That is the middle of 208 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.
208 homes sold in three years: 88 detached houses, 40 semi-detached houses, 33 terraced houses and 47 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for twice what a flat does.
Detached houses£1.2M
median sale · 88 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£950K–£1.5M
Last 12 months
£1.1M25 sold
Semi-detached houses£886K
median sale · 40 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£588K–£1.5M
Last 12 months
£760K14 sold
Terraced houses£488K
median sale · 33 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£425K–£695K
Last 12 months
£425K10 sold
Flats and maisonettes£560K
median sale · 47 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£375K–£660K
Last 12 months
£545K14 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 42% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses42%
Semi-detached houses19%
Terraced houses16%
Flats and maisonettes23%
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 Bowdon’s homes sold for between £550K and £1.3M
One sale in ten was under £375K and one in ten over £1.8M. 1% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £907,500, sits in the £750K–1M band
208 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 £195,975 in 1995 to £835,000 in the last 12 months (£667,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
63 sales in the last 12 months, against 207 in 1997, the busiest year, and 63 in 2024. Sales fell by 52% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 18%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 45% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bowdon costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bowdon, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Flats and maisonettes rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£250K
£375K
£659K
£825K
£834K
£845K
£1.1M
Semi-detached houses
£190K
£258K
£312K
£245K
£771K
£1.1M
£760K
Terraced houses
£120K
£127K
£196K
£273K
£320K
£475K
£425K
Flats and maisonettes
£90K
£267K
£264K
£337K
£325K
£480K
£545K
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
327 new homes have been sold in Bowdon since 1995; the share peaked at 36% in 1995.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
30% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 9.3% sold leasehold in Bowdon. 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
Stamford Road is Bowdon’s busiest street, with 13 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
Stamford Road
WA14
13
£1,195,000
Mixed
2
Bow Green Road
WA14
10
£685,000
Mixed
3
Gaddum Road
WA14
8
£1,035,000
Mostly detached houses
4
Langham Road
WA14
8
£987,500
Mixed
5
Green Walk
WA14
8
£642,500
Mostly flats
6
Stanhope Road
WA14
6
£1,617,500
Mixed
7
Priory Street
WA14
6
£518,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
York Road
WA14
6
£513,500
Mostly terraced houses
9
Richmond Road
WA14
6
£317,500
Mostly flats
10
Barry Rise
WA14
5
£2,150,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Eaton Road
WA14
5
£425,000
Mostly terraced 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.
Across Greater Manchester
Bowdon is the most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester
Bowdon is one of Greater Manchester’s dearest 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 Bowdon
What is the average house price in Bowdon?
The median home in Bowdon sold for £907,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 208 standard sales (£835,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £1,157,500, semi-detached houses £886,250, terraced houses £488,000 and flats and maisonettes £560,000.
Are house prices going up in Bowdon?
The median was £890,000 in 2025, down 6% on 2024 (£950,000), and £835,000 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 Bowdon each year?
63 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 101 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bowdon?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Barry Rise (WA14, £2,150,000), Stanhope Road (WA14, £1,617,500) and Stamford Road (WA14, £1,195,000).
Is Bowdon expensive for Greater Manchester?
Bowdon is the 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.