That is the middle of 680 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 6 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.
680 homes sold in three years: 285 detached houses, 253 semi-detached houses, 84 terraced houses and 58 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£577K
median sale · 285 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£455K–£700K
Last 12 months
£597K74 sold
New build
£581K
Semi-detached houses£405K
median sale · 253 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£355K–£458K
Last 12 months
£430K61 sold
New build
£447K
Terraced houses£344K
median sale · 84 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£295K–£425K
Last 12 months
£353K24 sold
Flats and maisonettes£190K
median sale · 58 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£155K–£250K
Last 12 months
£233K16 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 42% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses42%
Semi-detached houses37%
Terraced houses12%
Flats and maisonettes9%
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 Poynton’s homes sold for between £351K and £565K
One sale in ten was under £275K and one in ten over £715K. 8% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £435,000, sits in the £400–500K band
680 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £75,000 in 1995 to £450,000 in the last 12 months (£325,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
175 sales in the last 12 months, against 365 in 2002, the busiest year, and 134 in 2008. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 68% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Poynton costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Poynton, 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
£110K
£165K
£288K
£280K
£387K
£495K
£597K
Semi-detached houses
£67K
£97K
£196K
£199K
£250K
£322K
£430K
Terraced houses
£63K
£86K
£172K
£160K
£195K
£284K
£353K
Flats and maisonettes
£67K
£47K
£171K
£124K
£132K
£184K
£233K
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 21% in 2022
345 new homes have been sold in Poynton since 1995; the share peaked at 21% in 2022.
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 £578,495
against £425,000 for a home sold on, 36% 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.
28% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 21% sold leasehold in Poynton. 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 is Poynton’s busiest street, with 28 sales in three years
46 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 18 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
SK12
28
£480,000
Mixed
2
Park Lane
SK12
28
£307,000
Mixed
3
Twinkleton Road
SK12
24
£578,495
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
London Road South
SK12
23
£445,500
Mixed
5
Dickens Lane
SK12
22
£527,500
Mixed
6
Coppice Road
SK12
15
£425,000
Mixed
7
Clumber Road
SK12
13
£472,500
Mixed
8
Vernon Road
SK12
13
£400,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Mallard Crescent
SK12
13
£340,000
Mixed
10
Willow Close
SK12
13
£190,000
Mostly flats
11
Oak Grove
SK12
11
£475,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Brookside Avenue
SK12
11
£435,000
Mixed
13
Yew Tree Lane
SK12
11
£425,000
Mixed
14
Micawber Road
SK12
11
£368,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Towers Road
SK12
11
£242,500
Mixed
Dearest streets
Anglesey Drive: £1,100,000
Poynton median£435K
Anglesey Drive£1.1M
Fielders Drive£742K
Clifford Road£711K
Woolley Avenue£710K
Hazelbadge Road£698K
Cheapest streets
Cedarwood: £155,000
Poynton median£435K
Cedarwood£155K
Willow Close£190K
Towers Road£243K
Middlewood Road£297K
Park Lane£307K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 7.1 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
Poynton is the 5th most expensive of 46 towns in Cheshire
Poynton 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 Poynton
What is the average house price in Poynton?
The median home in Poynton sold for £435,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 680 standard sales (£450,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £576,995, semi-detached houses £405,000, terraced houses £344,000 and flats and maisonettes £190,000.
Are house prices going up in Poynton?
The median was £445,250 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£425,000), and £450,000 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 Poynton each year?
175 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 244 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Poynton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Anglesey Drive (SK12, £1,100,000), Fielders Drive (SK12, £742,475) and Clifford Road (SK12, £711,000).
How much does a new build cost in Poynton?
New homes sold for a median £578,495 over three years, against £425,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 7.1% of sales.
Is Poynton expensive for Cheshire?
Poynton is the 5th 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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