That is the middle of 993 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 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.
993 homes sold in three years: 250 detached houses, 436 semi-detached houses, 279 terraced houses and 28 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£333K
median sale · 250 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£284K–£405K
Last 12 months
£336K74 sold
New build
£398K
Semi-detached houses£216K
median sale · 436 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£178K–£254K
Last 12 months
£230K127 sold
New build
£258K
Terraced houses£160K
median sale · 279 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£128K–£200K
Last 12 months
£160K63 sold
New build
£220K
Flats and maisonettes£110K
median sale · 28 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£90K–£147K
Last 12 months
£115K10 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 44% of sales
Detached houses25%
Semi-detached houses44%
Terraced houses28%
Flats and maisonettes3%
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 Orrell’s homes sold for between £165K and £282K
One sale in ten was under £130K and one in ten over £371K. 64% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £219,750, sits in the £200–250K band
993 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 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £46,000 in 1995 to £230,250 in the last 12 months (£159,725 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
274 sales in the last 12 months, against 546 in 2003, the busiest year, and 210 in 2009. Sales fell by 55% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 40% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Orrell costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Orrell, 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
£100K
£208K
£220K
£230K
£277K
£336K
Semi-detached houses
£50K
£58K
£127K
£135K
£141K
£162K
£230K
Terraced houses
£32K
£40K
£95K
£121K
£112K
£132K
£160K
Flats and maisonettes
£37K
£53K
£95K
£78K
£60K
£80K
£115K
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: 0.4% of sales in the last 12 months
1,507 new homes have been sold in Orrell since 1995; the share peaked at 33% in 2000.
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 £299,750
against £210,000 for a home sold on, 43% 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.
41% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 39% sold leasehold in Orrell. 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
Abraham Gardens is Orrell’s busiest street, with 49 sales in three years
63 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 20 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
Abraham Gardens
WN5
49
£265,750
Mixed · new builds
2
Orrell Road
WN5
32
£252,500
Mixed
3
Ormskirk Road
WN8
27
£155,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Upholland Road
WN5
21
£240,000
Mixed
5
Gathurst Road
WN5
18
£241,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Church Street (WN5)
WN5
16
£165,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Sandy Lane
WN5
15
£195,000
Mixed
8
Dingle Road
WN8
13
£240,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Hartley Green Gardens
WN5
13
£217,500
Mostly terraced houses
10
Prescott Lane
WN5
13
£142,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Grove Road
WN8
12
£231,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Moor Road
WN5
12
£160,000
Mixed
13
Silverdale Road
WN5
12
£142,250
Mixed
14
Mason Drive
WN8
11
£399,750
Mostly detached houses · new builds
15
Parsonage Brow
WN8
11
£297,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Mason Drive: £399,750
Orrell median£220K
Mason Drive£400K
Jacob Court£395K
Slater Crescent£395K
Naburn Drive£370K
Smethurst Road£370K
Cheapest streets
Macdonald Street: £100,000
Orrell median£220K
Macdonald Street£100K
Howards Lane£105K
Queen Street£105K
City Road£122K
Mayfield Road (WN5)£131K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4 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
Orrell is the 52nd most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester
Orrell is in the middle of Greater Manchester’s 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 Orrell
What is the average house price in Orrell?
The median home in Orrell sold for £219,750 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 993 standard sales (£230,250 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £332,916, semi-detached houses £215,500, terraced houses £160,000 and flats and maisonettes £110,000.
Are house prices going up in Orrell?
The median was £220,000 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£213,500), and £230,250 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 Orrell each year?
274 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 367 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Orrell?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Mason Drive (WN8, £399,750), Jacob Court (WN5, £395,000) and Slater Crescent (WN8, £394,750).
How much does a new build cost in Orrell?
New homes sold for a median £299,750 over three years, against £210,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 6.5% of sales.
Is Orrell expensive for Greater Manchester?
Orrell is the 52nd 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.
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