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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Simon Goodley

EXPLAINED: Properties in uk national parks command 24 premium study finds - The Real Truth

The high street in Lyndhurst, including the Stag hotel
The town of Lyndhurst in the New Forest, which remains the most expensive national park in which to buy a house, according to the building society. Photograph: Greg Balfour Evans/Alamy

Housebuyers are paying a premium of almost a quarter to own a property located within a UK national park, with the New Forest the most expensive national park to live in, according to Britain’s biggest building society.

Nationwide found that a property located within a national park cost 24% more on average than a similar property elsewhere, while buyers were also stumping up a 6% premium for homes within three miles of a national park.

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