Photo: Galatas · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Higher Walton sell for a median £162,500
That is the middle of 81 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 4.1 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.
54% of Higher Walton’s sales are terraced houses
81 homes sold in three years: 8 detached houses, 29 semi-detached houses and 44 terraced houses.
median sale · 29 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £168K–£200K
- Last 12 months
- £174K14 sold
median sale · 44 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £120K–£163K
- Last 12 months
- £130K15 sold
Detached houses: 8 sold, median £366K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A terraced town: 54% 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 Higher Walton’s homes sold for between £130K and £190K
One sale in ten was under £112K and one in ten over £295K. 88% sold for under £250K.
The median, £162,500, sits in the £150–200K band
81 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 4.1 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £38,250 in 1995 to £158,000 in the last 12 months (£155,000 in 2019).
About as many homes sell as usual
33 sales in the last 12 months, against 59 in 2018, the busiest year, and 12 in 2012. Sales fell by 44% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%.
Higher Walton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Higher Walton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | — | £51K | £126K | £122K | £128K | £159K | £174K |
| Terraced houses | £37K | £39K | £95K | £108K | £109K | £110K | £130K |
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 have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 54% in 2018
96 new homes have been sold in Higher Walton since 1995; the share peaked at 54% in 2018.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
3% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.5% sold leasehold in Higher Walton. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Rosebay Gardens is Higher Walton’s busiest street, with 10 sales in three years
8 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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 | Rosebay Gardens | PR5 | 10 | £170,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 2 | Church Terrace | PR5 | 8 | £149,750 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 3 | Bannister Hall Crescent | PR5 | 7 | £170,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 4 | Bannister Hall Drive | PR5 | 6 | £170,750 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 5 | Kittlingbourne Brow | PR5 | 6 | £127,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 6 | Bridge Street | PR5 | 6 | £116,750 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 7 | Gregson Lane | PR5 | 5 | £227,500 | Mixed |
| 8 | Brook Street | PR5 | 5 | £123,500 | Mostly terraced houses |
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.
Higher Walton’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Preston.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Walton | — | £163K | 33 | +32% |
| Coup Green | 1 | £250K | 19 | +52% |
| Gregson Lane | 1.1 | £210K | 30 | +42% |
| Bamber Bridge | 1.4 | £195K | 523 | +36% |
| Preston | 2.9 | £140K | 731 | +40% |
| Penwortham | 3.4 | £223K | 224 | +35% |
| Farington Moss | 3.4 | £257K | 52 | +40% |
| Whittle-le-Woods | 3.9 | £300K | 51 | +15% |
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 Higher Walton
What is the average house price in Higher Walton?
The median home in Higher Walton sold for £162,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 81 standard sales (£158,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £366,000, semi-detached houses £176,000 and terraced houses £139,333.
Are house prices going up in Higher Walton?
The median was £163,611 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£162,500), and £158,000 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 Higher Walton each year?
33 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 34 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Higher Walton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Gregson Lane (PR5, £227,500), Bannister Hall Drive (PR5, £170,750) and Bannister Hall Crescent (PR5, £170,000).
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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