That is the middle of 763 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 4.6 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.
763 homes sold in three years: 155 detached houses, 357 semi-detached houses, 207 terraced houses and 44 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£392K
median sale · 155 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£330K–£480K
Last 12 months
£390K49 sold
Semi-detached houses£275K
median sale · 357 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£240K–£314K
Last 12 months
£275K85 sold
New build
£320K
Terraced houses£220K
median sale · 207 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£178K–£253K
Last 12 months
£213K59 sold
Flats and maisonettes£130K
median sale · 44 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£113K–£148K
Last 12 months
£140K11 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 47% of sales
Detached houses20%
Semi-detached houses47%
Terraced houses27%
Flats and maisonettes6%
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 Walkden’s homes sold for between £218K and £330K
One sale in ten was under £169K and one in ten over £425K. 39% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £268,000, sits in the £250–300K band
763 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.6 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £58,500 in 1995 to £270,000 in the last 12 months (£195,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
204 sales in the last 12 months, against 464 in 2017, the busiest year, and 151 in 2009. Sales fell by 64% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 17%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 59% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Walkden costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Walkden, 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
£96K
£112K
£230K
£230K
£239K
£341K
£390K
Semi-detached houses
£54K
£60K
£140K
£128K
£145K
£218K
£275K
Terraced houses
£41K
£43K
£100K
£93K
£108K
£168K
£213K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£43K
£115K
£85K
£72K
£130K
£140K
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: 2% of sales in the last 12 months
1,544 new homes have been sold in Walkden since 1995; the share peaked at 40% 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
A new home sold for a median £326,400
against £265,000 for a home sold on, 23% 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.
64% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 62% sold leasehold in Walkden. 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
Manchester Road is Walkden’s busiest street, with 32 sales in three years
45 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 12 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
Manchester Road
M28
32
£195,750
Mostly terraced houses
2
Walkden Road
M28
27
£208,000
Mostly terraced houses
3
Old Clough Lane
M28
23
£265,000
Mixed
4
Newearth Road
M28
23
£248,000
Mixed
5
Silk Mill Street
M28
15
£298,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Normanby Road
M28
14
£282,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Thorne Crescent
M28
13
£305,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Mosley Common Road
M28
12
£198,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Stanley Road
M28
11
£148,000
Mixed
10
Whitewood Road
M28
10
£311,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Gilda Road
M28
10
£257,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Westminster Road
M28
10
£186,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Cotton Fields
M28
9
£295,000
Mixed
14
Yarn Close
M28
9
£295,000
Mixed
15
Holly Avenue
M28
8
£237,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Blakefield Drive: £510,000
Walkden median£268K
Blakefield Drive£510K
Ladybridge Avenue£490K
Broadway£488K
Marple Gardens£420K
Dandelion Green£359K
Cheapest streets
Atkin Street: £112,500
Walkden median£268K
Atkin Street£113K
Longley Road£130K
Stanley Road£148K
Whittle Street£170K
Wilbraham Road£185K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.5 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
Walkden is the 21st most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester
Walkden 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 Walkden
What is the average house price in Walkden?
The median home in Walkden sold for £268,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 763 standard sales (£270,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £391,999, semi-detached houses £275,000, terraced houses £220,000 and flats and maisonettes £130,000.
Are house prices going up in Walkden?
The median was £270,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£265,000), and £270,000 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 Walkden each year?
204 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 346 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Walkden?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Blakefield Drive (M28, £510,000), Ladybridge Avenue (M28, £490,000) and Broadway (M28, £487,500).
How much does a new build cost in Walkden?
New homes sold for a median £326,400 over three years, against £265,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.6% of sales.
Is Walkden expensive for Greater Manchester?
Walkden is the 21st 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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