That is the middle of 1,142 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 3.9 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.
Half of Whitehaven’s sales are semi-detached houses
1,142 homes sold in three years: 205 detached houses, 574 semi-detached houses, 286 terraced houses and 77 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.1 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£275K
median sale · 205 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£237K–£325K
Last 12 months
£290K58 sold
New build
£284K
Semi-detached houses£165K
median sale · 574 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£128K–£210K
Last 12 months
£171K163 sold
New build
£210K
Terraced houses£123K
median sale · 286 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£92K–£150K
Last 12 months
£125K107 sold
New build
£225K
Flats and maisonettes£90K
median sale · 77 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£65K–£140K
Last 12 months
£90K15 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 50% of sales
Detached houses18%
Semi-detached houses50%
Terraced houses25%
Flats and maisonettes7%
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 Whitehaven’s homes sold for between £115K and £225K
One sale in ten was under £85K and one in ten over £285K. 83% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £160,000, sits in the £150–200K band
1,142 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 3.9 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £42,125 in 1995 to £165,000 in the last 12 months (£131,750 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
343 sales in the last 12 months, against 513 in 2021, the busiest year, and 245 in 2010. Sales fell by 50% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 34% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Whitehaven costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Whitehaven, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£71K
£85K
£173K
£217K
£225K
£235K
£290K
Semi-detached houses
£45K
£48K
£95K
£120K
£117K
£134K
£171K
Terraced houses
£33K
£35K
£80K
£100K
£97K
£90K
£125K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£34K
£87K
£127K
£78K
£90K
£90K
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: 2% of sales in the last 12 months
955 new homes have been sold in Whitehaven since 1995; the share peaked at 14% 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 £225,950
against £155,000 for a home sold on, 46% 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.
7% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.9% sold leasehold in Whitehaven. 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
Hope Drive is Whitehaven’s busiest street, with 27 sales in three years
87 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 18 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
Hope Drive
CA28
27
£225,102
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Clyde Way
CA28
20
£214,450
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
3
Clarendon Drive
CA28
20
£180,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
Hayton Way
CA28
18
£259,950
Mixed · new builds
5
Victoria Road
CA28
18
£250,000
Mixed
6
Holly Bank
CA28
17
£155,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
High Road
CA28
17
£143,000
Mixed
8
Ullswater Avenue
CA28
17
£123,000
Mixed
9
Meadow Road
CA28
17
£115,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Bransty Road
CA28
15
£149,950
Mostly terraced houses
11
Leathwaite
CA28
14
£240,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Balmoral Road
CA28
14
£165,000
Mixed
13
Cambridge Road
CA28
11
£91,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Loop Road North
CA28
10
£237,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
The Crest
CA28
10
£225,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
High Stile Gardens: £450,000
Whitehaven median£160K
High Stile Gardens£450K
Standings Rise£303K
Colliers Way£303K
Broom Bank£285K
Foxhouses Road£280K
Cheapest streets
Scotch Street: £72,500
Whitehaven median£160K
Scotch Street£73K
Queen Street£73K
South Row£81K
Lakeland Avenue£82K
Flatt Walks£86K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.2 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
Whitehaven is the 15th most expensive of 23 towns in Cumbria
Whitehaven 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 Whitehaven
What is the average house price in Whitehaven?
The median home in Whitehaven sold for £160,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,142 standard sales (£165,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £275,000, semi-detached houses £165,000, terraced houses £122,750 and flats and maisonettes £90,000.
Are house prices going up in Whitehaven?
The median was £160,000 in 2025, down 3% on 2024 (£165,000), and £165,000 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 Whitehaven each year?
343 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 395 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Whitehaven?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: High Stile Gardens (CA28, £450,000), Standings Rise (CA28, £303,300) and Colliers Way (CA28, £302,500).
How much does a new build cost in Whitehaven?
New homes sold for a median £225,950 over three years, against £155,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 8% of sales.
Is Whitehaven expensive for Cumbria?
Whitehaven is the 15th 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.