The median home in Upper Cumberworth sells for £391,250
That is the middle of 28 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 5.7 times as much as in 1997. 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 Upper Cumberworth’s sales are detached houses
28 homes sold in three years: 14 detached houses, 11 semi-detached houses and 3 terraced houses.
median sale · 14 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £480K–£580K
median sale · 11 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £276K–£360K
- Last 12 months
- £360K5 sold
Terraced houses: 3 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
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.
The typical home costs 5.7 times as much as in 1997, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £65,475 in 1997 to £373,750 in the last 12 months.
More homes sell than in most years
12 sales in the last 12 months, against 20 in 2003, the busiest year, and 2 in 2010.
Upper Cumberworth costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Upper Cumberworth, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
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
11 new homes have been sold in Upper Cumberworth since 1995; the share peaked at 33% in 1997.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Upper Cumberworth. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Hollybank Avenue is Upper Cumberworth’s busiest street, with 8 sales in three years
3 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. 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 | Hollybank Avenue | HD8 | 8 | £287,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 2 | Carr Hill Road | HD8 | 6 | £540,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 3 | Barnsley Road | HD8 | 5 | £527,500 | Mostly detached houses |
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.
Upper Cumberworth’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Shepley, Denby Dale and Shelley.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Cumberworth | — | £391K | 12 | — |
| Shepley | 1.1 | £275K | 31 | +38% |
| Denby Dale | 1.5 | £253K | 24 | +40% |
| Shelley | 1.6 | £300K | 28 | +50% |
| Skelmanthorpe | 2.1 | £260K | 79 | +63% |
| Kirkburton | 2.8 | £253K | 72 | +60% |
| Scholes (near Hade Edge) | 3 | £238K | 32 | +34% |
| Clayton West and Scissett | 3.4 | £257K | 61 | +41% |
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 Upper Cumberworth
What is the average house price in Upper Cumberworth?
The median home in Upper Cumberworth sold for £391,250 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 28 standard sales (£373,750 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £550,000 and semi-detached houses £300,000.
How many homes sell in Upper Cumberworth each year?
12 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 10 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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