Downs Drive, Altrincham house prices are built from 139 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 23 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £195,000. Across the 21 years from 2003 to 2024 the median moved +172.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +51.6%.
Median price paid
£195,000
Change in cash, 2003–2024
+172.3%
Change in real terms
+51.6%
HM Land Registry139 salesLatest sale 23 Feb 2026
Section 01
How Downs Drive, Altrincham prices moved
The chart tracks the median Downs Drive, Altrincham house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2024. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 | £64,625 | £143,498 |
| 2000s | 3 | £98,400 | £179,256 |
| 2010s | 1 | £280,000 | £394,800 |
| 2020s | 5 | £403,000 | £411,761 |
The highest yearly median on record for Downs Drive, Altrincham is £475,000 in 2022; the lowest is £56,950 in 1995. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £56,950 to £403,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £126,456, so the real change over the whole record is +235.3% — about +4.26% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +172.3% in cash against +51.6% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 23 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £390,000 | £390,000 |
| 100 | 5 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £415,000 | £424,022 |
| 135 | 12 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 44 | 25 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £440,000 | £449,565 |
| 3 | 1 Nov 2024 | Semi-detached | £385,000 | £405,112 |
| 86 | 30 Sep 2024 | Semi-detached | £365,000 | £384,067 |
| 129 | 10 Sep 2024 | Semi-detached | £595,000 | £626,082 |
| 76 | 24 Jul 2024 | Semi-detached | £470,000 | £494,552 |
| 89 | 24 May 2024 | Semi-detached | £421,000 | £442,993 |
| 12 | 3 May 2024 | Semi-detached | £431,000 | £453,515 |
| 23 | 10 Apr 2024 | Semi-detached | £340,000 | £357,761 |
| 66 | 27 Mar 2024 | Semi-detached | £355,000 | £373,545 |
| 54 | 27 Sep 2023 | Semi-detached | £415,000 | £448,391 |
| 74 | 17 Mar 2023 | Semi-detached | £322,500 | £348,448 |
| 50 | 3 Mar 2023 | Semi-detached | £435,000 | £470,000 |
| 63 | 3 Mar 2023 | Semi-detached | £404,000 | £436,506 |
| 77 | 28 Feb 2023 | Semi-detached | £330,000 | £356,552 |
| 101 | 6 Feb 2023 | Semi-detached | £450,000 | £486,207 |
| 48 | 7 Oct 2022 | Semi-detached | £480,000 | £556,122 |
| 13 | 4 Oct 2022 | Semi-detached | £475,000 | £550,329 |
| 111 | 3 Aug 2022 | Semi-detached | £512,500 | £593,776 |
| 46 | 4 Jul 2022 | Semi-detached | £449,750 | £521,074 |
| 84 | 29 Apr 2022 | Semi-detached | £450,000 | £521,364 |
| 96 | 17 Dec 2021 | Semi-detached | £360,000 | £454,839 |
| 66 | 30 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £380,000 | £480,108 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Downs Drive, Altrincham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 Downs Drive | £130,000 (2003) | £390,000 (2026) | +4.9% | +2.0% |
| 100 Downs Drive | £82,000 (2000) | £415,000 (2025) | +6.7% | +3.9% |
| 3 Downs Drive | £57,500 (1997) | £385,000 (2024) | +7.3% | +4.5% |
| 129 Downs Drive | £165,000 (2009) | £595,000 (2024) | +8.9% | +5.7% |
| 76 Downs Drive | £130,000 (2003) | £470,000 (2024) | +6.3% | +3.4% |
| 66 Downs Drive | £380,000 (2021) | £355,000 (2024) | -2.2% | -8.0% |
| 54 Downs Drive | £79,500 (1999) | £415,000 (2023) | +7.1% | +4.3% |
| 50 Downs Drive | £90,000 (1999) | £435,000 (2023) | +6.8% | +4.0% |
| 63 Downs Drive | £38,750 (1999) | £404,000 (2023) | +10.3% | +7.4% |
| 77 Downs Drive | £45,000 (1995) | £330,000 (2023) | +7.4% | +4.6% |
| 48 Downs Drive | £235,000 (2014) | £480,000 (2022) | +9.3% | +6.5% |
| 111 Downs Drive | £52,500 (1996) | £512,500 (2022) | +9.2% | +6.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Downs Drive, Altrincham is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 135 | 97.1% | £204,000 | £16,000 – £595,000 |
| Detached | 4 | 2.9% | £55,000 | £52,250 – £123,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Downs Drive, Altrincham
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 139 freehold — 0.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 139 | 100.0% | £195,000 |
A further 2 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Downs Drive, Altrincham
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Cheshire East, 44.0% of 197,366 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.1% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,489 | 0.8% |
| B | 29,554 | 15.0% |
| C | 55,700 | 28.2% |
| D | 73,725 | 37.4% |
| E | 26,906 | 13.6% |
| F | 7,570 | 3.8% |
