Photo: J3Mrs · CC BY-SA 3.0The median home in Astley sells for £250,000
That is the middle of 190 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 5 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 Astley’s sales are semi-detached houses
190 homes sold in three years: 46 detached houses, 94 semi-detached houses, 45 terraced houses and 5 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 46 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £330K–£415K
- Last 12 months
- £398K18 sold
median sale · 94 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £215K–£265K
- Last 12 months
- £250K32 sold
median sale · 45 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £170K–£235K
- Last 12 months
- £226K10 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 5 sold, median £185K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 49% 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 Astley’s homes sold for between £205K and £325K
One sale in ten was under £172K and one in ten over £403K. 49% sold for under £250K.
The median, £250,000, sits in the £250–300K band
190 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £51,950 in 1995 to £258,500 in the last 12 months (£240,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
64 sales in the last 12 months, against 136 in 2019, the busiest year, and 35 in 2008. Sales fell by 64% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%.
Astley costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Astley, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £68K | £111K | £235K | £212K | £240K | £322K | £398K |
| Semi-detached houses | £50K | £54K | £127K | £124K | £145K | £180K | £250K |
| Terraced houses | £37K | £41K | £105K | £99K | £117K | £153K | £226K |
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 44% in 2015
301 new homes have been sold in Astley since 1995; the share peaked at 44% in 2015.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
66% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 65% sold leasehold in Astley. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Higher Green Lane is Astley’s busiest street, with 23 sales in three years
11 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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 | Higher Green Lane | M29 | 23 | £225,500 | Mixed |
| 2 | Manchester Road | M29 | 18 | £231,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 3 | Brook Meadow Close | M29 | 9 | £290,000 | Mixed |
| 4 | Moorgate Drive | M29 | 8 | £297,500 | Mixed |
| 5 | Brook Drive | M29 | 8 | £226,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 6 | Lark Hill | M29 | 7 | £392,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 7 | Lower Green Lane | M29 | 7 | £255,000 | Mixed |
| 8 | Avondale Drive | M29 | 7 | £232,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 9 | East Lancashire Road | M29 | 6 | £272,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 10 | North Lane | M29 | 6 | £194,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 11 | Green Avenue | M29 | 5 | £235,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
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.
Astley is the 29th most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester
Astley is in the middle of Greater Manchester’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Greater Manchester with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Astley’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Atherton and Little Hulton.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astley | — | £250K | 64 | +30% |
| Tyldesley | 0.7 | £250K | 195 | +79% |
| Higher Folds | 1.2 | £135K | 4 | +129% |
| Worsley | 1.8 | £336K | 156 | +39% |
| Atherton | 2.4 | £195K | 312 | +62% |
| Walkden | 2.5 | £268K | 204 | +63% |
| Glazebury | 2.6 | £285K | 18 | +44% |
| Little Hulton | 2.6 | £195K | 174 | +81% |
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 Astley
What is the average house price in Astley?
The median home in Astley sold for £250,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 190 standard sales (£258,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £385,000, semi-detached houses £237,000, terraced houses £190,000 and flats and maisonettes £185,000.
Are house prices going up in Astley?
The median was £255,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£250,000), and £258,500 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 Astley each year?
64 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 95 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Astley?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Lark Hill (M29, £392,500), Moorgate Drive (M29, £297,500) and Brook Meadow Close (M29, £290,000).
Is Astley expensive for Greater Manchester?
Astley is the 26th most expensive of 81 towns of 2,500 or more in Greater Manchester 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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