That is the middle of 257 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 4.7 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
A third of Alderley Edge’s sales are detached houses
257 homes sold in three years: 76 detached houses, 71 semi-detached houses, 44 terraced houses and 66 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£906K
median sale · 76 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£700K–£1.6M
Last 12 months
£882K16 sold
Semi-detached houses£540K
median sale · 71 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£440K–£785K
Last 12 months
£512K25 sold
Terraced houses£450K
median sale · 44 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£375K–£539K
Last 12 months
£472K15 sold
Flats and maisonettes£323K
median sale · 66 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£160K–£365K
Last 12 months
£297K17 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 30% of sales
Detached houses30%
Semi-detached houses28%
Terraced houses17%
Flats and maisonettes26%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Alderley Edge’s homes sold for between £355K and £865K
One sale in ten was under £268K and one in ten over £1.3M. 9% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £525,000, sits in the £500–750K band
257 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.7 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £110,000 in 1995 to £512,000 in the last 12 months (£550,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
73 sales in the last 12 months, against 185 in 2003, the busiest year, and 58 in 2008. Sales fell by 40% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 13%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 74% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Alderley Edge costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Alderley Edge, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£198K
£290K
£510K
£590K
£735K
£890K
£882K
Semi-detached houses
£120K
£176K
£250K
£400K
£427K
£485K
£512K
Terraced houses
£83K
£149K
£280K
£320K
£309K
£435K
£472K
Flats and maisonettes
£68K
£120K
£287K
£217K
£240K
£278K
£297K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
175 new homes have been sold in Alderley Edge since 1995; the share peaked at 21% in 2005.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
48% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 29% sold leasehold in Alderley Edge. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Heyes Lane is Alderley Edge’s busiest street, with 24 sales in three years
17 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 4 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Heyes Lane
SK9
24
£687,500
Mixed
2
Moss Lane
SK9
19
£480,000
Mixed
3
Congleton Road (SK9)
SK9
14
£137,000
Mostly flats
4
Brook Lane
SK9
12
£152,500
Mostly flats
5
Redesmere Drive
SK9
9
£560,000
Mixed
6
Trafford Road
SK9
7
£925,000
Mixed
7
Wilton Crescent
SK9
7
£900,000
Mostly detached houses
8
Chorley Hall Lane
SK9
7
£538,500
Mixed
9
Davey Lane
SK9
7
£365,000
Mixed
10
Elm Crescent
SK9
7
£345,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
South Street
SK9
7
£330,500
Mostly flats
12
Crescent Road
SK9
6
£545,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
St Hilarys Park
SK9
6
£502,500
Mostly flats
14
Oakfield Road
SK9
6
£413,350
Mixed
15
Macclesfield Road
SK9
5
£2,800,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Macclesfield Road: £2,800,000
Alderley Edge median£525K
Macclesfield Road£2.8M
Trafford Road£925K
Wilton Crescent£900K
Heyes Lane£688K
Devonshire Drive£585K
Cheapest streets
Congleton Road (SK9): £137,000
Alderley Edge median£525K
Congleton Road (SK9)£137K
Brook Lane£153K
South Street£331K
Elm Crescent£345K
Davey Lane£365K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 20.4 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Cheshire
Alderley Edge is the 2nd most expensive of 46 towns in Cheshire
Alderley Edge is one of Cheshire’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Alderley Edge
What is the average house price in Alderley Edge?
The median home in Alderley Edge sold for £525,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 257 standard sales (£512,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £906,250, semi-detached houses £540,000, terraced houses £450,000 and flats and maisonettes £322,500.
Are house prices going up in Alderley Edge?
The median was £482,500 in 2025, down 19% on 2024 (£598,750), and £512,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Alderley Edge each year?
73 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 100 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Alderley Edge?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Macclesfield Road (SK9, £2,800,000), Trafford Road (SK9, £925,000) and Wilton Crescent (SK9, £900,000).
Is Alderley Edge expensive for Cheshire?
Alderley Edge is the 2nd most expensive of 46 towns of 2,500 or more in Cheshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.