The median home in Chinley sells for £328,250
That is the middle of 102 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 6.2 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.
45% of Chinley’s sales are semi-detached houses
102 homes sold in three years: 27 detached houses, 46 semi-detached houses, 22 terraced houses and 7 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 27 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £400K–£633K
- Last 12 months
- £580K5 sold
- New build
- £450K
median sale · 46 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £260K–£350K
- Last 12 months
- £354K8 sold
median sale · 22 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £218K–£285K
- Last 12 months
- £262K6 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 7 sold, median £195K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 45% of sales
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 Chinley’s homes sold for between £245K and £398K
One sale in ten was under £200K and one in ten over £530K. 26% sold for under £250K.
The median, £328,250, sits in the £300–400K band
102 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 6.2 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £55,350 in 1995 to £345,000 in the last 12 months (£251,675 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
21 sales in the last 12 months, against 61 in 2004, the busiest year, and 14 in 2008. Sales fell by 52% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%.
Chinley costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Chinley, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £90K | £123K | £295K | — | £270K | £335K | £580K |
| Semi-detached houses | £58K | £70K | £153K | £170K | £205K | £243K | £354K |
| Terraced houses | £44K | £48K | £135K | £151K | £145K | £177K | £262K |
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 have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 53% in 2018
142 new homes have been sold in Chinley since 1995; the share peaked at 53% in 2018.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £439,950
against £325,000 for a home sold on, 35% 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.
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 7.4% sold leasehold in Chinley. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Hadfield Drive is Chinley’s busiest street, with 10 sales in three years
10 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 | Hadfield Drive | SK23 | 10 | £397,450 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Whitehough | SK23 | 9 | £361,500 | Mixed |
| 3 | Lower Lane | SK23 | 8 | £364,500 | Mixed |
| 4 | Green Lane | SK23 | 7 | £327,500 | Mixed |
| 5 | Blackbrook Drive | SK23 | 6 | £373,997 | Mixed |
| 6 | Buxton Road | SK23 | 6 | £371,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 7 | Belgrade Avenue | SK23 | 6 | £230,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 8 | Princes Road | SK23 | 5 | £340,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 9 | Ash Grove | SK23 | 5 | £317,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 10 | The Sidings | SK23 | 5 | £200,000 | Mostly 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.
Chinley’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Chapel-en-le-Frith and New Mills.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinley | — | £328K | 21 | +81% |
| Chapel-en-le-Frith | 1.5 | £260K | 110 | +39% |
| Whaley Bridge | 2.1 | £300K | 70 | +49% |
| Furness Vale | 2.2 | £213K | 25 | −3% |
| Hayfield | 2.9 | £275K | 15 | +13% |
| New Mills | 3.2 | £260K | 124 | +64% |
| Dove Holes | 3.4 | £247K | 24 | +73% |
| Disley | 4.1 | £340K | 50 | +55% |
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 Chinley
What is the average house price in Chinley?
The median home in Chinley sold for £328,250 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 102 standard sales (£345,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £500,000, semi-detached houses £328,750, terraced houses £250,798 and flats and maisonettes £195,000.
Are house prices going up in Chinley?
The median was £315,000 in 2025, down 7% on 2024 (£338,750), and £345,000 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 Chinley each year?
21 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 44 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Chinley?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Hadfield Drive (SK23, £397,450), Blackbrook Drive (SK23, £373,997) and Buxton Road (SK23, £371,000).
How much does a new build cost in Chinley?
New homes sold for a median £439,950 over three years, against £325,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.9% of sales.
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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