That is the middle of 514 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 4.7 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 Cockermouth’s sales are detached houses
514 homes sold in three years: 176 detached houses, 148 semi-detached houses, 121 terraced houses and 69 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.1 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£383K
median sale · 176 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£320K–£473K
Last 12 months
£349K34 sold
New build
£455K
Semi-detached houses£250K
median sale · 148 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£195K–£293K
Last 12 months
£278K41 sold
New build
£250K
Terraced houses£180K
median sale · 121 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£145K–£232K
Last 12 months
£171K36 sold
Flats and maisonettes£125K
median sale · 69 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£105K–£153K
Last 12 months
£120K15 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses34%
Semi-detached houses29%
Terraced houses24%
Flats and maisonettes13%
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 Cockermouth’s homes sold for between £168K and £340K
One sale in ten was under £125K and one in ten over £465K. 47% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £259,950, sits in the £250–300K band
514 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.7 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £56,500 in 1995 to £265,000 in the last 12 months (£207,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
126 sales in the last 12 months, against 266 in 2006, the busiest year, and 108 in 2011. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 63% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Cockermouth costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Cockermouth, 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
£81K
£110K
£235K
£260K
£266K
£280K
£349K
Semi-detached houses
£54K
£71K
£164K
£175K
£176K
£193K
£278K
Terraced houses
£46K
£57K
£157K
£146K
£160K
£172K
£171K
Flats and maisonettes
£37K
£45K
£120K
£127K
£133K
£163K
£120K
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 29% in 2016
795 new homes have been sold in Cockermouth since 1995; the share peaked at 29% in 2016.
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 £431,700
against £235,000 for a home sold on, 84% 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.
25% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 13% sold leasehold in Cockermouth. 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
Sandybeck Way is Cockermouth’s busiest street, with 46 sales in three years
29 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 7 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
Sandybeck Way
CA13
46
£445,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Laureates Lane
CA13
25
£319,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Sullart Street
CA13
13
£150,000
Mostly flats
4
Woodville Park
CA13
12
£160,499
Mixed
5
Gable Avenue
CA13
11
£260,000
Mixed
6
Low Road Close
CA13
10
£258,000
Mixed
7
St Helens Street
CA13
10
£164,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Challoner Street
CA13
9
£132,500
Mixed
9
The Parklands
CA13
8
£357,500
Mostly detached houses
10
Walker Street
CA13
8
£207,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Derwentside Gardens
CA13
7
£340,000
Mixed
12
Isel Road
CA13
7
£319,505
Mostly flats
13
Brigham Road
CA13
7
£310,000
Mixed
14
Oaktree Crescent
CA13
7
£295,000
Mixed
15
Harrot Hill
CA13
7
£265,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Sandybeck Way: £445,950
Cockermouth median£260K
Sandybeck Way£446K
Horseshoe Drive£433K
The Parklands£358K
Derwentside Gardens£340K
Beech Lane£335K
Cheapest streets
Fletcher Close: £112,500
Cockermouth median£260K
Fletcher Close£113K
Horsman Court£113K
Challoner Street£133K
Williams Grove£146K
Sullart Street£150K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 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 Cumbria
Cockermouth is the 6th most expensive of 23 towns in Cumbria
Cockermouth is in the middle of Cumbria’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 Cockermouth
What is the average house price in Cockermouth?
The median home in Cockermouth sold for £259,950 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 514 standard sales (£265,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £382,500, semi-detached houses £249,950, terraced houses £180,000 and flats and maisonettes £125,000.
Are house prices going up in Cockermouth?
The median was £240,000 in 2025, down 8% on 2024 (£259,950), and £265,000 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 Cockermouth each year?
126 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 198 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Cockermouth?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Sandybeck Way (CA13, £445,950), Horseshoe Drive (CA13, £432,500) and The Parklands (CA13, £357,500).
How much does a new build cost in Cockermouth?
New homes sold for a median £431,700 over three years, against £235,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 14% of sales.
Is Cockermouth expensive for Cumbria?
Cockermouth is the 6th most expensive of 23 towns of 2,500 or more in Cumbria 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.
Photo: Graham Robson · CC BY-SA 2.0