That is the middle of 561 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.
Half of Litherland’s sales are semi-detached houses
561 homes sold in three years: 67 detached houses, 263 semi-detached houses, 196 terraced houses and 35 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£295K
median sale · 67 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£334K
Last 12 months
£280K16 sold
New build
£318K
Semi-detached houses£190K
median sale · 263 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£170K–£220K
Last 12 months
£200K79 sold
New build
£194K
Terraced houses£140K
median sale · 196 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£113K–£166K
Last 12 months
£160K59 sold
Flats and maisonettes£109K
median sale · 35 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£85K–£127K
Last 12 months
£126K10 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 47% of sales
Detached houses12%
Semi-detached houses47%
Terraced houses35%
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 Litherland’s homes sold for between £136K and £215K
One sale in ten was under £100K and one in ten over £278K. 84% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £177,000, sits in the £150–200K band
561 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 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £37,000 in 1995 to £185,000 in the last 12 months (£120,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
164 sales in the last 12 months, against 447 in 2002, the busiest year, and 96 in 2009. Sales fell by 67% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 58% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Litherland costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Litherland, 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
£75K
£71K
£210K
£129K
£183K
£183K
£280K
Semi-detached houses
£42K
£52K
£125K
£120K
£137K
£149K
£200K
Terraced houses
£27K
£31K
£75K
£75K
£80K
£110K
£160K
Flats and maisonettes
—
—
£93K
£72K
£70K
£52K
£126K
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
6% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
657 new homes have been sold in Litherland since 1995; the share peaked at 40% 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 £271,835
against £165,000 for a home sold on, 65% 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.
23% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 18% sold leasehold in Litherland. 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
St Wilfrids Drive is Litherland’s busiest street, with 51 sales in three years
32 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 8 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
St Wilfrids Drive
L21
51
£271,995
Mixed · new builds
2
Field Lane
L21
30
£126,000
Mostly flats
3
Church Road
L21
21
£195,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
Bishop Close
L21
18
£243,746
Mixed · new builds
5
Hatton Hill Road
L21
17
£200,000
Mixed
6
Cumpsty Road
L21
16
£157,500
Mostly terraced houses
7
Beach Road
L21
14
£138,000
Mixed
8
Stanley Park
L21
10
£246,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Orrell Road
L21
9
£325,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
10
Ennerdale Drive
L21
9
£215,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Watling Avenue
L21
8
£197,500
Mixed
12
Lowden Avenue
L21
8
£155,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Spooner Avenue
L21
7
£220,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Brunel Drive
L21
7
£167,500
Mixed
15
Penrhyn Avenue
L21
7
£136,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Orrell Road: £325,995
Litherland median£177K
Orrell Road£326K
St Wilfrids Drive£272K
St Philips Avenue£253K
Stanley Park£246K
Bishop Close£244K
Cheapest streets
Beechwood Road: £81,250
Litherland median£177K
Beechwood Road£81K
Longfield Road£83K
Four Acre Drive£103K
Lonsdale Road£108K
Field Lane£126K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 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 Merseyside
Litherland is the 20th most expensive of 25 towns in Merseyside
Litherland is one of Merseyside’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 Litherland
What is the average house price in Litherland?
The median home in Litherland sold for £177,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 561 standard sales (£185,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £295,000, semi-detached houses £190,000, terraced houses £140,000 and flats and maisonettes £109,000.
Are house prices going up in Litherland?
The median was £190,000 in 2025, up 12% 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 Litherland each year?
164 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 206 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Litherland?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Orrell Road (L21, £325,995), St Wilfrids Drive (L21, £271,995) and St Philips Avenue (L21, £253,000).
How much does a new build cost in Litherland?
New homes sold for a median £271,835 over three years, against £165,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 14% of sales.
Is Litherland expensive for Merseyside?
Litherland is the 20th 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.