Homes in Egremont sell for a median £120,000
That is the middle of 218 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 3.3 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.
Half of Egremont’s sales are terraced houses
218 homes sold in three years: 36 detached houses, 70 semi-detached houses, 107 terraced houses and 5 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 36 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £220K–£270K
- Last 12 months
- £242K9 sold
median sale · 70 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £115K–£171K
- Last 12 months
- £161K20 sold
median sale · 107 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £88K–£128K
- Last 12 months
- £118K38 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 5 sold, median £78K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A terraced town: half of homes sold are terraced
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.
Half of Egremont’s homes sold for between £100K and £169K
One sale in ten was under £77K and one in ten over £238K. 92% sold for under £250K.
The median, £120,000, sits in the £100–150K band
218 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 3.3 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £37,725 in 1995 to £126,250 in the last 12 months (£94,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
68 sales in the last 12 months, against 152 in 2006, the busiest year, and 59 in 2013. Sales fell by 57% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 29% more sales than 2020.
Egremont costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Egremont, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £73K | £86K | £170K | £175K | £190K | £180K | £242K |
| Semi-detached houses | £41K | £44K | £97K | £110K | £107K | £123K | £161K |
| Terraced houses | £31K | £30K | £81K | £75K | £71K | £90K | £118K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
175 new homes have been sold in Egremont since 1995; the share peaked at 34% in 1995.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
3% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.9% sold leasehold in Egremont. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
East Road is Egremont’s busiest street, with 13 sales in three years
12 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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 Road | CA22 | 13 | £150,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 2 | Station Close | CA22 | 8 | £129,975 | Mixed |
| 3 | Daleview Gardens | CA22 | 7 | £181,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 4 | Dent View | CA22 | 7 | £148,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 5 | Ashley Way | CA22 | 6 | £230,250 | Mostly detached houses |
| 6 | North Road | CA22 | 6 | £116,500 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 7 | The Willows | CA22 | 6 | £112,525 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 8 | Shakespeare Avenue | CA22 | 5 | £128,500 | Mixed |
| 9 | Wordsworth Close | CA22 | 5 | £120,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 10 | Nelson Square | CA22 | 5 | £110,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 11 | Milton Road | CA22 | 5 | £95,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 12 | Brisco Mount | CA22 | 5 | £77,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
Ashley Way: £230,250
Brisco Mount: £77,000
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3 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.
Egremont is the 22nd most expensive of 23 towns in Cumbria
Egremont is one of Cumbria’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Cumbria with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Egremont’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egremont | — | £120K | 68 | +30% |
| St Bees | 2.3 | £214K | 18 | +17% |
| Cleator Moor | 2.8 | £126K | 74 | +29% |
| Whitehaven | 4.3 | £160K | 343 | +33% |
| Frizington | 4.5 | £91K | 24 | +14% |
| Moresby Parks | 5.4 | £143K | 16 | +9% |
| Seascale | 6.2 | £185K | 28 | +23% |
| Distington | 7.9 | £108K | 11 | — |
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 Egremont
What is the average house price in Egremont?
The median home in Egremont sold for £120,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 218 standard sales (£126,250 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £240,000, semi-detached houses £129,250, terraced houses £110,000 and flats and maisonettes £78,000.
Are house prices going up in Egremont?
The median was £128,000 in 2025, up 11% on 2024 (£115,000), and £126,250 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 Egremont each year?
68 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 81 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Egremont?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Ashley Way (CA22, £230,250), Daleview Gardens (CA22, £181,000) and East Road (CA22, £150,000).
Is Egremont expensive for Cumbria?
Egremont is the 22nd 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.
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