Photo: Margaret Clough · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Longton sell for a median £269,750
That is the middle of 457 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.
Half of Longton’s sales are semi-detached houses
457 homes sold in three years: 190 detached houses, 221 semi-detached houses, 38 terraced houses and 8 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 190 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £290K–£530K
- Last 12 months
- £388K42 sold
- New build
- £582K
median sale · 221 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £204K–£280K
- Last 12 months
- £248K65 sold
median sale · 38 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £160K–£241K
- Last 12 months
- £195K5 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 8 sold, median £119K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: 42% of homes sold stand on their own plot
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 Longton’s homes sold for between £215K and £388K
One sale in ten was under £175K and one in ten over £540K. 42% sold for under £250K.
The median, £269,750, sits in the £250–300K band
457 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
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 £59,950 in 1995 to £270,000 in the last 12 months (£189,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
115 sales in the last 12 months, against 282 in 2003, the busiest year, and 79 in 2008. Sales fell by 48% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 36% more sales than 2020.
Longton costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Longton, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £94K | £129K | £250K | £293K | £270K | £339K | £388K |
| Semi-detached houses | £55K | £69K | £163K | £165K | £161K | £190K | £248K |
| Terraced houses | £46K | £56K | £133K | £140K | £147K | £165K | £195K |
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: 0.9% of sales in the last 12 months
503 new homes have been sold in Longton since 1995; the share peaked at 30% in 2003.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £582,497
against £263,000 for a home sold on, 121% 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.
11% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 8.9% sold leasehold in Longton. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Liverpool Old Road is Longton’s busiest street, with 40 sales in three years
23 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 | Liverpool Old Road | PR4 | 40 | £235,500 | Mixed |
| 2 | Chapel Lane | PR4 | 35 | £387,000 | Mixed |
| 3 | Liverpool Road | PR4 | 14 | £268,750 | Mixed |
| 4 | Brickcroft Drive | PR4 | 13 | £589,995 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 5 | School Lane | PR4 | 12 | £228,500 | Mixed |
| 6 | Franklands | PR4 | 9 | £248,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 7 | Jubilee Road | PR4 | 9 | £189,000 | Mixed |
| 8 | Aspendale Close | PR4 | 8 | £324,975 | Mostly detached houses |
| 9 | Shirley Lane | PR4 | 8 | £220,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 10 | Station Road | PR4 | 8 | £210,000 | Mixed |
| 11 | Southfield | PR4 | 7 | £219,500 | Mixed |
| 12 | Smithy Lane | PR4 | 7 | £212,000 | Mixed |
| 13 | School Street | PR4 | 7 | £152,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 14 | Marsh Lane | PR4 | 6 | £354,000 | Mixed |
| 15 | Shaftesbury Avenue | PR4 | 6 | £301,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
Brickcroft Drive: £589,995
School Street: £152,000
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.9 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.
Longton is the 9th most expensive of 65 towns in Lancashire
Longton is one of Lancashire’s dearest 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.
Longton’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Penwortham and Freckleton.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longton | — | £270K | 115 | +52% |
| Hutton | 1 | £275K | 37 | +45% |
| Penwortham | 2.6 | £223K | 224 | +35% |
| Tarleton and Hesketh Bank | 3 | £280K | 118 | +33% |
| Clifton | 3.3 | £232K | 8 | +38% |
| Farington Moss | 3.3 | £257K | 52 | +40% |
| Wymott | 3.5 | — | 1 | — |
| Freckleton | 3.9 | £201K | 83 | +43% |
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 Longton
What is the average house price in Longton?
The median home in Longton sold for £269,750 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 457 standard sales (£270,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £394,000, semi-detached houses £233,000, terraced houses £181,500 and flats and maisonettes £118,500.
Are house prices going up in Longton?
The median was £299,750 in 2025, up 15% on 2024 (£260,000), 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 Longton each year?
115 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 180 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Longton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Brickcroft Drive (PR4, £589,995), Hall Lane (PR4, £575,000) and Old School Drive (PR4, £530,000).
How much does a new build cost in Longton?
New homes sold for a median £582,497 over three years, against £263,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.9% of sales.
Is Longton expensive for Lancashire?
Longton is the 9th 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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