| G | 2,422 | 1.2% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Cheshire East at £982 a month as of Jun 2026 — £694 for a one-bedroom home and £1,102 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £195,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.04% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
No street-level crime was published for WA14 in Jun 2026 by Greater Manchester. Several forces do not supply street-level data to police.uk, so this is a gap in the source rather than a crime-free month — and printing a zero would say something the data does not.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Downs Drive, Altrincham
The 2021 census counted 398,772 residents in Cheshire East across 174,854 households. 72.9% of those households own their home and 27.1% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
13 state and independent schools have a WA14 postcode: 8 primary, 4 secondary, 1 16 plus. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altrincham Grammar School for Boys | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,432 |
| Altrincham Grammar School for Girls | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,381 |
| Loreto Grammar School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,075 |
| North Cestrian School | Secondary | Free schools | 799 |
| Bowdon CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 622 |
| Broadheath Primary School | Primary | Community school | 524 |
| Navigation Primary School | Primary | Community school | 444 |
| Bollin Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 368 |
| Oldfield Brow Primary School | Primary | Community school | 318 |
| Park Road Academy Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 236 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Altrincham (Manchester Metrolink) | Metro or underground | 0.9 km |
| Altrincham (Manchester Metrolink) | Metro or underground | 0.9 km |
| Altrincham Station (Manchester Metrolink) | Tram | 0.9 km |
| Altrincham Rail Station | Rail | 0.9 km |
Section 09
How Downs Drive, Altrincham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Downs Drive, Altrincham sits above that national figure — +23.8%.
Within Altrincham the street ranks 669 of 957 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £231,000 (-15.6%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £16,000 to £595,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Downs Drive, Altrincham sits in Cheshire East, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Cheshire East at 7.6 times median local earnings of £39,459 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Ashley Road£220,000 median
- Woodfield Road£175,000 median
- Groby Road£185,000 median
- Manchester Road£123,250 median
- Byrom Street£193,360 median
- Brown Street£155,000 median
- Brunswick Road£153,000 median
- Bold Street£205,000 median
- Sinderland Road£148,000 median
- St Margarets Road£242,950 median
- Oldfield Road£311,000 median
- Navigation Road£196,000 median
- Romana Square£196,000 median
- Townfield Gardens£121,000 median
- Riverbrook Road£199,500 median
- Hazel Road£166,225 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 50 Downs Drive4 sales
- 77 Downs Drive4 sales
- 103 Downs Drive4 sales
- 29 Downs Drive4 sales
- 32 Downs Drive3 sales
- 100 Downs Drive3 sales
- 3 Downs Drive3 sales
- 54 Downs Drive3 sales
- 63 Downs Drive3 sales
- 111 Downs Drive3 sales
- 46 Downs Drive3 sales
- 39 Downs Drive3 sales
- 15 Downs Drive3 sales
- 97 Downs Drive3 sales
- 35 Downs Drive3 sales
- 73 Downs Drive3 sales
- 91 Downs Drive3 sales
- 129 Downs Drive2 sales
- 76 Downs Drive2 sales
- 66 Downs Drive2 sales
- 48 Downs Drive2 sales
- 14 Downs Drive2 sales
- 55 Downs Drive2 sales
- 37 Downs Drive2 sales
Back to Altrincham house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Downs Drive, Altrincham?
The median price paid in Downs Drive, Altrincham across every sale on the register is £195,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Downs Drive, Altrincham?
139 sales are on record for Downs Drive, Altrincham, the most recent completing on 23 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Downs Drive, Altrincham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +172.3% between 2003 and 2024. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +51.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Downs Drive, Altrincham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £475,000, set in 2022. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Downs Drive, Altrincham?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 23 Feb 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Downs Drive, Altrincham house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.