Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Birch sell for a median £349,995
That is the middle of 137 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. 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.
59% of Birch’s sales are detached houses
137 homes sold in three years: 81 detached houses, 55 semi-detached houses and 1 terraced houses.
median sale · 81 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £360K–£475K
- Last 12 months
- £407K10 sold
- New build
- £402K
median sale · 55 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £284K–£319K
- Last 12 months
- £319K9 sold
- New build
- £296K
Terraced houses: 1 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: 59% of homes sold stand on their own plot
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 Birch’s homes sold for between £299K and £408K
One sale in ten was under £283K and one in ten over £480K. 6% sold for under £250K.
The median, £349,995, sits in the £300–400K band
137 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Workers Way is Birch’s busiest street, with 36 sales in three years
7 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 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 | Workers Way | OL10 | 36 | £328,870 | Mixed · new builds |
| 2 | Greenwood Way | OL10 | 32 | £330,495 | Mixed · new builds |
| 3 | Birch House Close | OL10 | 21 | £399,995 | Mixed · new builds |
| 4 | Edwin Butterworth Drive | OL10 | 17 | £360,995 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 5 | Plough Drive | OL10 | 10 | £411,745 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 6 | Saxon Drive | OL10 | 7 | £353,995 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 7 | Farm Close | OL10 | 5 | £449,995 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
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.
Birch’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Heywood, Middleton and Rhodes.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birch | — | £350K | 20 | — |
| Heywood | 1.2 | £182K | 298 | +58% |
| Middleton | 1.7 | £225K | 450 | +88% |
| Rhodes | 2 | £187K | 28 | +123% |
| Trub | 2.1 | £203K | 16 | +49% |
| Simister | 2.1 | £287K | 6 | +64% |
| Whitefield | 3.3 | £263K | 213 | +70% |
| Bury | 3.7 | £223K | 823 | +65% |
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 Birch
What is the average house price in Birch?
The median home in Birch sold for £349,995 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 137 standard sales (£345,620 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £401,995 and semi-detached houses £294,882.
Are house prices going up in Birch?
The median was £353,995 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£349,995), and £345,620 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 Birch each year?
20 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 16 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
How much does a new build cost in Birch?
New homes sold for a median £353,995 over three years, against £0 for homes sold on. New builds were 97% 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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