That is the middle of 1,289 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.
1,289 homes sold in three years: 453 detached houses, 652 semi-detached houses, 66 terraced houses and 118 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.1 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£505K
median sale · 453 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£375K–£650K
Last 12 months
£510K141 sold
Semi-detached houses£273K
median sale · 652 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£230K–£325K
Last 12 months
£290K214 sold
Terraced houses£215K
median sale · 66 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£187K–£273K
Last 12 months
£212K13 sold
Flats and maisonettes£165K
median sale · 118 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£123K–£240K
Last 12 months
£172K42 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 51% of sales
Detached houses35%
Semi-detached houses51%
Terraced houses5%
Flats and maisonettes9%
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 Heswall’s homes sold for between £235K and £450K
One sale in ten was under £190K and one in ten over £640K. 30% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £302,500, sits in the £300–400K band
1,289 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 £59,995 in 1995 to £320,000 in the last 12 months (£236,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
410 sales in the last 12 months, against 691 in 2002, the busiest year, and 284 in 2008. Sales fell by 40% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 30% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Heswall costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Heswall, 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
£119K
£149K
£321K
£329K
£329K
£425K
£510K
Semi-detached houses
£54K
£74K
£174K
£155K
£185K
£220K
£290K
Terraced houses
£47K
£60K
£155K
£125K
£136K
£168K
£212K
Flats and maisonettes
£42K
£55K
£155K
£140K
£119K
£123K
£172K
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
479 new homes have been sold in Heswall since 1995; the share peaked at 11% 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
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.1% sold leasehold in Heswall. 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
Telegraph Road is Heswall’s busiest street, with 37 sales in three years
90 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 24 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
Telegraph Road
CH60
37
£185,000
Mostly flats
2
Pensby Road (CH61)
CH61
29
£250,000
Mixed
3
Irby Road
CH61
20
£327,500
Mixed
4
Ridgemere Road
CH61
19
£216,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Thingwall Road
CH61
16
£299,975
Mixed
6
Milner Road
CH60
16
£267,075
Mixed
7
Whaley Lane
CH61
14
£222,500
Mixed
8
Kings Drive
CH61
14
£205,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Cornelius Drive
CH61
13
£242,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Downham Road South
CH60
12
£315,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Glenwood Drive
CH61
12
£221,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Mill Hill Road
CH61
11
£443,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Barnsdale Avenue
CH61
11
£295,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Coombe Road
CH61
11
£285,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Nelson Drive
CH61
11
£242,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Oldfield Road: £912,500
Heswall median£303K
Oldfield Road£913K
Farr Hall Drive£900K
Gayton Road£820K
Delavor Road£675K
Beverley Drive£660K
Cheapest streets
Hesslewell Court: £90,000
Heswall median£303K
Hesslewell Court£90K
Dale Avenue£111K
Brimstage Green£160K
Larchwood Close£169K
Pensby Road (CH60)£174K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 10.1 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 Merseyside
Heswall is the 4th most expensive of 25 towns in Merseyside
Heswall is one of Merseyside’s dearest 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 Heswall
What is the average house price in Heswall?
The median home in Heswall sold for £302,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,289 standard sales (£320,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £505,000, semi-detached houses £272,500, terraced houses £215,000 and flats and maisonettes £165,000.
Are house prices going up in Heswall?
The median was £320,000 in 2025, up 10% on 2024 (£290,000), and £320,000 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 Heswall each year?
410 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 507 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Heswall?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Oldfield Road (CH60, £912,500), Farr Hall Drive (CH60, £900,000) and Gayton Road (CH60, £820,000).
Is Heswall expensive for Merseyside?
Heswall is the 4th most expensive of 25 towns of 2,500 or more in Merseyside 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.