That is the middle of 320 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 4.4 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.
320 homes sold in three years: 56 detached houses, 195 semi-detached houses, 35 terraced houses and 34 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£348K
median sale · 56 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£300K–£380K
Last 12 months
£317K8 sold
New build
£380K
Semi-detached houses£245K
median sale · 195 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£210K–£280K
Last 12 months
£250K63 sold
New build
£183K
Terraced houses£225K
median sale · 35 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£182K–£265K
Last 12 months
£248K7 sold
Flats and maisonettes£127K
median sale · 34 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£110K–£140K
Last 12 months
£127K12 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 61% of sales
Detached houses18%
Semi-detached houses61%
Terraced houses11%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Lydiate’s homes sold for between £200K and £298K
One sale in ten was under £143K and one in ten over £370K. 55% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £245,000, sits in the £200–250K band
320 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.4 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £55,975 in 1995 to £245,000 in the last 12 months (£192,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
90 sales in the last 12 months, against 145 in 2000, the busiest year, and 60 in 2008. Sales fell by 38% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 16%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 52% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Lydiate costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Lydiate, 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
£85K
£132K
£220K
£300K
£275K
£295K
£317K
Semi-detached houses
£59K
£69K
£158K
£170K
£161K
£187K
£250K
Terraced houses
£59K
£60K
£150K
£160K
£150K
£188K
£248K
Flats and maisonettes
£44K
£49K
£161K
£105K
£114K
—
£127K
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
168 new homes have been sold in Lydiate since 1995; the share peaked at 29% in 1995.
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 £355,997
against £241,000 for a home sold on, 48% 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.
26% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 18% sold leasehold in Lydiate. 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
Southport Road is Lydiate’s busiest street, with 31 sales in three years
26 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 6 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
Southport Road
L31
31
£208,000
Mixed
2
Liverpool Road
L31
18
£252,497
Mixed
3
Coronation Road
L31
15
£275,000
Mixed
4
Abbey Drive
L31
14
£372,495
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
The Moorings
L31
14
£141,250
Mixed
6
The Fieldings
L31
11
£147,500
Mostly flats
7
Wynnstay Avenue
L31
9
£253,800
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Weld Blundell Avenue
L31
9
£247,500
Mixed
9
Marshalls Close
L31
8
£212,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Moss Lane
L31
7
£325,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Lathom Drive
L31
7
£245,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Comer Gardens
L31
7
£200,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Lambshear Lane
L31
7
£193,000
Mixed
14
Oakhill Drive
L31
7
£189,000
Mixed
15
Coppull Road
L31
7
£165,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Abbey Drive: £372,495
Lydiate median£245K
Abbey Drive£372K
Sandy Lane£330K
Moss Lane£325K
Coronation Road£275K
Sunnymede Drive£268K
Cheapest streets
The Moorings: £141,250
Lydiate median£245K
The Moorings£141K
The Fieldings£148K
Haigh Crescent£150K
Coppull Road£165K
Oakhill Drive£189K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.6 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
Lydiate is the 10th most expensive of 25 towns in Merseyside
Lydiate is in the middle of Merseyside’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 Lydiate
What is the average house price in Lydiate?
The median home in Lydiate sold for £245,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 320 standard sales (£245,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £347,500, semi-detached houses £245,000, terraced houses £225,000 and flats and maisonettes £127,000.
Are house prices going up in Lydiate?
The median was £244,900 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£245,000), and £245,000 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 Lydiate each year?
90 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 105 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Lydiate?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Abbey Drive (L31, £372,495), Sandy Lane (L31, £330,000) and Moss Lane (L31, £325,000).
How much does a new build cost in Lydiate?
New homes sold for a median £355,997 over three years, against £241,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 7.5% of sales.
Is Lydiate expensive for Merseyside?
Lydiate is the 10th 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.