That is the middle of 1,074 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 5.3 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.
1,074 homes sold in three years: 222 detached houses, 267 semi-detached houses, 537 terraced houses and 48 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£392K
median sale · 222 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£335K–£475K
Last 12 months
£390K63 sold
New build
£415K
Semi-detached houses£250K
median sale · 267 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£185K–£285K
Last 12 months
£249K60 sold
New build
£275K
Terraced houses£160K
median sale · 537 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£135K–£195K
Last 12 months
£165K152 sold
New build
£228K
Flats and maisonettes£171K
median sale · 48 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£124K–£202K
Last 12 months
£150K11 sold
The mix
A terraced town: half of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses21%
Semi-detached houses25%
Terraced houses50%
Flats and maisonettes4%
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 Rawtenstall’s homes sold for between £150K and £302K
One sale in ten was under £123K and one in ten over £420K. 63% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £199,972, sits in the £150–200K band
1,074 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.3 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £37,000 in 1995 to £196,897 in the last 12 months (£145,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
286 sales in the last 12 months, against 613 in 2003, the busiest year, and 191 in 2009. Sales fell by 64% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 49% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Rawtenstall costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Rawtenstall, 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
£70K
£118K
£242K
£211K
£255K
£314K
£390K
Semi-detached houses
£52K
£60K
£120K
£138K
£145K
£191K
£249K
Terraced houses
£32K
£35K
£85K
£91K
£88K
£128K
£165K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£30K
£148K
£170K
£120K
£143K
£150K
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% of sales in the last 12 months
990 new homes have been sold in Rawtenstall since 1995; the share peaked at 21% in 2005.
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 £307,767
against £190,100 for a home sold on, 62% 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.
40% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 37% sold leasehold in Rawtenstall. 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
Burnley Road is Rawtenstall’s busiest street, with 75 sales in three years
52 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 12 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
Burnley Road
BB4
75
£179,000
Mostly terraced houses
2
Bacup Road
BB4
41
£173,460
Mixed
3
Newchurch Road
BB4
34
£349,700
Mixed
4
Burnley Road East
BB4
30
£170,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Seymour Close
BB4
29
£273,995
Mixed · new builds
6
Bury Road
BB4
17
£217,500
Mixed
7
Great Clough Drive
BB4
15
£310,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Oaklands Drive
BB4
12
£351,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Haslingden Road
BB4
12
£334,000
Mixed
10
Booth Crescent
BB4
11
£165,000
Mixed
11
Edgeside Lane
BB4
10
£184,225
Mixed
12
Park Road
BB4
10
£126,725
Mostly terraced houses
13
Ward Way
BB4
9
£345,000
Mixed
14
Weaver Avenue
BB4
9
£315,995
Mixed · new builds
15
Staghills Road
BB4
9
£190,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Johnny Barn Close: £595,000
Rawtenstall median£200K
Johnny Barn Close£595K
Meadow Edge Close£520K
Pendleton Avenue£460K
Holmeswood Park£413K
Redwood Drive£365K
Cheapest streets
Millar Barn Lane: £100,000
Rawtenstall median£200K
Millar Barn Lane£100K
Linden Lea£125K
Park Road£127K
Beech Street£135K
South Street£139K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6 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
Rawtenstall is the 31st most expensive of 65 towns in Lancashire
Rawtenstall 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 Rawtenstall
What is the average house price in Rawtenstall?
The median home in Rawtenstall sold for £199,972 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,074 standard sales (£196,897 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £392,000, semi-detached houses £250,000, terraced houses £160,000 and flats and maisonettes £171,000.
Are house prices going up in Rawtenstall?
The median was £210,000 in 2025, up 8% on 2024 (£195,000), and £196,897 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 Rawtenstall each year?
286 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 404 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Rawtenstall?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Johnny Barn Close (BB4, £595,000), Meadow Edge Close (BB4, £520,000) and Pendleton Avenue (BB4, £460,000).
How much does a new build cost in Rawtenstall?
New homes sold for a median £307,767 over three years, against £190,100 for homes sold on. New builds were 6% of sales.
Is Rawtenstall expensive for Lancashire?
Rawtenstall is the 31st 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.
Photo: Andy4789 · CC BY 3.0