Photo: Richard Harvey · CC BY-SA 2.0 ukHomes in Lepton sell for a median £234,000
That is the middle of 216 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 4.8 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.
39% of Lepton’s sales are semi-detached houses
216 homes sold in three years: 69 detached houses, 85 semi-detached houses, 58 terraced houses and 4 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 69 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £308K–£430K
- Last 12 months
- £414K22 sold
median sale · 85 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £190K–£245K
- Last 12 months
- £230K14 sold
median sale · 58 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £144K–£240K
- Last 12 months
- £200K19 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 4 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
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 Lepton’s homes sold for between £185K and £320K
One sale in ten was under £145K and one in ten over £420K. 59% sold for under £250K.
The median, £234,000, sits in the £200–250K band
216 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 4.8 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £55,000 in 1995 to £262,500 in the last 12 months (£178,750 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
56 sales in the last 12 months, against 164 in 2007, the busiest year, and 48 in 2009. Sales fell by 71% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 39%.
Lepton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Lepton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £88K | £91K | £250K | £230K | £251K | £308K | £414K |
| Semi-detached houses | £50K | £60K | £140K | £121K | £150K | £168K | £230K |
| Terraced houses | £39K | £48K | £113K | £120K | £129K | £153K | £200K |
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.
5% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
318 new homes have been sold in Lepton since 1995; the share peaked at 43% in 2005.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £307,499
against £230,000 for a home sold on, 34% 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.
6% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 4.7% sold leasehold in Lepton. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Rowley Lane is Lepton’s busiest street, with 18 sales in three years
14 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 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 | Rowley Lane | HD8 | 18 | £220,000 | Mixed |
| 2 | Wakefield Road | HD8 | 13 | £165,000 | Mixed |
| 3 | Hanby Close | HD8 | 11 | £285,000 | Mixed |
| 4 | Highgate Lane | HD8 | 9 | £245,000 | Mixed |
| 5 | Woodlands Avenue | HD8 | 6 | £222,750 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 6 | Station Road | HD8 | 6 | £213,750 | Mixed |
| 7 | Grosvenor Way | HD8 | 6 | £198,750 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 8 | Ings Way East | HD8 | 6 | £175,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 9 | St Johns Court | HD8 | 6 | £137,500 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 10 | Fenay Beck Court | HD8 | 5 | £334,999 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 11 | Tinker Croft | HD8 | 5 | £285,000 | Mostly terraced houses · new builds |
| 12 | Highgate Avenue | HD8 | 5 | £240,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 13 | Lydgate | HD8 | 5 | £215,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 14 | Highroyd | HD8 | 5 | £170,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
Fenay Beck Court: £334,999
St Johns Court: £137,500
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.4 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.
Lepton is the 40th most expensive of 91 towns in West Yorkshire
Lepton is in the middle of West Yorkshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in West Yorkshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Lepton’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lepton | — | £234K | 56 | +28% |
| Kirkburton | 1.4 | £253K | 72 | +60% |
| Kirkheaton | 1.9 | £215K | 60 | +39% |
| Grange Moor | 2 | £235K | 13 | +31% |
| Shelley | 2.5 | £300K | 28 | +50% |
| Flockton | 3.2 | £274K | 27 | +93% |
| Mirfield | 3.3 | £240K | 242 | +50% |
| Shepley | 3.4 | £275K | 31 | +38% |
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 Lepton
What is the average house price in Lepton?
The median home in Lepton sold for £234,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 216 standard sales (£262,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £375,000, semi-detached houses £215,000 and terraced houses £178,000.
Are house prices going up in Lepton?
The median was £247,500 in 2025, up 13% on 2024 (£220,000), and £262,500 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 Lepton each year?
56 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 81 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Lepton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Fenay Beck Court (HD8, £334,999), Hanby Close (HD8, £285,000) and Tinker Croft (HD8, £285,000).
How much does a new build cost in Lepton?
New homes sold for a median £307,499 over three years, against £230,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.7% of sales.
Is Lepton expensive for West Yorkshire?
Lepton is the 39th most expensive of 91 towns of 2,500 or more in West Yorkshire 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.
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