That is the middle of 1,241 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 4.2 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.
1,241 homes sold in three years: 403 detached houses, 511 semi-detached houses, 296 terraced houses and 31 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£285K
median sale · 403 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£325K
Last 12 months
£295K129 sold
New build
£280K
Semi-detached houses£185K
median sale · 511 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£159K–£218K
Last 12 months
£195K139 sold
New build
£207K
Terraced houses£140K
median sale · 296 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£115K–£170K
Last 12 months
£138K83 sold
New build
£200K
Flats and maisonettes£88K
median sale · 31 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£60K–£108K
Last 12 months
£78K10 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 41% of sales
Detached houses32%
Semi-detached houses41%
Terraced houses24%
Flats and maisonettes2%
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 Winsford’s homes sold for between £150K and £260K
One sale in ten was under £111K and one in ten over £323K. 71% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £195,000, sits in the £150–200K band
1,241 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.2 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £49,500 in 1995 to £210,000 in the last 12 months (£147,497 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
361 sales in the last 12 months, against 806 in 2002, the busiest year, and 231 in 2009. Sales fell by 65% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 56% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Winsford costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Winsford, 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
£70K
£84K
£183K
£180K
£188K
£227K
£295K
Semi-detached houses
£41K
£53K
£118K
£116K
£120K
£151K
£195K
Terraced houses
£36K
£40K
£91K
£87K
£102K
£106K
£138K
Flats and maisonettes
£36K
£45K
£88K
£88K
£74K
£85K
£78K
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
2,599 new homes have been sold in Winsford since 1995; the share peaked at 37% 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 £223,620
against £193,000 for a home sold on, 16% 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.
11% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 8.7% sold leasehold in Winsford. 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
Station Road is Winsford’s busiest street, with 31 sales in three years
80 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 15 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
Station Road
CW7
31
£120,000
Mostly terraced houses
2
Swanlow Lane
CW7
30
£270,000
Mixed
3
Stone Avenue
CW7
25
£223,245
Mixed · new builds
4
Wharton Road
CW7
25
£177,000
Mixed
5
James Clarke Road
CW7
20
£286,250
Mostly detached houses
6
Crook Lane
CW7
20
£170,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Gladstone Street
CW7
20
£154,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Chillingham Road
CW7
13
£213,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Delamere Street
CW7
13
£174,000
Mixed
10
Roehurst Lane
CW7
12
£207,475
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
11
Nixon Drive
CW7
12
£178,000
Mixed
12
Princess Street
CW7
12
£122,500
Mostly terraced houses
13
Rosewood Drive
CW7
11
£240,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Moss Bank
CW7
11
£155,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Ledward Street
CW7
10
£120,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Whitegate Road: £602,500
Winsford median£195K
Whitegate Road£603K
Chester Road£415K
Wentworth Grove£320K
Carnoustie Close£319K
Rosemary Crescent£319K
Cheapest streets
Hambleton Way: £61,875
Winsford median£195K
Hambleton Way£62K
Bradbury Road£110K
Station Road£120K
Ledward Street£120K
Dierden Street£122K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 9.7 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
Winsford is the 43rd most expensive of 46 towns in Cheshire
Winsford 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 Winsford
What is the average house price in Winsford?
The median home in Winsford sold for £195,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,241 standard sales (£210,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £285,000, semi-detached houses £185,000, terraced houses £140,000 and flats and maisonettes £88,000.
Are house prices going up in Winsford?
The median was £200,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£189,950), and £210,000 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 Winsford each year?
361 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 497 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Winsford?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Whitegate Road (CW7, £602,500), Chester Road (CW7, £415,000) and Wentworth Grove (CW7, £320,000).
How much does a new build cost in Winsford?
New homes sold for a median £223,620 over three years, against £193,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 4.8% of sales.
Is Winsford expensive for Cheshire?
Winsford is the 42nd 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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