That is the middle of 1,103 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 5.2 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.
1,103 homes sold in three years: 212 detached houses, 471 semi-detached houses, 331 terraced houses and 89 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£340K
median sale · 212 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£295K–£395K
Last 12 months
£360K53 sold
New build
£370K
Semi-detached houses£214K
median sale · 471 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£178K–£252K
Last 12 months
£222K137 sold
New build
£270K
Terraced houses£157K
median sale · 331 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£136K–£179K
Last 12 months
£170K95 sold
Flats and maisonettes£120K
median sale · 89 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£107K–£130K
Last 12 months
£126K27 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 43% of sales
Detached houses19%
Semi-detached houses43%
Terraced houses30%
Flats and maisonettes8%
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 Atherton’s homes sold for between £151K and £265K
One sale in ten was under £122K and one in ten over £355K. 70% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £195,000, sits in the £150–200K band
1,103 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £37,725 in 1995 to £195,000 in the last 12 months (£139,225 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
312 sales in the last 12 months, against 723 in 2007, the busiest year, and 227 in 2009. Sales fell by 69% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 27% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Atherton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Atherton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£70K
£89K
£185K
£220K
£205K
£253K
£360K
Semi-detached houses
£43K
£52K
£109K
£120K
£129K
£163K
£222K
Terraced houses
£32K
£33K
£81K
£88K
£90K
£115K
£170K
Flats and maisonettes
£39K
£38K
£108K
£68K
£70K
£85K
£126K
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: 1% of sales in the last 12 months
1,554 new homes have been sold in Atherton since 1995; the share peaked at 43% in 2006.
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 £312,495
against £185,000 for a home sold on, 69% 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.
62% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 59% sold leasehold in Atherton. 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
Lowland Meadows is Atherton’s busiest street, with 46 sales in three years
70 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 28 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
Lowland Meadows
M46
46
£337,495
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Wigan Road
M46
40
£166,750
Mostly terraced houses
3
Leigh Road
M46
28
£140,750
Mixed
4
Gadbury Fold
M46
21
£268,000
Mixed
5
Stanley Street
M46
20
£160,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Tyldesley Road
M46
20
£142,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Stothert Street
M46
19
£222,000
Mixed
8
North Croft
M46
19
£217,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Bolton Road
M46
18
£202,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Lovers Lane
M46
16
£175,000
Mixed
11
Acres Fold Close
M46
15
£289,995
Mixed · new builds
12
Car Bank Street
M46
15
£180,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Hamilton Street
M46
15
£180,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Gadfield Grove
M46
14
£130,000
Mostly flats
15
Field Green Close
M46
13
£299,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
Dearest streets
Grass Fold Pastures: £427,495
Atherton median£195K
Grass Fold Pastures£427K
Lowland Meadows£337K
Broadway£333K
Lansdowne Road£328K
Cherrywood Avenue£310K
Cheapest streets
Blakemore Park: £87,500
Atherton median£195K
Blakemore Park£88K
Gadfield Court£119K
Phaeton Close£120K
Elizabeth Street£122K
High Street£125K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.9 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 Greater Manchester
Atherton is the 68th most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester
Atherton is one of Greater Manchester’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 Atherton
What is the average house price in Atherton?
The median home in Atherton sold for £195,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,103 standard sales (£195,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £339,997, semi-detached houses £214,000, terraced houses £157,000 and flats and maisonettes £120,000.
Are house prices going up in Atherton?
The median was £199,975 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£195,000), and £195,000 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 Atherton each year?
312 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 421 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Atherton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Grass Fold Pastures (M46, £427,495), Lowland Meadows (M46, £337,495) and Broadway (M46, £332,500).
How much does a new build cost in Atherton?
New homes sold for a median £312,495 over three years, against £185,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 7.3% of sales.
Is Atherton expensive for Greater Manchester?
Atherton is the 64th 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.
Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0