That is the middle of 1,778 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 4.9 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.
1,778 homes sold in three years: 233 detached houses, 670 semi-detached houses, 718 terraced houses and 157 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£315K
median sale · 233 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£259K–£372K
Last 12 months
£320K73 sold
New build
£295K
Semi-detached houses£210K
median sale · 670 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£171K–£245K
Last 12 months
£213K168 sold
New build
£229K
Terraced houses£135K
median sale · 718 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£117K–£165K
Last 12 months
£144K197 sold
New build
£195K
Flats and maisonettes£112K
median sale · 157 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£95K–£131K
Last 12 months
£109K36 sold
New build
£128K
The mix
A terraced town: 40% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses13%
Semi-detached houses38%
Terraced houses40%
Flats and maisonettes9%
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 Leigh’s homes sold for between £128K and £230K
One sale in ten was under £105K and one in ten over £300K. 79% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £172,000, sits in the £150–200K band
1,778 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.9 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £35,850 in 1995 to £174,000 in the last 12 months (£116,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
474 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,290 in 2006, the busiest year, and 361 in 2012. Sales fell by 67% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 28% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Leigh costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Leigh, 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
£69K
£88K
£186K
£200K
£213K
£245K
£320K
Semi-detached houses
£44K
£50K
£109K
£106K
£125K
£162K
£213K
Terraced houses
£29K
£28K
£70K
£70K
£75K
£93K
£144K
Flats and maisonettes
£35K
£37K
£104K
£55K
£63K
£110K
£109K
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: 1.1% of sales in the last 12 months
2,632 new homes have been sold in Leigh since 1995; the share peaked at 23% in 1996.
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 £225,950
against £165,000 for a home sold on, 37% 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.
53% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 49% sold leasehold in Leigh. 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
Hulme Gardens is Leigh’s busiest street, with 55 sales in three years
113 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 35 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
Hulme Gardens
WN7
55
£195,950
Mixed · new builds
2
Sovereign Fold Road
WN7
50
£231,495
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
3
Wigan Road
WN7
30
£134,000
Mixed
4
Ledgard Avenue
WN7
29
£115,000
Mostly flats
5
Hope Street
WN7
22
£128,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Mather Lane
WN7
20
£160,000
Mostly flats
7
Leigh Road (WN2)
WN2
19
£135,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Calamite Close
WN7
18
£248,122
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
9
The Avenue
WN7
18
£227,500
Mixed
10
Holden Road
WN7
17
£195,000
Mixed
11
Leigh Road (WN7)
WN7
17
£122,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Sydney Avenue
WN7
16
£256,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Gordon Street
WN7
16
£115,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
St Helens Road
WN7
15
£255,000
Mixed
15
Brentwood Grove
WN7
15
£108,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Rowan Meadows: £497,500
Leigh median£172K
Rowan Meadows£498K
Surrey Avenue£430K
Thames Avenue£330K
Adamson Grove£326K
Kirkham Road£318K
Cheapest streets
Pendle Court: £87,000
Leigh median£172K
Pendle Court£87K
Windermere Road£90K
Meadow Field£95K
Marina Walk£99K
Longacre£100K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.7 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
Leigh is the 76th most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester
Leigh 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 Leigh
What is the average house price in Leigh?
The median home in Leigh sold for £172,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,778 standard sales (£174,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £315,000, semi-detached houses £210,000, terraced houses £135,000 and flats and maisonettes £112,000.
Are house prices going up in Leigh?
The median was £180,000 in 2025, up 6% on 2024 (£169,500), and £174,000 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 Leigh each year?
474 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 716 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Leigh?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Rowan Meadows (WN7, £497,500), Surrey Avenue (WN7, £430,000) and Thames Avenue (WN7, £329,975).
How much does a new build cost in Leigh?
New homes sold for a median £225,950 over three years, against £165,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 8.2% of sales.
Is Leigh expensive for Greater Manchester?
Leigh is the 76th 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.