How Head, Ambleside house prices are built from 13 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2017 and the most recent on 8 Dec 2017. The median price paid across the whole record is £300,000.
Median price paid
£300,000
Median per m²
£1,604
HM Land Registry13 sales2 with floor areaLatest sale 8 Dec 2017
Section 01
How How Head, Ambleside prices moved
There are too few years of sales in How Head, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 St Annes Court | 8 Dec 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £380,000 | £517,181 |
| 2 St Annes Court | 18 Sep 2015 | Terraced | £365,000 | £514,650 |
| 6 | 24 Feb 2014 | Terraced | £572,500 | £821,185 |
| 1 St Annes Court | 15 Feb 2013 | Terraced | £431,260 | £628,828 |
| Altar End 5 St Annes Court | 10 Feb 2012 | Terraced | £302,500 | £451,827 |
| 4 St Annes Court | 10 Sep 2010 | Flat or maisonette | £315,000 | £503,001 |
| 1 St Annes Court | 4 Jan 2006 | Terraced | £290,000 | £516,288 |
| 3 St Annes Court | 13 May 2005 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £546,512 |
| 5 | 4 Feb 2000 | Terraced | £115,000 | £230,000 |
| 5 St Annes Court | 4 Dec 1998 | Terraced | £110,000 | £228,088 |
| 5 St Annes Court | 23 Jan 1997 | Terraced | £81,500 | £172,805 |
| 3 St Annes Court | 8 Nov 1996 | Semi-detached | £85,000 | £184,385 |
| 2 | 28 Jun 1996 | Terraced | £72,500 | £157,269 |
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 How Head, Ambleside values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 ST ANNES COURT How Head | £315,000 (2010) | £380,000 (2017) | +2.7% | +0.4% |
| 1 ST ANNES COURT How Head | £290,000 (2006) | £431,260 (2013) | +5.8% | +2.9% |
| 3 ST ANNES COURT How Head | £85,000 (1996) | £300,000 (2005) | +15.0% | +12.8% |
| 5 ST ANNES COURT How Head | £81,500 (1997) | £110,000 (1998) | +35.0% | +32.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. How Head, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 9 | 69.2% | £290,000 | £72,500 – £572,500 |
| Flat or maisonette | 2 | 15.4% | £315,000 | £315,000 – £380,000 |
| Semi-detached | 2 | 15.4% | £85,000 | £85,000 – £300,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in How Head, Ambleside
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 13 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 | 13 | 100.0% | £300,000 |
Section 09
How How Head, Ambleside compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. How Head, Ambleside sits above that national figure — +90.5%.
Within Ambleside the street ranks 31 of 115 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £249,500 (+20.2%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,604 per square metre, across 2 of the 13 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 £72,500 to £572,500. 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
- 4, ST ANNES COURT How Head2 sales
- 1, ST ANNES COURT How Head2 sales
- 3, ST ANNES COURT How Head2 sales
- 5, ST ANNES COURT How Head2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in How Head, Ambleside?
The median price paid in How Head, Ambleside across every sale on the register is £300,000. 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 How Head, Ambleside?
13 sales are on record for How Head, Ambleside, the most recent completing on 8 Dec 2017. 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 How Head, Ambleside?
£1,604 per square metre, from the 2 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 8 Dec 2017. 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, “How Head, 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.