That is the middle of 553 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 5.6 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.
553 homes sold in three years: 146 detached houses, 216 semi-detached houses, 129 terraced houses and 62 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£500K
median sale · 146 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£410K–£595K
Last 12 months
£530K43 sold
Semi-detached houses£350K
median sale · 216 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£305K–£400K
Last 12 months
£355K63 sold
Terraced houses£275K
median sale · 129 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£244K–£320K
Last 12 months
£270K45 sold
Flats and maisonettes£175K
median sale · 62 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£130K–£230K
Last 12 months
£180K19 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses26%
Semi-detached houses39%
Terraced houses23%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Marple’s homes sold for between £265K and £435K
One sale in ten was under £210K and one in ten over £573K. 19% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £344,000, sits in the £300–400K band
553 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.6 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £60,750 in 1995 to £340,000 in the last 12 months (£262,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
170 sales in the last 12 months, against 309 in 2021, the busiest year, and 133 in 2010. Sales fell by 45% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 72% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Marple costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Marple, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£95K
£130K
£316K
£280K
£369K
£426K
£530K
Semi-detached houses
£60K
£86K
£178K
£183K
£211K
£280K
£355K
Terraced houses
£48K
£63K
£148K
£152K
£169K
£208K
£270K
Flats and maisonettes
£47K
£110K
£150K
£120K
£125K
£175K
£180K
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
290 new homes have been sold in Marple since 1995; the share peaked at 13% in 2019.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
35% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 27% sold leasehold in Marple. 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
Church Lane is Marple’s busiest street, with 31 sales in three years
35 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 8 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
Church Lane
SK6
31
£262,168
Mixed
2
Stockport Road
SK6
30
£354,400
Mixed
3
Station Road
SK6
24
£236,500
Mixed
4
Woodville Drive
SK6
16
£336,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Norbury Drive
SK6
14
£345,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Hibbert Lane
SK6
14
£267,500
Mixed
7
Cross Lane
SK6
10
£362,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Mount Drive
SK6
10
£295,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Upper Hibbert Lane
SK6
9
£260,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Barnsfold Road
SK6
8
£463,750
Mixed
11
The Turnpike
SK6
8
£350,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Stiles Avenue
SK6
7
£555,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Strines Road
SK6
7
£525,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Oldridge Crescent
SK6
7
£395,000
Mixed
15
Walton Drive
SK6
7
£390,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Dale Road: £682,500
Marple median£344K
Dale Road£683K
Stiles Avenue£555K
Seven Stiles Drive£553K
Strines Road£525K
Barnsfold Road£464K
Cheapest streets
Rose Lane: £195,000
Marple median£344K
Rose Lane£195K
Ley Hey Road£225K
Station Road£237K
Hollins Lane£248K
Sunwell Terrace£252K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.5 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
Marple is the 11th most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester
Marple 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 Marple
What is the average house price in Marple?
The median home in Marple sold for £344,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 553 standard sales (£340,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £499,975, semi-detached houses £350,000, terraced houses £275,000 and flats and maisonettes £175,000.
Are house prices going up in Marple?
The median was £337,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£345,000), and £340,000 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 Marple each year?
170 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 219 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Marple?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Dale Road (SK6, £682,500), Stiles Avenue (SK6, £555,000) and Seven Stiles Drive (SK6, £552,500).
Is Marple expensive for Greater Manchester?
Marple is the 11th 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.