That is the middle of 1,464 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 4.9 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.
1,464 homes sold in three years: 339 detached houses, 489 semi-detached houses, 526 terraced houses and 110 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£325K
median sale · 339 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£270K–£375K
Last 12 months
£333K91 sold
New build
£325K
Semi-detached houses£195K
median sale · 489 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£166K–£233K
Last 12 months
£200K130 sold
Terraced houses£140K
median sale · 526 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£120K–£166K
Last 12 months
£145K158 sold
Flats and maisonettes£109K
median sale · 110 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£88K–£125K
Last 12 months
£120K34 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Detached houses23%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses36%
Flats and maisonettes8%
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 Chorley’s homes sold for between £135K and £250K
One sale in ten was under £107K and one in ten over £345K. 74% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £180,000, sits in the £150–200K band
1,464 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.9 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £36,000 in 1995 to £178,000 in the last 12 months (£138,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
413 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,061 in 2003, the busiest year, and 382 in 2009. Sales fell by 58% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 44% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Chorley costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Chorley, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£71K
£95K
£194K
£219K
£221K
£270K
£333K
Semi-detached houses
£45K
£55K
£120K
£130K
£140K
£156K
£200K
Terraced houses
£31K
£34K
£85K
£92K
£93K
£100K
£145K
Flats and maisonettes
£29K
£45K
£110K
£80K
£90K
£96K
£120K
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: 0.5% of sales in the last 12 months
2,356 new homes have been sold in Chorley since 1995; the share peaked at 24% in 2012.
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 £318,000
against £177,500 for a home sold on, 79% 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.
47% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 43% sold leasehold in Chorley. 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
Draperfield is Chorley’s busiest street, with 24 sales in three years
102 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 23 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
Draperfield
PR7
24
£165,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
Devonshire Road
PR7
22
£154,500
Mixed
3
Collingwood Road
PR7
20
£188,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
Oldfield Way
PR7
15
£325,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Eaves Lane
PR6
15
£135,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Denham Wood Close
PR7
15
£107,000
Mostly flats
7
Pilling Lane
PR7
14
£147,500
Mostly terraced houses
8
Duxbury Manor Way
PR7
13
£368,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Bolton Road
PR7
13
£219,995
Mixed
10
Quarry Road
PR6
13
£205,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Park Road
PR7
13
£200,000
Mixed
12
Long Meadows
PR7
13
£169,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
The Farthings
PR7
12
£345,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Heapey Road
PR6
11
£235,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Wymundsley
PR7
11
£232,500
Mixed
Dearest streets
Windsor Road: £550,000
Chorley median£180K
Windsor Road£550K
Mimosa Close£390K
Long Croft Meadow£385K
Burgh Wood Way£375K
Duxbury Manor Way£368K
Cheapest streets
Deerfold: £90,000
Chorley median£180K
Deerfold£90K
Seymour Street£100K
Brooke Street£103K
Goldfinch Court£103K
Anderton Street£105K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.1 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 Lancashire
Chorley is the 41st most expensive of 65 towns in Lancashire
Chorley is in the middle of Lancashire’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 Chorley
What is the average house price in Chorley?
The median home in Chorley sold for £180,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,464 standard sales (£178,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £325,000, semi-detached houses £195,000, terraced houses £140,000 and flats and maisonettes £108,500.
Are house prices going up in Chorley?
The median was £185,000 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£179,000), and £178,000 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 Chorley each year?
413 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 600 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Chorley?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Windsor Road (PR7, £550,000), Mimosa Close (PR7, £390,000) and Long Croft Meadow (PR7, £385,000).
How much does a new build cost in Chorley?
New homes sold for a median £318,000 over three years, against £177,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.6% of sales.
Is Chorley expensive for Lancashire?
Chorley is the 40th 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.