South Downs Road, Altrincham house prices are built from 155 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 14 Nov 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £725,000. Across the 12 years from 2012 to 2024 the median moved -9.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -36.3%.
Median price paid
£725,000
Change in cash, 2012–2024
-9.6%
Change in real terms
-36.3%
Median per m²
£3,585
HM Land Registry155 sales10 with floor areaLatest sale 14 Nov 2025
Section 01
How South Downs Road, Altrincham prices moved
The chart tracks the median South Downs Road, Altrincham house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1998 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 | 2 | £480,000 | £1,065,827 |
| 2000s | 2 | £477,500 | £869,864 |
| 2010s | 6 | £585,000 | £824,850 |
| 2020s | 4 | £745,000 | £761,196 |
The highest yearly median on record for South Downs Road, Altrincham is £1,662,500 in 2022; the lowest is £469,250 in 2015. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £499,000 to £520,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £1,034,691, so the real change over the whole record is -47.1% — about -2.42% 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: -9.6% in cash against -36.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langton | 14 Nov 2025 | Detached | £1,115,000 | £1,139,239 |
| Apartment 2 the Pavilions, 73 | 14 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £650,000 | £683,955 |
| Flat 3 Woodcote, 16 | 23 Oct 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £520,000 | £547,164 |
| 9 Pinewood Court | 7 Aug 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £395,000 | £415,634 |
| 1 Pinewood Court | 10 May 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £373,000 | £392,485 |
| Flat 3 Forrest Hills | 19 Feb 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £1,217,500 | £1,281,101 |
| The Meadow | 30 Nov 2023 | Detached | £2,600,000 | £2,809,195 |
| 66a | 9 Dec 2022 | Detached | £2,600,000 | £3,012,325 |
| Flat 2 College House, 77 | 17 Nov 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £1,400,000 | £1,622,021 |
| Flat 1 Woodcote, 16 | 26 Jul 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £790,000 | £915,283 |
| 5 | 10 Jun 2022 | Detached | £2,000,000 | £2,317,173 |
| 41 | 27 May 2022 | Detached | £2,560,000 | £2,965,982 |
| 3 Pinewood Court | 27 May 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £415,000 | £480,813 |
| Flat 1 Arncliffe, 64 | 28 Jan 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £1,150,000 | £1,332,375 |
| South Downs Cottage | 25 Jan 2022 | Detached | £1,925,000 | £2,230,279 |
| 8 | 23 Jul 2021 | Semi-detached | £1,085,000 | £1,370,833 |
| 81 | 23 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £767,500 | £969,691 |
| Apartment 3 the Pavilions, 73 | 22 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £715,000 | £903,360 |
| Apartment 1 the Pavilions, 73 | 20 Apr 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £630,000 | £795,968 |
| Flat 4 Arncliffe, 64 | 25 Mar 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £950,000 | £1,200,269 |
| The Gables | 1 Mar 2021 | Detached | £1,800,000 | £2,274,194 |
| 87 | 21 Dec 2020 | Semi-detached | £745,000 | £964,601 |
| Flat 2 Woodcote, 16 | 4 Dec 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £726,724 | £940,937 |
| 4 | 11 Nov 2020 | Semi-detached | £920,000 | £1,191,185 |
| 11 Pinewood Court | 28 Feb 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £390,000 | £504,959 |
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 South Downs Road, Altrincham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APARTMENT 2 the PAVILIONS, 73 South Downs Road | £438,500 (2016) | £650,000 (2024) | +5.0% | +1.4% |
| 9 PINEWOOD COURT South Downs Road | £280,000 (2015) | £395,000 (2024) | +3.9% | +0.6% |
| FLAT 3 FORREST HILLS South Downs Road | £475,000 (1998) | £1,217,500 (2024) | +3.7% | +1.0% |
| THE MEADOW South Downs Road | £210,000 (1996) | £2,600,000 (2023) | +9.8% | +7.0% |
| 66A South Downs Road | £912,000 (2000) | £2,600,000 (2022) | +4.9% | +2.3% |
| FLAT 2 COLLEGE HOUSE, 77 South Downs Road | £500,000 (1999) | £1,400,000 (2022) | +4.6% | +2.0% |
| 5 South Downs Road | £1,375,000 (2013) | £2,000,000 (2022) | +4.3% | +1.6% |
