That is the middle of 1,021 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 3.6 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.
1,021 homes sold in three years: 248 detached houses, 554 semi-detached houses, 160 terraced houses and 59 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£270K
median sale · 248 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£224K–£318K
Last 12 months
£285K79 sold
New build
£326K
Semi-detached houses£172K
median sale · 554 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£150K–£195K
Last 12 months
£180K169 sold
Terraced houses£140K
median sale · 160 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£115K–£160K
Last 12 months
£142K37 sold
New build
£140K
Flats and maisonettes£94K
median sale · 59 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£80K–£135K
Last 12 months
£92K11 sold
New build
£196K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 54% of sales
Detached houses24%
Semi-detached houses54%
Terraced houses16%
Flats and maisonettes6%
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 Thornton’s homes sold for between £145K and £225K
One sale in ten was under £115K and one in ten over £298K. 81% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £177,000, sits in the £150–200K band
1,021 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 3.6 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £51,000 in 1995 to £185,000 in the last 12 months (£143,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
296 sales in the last 12 months, against 746 in 2002, the busiest year, and 193 in 2009. Sales fell by 61% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 63% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Thornton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Thornton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£76K
£93K
£205K
£200K
£204K
£235K
£285K
Semi-detached houses
£47K
£55K
£128K
£125K
£123K
£135K
£180K
Terraced houses
£44K
£40K
£102K
£99K
£125K
£100K
£142K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£38K
£86K
£78K
£68K
£73K
£92K
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
1,303 new homes have been sold in Thornton since 1995; the share peaked at 20% in 2002.
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 £188,200
against £176,500 for a home sold on, 7% 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.
17% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 11% sold leasehold in Thornton. 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
Fleetwood Road North is Thornton’s busiest street, with 33 sales in three years
70 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 19 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
Fleetwood Road North
FY5
33
£172,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
Hawthorn Drive
FY5
26
£166,250
Mostly terraced houses
3
Lawsons Road
FY5
15
£187,000
Mixed
4
Sandwell Avenue
FY5
15
£163,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Elmwood Drive
FY5
15
£160,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
West Drive
FY5
14
£225,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Waring Drive
FY5
14
£157,500
Mixed
8
Aintree Road
FY5
14
£136,750
Mixed
9
Devonshire Avenue
FY5
13
£139,400
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Alexandra Road
FY5
12
£188,225
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Torentun Close
FY5
11
£196,450
Mostly flats · new builds
12
Pinewood Avenue
FY5
11
£180,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Springfield Drive
FY5
11
£180,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Trunnah Road
FY5
11
£145,000
Mixed
15
Wentworth Drive
FY5
10
£225,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Station Road: £350,000
Thornton median£177K
Station Road£350K
Calder Avenue£292K
Hillylaid Road£270K
Keats Close£263K
Wordsworth Avenue£257K
Cheapest streets
Bankfield Court: £77,950
Thornton median£177K
Bankfield Court£78K
Pleasant Grove£90K
Hapton Street£106K
Knowsley Crescent£106K
Ullswater Avenue£115K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.5 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
Thornton is the 44th most expensive of 65 towns in Lancashire
Thornton 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 Thornton
What is the average house price in Thornton?
The median home in Thornton sold for £177,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,021 standard sales (£185,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £270,000, semi-detached houses £172,250, terraced houses £140,000 and flats and maisonettes £93,500.
Are house prices going up in Thornton?
The median was £182,750 in 2025, up 8% on 2024 (£170,000), and £185,000 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 Thornton each year?
296 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 405 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Thornton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Station Road (FY5, £350,000), Calder Avenue (FY5, £292,000) and Hillylaid Road (FY5, £270,000).
How much does a new build cost in Thornton?
New homes sold for a median £188,200 over three years, against £176,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.3% of sales.
Is Thornton expensive for Lancashire?
Thornton is the 44th 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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