That is the middle of 707 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 5.3 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.
707 homes sold in three years: 196 detached houses, 188 semi-detached houses, 259 terraced houses and 64 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£424K
median sale · 196 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£345K–£525K
Last 12 months
£425K61 sold
Semi-detached houses£290K
median sale · 188 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£255K–£343K
Last 12 months
£295K55 sold
Terraced houses£224K
median sale · 259 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£196K–£265K
Last 12 months
£230K75 sold
Flats and maisonettes£148K
median sale · 64 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£120K–£193K
Last 12 months
£150K18 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses28%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses37%
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 Ramsbottom’s homes sold for between £215K and £370K
One sale in ten was under £170K and one in ten over £496K. 38% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £277,500, sits in the £250–300K band
707 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.3 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £52,725 in 1995 to £280,000 in the last 12 months (£195,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
209 sales in the last 12 months, against 542 in 2002, the busiest year, and 177 in 2010. Sales fell by 54% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 69% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Ramsbottom costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Ramsbottom, 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
£86K
£120K
£229K
£231K
£284K
£325K
£425K
Semi-detached houses
£55K
£68K
£164K
£164K
£174K
£273K
£295K
Terraced houses
£40K
£49K
£120K
£120K
£142K
£180K
£230K
Flats and maisonettes
£35K
£67K
£119K
£123K
£125K
£235K
£150K
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
566 new homes have been sold in Ramsbottom since 1995; the share peaked at 17% in 2002.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
67% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 64% sold leasehold in Ramsbottom. 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
Bolton Road West is Ramsbottom’s busiest street, with 39 sales in three years
43 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
Bolton Road West
BL0
39
£215,000
Mostly terraced houses
2
Longsight Road (BL0)
BL0
20
£302,750
Mixed
3
Holcombe Road
BL8
20
£273,822
Mixed
4
Victoria Street
BL0
19
£210,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Peel Brow
BL0
18
£255,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Whalley Road
BL0
13
£238,500
Mostly terraced houses
7
Dundee Lane
BL0
13
£212,000
Mixed
8
Kay Brow
BL0
13
£150,000
Mostly flats
9
Holcombe Lee
BL0
9
£268,000
Mixed
10
Stanley Street
BL0
9
£216,500
Mostly terraced houses
11
Bolton Road
BL8
8
£411,500
Mixed
12
Carrwood Hey
BL0
8
£281,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Sims Close
BL0
8
£132,500
Mostly flats
14
Square Street
BL0
8
£123,750
Mixed
15
Bolton Street
BL0
7
£350,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Tor Avenue: £647,500
Ramsbottom median£278K
Tor Avenue£648K
Jubilee Gardens£525K
Summerseat Lane£495K
Ripon Hall Avenue£478K
Marlborough Close£425K
Cheapest streets
Grants Lane: £100,000
Ramsbottom median£278K
Grants Lane£100K
Square Street£124K
Sims Close£133K
Kay Brow£150K
Stubbins Lane£154K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.5 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
Ramsbottom is the 19th most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester
Ramsbottom 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 Ramsbottom
What is the average house price in Ramsbottom?
The median home in Ramsbottom sold for £277,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 707 standard sales (£280,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £423,500, semi-detached houses £290,000, terraced houses £224,000 and flats and maisonettes £148,000.
Are house prices going up in Ramsbottom?
The median was £284,475 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£275,000), and £280,000 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 Ramsbottom each year?
209 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 302 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Ramsbottom?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Tor Avenue (BL8, £647,500), Jubilee Gardens (BL0, £525,000) and Summerseat Lane (BL0, £495,000).
Is Ramsbottom expensive for Greater Manchester?
Ramsbottom is the 19th 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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