| 41 South Downs Road | £900,000 (1999) | £2,560,000 (2022) | +4.6% | +2.1% |
| FLAT 1 ARNCLIFFE, 64 South Downs Road | £400,000 (2000) | £1,150,000 (2022) | +4.9% | +2.3% |
| SOUTH DOWNS COTTAGE South Downs Road | £575,000 (1998) | £1,925,000 (2022) | +5.2% | +2.6% |
| 8 South Downs Road | £730,000 (2014) | £1,085,000 (2021) | +5.8% | +3.9% |
| 81 South Downs Road | £345,000 (1999) | £767,500 (2021) | +3.7% | +1.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. South Downs Road, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 93 | 60.0% | £610,000 | £49,500 – £1,900,000 |
| Detached | 41 | 26.5% | £1,500,000 | £20,000 – £4,640,000 |
| Semi-detached | 17 | 11.0% | £732,250 | £345,000 – £2,775,000 |
| Terraced | 4 | 2.6% | £472,500 | £350,000 – £785,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in South Downs Road, Altrincham
93 of the sales on record are leasehold and 62 freehold — 60.0% 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.
The median leasehold sale is £610,000 and the median freehold sale £897,500 — a gap of +47.1%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 93 | 60.0% | £610,000 |
| Freehold | 62 | 40.0% | £897,500 |
| New build | 36 | 23.2% | £500,000 |
| Existing home | 119 | 76.8% | £775,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -35.5%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 5 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 South Downs Road, 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 £725,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 1.63% 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 South Downs Road, 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 South Downs Road, Altrincham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. South Downs Road, Altrincham sits above that national figure — +360.3%.
Within Altrincham the street ranks 73 of 957 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £231,000 (+213.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,585 per square metre, across 10 of the 155 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £20,000 to £4,640,000. 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.
South Downs Road, 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
- FLAT 4, ARNCLIFFE, 64 South Downs Road5 sales
- MOTLEY BANK South Downs Road5 sales
- FLAT 1, ARNCLIFFE, 64 South Downs Road4 sales
- 87 South Downs Road4 sales
- 41A South Downs Road4 sales
- 85 South Downs Road4 sales
- APARTMENT 2, the PAVILIONS, 73 South Downs Road3 sales
- FLAT 2, COLLEGE HOUSE, 77 South Downs Road3 sales
- 41 South Downs Road3 sales
- THE GABLES South Downs Road3 sales
- FLAT 2, ARNCLIFFE, 64 South Downs Road3 sales
- FLAT 6, COLLEGE HOUSE, 77 South Downs Road3 sales
- FLAT 9, COLLEGE HOUSE, 77 South Downs Road3 sales
- 9, PINEWOOD COURT South Downs Road2 sales
- FLAT 3, FORREST HILLS South Downs Road2 sales
- THE MEADOW South Downs Road2 sales
- 66A South Downs Road2 sales
- 5 South Downs Road2 sales
- SOUTH DOWNS COTTAGE South Downs Road2 sales
- 8 South Downs Road2 sales
- 81 South Downs Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 3, the PAVILIONS, 73 South Downs Road2 sales
- 11, PINEWOOD COURT South Downs Road2 sales
- FLAT 4, WOODCOTE, 16 South Downs Road2 sales
Back to Altrincham house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in South Downs Road, Altrincham?
The median price paid in South Downs Road, Altrincham across every sale on the register is £725,000. 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 South Downs Road, Altrincham?
155 sales are on record for South Downs Road, Altrincham, the most recent completing on 14 Nov 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have South Downs Road, Altrincham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -9.6% between 2012 and 2024. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -36.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were South Downs Road, Altrincham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £1,662,500, 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 South Downs Road, Altrincham?
£3,585 per square metre, from the 10 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 14 Nov 2025. 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, “South Downs Road, 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.