The median home in Ellesmere Port sells for £202,000
That is the middle of 2,323 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 4.1 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.
Half of Ellesmere Port’s sales are semi-detached houses
2,323 homes sold in three years: 542 detached houses, 1,108 semi-detached houses, 537 terraced houses and 136 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£317K
median sale · 542 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£265K–£370K
Last 12 months
£320K171 sold
New build
£359K
Semi-detached houses£205K
median sale · 1,108 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£175K–£236K
Last 12 months
£210K300 sold
New build
£309K
Terraced houses£153K
median sale · 537 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£125K–£183K
Last 12 months
£157K151 sold
New build
£265K
Flats and maisonettes£105K
median sale · 136 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£90K–£125K
Last 12 months
£105K41 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 48% of sales
Detached houses23%
Semi-detached houses48%
Terraced houses23%
Flats and maisonettes6%
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 Ellesmere Port’s homes sold for between £155K and £260K
One sale in ten was under £115K and one in ten over £338K. 71% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £202,000, sits in the £200–250K band
2,323 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.1 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £51,125 in 1995 to £207,500 in the last 12 months (£160,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
663 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,252 in 2003, the busiest year, and 505 in 2009. Sales fell by 57% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 40% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Ellesmere Port costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Ellesmere Port, 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
£103K
£225K
£198K
£226K
£265K
£320K
Semi-detached houses
£48K
£57K
£128K
£125K
£139K
£163K
£210K
Terraced houses
£33K
£35K
£89K
£99K
£106K
£121K
£157K
Flats and maisonettes
£37K
£34K
£98K
£97K
£80K
£88K
£105K
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: 0.2% of sales in the last 12 months
3,258 new homes have been sold in Ellesmere Port since 1995; the share peaked at 24% in 1995.
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 £343,000
against £200,000 for a home sold on, 72% 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.
11% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 6% sold leasehold in Ellesmere Port. 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
Chester Road (CH66) is Ellesmere Port’s busiest street, with 27 sales in three years
157 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 39 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
Chester Road (CH66)
CH66
27
£212,000
Mixed
2
Overpool Road
CH66
22
£165,000
Mixed
3
Hope Farm Road
CH66
20
£194,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
Bluebelle Drive
CH65
17
£262,495
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Windways
CH66
17
£216,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Robinson Road
CH65
17
£102,500
Mostly flats
7
Kendal Drive
CH66
16
£257,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Wetherby Way
CH66
16
£210,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Pooltown Road
CH65
16
£193,000
Mixed
10
Underwood Drive
CH65
15
£250,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Avondale
CH65
15
£240,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Seymour Drive
CH66
15
£158,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Newnham Drive
CH65
15
£146,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Leamington Road
CH66
14
£407,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Birkett Avenue
CH65
14
£230,550
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Sculptor Street: £451,500
Ellesmere Port median£202K
Sculptor Street£452K
Perry Close£425K
Ledsham Road£420K
Lichfield Drive£410K
Leamington Road£407K
Cheapest streets
Naylor Road: £94,000
Ellesmere Port median£202K
Naylor Road£94K
Grosvenor Wharf Road£98K
Sutton Way (CH65)£100K
Heathfield Road£100K
Robinson Road£103K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.8 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
Ellesmere Port is the 39th most expensive of 46 towns in Cheshire
Ellesmere Port is one of Cheshire’s cheapest 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 Ellesmere Port
What is the average house price in Ellesmere Port?
The median home in Ellesmere Port sold for £202,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,323 standard sales (£207,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £316,500, semi-detached houses £205,000, terraced houses £152,500 and flats and maisonettes £105,000.
Are house prices going up in Ellesmere Port?
The median was £202,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£200,000), and £207,500 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 Ellesmere Port each year?
663 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 925 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Ellesmere Port?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Sculptor Street (CH66, £451,500), Perry Close (CH65, £424,995) and Ledsham Road (CH66, £420,000).
How much does a new build cost in Ellesmere Port?
New homes sold for a median £343,000 over three years, against £200,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.6% of sales.
Is Ellesmere Port expensive for Cheshire?
Ellesmere Port is the 39th 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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