Birch Road, Ambleside house prices are built from 17 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2024 and the most recent on 25 Sep 2024. The median price paid across the whole record is £470,000.
Median price paid
£470,000
Median per m²
£3,476
HM Land Registry17 sales6 with floor areaLatest sale 25 Sep 2024
Section 01
How Birch Road, Ambleside prices moved
There are too few years of sales in Birch Road, Ambleside to plot a trend line. The figures below are drawn from the whole record rather than a yearly series.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cottage | 25 Sep 2024 | Detached | £820,000 | £862,836 |
| Garth Close | 17 Dec 2018 | Detached | £485,000 | £646,361 |
| Swiss Cottage | 10 Nov 2017 | Detached | £515,000 | £700,917 |
| Drumlin | 21 Jul 2017 | Detached | £548,000 | £745,830 |
| The Cottage | 28 Feb 2014 | Detached | £470,000 | £674,161 |
| Copt How | 24 Jan 2014 | Detached | £475,000 | £681,333 |
| Brent Knoll | 22 Nov 2010 | Detached | £545,000 | £870,272 |
| Eden Mount | 29 Aug 2007 | Detached | £490,000 | £851,911 |
| Swiss Cottage | 11 May 2007 | Detached | £430,000 | £747,596 |
| Copt How | 30 Mar 2007 | Detached | £477,500 | £830,179 |
| The Cottage | 26 Feb 2007 | Detached | £415,000 | £721,517 |
| Drumlin | 11 Nov 2006 | Detached | £310,000 | £551,894 |
| Swiss Cottage | 17 Feb 2003 | Detached | £306,000 | £578,365 |
| Copt How | 19 Dec 2002 | Detached | £249,000 | £480,287 |
| Swiss Cottage | 28 Nov 2002 | Detached | £230,000 | £443,639 |
| Myers Cottage | 18 Nov 1998 | Detached | £138,000 | £286,147 |
| The Hill | 15 Sep 1995 | Semi-detached | £107,500 | £238,701 |
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 Birch Road, Ambleside values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE COTTAGE Birch Road | £415,000 (2007) | £820,000 (2024) | +4.1% | +1.1% |
| SWISS COTTAGE Birch Road | £230,000 (2002) | £515,000 (2017) | +5.5% | +3.1% |
| DRUMLIN Birch Road | £310,000 (2006) | £548,000 (2017) | +5.3% | +2.8% |
| COPT HOW Birch Road | £249,000 (2002) | £475,000 (2014) | +5.5% | +3.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Birch Road, Ambleside 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 16 | 94.1% | £470,000 | £138,000 – £820,000 |
| Semi-detached | 1 | 5.9% | £107,500 | £107,500 – £107,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Birch Road, Ambleside
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 17 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 | 17 | 100.0% | £470,000 |
Section 09
How Birch Road, Ambleside compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Birch Road, Ambleside sits above that national figure — +198.4%.
Within Ambleside the street ranks 9 of 115 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £249,500 (+88.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,476 per square metre, across 6 of the 17 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 £107,500 to £820,000. 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.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Lake Road£215,000 median
- Millans Court£117,500 median
- Millans Park£255,000 median
- Old Lake Road£260,000 median
- The Falls£235,000 median
- Fisherbeck Park£285,000 median
- Kirkfield£157,500 median
- Compston Road£207,000 median
- Neaum Crag£90,000 median
- Kirkstone Road£248,498 median
- Rydal Road£330,000 median
- Ellerigg Road£311,500 median
- Borrans Road£280,000 median
- Lower Gale£243,750 median
- Compston Street£244,000 median
- Main Street£222,475 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- SWISS COTTAGE Birch Road4 sales
- THE COTTAGE Birch Road3 sales
- COPT HOW Birch Road3 sales
- DRUMLIN Birch Road2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Birch Road, Ambleside?
The median price paid in Birch Road, Ambleside across every sale on the register is £470,000. 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 Birch Road, Ambleside?
17 sales are on record for Birch Road, Ambleside, the most recent completing on 25 Sep 2024. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
What is the price per square metre in Birch Road, Ambleside?
£3,476 per square metre, from the 6 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 25 Sep 2024. 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, “Birch Road, Ambleside 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.