures. Each figure is placed among up to 318 council areas, from the lowest on the left to the highest on the right.
- Residents under fifteen19%42nd highest of 318
- Share of sales that were new homes0%46th lowest of 318
- Residents aged sixty-five and over16%72nd lowest of 318
- Council tax, band D£2,32974th lowest of 296
- Crimes recorded per thousand residents10887th highest of 318
- State schools judged good or better93%80th highest of 296
Market trends against South East
How Medway fares among the council areas of South East on homes sold in the last twelve months.
- Middle sold price£310,00010th lowest of 64 in the region
- Price change in a year0.0%29th highest of 64 in the region
- Homes sold per thousand households2619th lowest of 64 in the region
Sold prices from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, people from the ONS Census, schools from Ofsted and the Department for Education, crime from data.police.uk, all via HomePortfolio, measured 10 Nov 2026.
Builders in Gillingham
Redrow Homes has the most new homes for sale in Gillingham: 14 homes across 1 development, from £425,000. Bellway and Esquire Developments have the next most.
- Redrow Homes1 development14 homesFrom £425,000
- Bellway1 development6 homesFrom £334,995
- Esquire Developments1 development1 homeFrom £655,000
New homes listed with HomePortfolio and on the builders’ own sites, today.
What buying in Gillingham costs
At the middle asking price of £615,000, a home mover would pay £20,750 in stamp duty and a first-time buyer £20,750, on the rates in force today. A 5% deposit on that price is £30,750 and a 10% deposit £61,500. 24% of the homes for sale are priced at or under £500,000, the limit for first-time buyer relief. The Your First Home price cap in Medway is £420,000: 3 homes for sale here are under it. 10 homes have a builder-stated incentive, most often assisted move, stamp duty paid and deposit contribution.
Before tax
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Everyday life near the new homes
What is within 1 mile of the 3 developments with the most homes.
Where to live in Gillingham
The best place depends on what you need, so this compares rather than ranks: each neighbourhood and town with its new homes for sale today and their middle price.
Other towns in Medway
Best places to live in Gillingham? The neighbourhoods compared
Living in Gillingham: your questions
Answered from today's listings and the official rules.
How many new homes are for sale in Gillingham?
21 new homes are for sale in Gillingham today, across 3 developments from 3 builders.
Is Gillingham a good place to live?
That depends on what you need from a place, so this guide sets out the figures rather than a verdict. For a new home, Gillingham has 21 new homes for sale across 3 developments, the middle asking price £615,000 (22% above the South East middle). The guide also shows the schools near the new homes and their Ofsted outcomes, the people from the census, recorded crime, the everyday places within reach and what buying costs here.
What is the average price of a new build home in Gillingham?
The middle asking price of the new homes for sale in Gillingham is £615,000, and the lowest is £334,995. By bedrooms: 2 bedrooms £339,995, 3 bedrooms £487,500, 4 bedrooms £655,000, 5+ bedrooms £735,000.
Which builders are building new homes in Gillingham?
Redrow Homes, Bellway and Esquire Developments have new homes for sale in Gillingham today.
Which development in Gillingham has the most homes for sale?
Hamlet Park by Redrow, with 14 homes for sale from £425,000. Then Wakeley Meadow by Bellway and Orchard View by Esquire Developments.
How much is stamp duty on a new build in Gillingham?
On the middle asking price of £615,000, a home mover pays £20,750 and a first-time buyer £20,750, on the rates in force today. First-time buyer relief applies to homes priced at or under £500,000.
Are there new build incentives in Gillingham?
Yes: 10 homes for sale in Gillingham have a builder-stated incentive, most often assisted move (6), stamp duty paid (2) and deposit contribution (1).
What are the best places to live in Gillingham for new homes?
That depends on what you need from a place, so the guide compares its neighbourhoods rather than ranking them. By new homes for sale, the most are in Rainham North (20 homes, middle £612,500), Twydall (1 home, middle £655,000). Of them, the lowest middle price is in Rainham North.
Which neighbourhoods in Gillingham have new homes?
Rainham North (20) and Twydall (1) have the most new homes for sale.
What is the Your First Home price cap in Medway?
£420,000. 3 new homes for sale in Gillingham are under it today. The scheme is not open yet: its rules are on the scheme's page.