The median home in Bacup sells for £150,000
That is the middle of 533 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 5.9 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.
58% of Bacup’s sales are terraced houses
533 homes sold in three years: 100 detached houses, 120 semi-detached houses, 307 terraced houses and 6 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 100 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £265K–£353K
- Last 12 months
- £310K35 sold
median sale · 120 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £140K–£217K
- Last 12 months
- £175K35 sold
median sale · 307 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £89K–£155K
- Last 12 months
- £132K94 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 6 sold, median £95K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A terraced town: 58% of homes sold are terraced
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.
Half of Bacup’s homes sold for between £110K and £218K
One sale in ten was under £80K and one in ten over £300K. 81% sold for under £250K.
The median, £150,000, sits in the £150–200K band
533 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.9 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £26,750 in 1995 to £158,500 in the last 12 months (£99,750 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
164 sales in the last 12 months, against 436 in 2004, the busiest year, and 123 in 2012. Sales fell by 66% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 26% more sales than 2020.
Bacup costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bacup, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £45K | £81K | £188K | £190K | £163K | £218K | £310K |
| Semi-detached houses | £40K | £43K | £105K | £100K | £112K | £125K | £175K |
| Terraced houses | £23K | £21K | £60K | £70K | £52K | £82K | £132K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
479 new homes have been sold in Bacup since 1995; the share peaked at 25% in 2008.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
48% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 47% sold leasehold in Bacup. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Newchurch Road is Bacup’s busiest street, with 30 sales in three years
29 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 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 | Newchurch Road | OL13 | 30 | £148,500 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 2 | Rochdale Road | OL13 | 25 | £175,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 3 | New Line | OL13 | 20 | £102,750 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 4 | Pennine Road | OL13 | 13 | £135,000 | Mixed |
| 5 | Booth Road | OL13 | 11 | £163,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 6 | Cockerell Drive | OL13 | 9 | £255,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 7 | Fieldfare Way | OL13 | 8 | £279,750 | Mostly detached houses |
| 8 | Acre Park | OL13 | 8 | £173,750 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 9 | Bankside Lane | OL13 | 7 | £200,000 | Mixed |
| 10 | Glen Top | OL13 | 7 | £140,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 11 | Gordon Street | OL13 | 7 | £100,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 12 | Dale Street | OL13 | 7 | £95,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 13 | Buttermere Avenue | OL13 | 6 | £351,250 | Mostly detached houses |
| 14 | Windermere Road | OL13 | 6 | £262,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 15 | Ramsey Avenue | OL13 | 6 | £213,500 | Mixed |
Buttermere Avenue: £351,250
Albert Terrace: £82,000
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.3 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.
Bacup is the 51st most expensive of 65 towns in Lancashire
Bacup is in the middle of Lancashire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Lancashire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Bacup’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacup | — | £150K | 164 | +50% |
| Weir | 1.9 | £255K | 13 | +74% |
| Whitworth | 2.8 | £190K | 86 | +60% |
| Rawtenstall | 3.3 | £200K | 286 | +54% |
| Todmorden | 4.2 | £165K | 194 | +49% |
| Wardle | 4.3 | £215K | 22 | +67% |
| Edenfield | 4.7 | £250K | 31 | +47% |
| Haslingden | 5.2 | £181K | 187 | +45% |
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 Bacup
What is the average house price in Bacup?
The median home in Bacup sold for £150,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 533 standard sales (£158,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £297,475, semi-detached houses £176,500, terraced houses £124,000 and flats and maisonettes £95,000.
Are house prices going up in Bacup?
The median was £153,250 in 2025, up 9% on 2024 (£140,000), and £158,500 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 Bacup each year?
164 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 215 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bacup?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Buttermere Avenue (OL13, £351,250), Goldcrest Avenue (OL13, £280,000) and Fieldfare Way (OL13, £279,750).
Is Bacup expensive for Lancashire?
Bacup is the 50th most expensive of 65 towns of 2,500 or more in Lancashire 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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