That is the middle of 931 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 4.3 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.
931 homes sold in three years: 146 detached houses, 278 semi-detached houses, 489 terraced houses and 18 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.1 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£230K
median sale · 146 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£206K–£265K
Last 12 months
£255K34 sold
New build
£225K
Semi-detached houses£150K
median sale · 278 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£120K–£180K
Last 12 months
£159K81 sold
New build
£171K
Terraced houses£105K
median sale · 489 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£80K–£135K
Last 12 months
£110K140 sold
New build
£154K
Flats and maisonettes£75K
median sale · 18 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£55K–£140K
Last 12 months
£75K9 sold
The mix
A terraced town: half of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses16%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses53%
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 Workington’s homes sold for between £93K and £180K
One sale in ten was under £71K and one in ten over £238K. 93% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £132,000, sits in the £100–150K band
931 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.3 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £31,625 in 1995 to £137,000 in the last 12 months (£105,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
264 sales in the last 12 months, against 469 in 2004, the busiest year, and 220 in 2009. Sales fell by 52% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 53% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Workington costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Workington, 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
£59K
£87K
£160K
£176K
£183K
£213K
£255K
Semi-detached houses
£43K
£45K
£86K
£114K
£108K
£136K
£159K
Terraced houses
£29K
£32K
£70K
£80K
£78K
£87K
£110K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£24K
£58K
£65K
—
£90K
£75K
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
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
717 new homes have been sold in Workington since 1995; the share peaked at 21% in 2020.
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 £185,245
against £125,000 for a home sold on, 48% 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.
27% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 26% sold leasehold in Workington. 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
Moore Drive is Workington’s busiest street, with 33 sales in three years
71 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 23 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
Moore Drive
CA14
33
£214,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Marsh Drive
CA14
31
£190,000
Mixed · new builds
3
Comma Close
CA14
21
£158,000
Mostly terraced houses · new builds
4
Bellaport Gardens
CA14
18
£171,475
Mixed
5
Moss Bay Road
CA14
16
£75,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Chaucer Road
CA14
14
£229,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Broadacres
CA14
14
£205,000
Mixed
8
Corporation Road
CA14
14
£126,500
Mostly terraced houses
9
Harrington Road
CA14
14
£117,500
Mostly terraced houses
10
Finn Close
CA14
13
£213,995
Mixed · new builds
11
Cumberland Street
CA14
13
£86,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Potters Meadow
CA14
12
£241,225
Mostly detached houses
13
Vulcans Lane
CA14
12
£115,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Hartington Street
CA14
12
£100,250
Mostly terraced houses
15
Darcy Street
CA14
12
£95,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Ellerbeck Lane: £391,000
Workington median£132K
Ellerbeck Lane£391K
Banklands£275K
The Meadows£272K
Potters Meadow£241K
Ashfield Road£241K
Cheapest streets
Winifred Street: £57,500
Workington median£132K
Winifred Street£58K
Clay Street£58K
Park End Road£72K
Moss Bay Road£75K
Bolton Street£75K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.8 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
Workington is the 20th most expensive of 23 towns in Cumbria
Workington is one of Cumbria’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 Workington
What is the average house price in Workington?
The median home in Workington sold for £132,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 931 standard sales (£137,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £230,000, semi-detached houses £150,000, terraced houses £105,000 and flats and maisonettes £75,000.
Are house prices going up in Workington?
The median was £135,000 in 2025, up 7% on 2024 (£126,000), and £137,000 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 Workington each year?
264 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 319 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Workington?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Ellerbeck Lane (CA14, £391,000), Banklands (CA14, £275,000) and The Meadows (CA14, £272,475).
How much does a new build cost in Workington?
New homes sold for a median £185,245 over three years, against £125,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 12% of sales.
Is Workington expensive for Cumbria?
Workington is the 20th 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.