The median home in Holmes Chapel sells for £325,000
That is the middle of 405 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 4.4 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.
405 homes sold in three years: 168 detached houses, 121 semi-detached houses, 63 terraced houses and 53 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£443K
median sale · 168 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£380K–£490K
Last 12 months
£470K45 sold
New build
£455K
Semi-detached houses£313K
median sale · 121 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£280K–£370K
Last 12 months
£325K29 sold
New build
£313K
Terraced houses£273K
median sale · 63 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£243K–£303K
Last 12 months
£276K12 sold
New build
£300K
Flats and maisonettes£113K
median sale · 53 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£100K–£132K
Last 12 months
£125K11 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 41% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses41%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses16%
Flats and maisonettes13%
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 Holmes Chapel’s homes sold for between £270K and £430K
One sale in ten was under £125K and one in ten over £495K. 20% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £325,000, sits in the £300–400K band
405 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.4 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £81,000 in 1995 to £357,500 in the last 12 months (£320,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
97 sales in the last 12 months, against 200 in 2007, the busiest year, and 55 in 2008. Sales fell by 65% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 25% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Holmes Chapel costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Holmes Chapel, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£98K
£135K
£265K
£262K
£295K
£377K
£470K
Semi-detached houses
£60K
£92K
£172K
£174K
£193K
£281K
£325K
Terraced houses
£56K
£77K
£155K
£168K
£183K
£213K
£276K
Flats and maisonettes
—
—
£128K
£147K
£96K
£103K
£125K
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
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 41% in 2018
641 new homes have been sold in Holmes Chapel since 1995; the share peaked at 41% in 2018.
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 £314,995
against £338,000 for a home sold on, 7% less, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
19% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 6.2% sold leasehold in Holmes Chapel. 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
James Walker Drive is Holmes Chapel’s busiest street, with 45 sales in three years
24 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 10 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
James Walker Drive
CW4
45
£314,995
Mixed · new builds
2
Chester Road
CW4
26
£121,750
Mostly flats
3
Parkway
CW4
22
£125,000
Mostly flats
4
Henry Cotton Way
CW4
21
£312,995
Mixed · new builds
5
Severn Way
CW4
17
£287,000
Mixed
6
George Jackson Avenue
CW4
14
£328,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Middlewich Road
CW4
13
£370,000
Mixed
8
London Road
CW4
13
£360,000
Mixed
9
Macclesfield Road
CW4
10
£365,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Eastgate Road
CW4
10
£267,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Bessancourt
CW4
9
£270,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Alumbrook Avenue
CW4
8
£277,500
Mostly detached houses
13
Alder Way
CW4
7
£425,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Sandiford Road
CW4
7
£280,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Jubilee Court
CW4
7
£112,750
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Cotton Field Road: £510,000
Holmes Chapel median£325K
Cotton Field Road£510K
Portree Drive£478K
Elm Drive£440K
Alder Way£425K
Ravenscroft£425K
Cheapest streets
Jubilee Court: £112,750
Holmes Chapel median£325K
Jubilee Court£113K
Sandringham Court£115K
Chester Road£122K
Parkway£125K
Eastgate Road£267K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.5 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
Holmes Chapel is the 14th most expensive of 46 towns in Cheshire
Holmes Chapel 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 Holmes Chapel
What is the average house price in Holmes Chapel?
The median home in Holmes Chapel sold for £325,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 405 standard sales (£357,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £443,250, semi-detached houses £312,995, terraced houses £272,995 and flats and maisonettes £112,750.
Are house prices going up in Holmes Chapel?
The median was £339,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£322,495), and £357,500 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 Holmes Chapel each year?
97 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 145 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Holmes Chapel?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Cotton Field Road (CW4, £510,000), Portree Drive (CW4, £477,500) and Elm Drive (CW4, £440,000).
How much does a new build cost in Holmes Chapel?
New homes sold for a median £314,995 over three years, against £338,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 17% of sales.
Is Holmes Chapel expensive for Cheshire?
Holmes Chapel is the 14th 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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