That is the middle of 535 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 5.1 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.
535 homes sold in three years: 148 detached houses, 189 semi-detached houses, 105 terraced houses and 93 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£598K
median sale · 148 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£490K–£775K
Last 12 months
£595K44 sold
New build
£650K
Semi-detached houses£365K
median sale · 189 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£318K–£460K
Last 12 months
£370K65 sold
Terraced houses£320K
median sale · 105 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£268K–£380K
Last 12 months
£330K27 sold
Flats and maisonettes£175K
median sale · 93 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£150K–£238K
Last 12 months
£173K25 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
Detached houses28%
Semi-detached houses35%
Terraced houses20%
Flats and maisonettes17%
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 Lymm’s homes sold for between £280K and £530K
One sale in ten was under £172K and one in ten over £742K. 20% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £365,000, sits in the £300–400K band
535 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £72,000 in 1995 to £370,000 in the last 12 months (£299,975 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
161 sales in the last 12 months, against 384 in 2007, the busiest year, and 131 in 2009. Sales fell by 66% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 52% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Lymm costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Lymm, 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
£115K
£195K
£358K
£431K
£480K
£523K
£595K
Semi-detached houses
£67K
£105K
£220K
£238K
£235K
£303K
£370K
Terraced houses
£60K
£90K
£182K
£176K
£249K
£295K
£330K
Flats and maisonettes
£45K
£83K
£170K
£108K
£120K
£169K
£173K
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% of sales in the last 12 months
829 new homes have been sold in Lymm since 1995; the share peaked at 34% in 2003.
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 £635,000
against £360,000 for a home sold on, 76% 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.
41% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 28% sold leasehold in Lymm. 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
Higher Lane is Lymm’s busiest street, with 19 sales in three years
35 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 8 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
Higher Lane
WA13
19
£735,000
Mostly detached houses
2
Whitbarrow Road
WA13
18
£315,000
Mostly flats
3
Chaise Meadow
WA13
16
£259,000
Mixed
4
Cyril Bell Close
WA13
12
£237,500
Mixed
5
Springbank Gardens
WA13
12
£174,000
Mixed
6
Albany Road
WA13
11
£362,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Mardale Crescent
WA13
11
£352,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Sandy Lane
WA13
11
£322,500
Mixed
9
Capella Close
WA13
9
£650,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
10
Lady Acre Close
WA13
9
£460,000
Mixed
11
Highfield Road
WA13
9
£445,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Bucklow Gardens
WA13
9
£375,000
Mixed
13
Cherry Lane
WA13
9
£356,100
Mixed
14
Whitesands Road
WA13
9
£337,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Grove Avenue
WA13
9
£245,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Eagle Brow: £785,000
Lymm median£365K
Eagle Brow£785K
Higher Lane£735K
Capella Close£650K
Statham Avenue£526K
Wychwood Avenue£500K
Cheapest streets
Crossland Mews: £166,000
Lymm median£365K
Crossland Mews£166K
Springbank Gardens£174K
Booths Hill Close£181K
White Clover Square£205K
Brookfield Cottages£210K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.7 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
Lymm is the 10th most expensive of 46 towns in Cheshire
Lymm 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 Lymm
What is the average house price in Lymm?
The median home in Lymm sold for £365,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 535 standard sales (£370,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £597,500, semi-detached houses £365,000, terraced houses £320,000 and flats and maisonettes £175,000.
Are house prices going up in Lymm?
The median was £355,000 in 2025, down 10% on 2024 (£393,500), and £370,000 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 Lymm each year?
161 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 215 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Lymm?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Eagle Brow (WA13, £785,000), Higher Lane (WA13, £735,000) and Capella Close (WA13, £650,000).
How much does a new build cost in Lymm?
New homes sold for a median £635,000 over three years, against £360,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.1% of sales.
Is Lymm expensive for Cheshire?
Lymm is the 10th 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.
Photo: David Jones from Isle of Wight, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0