Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0The median home in Wheelton sells for £272,500
That is the middle of 42 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 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.
60% of Wheelton’s sales are terraced houses
42 homes sold in three years: 10 detached houses, 6 semi-detached houses, 25 terraced houses and 1 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 10 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £345K–£599K
median sale · 25 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £175K–£245K
- Last 12 months
- £215K7 sold
Semi-detached houses: 6 sold, median £347K
Flats and maisonettes: 1 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A terraced town: 60% 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 Wheelton’s homes sold for between £190K and £360K
One sale in ten was under £148K and one in ten over £550K. 48% sold for under £250K.
The median, £272,500, sits in the £250–300K band
42 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 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 £49,775 in 1995 to £247,497 in the last 12 months (£183,475 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
10 sales in the last 12 months, against 34 in 2006, the busiest year, and 5 in 2018.
Wheelton costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Wheelton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Each type, year by year
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | £43K | £60K | £136K | £150K | £154K | £205K | £215K |
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% of sales in the last 12 months
2 new homes have been sold in Wheelton since 1995; the share peaked at 6% in 2014.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
21% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 22% sold leasehold in Wheelton. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Blackburn Road is Wheelton’s busiest street, with 13 sales in three years
3 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 | Blackburn Road | PR6 | 13 | £275,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 2 | Meadow Street | PR6 | 5 | £175,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 3 | Victoria Street | PR6 | 5 | £175,000 | 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.
Wheelton’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Chorley, Euxton and Bamber Bridge.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheelton | — | £273K | 10 | +53% |
| Whittle-le-Woods | 1.2 | £300K | 51 | +15% |
| Brinscall | 1.7 | £290K | 12 | +45% |
| Chorley | 2.5 | £180K | 413 | +36% |
| Euxton | 2.6 | £220K | 294 | +33% |
| Gregson Lane | 3.4 | £210K | 30 | +42% |
| Bamber Bridge | 3.7 | £195K | 523 | +36% |
| Leyland | 3.9 | £203K | 484 | +35% |
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 Wheelton
What is the average house price in Wheelton?
The median home in Wheelton sold for £272,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 42 standard sales (£247,497 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £412,500, semi-detached houses £346,500 and terraced houses £212,000.
Are house prices going up in Wheelton?
The median was £270,497 in 2025, up 23% on 2024 (£220,000), and £247,497 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 Wheelton each year?
10 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 16 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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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