Dock Road, Birkenhead house prices are built from 199 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2006 and the most recent on 1 Oct 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £130,000. Across the 13 years from 2009 to 2022 the median moved +32.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -6.7%.
Median price paid
£130,000
Change in cash, 2009–2022
+32.4%
Change in real terms
-6.7%
Median per m²
£1,438
HM Land Registry199 sales53 with floor areaLatest sale 1 Oct 2025
Section 01
How Dock Road, Birkenhead prices moved
The chart tracks the median Dock Road, Birkenhead house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2006 to 2022. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4 | £137,450 | £250,393 |
| 2010s | 7 | £112,750 | £158,978 |
| 2020s | 1 | £135,000 | £137,935 |
The highest yearly median on record for Dock Road, Birkenhead is £164,975 in 2008; the lowest is £96,225 in 2014. Across the full 17-year record the cash median has moved from £137,450 to £135,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £244,703, so the real change over the whole record is -36.1% — about -2.76% 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: +32.4% in cash against -6.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment 70 East Float Quay | 1 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £97,000 | £99,109 |
| Apartment 174 East Float Quay | 15 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £153,261 |
| Apartment 129 East Float Quay | 4 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £95,000 | £97,065 |
| Apartment 76 East Float Quay | 24 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £92,500 | £94,511 |
| Apartment 74 East Float Quay | 17 Dec 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £95,706 | £100,706 |
| Apartment 50 East Float Quay | 16 Feb 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £115,746 |
| Apartment 58 East Float Quay | 21 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £167,471 |
| Apartment 88 East Float Quay | 12 Dec 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £156,409 |
| Apartment 23 East Float Quay | 15 Jul 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £173,788 |
| Apartment 118 East Float Quay | 29 Apr 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £95,000 | £110,066 |
| Apartment 54 East Float Quay | 29 Mar 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £109,632 | £127,018 |
| Apartment 1 East Float Quay | 25 Mar 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £113,000 | £130,920 |
| Apartment 94 East Float Quay | 22 Mar 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £169,000 | £195,801 |
| Apartment 171 East Float Quay | 19 Mar 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £157,000 | £181,898 |
| Apartment 175 East Float Quay | 2 Jan 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £156,409 |
| Apartment 133 East Float Quay | 12 Nov 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £132,661 |
| Apartment 99 East Float Quay | 30 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £162,000 | £204,677 |
| Apartment 172 East Float Quay | 1 Jun 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £207,163 |
| Apartment 56 East Float Quay | 4 Oct 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £156,957 |
| Apartment 33 East Float Quay | 19 Jul 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £121,500 | £158,919 |
| Apartment 34 East Float Quay | 12 Jul 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £124,000 | £162,189 |
| Apartment 120 East Float Quay | 10 Jun 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £100,000 | £130,798 |
| Apartment 109 East Float Quay | 29 Mar 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £114,000 | £149,109 |
| Apartment 99 East Float Quay | 7 Jan 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £176,577 |
| Apartment 27 East Float Quay | 14 Dec 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £91,500 | £121,942 |
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 Dock Road, Birkenhead values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APARTMENT 70 EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road | £129,950 (2006) | £97,000 (2025) | -1.5% | -4.4% |
| APARTMENT 129 EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road | £117,500 (2018) | £95,000 (2025) | -3.0% | -6.6% |
| APARTMENT 76 EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road | £164,950 (2007) | £92,500 (2025) | -3.2% | -6.0% |
| APARTMENT 74 EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road | £182,950 (2006) | £95,706 (2024) | -3.5% | -6.3% |
| APARTMENT 50 EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road | £158,950 (2007) | £110,000 (2024) | -2.1% | -5.0% |
| APARTMENT 58 EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road | £180,000 (2007) | £155,000 (2023) | -0.9% | -3.8% |
| APARTMENT 88 EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road | £139,950 (2006) | £135,000 (2022) | -0.2% | -2.9% |
| APARTMENT 23 EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road | £140,000 (2007) | £150,000 (2022) | +0.5% | -2.2% |
| APARTMENT 118 EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road | £102,000 (2009) | £95,000 (2022) | -0.5% | -3.2% |
| APARTMENT 54 EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road | £129,950 (2006) | £109,632 (2022) | -1.1% | -3.7% |
| APARTMENT 1 EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road | £139,950 (2007) | £113,000 (2022) | -1.4% | -4.0% |
| APARTMENT 94 EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road | £210,000 (2007) | £169,000 (2022) | -1.4% | -4.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Dock Road, Birkenhead 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 | 199 | 100.0% | £130,000 | £65,000 – £250,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Dock Road, Birkenhead
199 of the sales on record are leasehold and 0 freehold — 100.0% 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 | 199 | 100.0% | £130,000 |
| Freehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| New build | 87 | 43.7% | £139,950 |
| Existing home | 112 | 56.3% | £121,750 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +14.9%. 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 41 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 Dock Road, Birkenhead compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Dock Road, Birkenhead sits below that national figure — -17.5%.
Within Birkenhead the street ranks 53 of 478 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £70,000 (+85.7%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,438 per square metre, across 53 of the 199 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 £65,000 to £250,000. 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
- Priory Wharf£75,250 median
- Park Road North£92,900 median
- Cleveland Street£52,950 median
- Rodney Street£48,000 median
- Paterson Street£36,000 median
- Hamilton Square£110,000 median
- Hinderton Road£63,000 median
- Bidston Avenue£91,750 median
- Laird Street£42,500 median
- Wilfred Owen Drive£81,000 median
- Argyle Street South£43,000 median
- Gautby Road£38,000 median
- Newling Street£35,000 median
- Tapestry Gardens£105,000 median
- The Woodlands£59,000 median
- Clifford Street£48,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- APARTMENT 94, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road4 sales
- APARTMENT 175, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road4 sales
- APARTMENT 58, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 171, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 99, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 172, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 96, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 70, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 129, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 76, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 74, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 50, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 88, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 23, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 118, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 54, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 1, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 133, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 56, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 33, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 34, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 120, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 27, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 66, EAST FLOAT QUAY Dock Road2 sales
Back to Birkenhead house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Dock Road, Birkenhead?
The median price paid in Dock Road, Birkenhead across every sale on the register is £130,000. 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 Dock Road, Birkenhead?
199 sales are on record for Dock Road, Birkenhead, the most recent completing on 1 Oct 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Dock Road, Birkenhead house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +32.4% between 2009 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -6.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Dock Road, Birkenhead house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £164,975, set in 2008. 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 Dock Road, Birkenhead?
£1,438 per square metre, from the 53 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 Oct 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, “Dock Road, Birkenhead 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.