The Falls, Ambleside house prices are built from 69 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 1 Jul 2024. The median price paid across the whole record is £235,000. Across the 6 years from 1997 to 2003 the median moved +113.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +90.0%.
Median price paid
£235,000
Change in cash, 1997–2003
+113.2%
Change in real terms
+90.0%
Median per m²
£2,917
HM Land Registry69 sales13 with floor areaLatest sale 1 Jul 2024
Section 01
How The Falls, Ambleside prices moved
The chart tracks the median The Falls, Ambleside house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2003. 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 | £107,500 | £238,701 |
| 2000s | 2 | £162,000 | £295,116 |
The highest yearly median on record for The Falls, Ambleside is £235,000 in 2003; the lowest is £107,500 in 1998. Across the full 7-year record the cash median has moved from £110,250 to £235,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £233,763, so the real change over the whole record is +90.0% — about +11.29% 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: +113.2% in cash against +90.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 Jul 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £445,000 | £468,246 |
| 11 | 3 Jan 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £525,000 | £567,241 |
| 21 | 6 Dec 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £525,000 | £608,258 |
| 34 | 7 Oct 2020 | Detached | £342,000 | £442,810 |
| 19 | 10 Jul 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £323,691 |
| 38 | 23 Jul 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £365,000 | £477,412 |
| 33 | 7 Dec 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £290,000 | £386,484 |
| 31 | 24 Feb 2017 | Detached | £345,000 | £469,546 |
| 28 | 9 Feb 2017 | Detached | £265,000 | £360,666 |
| 4 | 9 Nov 2016 | Detached | £717,500 | £1,001,658 |
| 13 | 27 Nov 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £400,000 | £564,000 |
| 25 | 22 Oct 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £340,000 | £479,400 |
| 11 | 30 Apr 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £397,000 | £559,770 |
| 8 | 1 Oct 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £407,500 | £584,512 |
| 1 | 23 Jul 2013 | Detached | £740,000 | £1,079,007 |
| 26 | 23 Apr 2013 | Semi-detached | £305,000 | £444,726 |
| 9 | 5 Apr 2013 | Flat or maisonette | £305,000 | £444,726 |
| 21 | 16 Apr 2012 | Flat or maisonette | £300,000 | £448,093 |
| Bobbin Cottage, 35 | 31 Mar 2011 | Flat or maisonette | £355,000 | £544,076 |
| 3 | 30 Jun 2010 | Detached | £775,000 | £1,237,542 |
| 25 | 26 Jun 2009 | Flat or maisonette | £325,000 | £534,091 |
| 11 | 13 Sep 2007 | Flat or maisonette | £390,000 | £678,052 |
| 2 | 6 Sep 2007 | Detached | £840,000 | £1,460,419 |
| 22 | 25 May 2007 | Flat or maisonette | £354,000 | £615,462 |
| 23 | 18 May 2007 | Flat or maisonette | £322,000 | £559,827 |
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 The Falls, Ambleside values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 the Falls | £325,000 (2009) | £445,000 (2024) | +2.1% | -0.9% |
| 11 the Falls | £135,000 (1999) | £525,000 (2023) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 21 the Falls | £137,500 (1997) | £525,000 (2022) | +5.5% | +3.0% |
| 34 the Falls | £278,775 (2004) | £342,000 (2020) | +1.3% | -1.0% |
| 19 the Falls | £86,000 (1998) | £250,000 (2020) | +5.0% | +2.7% |
| 38 the Falls | £103,000 (1997) | £365,000 (2019) | +5.9% | +3.6% |
| 33 the Falls | £100,000 (1999) | £290,000 (2018) | +5.8% | +3.4% |
| 13 the Falls | £92,000 (1995) | £400,000 (2015) | +7.6% | +5.2% |
| 8 the Falls | £150,000 (1998) | £407,500 (2014) | +6.4% | +4.0% |
| 1 the Falls | £163,000 (1996) | £740,000 (2013) | +9.3% | +6.8% |
| 9 the Falls | £107,500 (1998) | £305,000 (2013) | +7.2% | +4.7% |
| 3 the Falls | £215,000 (2001) | £775,000 (2010) | +15.3% | +12.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. The Falls, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 57 | 82.6% | £192,500 | £75,000 – £525,000 |
| Detached | 11 | 15.9% | £345,000 | £163,000 – £840,000 |
| Semi-detached | 1 | 1.4% | £305,000 | £305,000 – £305,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in The Falls, Ambleside
62 of the sales on record are leasehold and 7 freehold — 89.9% 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 £232,500 and the median freehold sale £717,500 — a gap of +208.6%. 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 | 62 | 89.9% | £232,500 |
| Freehold | 7 | 10.1% | £717,500 |
| New build | 1 | 1.4% | £163,000 |
| Existing home | 68 | 98.6% | £235,625 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -30.8%. 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 3 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 09
How The Falls, Ambleside compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. The Falls, Ambleside sits above that national figure — +49.2%.
Within Ambleside the street ranks 66 of 115 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £249,500 (-5.8%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,917 per square metre, across 13 of the 69 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 £75,000 to £840,000. 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
- 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
- Gale Rigg£247,975 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 19 the Falls5 sales
- 13 the Falls5 sales
- 11 the Falls4 sales
- 25 the Falls3 sales
- 21 the Falls3 sales
- 33 the Falls3 sales
- 8 the Falls3 sales
- 37 the Falls3 sales
- 12 the Falls3 sales
- 34 the Falls2 sales
- 38 the Falls2 sales
- 1 the Falls2 sales
- 9 the Falls2 sales
- 3 the Falls2 sales
- 2 the Falls2 sales
- 22 the Falls2 sales
- 23 the Falls2 sales
- 27 the Falls2 sales
- 10 the Falls2 sales
- 36 the Falls2 sales
- 20 the Falls2 sales
- 7 the Falls2 sales
Back to Ambleside house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in The Falls, Ambleside?
The median price paid in The Falls, Ambleside across every sale on the register is £235,000. 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 The Falls, Ambleside?
69 sales are on record for The Falls, Ambleside, the most recent completing on 1 Jul 2024. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have The Falls, Ambleside house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +113.2% between 1997 and 2003. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +90.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were The Falls, Ambleside house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £235,000, set in 2003. 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 The Falls, Ambleside?
£2,917 per square metre, from the 13 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 1 Jul 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, “The Falls, 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.