That is the middle of 670 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 5.3 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.
670 homes sold in three years: 294 detached houses, 205 semi-detached houses, 110 terraced houses and 61 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£391K
median sale · 294 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£340K–£488K
Last 12 months
£388K100 sold
New build
£365K
Semi-detached houses£265K
median sale · 205 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£205K–£310K
Last 12 months
£258K56 sold
New build
£271K
Terraced houses£190K
median sale · 110 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£155K–£244K
Last 12 months
£200K27 sold
Flats and maisonettes£133K
median sale · 61 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£124K–£146K
Last 12 months
£132K14 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 44% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses44%
Semi-detached houses31%
Terraced houses16%
Flats and maisonettes9%
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 Davenham’s homes sold for between £195K and £390K
One sale in ten was under £140K and one in ten over £507K. 34% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £300,572, sits in the £300–400K band
670 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.3 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £60,000 in 1995 to £319,196 in the last 12 months (£260,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
197 sales in the last 12 months, against 482 in 2002, the busiest year, and 143 in 2009. Sales fell by 58% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Davenham costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Davenham, 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
£85K
£132K
£265K
£240K
£266K
£335K
£388K
Semi-detached houses
£53K
£74K
£155K
£165K
£171K
£205K
£258K
Terraced houses
£38K
£47K
£114K
£125K
£155K
£137K
£200K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£85K
£122K
£115K
£105K
£120K
£132K
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
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
1,879 new homes have been sold in Davenham since 1995; the share peaked at 60% in 1996.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £329,895
against £290,250 for a home sold on, 14% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 5.4% sold leasehold in Davenham. 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
London Road is Davenham’s busiest street, with 41 sales in three years
37 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 11 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
London Road
CW9
41
£335,000
Mixed
2
Collegiate Drive
CW9
39
£329,796
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Sandbach Drive
CW9
33
£138,500
Mostly flats
4
Hartford Road
CW9
30
£293,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Rochester Lane
CW9
25
£322,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Church Street
CW9
17
£295,000
Mixed
7
Wrenbury Drive
CW9
16
£132,250
Mostly flats
8
Main Road
CW9
14
£238,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Old Hall Road
CW9
14
£187,500
Mixed
10
Regent Street
CW9
12
£147,750
Mostly terraced houses
11
Mere Bank
CW9
11
£387,500
Mostly detached houses
12
Blakemere Drive
CW9
9
£155,000
Mixed
13
Hill Top Grange
CW9
8
£386,250
Mostly detached houses
14
Blandford Drive
CW9
8
£310,000
Mixed
15
Bollington Avenue
CW9
8
£300,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Chelford Drive: £540,000
Davenham median£301K
Chelford Drive£540K
Monarch Drive£498K
Waystead Close£460K
Wildings Grove£453K
Ravencroft Street£410K
Cheapest streets
Harthill Close: £126,000
Davenham median£301K
Harthill Close£126K
Wrenbury Drive£132K
Sandbach Drive£139K
Regent Street£148K
Blakemere Drive£155K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.3 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
Davenham is the 18th most expensive of 46 towns in Cheshire
Davenham is in the middle of Cheshire’s 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 Davenham
What is the average house price in Davenham?
The median home in Davenham sold for £300,572 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 670 standard sales (£319,196 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £391,220, semi-detached houses £264,995, terraced houses £190,000 and flats and maisonettes £133,000.
Are house prices going up in Davenham?
The median was £317,186 in 2025, up 9% on 2024 (£290,000), and £319,196 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 Davenham each year?
197 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 257 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Davenham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Chelford Drive (CW9, £540,000), Monarch Drive (CW9, £497,500) and Waystead Close (CW9, £460,000).
How much does a new build cost in Davenham?
New homes sold for a median £329,895 over three years, against £290,250 for homes sold on. New builds were 10% of sales.
Is Davenham expensive for Cheshire?
Davenham is the 18th 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.
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