The median home in Skelmersdale sells for £148,000
That is the middle of 917 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 4.4 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.
917 homes sold in three years: 193 detached houses, 300 semi-detached houses, 385 terraced houses and 39 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£265K
median sale · 193 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£215K–£320K
Last 12 months
£280K71 sold
Semi-detached houses£167K
median sale · 300 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£140K–£190K
Last 12 months
£180K95 sold
Terraced houses£120K
median sale · 385 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£100K–£137K
Last 12 months
£120K134 sold
Flats and maisonettes£80K
median sale · 39 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£68K–£102K
Last 12 months
£80K9 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 42% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses21%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses42%
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 Skelmersdale’s homes sold for between £115K and £200K
One sale in ten was under £90K and one in ten over £275K. 85% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £148,000, sits in the £100–150K band
917 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.4 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £36,500 in 1995 to £160,000 in the last 12 months (£124,995 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
309 sales in the last 12 months, against 747 in 2004, the busiest year, and 162 in 2009. Sales fell by 72% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 55% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Skelmersdale costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Skelmersdale, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£65K
£83K
£163K
£176K
£156K
£224K
£280K
Semi-detached houses
£42K
£53K
£116K
£114K
£112K
£138K
£180K
Terraced houses
£27K
£34K
£70K
£70K
£70K
£82K
£120K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£24K
£65K
£56K
£59K
£80K
£80K
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
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 30% in 2019
1,401 new homes have been sold in Skelmersdale since 1995; the share peaked at 30% in 2019.
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 £270,995
against £148,000 for a home sold on, 83% 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.
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 6.9% sold leasehold in Skelmersdale. 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
Yewdale is Skelmersdale’s busiest street, with 24 sales in three years
70 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 15 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
Yewdale
WN8
24
£140,000
Mostly terraced houses
2
Findon Way
WN8
19
£180,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Liverpool Road
WN8
19
£175,000
Mixed
4
Ormskirk Road
WN8
19
£142,000
Mixed
5
Jackfield Way
WN8
17
£195,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Kestrel Park
WN8
16
£291,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Mercury Way
WN8
14
£201,500
Mostly detached houses
8
High Street
WN8
13
£130,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Carfield
WN8
13
£83,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
School Lane
WN8
12
£165,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Elmers Green
WN8
11
£340,000
Mostly detached houses
12
De-Haviland Way
WN8
10
£186,000
Mixed
13
Tongbarn
WN8
10
£133,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Windrows
WN8
10
£97,500
Mostly terraced houses
15
Birkrig
WN8
10
£95,500
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Elmers Green Lane: £440,000
Skelmersdale median£148K
Elmers Green Lane£440K
Merdale Way£358K
Kingsbury Court£345K
Elmers Green£340K
Oakhill Drive£336K
Cheapest streets
Whitburn: £69,000
Skelmersdale median£148K
Whitburn£69K
Banksbarn£73K
Carfield£83K
Alderley£86K
Cherrycroft£94K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.4 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
Skelmersdale is the 52nd most expensive of 65 towns in Lancashire
Skelmersdale 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 Skelmersdale
What is the average house price in Skelmersdale?
The median home in Skelmersdale sold for £148,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 917 standard sales (£160,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £265,000, semi-detached houses £166,500, terraced houses £120,000 and flats and maisonettes £80,000.
Are house prices going up in Skelmersdale?
The median was £147,500 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£142,500), and £160,000 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 Skelmersdale each year?
309 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 359 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Skelmersdale?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Elmers Green Lane (WN8, £440,000), Merdale Way (WN8, £357,500) and Kingsbury Court (WN8, £345,000).
How much does a new build cost in Skelmersdale?
New homes sold for a median £270,995 over three years, against £148,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 0.5% of sales.
Is Skelmersdale expensive for Lancashire?
Skelmersdale is the 52nd 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.