That is the middle of 1,876 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 4.5 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.
A third of Runcorn’s sales are semi-detached houses
1,876 homes sold in three years: 438 detached houses, 679 semi-detached houses, 627 terraced houses and 132 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£310K
median sale · 438 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£243K–£366K
Last 12 months
£310K120 sold
New build
£330K
Semi-detached houses£190K
median sale · 679 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£159K–£235K
Last 12 months
£196K183 sold
New build
£250K
Terraced houses£130K
median sale · 627 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£108K–£155K
Last 12 months
£140K173 sold
Flats and maisonettes£120K
median sale · 132 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£83K–£146K
Last 12 months
£96K22 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Detached houses23%
Semi-detached houses36%
Terraced houses33%
Flats and maisonettes7%
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 Runcorn’s homes sold for between £130K and £248K
One sale in ten was under £100K and one in ten over £330K. 75% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £175,000, sits in the £150–200K band
1,876 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.5 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £40,950 in 1995 to £183,500 in the last 12 months (£138,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
498 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,231 in 2003, the busiest year, and 414 in 2011. Sales fell by 64% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 24% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Runcorn costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Runcorn, 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
£69K
£97K
£195K
£195K
£194K
£250K
£310K
Semi-detached houses
£43K
£54K
£115K
£116K
£120K
£158K
£196K
Terraced houses
£31K
£34K
£80K
£77K
£75K
£94K
£140K
Flats and maisonettes
£31K
£39K
£110K
£79K
£70K
£80K
£96K
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: 2% of sales in the last 12 months
2,610 new homes have been sold in Runcorn since 1995; the share peaked at 24% in 1997.
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 £294,500
against £168,000 for a home sold on, 75% 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.
20% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 14% sold leasehold in Runcorn. 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
East Lane is Runcorn’s busiest street, with 45 sales in three years
127 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 33 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
East Lane
WA7
45
£145,500
Mostly flats
2
Wharford Lane
WA7
29
£294,995
Mixed · new builds
3
Grantchester Close
WA7
26
£259,495
Mixed · new builds
4
Old Coach Road
WA7
25
£94,000
Mostly flats
5
Grangemoor
WA7
17
£130,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Main Street
WA7
16
£222,000
Mixed
7
The Glen
WA7
16
£115,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Oxford Road
WA7
15
£240,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Papworth Close
WA7
14
£364,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
10
Littlebourne
WA7
14
£153,250
Mixed
11
Girton Close
WA7
13
£328,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
12
Actons Wood Lane
WA7
13
£270,000
Mixed · new builds
13
Boston Avenue
WA7
13
£160,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Sandy Lane
WA7
12
£157,500
Mixed
15
The Copse
WA7
12
£140,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Clifton Road: £480,000
Runcorn median£175K
Clifton Road£480K
Walsingham Drive£450K
Morston Road£390K
Malmesbury Park£379K
Royden Avenue£375K
Cheapest streets
The Decks: £75,000
Runcorn median£175K
The Decks£75K
Shepherds Row£87K
Leinster Street£87K
Old Coach Road£94K
Percival Lane£95K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.4 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
Runcorn is the 46th most expensive of 46 towns in Cheshire
Runcorn is one of Cheshire’s cheapest 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 Runcorn
What is the average house price in Runcorn?
The median home in Runcorn sold for £175,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,876 standard sales (£183,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £310,000, semi-detached houses £190,000, terraced houses £130,000 and flats and maisonettes £120,000.
Are house prices going up in Runcorn?
The median was £181,000 in 2025, up 6% on 2024 (£170,000), and £183,500 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 Runcorn each year?
498 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 728 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Runcorn?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Clifton Road (WA7, £480,000), Walsingham Drive (WA7, £450,000) and Morston Road (WA7, £390,000).
How much does a new build cost in Runcorn?
New homes sold for a median £294,500 over three years, against £168,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.7% of sales.
Is Runcorn expensive for Cheshire?
Runcorn is the 46th 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.