That is the middle of 1,398 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 4.5 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.
1,398 homes sold in three years: 225 detached houses, 270 semi-detached houses, 863 terraced houses and 40 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.1 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£280K
median sale · 225 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£237K–£318K
Last 12 months
£305K53 sold
New build
£276K
Semi-detached houses£186K
median sale · 270 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£162K–£218K
Last 12 months
£195K65 sold
New build
£240K
Terraced houses£118K
median sale · 863 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£91K–£145K
Last 12 months
£125K243 sold
Flats and maisonettes£90K
median sale · 40 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£75K–£130K
Last 12 months
£125K8 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 62% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses16%
Semi-detached houses19%
Terraced houses62%
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 Darwen’s homes sold for between £105K and £197K
One sale in ten was under £80K and one in ten over £280K. 87% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £140,000, sits in the £100–150K band
1,398 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.5 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £32,000 in 1995 to £145,000 in the last 12 months (£100,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
369 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,042 in 2006, the busiest year, and 268 in 2009. Sales fell by 71% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 36% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Darwen costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Darwen, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Flats and maisonettes rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£73K
£83K
£174K
£183K
£190K
£246K
£305K
Semi-detached houses
£48K
£55K
£120K
£124K
£129K
£144K
£195K
Terraced houses
£28K
£28K
£60K
£75K
£72K
£85K
£125K
Flats and maisonettes
£22K
£27K
£90K
£70K
£75K
£78K
£125K
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: 2.2% of sales in the last 12 months
1,206 new homes have been sold in Darwen since 1995; the share peaked at 13% in 1999.
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 £267,995
against £136,500 for a home sold on, 96% 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.
52% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 50% sold leasehold in Darwen. 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
Blackburn Road is Darwen’s busiest street, with 23 sales in three years
97 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 29 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
Blackburn Road
BB3
23
£99,950
Mostly terraced houses
2
Earnsdale Road
BB3
21
£166,000
Mostly terraced houses
3
Marsh House Lane
BB3
21
£113,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Olive Lane
BB3
20
£94,500
Mostly terraced houses
5
Fraser Way
BB3
18
£288,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Park Road
BB3
17
£160,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Fusilier Way
BB3
16
£257,495
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Spring Vale Heights
BB3
16
£239,870
Mostly detached houses · new builds
9
Avondale Road
BB3
16
£171,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Cemetery Road
BB3
16
£129,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Lynwood Avenue
BB3
16
£127,500
Mostly terraced houses
12
Day Terrace
BB3
14
£289,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
13
Harwood Street
BB3
14
£169,975
Mostly terraced houses
14
Greenway Street
BB3
14
£110,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Tower View
BB3
13
£211,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Jacks Key Drive: £380,000
Darwen median£140K
Jacks Key Drive£380K
Tockholes Road£375K
Earnsdale Avenue£320K
Robertson Walk£295K
Day Terrace£290K
Cheapest streets
Lomax Street: £70,000
Darwen median£140K
Lomax Street£70K
Sudellside Street£73K
Norris Street£80K
Bentley Street£80K
Atlas Road£81K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.4 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 Lancashire
Darwen is the 57th most expensive of 65 towns in Lancashire
Darwen is one of Lancashire’s cheapest 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 Darwen
What is the average house price in Darwen?
The median home in Darwen sold for £140,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,398 standard sales (£145,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £280,000, semi-detached houses £186,250, terraced houses £117,500 and flats and maisonettes £90,100.
Are house prices going up in Darwen?
The median was £147,250 in 2025, up 9% on 2024 (£135,000), and £145,000 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 Darwen each year?
369 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 472 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Darwen?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Jacks Key Drive (BB3, £380,000), Tockholes Road (BB3, £375,000) and Earnsdale Avenue (BB3, £320,000).
How much does a new build cost in Darwen?
New homes sold for a median £267,995 over three years, against £136,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 6.3% of sales.
Is Darwen expensive for Lancashire?
Darwen is the 53rd 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.