Homes in Withnell sell for a median £225,500
That is the middle of 46 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 5.4 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.
80% of Withnell’s sales are terraced houses
46 homes sold in three years: 6 detached houses, 3 semi-detached houses and 37 terraced houses.
median sale · 37 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £180K–£241K
- Last 12 months
- £231K14 sold
Detached houses: 6 sold, median £377K
Semi-detached houses: 3 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A terraced town: 80% 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 Withnell’s homes sold for between £185K and £290K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £370K. 65% sold for under £250K.
The median, £225,500, sits in the £200–250K band
46 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £43,500 in 1995 to £236,801 in the last 12 months (£137,500 in 2019).
About as many homes sell as usual
16 sales in the last 12 months, against 32 in 2002, the busiest year, and 7 in 2009.
Withnell costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Withnell, 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 | £44K | £48K | £141K | £132K | £132K | £152K | £231K |
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
4 new homes have been sold in Withnell since 1995.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
15% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 15% sold leasehold in Withnell. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Withnell’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Darwen, Chorley and Blackburn.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Withnell | — | £226K | 16 | +46% |
| Brinscall | 0.6 | £290K | 12 | +45% |
| Whittle-le-Woods | 3.3 | £300K | 51 | +15% |
| Gregson Lane | 3.6 | £210K | 30 | +42% |
| Darwen | 3.7 | £140K | 369 | +56% |
| Coup Green | 4.1 | £250K | 19 | +52% |
| Chorley | 4.2 | £180K | 413 | +36% |
| Blackburn | 4.5 | £170K | 988 | +62% |
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 Withnell
What is the average house price in Withnell?
The median home in Withnell sold for £225,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 46 standard sales (£236,801 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £377,000 and terraced houses £210,500.
Are house prices going up in Withnell?
The median was £236,500 in 2025, up 15% on 2024 (£205,000), and £236,801 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 Withnell each year?
16 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 15 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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