That is the middle of 1,349 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.
1,349 homes sold in three years: 476 detached houses, 351 semi-detached houses, 284 terraced houses and 238 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£760K
median sale · 476 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£600K–£985K
Last 12 months
£765K130 sold
New build
£928K
Semi-detached houses£467K
median sale · 351 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£363K–£600K
Last 12 months
£460K95 sold
New build
£741K
Terraced houses£337K
median sale · 284 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£270K–£420K
Last 12 months
£339K90 sold
Flats and maisonettes£191K
median sale · 238 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£140K–£278K
Last 12 months
£195K68 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
Detached houses35%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses21%
Flats and maisonettes18%
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 Wilmslow’s homes sold for between £305K and £710K
One sale in ten was under £182K and one in ten over £985K. 16% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £480,000, sits in the £400–500K band
1,349 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 £78,250 in 1995 to £460,000 in the last 12 months (£415,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
383 sales in the last 12 months, against 809 in 1997, the busiest year, and 320 in 2008. Sales fell by 39% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 49% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Wilmslow costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Wilmslow, 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
£126K
£217K
£380K
£465K
£500K
£612K
£765K
Semi-detached houses
£74K
£120K
£229K
£250K
£330K
£383K
£460K
Terraced houses
£62K
£99K
£180K
£190K
£230K
£300K
£339K
Flats and maisonettes
£50K
£79K
£195K
£144K
£160K
£235K
£195K
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: 1.8% of sales in the last 12 months
1,435 new homes have been sold in Wilmslow since 1995; the share peaked at 26% in 1996.
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 £869,995
against £468,865 for a home sold on, 86% 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.
35% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 21% sold leasehold in Wilmslow. 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
Knutsford Road is Wilmslow’s busiest street, with 30 sales in three years
93 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 32 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
Knutsford Road
SK9
30
£600,000
Mixed
2
Lacey Green
SK9
30
£270,000
Mixed
3
Manchester Road
SK9
27
£663,000
Mixed
4
Altrincham Road
SK9
21
£513,000
Mixed
5
Macclesfield Road
SK9
21
£175,000
Mostly flats
6
Moor Lane
SK9
20
£627,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Victoria Road
SK9
19
£120,000
Mostly flats
8
Gravel Lane
SK9
17
£610,000
Mixed
9
South Oak Lane
SK9
17
£450,000
Mixed
10
Brook Lane
SK9
16
£449,000
Mixed
11
Bourne Street
SK9
15
£412,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Church Street
SK9
15
£170,000
Mostly flats
13
Buckingham Road
SK9
14
£530,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Mainwaring Drive
SK9
14
£327,000
Mixed
15
Newmarket Avenue
SK9
13
£864,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
Dearest streets
Lowood Place: £1,845,000
Wilmslow median£480K
Lowood Place£1.8M
Hawthorn Lane£1.2M
Broad Walk£1.1M
Racecourse Road£980K
Styal Road£945K
Cheapest streets
Howty Close: £90,262
Wilmslow median£480K
Howty Close£90K
Heatherfield Court£91K
Albert Road£94K
Brackenwood Mews£98K
Victoria Road£120K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 20.4 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
Wilmslow is the 3rd most expensive of 46 towns in Cheshire
Wilmslow 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 Wilmslow
What is the average house price in Wilmslow?
The median home in Wilmslow sold for £480,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,349 standard sales (£460,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £760,000, semi-detached houses £467,000, terraced houses £336,750 and flats and maisonettes £190,750.
Are house prices going up in Wilmslow?
The median was £535,000 in 2025, up 22% on 2024 (£439,000), and £460,000 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 Wilmslow each year?
383 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 511 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Wilmslow?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Lowood Place (SK9, £1,845,000), Hawthorn Lane (SK9, £1,209,000) and Broad Walk (SK9, £1,127,500).
How much does a new build cost in Wilmslow?
New homes sold for a median £869,995 over three years, against £468,865 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.6% of sales.
Is Wilmslow expensive for Cheshire?
Wilmslow is the 3rd 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.