That is the middle of 737 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 5.9 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.
737 homes sold in three years: 263 detached houses, 200 semi-detached houses, 159 terraced houses and 115 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£660K
median sale · 263 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£522K–£870K
Last 12 months
£650K75 sold
New build
£525K
Semi-detached houses£407K
median sale · 200 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£343K–£500K
Last 12 months
£411K42 sold
New build
£400K
Terraced houses£375K
median sale · 159 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£305K–£475K
Last 12 months
£385K48 sold
Flats and maisonettes£285K
median sale · 115 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£170K–£460K
Last 12 months
£239K26 sold
New build
£508K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Detached houses36%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses22%
Flats and maisonettes16%
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 Knutsford’s homes sold for between £338K and £625K
One sale in ten was under £245K and one in ten over £885K. 10% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £460,000, sits in the £400–500K band
737 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.9 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £79,750 in 1995 to £468,000 in the last 12 months (£357,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
191 sales in the last 12 months, against 434 in 2002, the busiest year, and 168 in 2008. Sales fell by 44% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 36% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Knutsford costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Knutsford, 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
£128K
£174K
£322K
£335K
£467K
£531K
£650K
Semi-detached houses
£60K
£86K
£169K
£222K
£215K
£343K
£411K
Terraced houses
£70K
£109K
£215K
£200K
£260K
£310K
£385K
Flats and maisonettes
£55K
£105K
£147K
£142K
£135K
£200K
£239K
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
399 new homes have been sold in Knutsford since 1995; the share peaked at 18% in 2023.
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 £474,995
against £457,500 for a home sold on, about the same, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
28% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 15% sold leasehold in Knutsford. 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
Northwich Road is Knutsford’s busiest street, with 35 sales in three years
59 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 15 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
Northwich Road
WA16
35
£510,000
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Wildgoose Avenue
WA16
29
£459,995
Mixed · new builds
3
Grove Park
WA16
19
£650,000
Mostly detached houses
4
Mobberley Road
WA16
16
£390,000
Mixed
5
Cranford Avenue
WA16
15
£490,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
King Edward Road
WA16
15
£195,000
Mostly flats
7
Tabley Road
WA16
15
£93,000
Mostly flats
8
Mereheath Park
WA16
14
£617,500
Mostly detached houses
9
Longridge
WA16
14
£220,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Ashworth Park
WA16
13
£755,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Bexton Road
WA16
12
£575,250
Mixed
12
Stanley Road
WA16
12
£381,250
Mostly terraced houses
13
Hamman Drive
WA16
11
£431,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
14
Bennett Drive
WA16
10
£402,495
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
15
Parkgate
WA16
10
£372,500
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Goughs Lane: £1,925,000
Knutsford median£460K
Goughs Lane£1.9M
Legh Road£1.5M
Chelford Road£935K
Toft Road£820K
Ashworth Park£755K
Cheapest streets
Tabley Road: £93,000
Knutsford median£460K
Tabley Road£93K
Ruskin Court£130K
King Edward Road£195K
Longridge£220K
Hollow Lane£248K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 20.7 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
Knutsford is the 4th most expensive of 46 towns in Cheshire
Knutsford 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 Knutsford
What is the average house price in Knutsford?
The median home in Knutsford sold for £460,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 737 standard sales (£468,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £660,000, semi-detached houses £407,247, terraced houses £375,000 and flats and maisonettes £285,000.
Are house prices going up in Knutsford?
The median was £485,000 in 2025, up 11% on 2024 (£435,000), and £468,000 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 Knutsford each year?
191 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 258 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Knutsford?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Goughs Lane (WA16, £1,925,000), Legh Road (WA16, £1,525,000) and Chelford Road (WA16, £935,000).
How much does a new build cost in Knutsford?
New homes sold for a median £474,995 over three years, against £457,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 15% of sales.
Is Knutsford expensive for Cheshire?
Knutsford is the 4th 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.