That is the middle of 6,405 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 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.
42% of Warrington’s sales are semi-detached houses
6,405 homes sold in three years: 1,473 detached houses, 2,660 semi-detached houses, 1,677 terraced houses and 595 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£400K
median sale · 1,473 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£490K
Last 12 months
£400K443 sold
New build
£425K
Semi-detached houses£248K
median sale · 2,660 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£205K–£300K
Last 12 months
£255K805 sold
New build
£318K
Terraced houses£180K
median sale · 1,677 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£147K–£233K
Last 12 months
£187K481 sold
New build
£210K
Flats and maisonettes£123K
median sale · 595 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£100K–£150K
Last 12 months
£125K200 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 42% of sales
Detached houses23%
Semi-detached houses42%
Terraced houses26%
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 Warrington’s homes sold for between £175K and £330K
One sale in ten was under £130K and one in ten over £450K. 52% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £242,000, sits in the £200–250K band
6,405 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 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 £50,000 in 1995 to £247,500 in the last 12 months (£180,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,929 sales in the last 12 months, against 4,206 in 2007, the busiest year, and 1,646 in 2009. Sales fell by 61% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 33% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Warrington costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Warrington, 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
£83K
£113K
£233K
£238K
£248K
£317K
£400K
Semi-detached houses
£47K
£60K
£132K
£135K
£150K
£180K
£255K
Terraced houses
£35K
£40K
£94K
£110K
£119K
£134K
£187K
Flats and maisonettes
£40K
£43K
£120K
£90K
£97K
£105K
£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
Hardly any new homes: 0.8% of sales in the last 12 months
10,551 new homes have been sold in Warrington since 1995; the share peaked at 23% in 1995.
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 £367,747
against £236,700 for a home sold on, 55% 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.
46% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 40% sold leasehold in Warrington. 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
Manchester Road is Warrington’s busiest street, with 43 sales in three years
475 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 115 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
Manchester Road
WA1
43
£250,000
Mixed
2
London Road
WA4
38
£430,000
Mixed
3
Chester Road
WA4
36
£320,000
Mixed
4
Spitfire Drive
WA5
35
£417,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Dingleway
WA4
35
£93,500
Mostly flats
6
Thelwall New Road
WA4
28
£353,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Knutsford Road
WA4
27
£300,000
Mixed
8
Hurricane Way
WA5
27
£250,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
9
Central Way
WA2
24
£120,000
Mostly flats
10
Hood Lane
WA5
23
£200,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Ryfields Village
WA2
23
£112,000
Mostly flats
12
Wellfield Street
WA5
22
£154,375
Mostly terraced houses
13
Liverpool Road
WA5
21
£260,000
Mixed
14
Padgate Lane
WA1
21
£236,000
Mixed
15
Cliftonville Road
WA1
21
£210,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Field Lane: £900,000
Warrington median£242K
Field Lane£900K
Broughton Close£792K
Barshaw Gardens£725K
Grappenhall Road£705K
Hillside Road£695K
Cheapest streets
Oulton Court: £79,000
Warrington median£242K
Oulton Court£79K
Hamnett Court£87K
The Old Quays£88K
Epsom Gardens£91K
Fairfield Street£92K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 11.4 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
Warrington is the 33rd most expensive of 46 towns in Cheshire
Warrington 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 Warrington
What is the average house price in Warrington?
The median home in Warrington sold for £242,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 6,405 standard sales (£247,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £400,000, semi-detached houses £248,000, terraced houses £180,000 and flats and maisonettes £123,000.
Are house prices going up in Warrington?
The median was £245,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£235,000), and £247,500 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 Warrington each year?
1,929 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 2,556 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Warrington?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Field Lane (WA4, £900,000), Broughton Close (WA4, £792,250) and Barshaw Gardens (WA4, £725,000).
How much does a new build cost in Warrington?
New homes sold for a median £367,747 over three years, against £236,700 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.9% of sales.
Is Warrington expensive for Cheshire?
Warrington is the 33rd 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.