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@h2o
£200 for a Langster seems reasonable.
You can build a fixie second-hand for cheaper if you take your time and are disciplined about it. I ended up throwing money at new parts off Ebay in impatience, ended up spending about £400 in total. Learnt more about bikes than I would ever have done from a book doing it, though, so it was worth it in that respect. If you're relatively price insensitive, I'd go the DIY option and have fun learning. There's also a very nice feeling you get when you look at the bike in the morning and remember 'I made that!'
Riding fixed will improve your pedalling technique and cadence, so the chances are you'll end up going faster on your road bike too if you ride fixed for a while. What happened to me at any rate (was partly the idea...)