The median home in Fowley Common sells for £289,000
That is the middle of 32 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. 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.
63% of Fowley Common’s sales are semi-detached houses
32 homes sold in three years: 10 detached houses, 20 semi-detached houses, 1 terraced houses and 1 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 10 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £490K–£670K
median sale · 20 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £195K–£301K
- Last 12 months
- £252K6 sold
Terraced houses: 1 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 1 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 63% of sales
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.
Half of Fowley Common’s homes sold for between £205K and £490K
One sale in ten was under £170K and one in ten over £650K. 38% sold for under £250K.
The median, £289,000, sits in the £250–300K band
32 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 65% in 2019
17 new homes have been sold in Fowley Common since 1995; the share peaked at 65% in 2019.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
3% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Fowley Common. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Fowley Common Lane is Fowley Common’s busiest street, with 5 sales in three years
3 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. 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 | Fowley Common Lane | WA3 | 5 | £505,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 2 | Hawthorne Avenue | WA3 | 5 | £312,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 3 | Churchill Avenue | WA3 | 5 | £187,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
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.
Fowley Common’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Leigh, Irlam and Astley.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fowley Common | — | £289K | 9 | — |
| Culcheth | 0.9 | £358K | 77 | +59% |
| Glazebury | 0.9 | £285K | 18 | +44% |
| Croft | 2.7 | £381K | 18 | +41% |
| Leigh | 3 | £172K | 474 | +67% |
| Irlam | 3.1 | £225K | 192 | +63% |
| Higher Folds | 3.3 | £135K | 4 | +129% |
| Astley | 3.4 | £250K | 64 | +30% |
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 Fowley Common
What is the average house price in Fowley Common?
The median home in Fowley Common sold for £289,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 32 standard sales. By type: detached houses £555,000 and semi-detached houses £216,500.
Are house prices going up in Fowley Common?
The median was £280,000 in 2025, down 3% on 2024 (£289,000). A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
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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