Back Lane, Carnforth house prices are built from 69 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2002 and the most recent on 28 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £290,000. Across the 20 years from 2002 to 2022 the median moved +254.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +113.1%.
Median price paid
£290,000
Change in cash, 2002–2022
+254.8%
Change in real terms
+113.1%
Median per m²
£2,716
HM Land Registry69 sales9 with floor areaLatest sale 28 May 2026
Section 01
How Back Lane, Carnforth prices moved
The chart tracks the median Back Lane, Carnforth house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2002 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 | 1 | £115,000 | £209,496 |
| 2020s | 2 | £405,000 | £413,804 |
The highest yearly median on record for Back Lane, Carnforth is £408,000 in 2022; the lowest is £115,000 in 2002. Across the full 21-year record the cash median has moved from £115,000 to £408,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £221,819, so the real change over the whole record is +113.1% — about +3.86% 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: +254.8% in cash against +113.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Lots View | 28 May 2026 | Detached | £455,000 | £455,000 |
| 2 | 30 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 2 Old Norweb | 26 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £455,000 | £455,000 |
| The Gables | 13 Jan 2025 | Detached | £385,000 | £393,370 |
| Barn Orchard | 1 Feb 2024 | Semi-detached | £205,000 | £215,709 |
| Hemp Garth | 11 Nov 2022 | Detached | £300,000 | £347,576 |
| New House | 2 Sep 2022 | Detached | £391,000 | £453,007 |
| 1a Old Norweb | 24 Aug 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £425,000 | £492,399 |
| The Outlook | 24 Aug 2022 | Detached | £425,000 | £492,399 |
| Arncliffe Cottage | 19 Aug 2022 | Semi-detached | £465,000 | £538,743 |
| The Barn | 8 Apr 2022 | Terraced | £360,000 | £417,091 |
| Swallow Barn | 17 Dec 2021 | Detached | £320,000 | £404,301 |
| Lilac Cottage, 6 | 30 Sep 2021 | Semi-detached | £525,000 | £663,306 |
| Flat 2 Willowfield | 29 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £295,000 | £372,715 |
| 1 | 8 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £405,000 | £511,694 |
| Shuna | 26 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £455,000 | £574,866 |
| Ancliffe Lodge | 24 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £420,000 | £530,645 |
| The Gables | 22 Jan 2021 | Detached | £365,000 | £461,156 |
| Sunrise | 7 Oct 2019 | Detached | £264,000 | £345,306 |
| Back Lane Farm | 31 May 2018 | Detached | £640,000 | £852,930 |
| Barn Orchard | 6 Apr 2018 | Semi-detached | £155,000 | £206,569 |
| Croft View | 7 Jul 2017 | Detached | £565,000 | £768,967 |
| Prospect Lodge | 6 Jun 2017 | Semi-detached | £385,000 | £523,986 |
| Ryburn | 4 May 2017 | Semi-detached | £177,000 | £240,898 |
| Stoney Well House | 6 Jan 2017 | Detached | £410,000 | £558,012 |
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 Back Lane, Carnforth values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LORD LOTS VIEW Back Lane | £324,950 (2016) | £455,000 (2026) | +3.4% | +0.0% |
| 2 Back Lane | £145,000 (2005) | £315,000 (2026) | +3.8% | +0.8% |
| THE GABLES Back Lane | £179,000 (2002) | £385,000 (2025) | +3.4% | +0.6% |
| BARN ORCHARD Back Lane | £155,000 (2018) | £205,000 (2024) | +4.8% | +0.7% |
| THE OUTLOOK Back Lane | £297,500 (2014) | £425,000 (2022) | +4.6% | +1.8% |
| 1A OLD NORWEB Back Lane | £285,000 (2010) | £425,000 (2022) | +3.4% | +0.7% |
| SWALLOW BARN Back Lane | £29,000 (2002) | £320,000 (2021) | +13.5% | +11.0% |
| 1 Back Lane | £279,000 (2014) | £405,000 (2021) | +5.5% | +3.6% |
| SHUNA Back Lane | £148,000 (1999) | £455,000 (2021) | +5.2% | +3.0% |
| SUNRISE Back Lane | £230,000 (2012) | £264,000 (2019) | +2.0% | +0.1% |
| CROFT VIEW Back Lane | £395,000 (2003) | £565,000 (2017) | +2.6% | +0.2% |
| STONEY WELL HOUSE Back Lane | £425,000 (2007) | £410,000 (2017) | -0.4% | -2.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Back Lane, Carnforth 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 | 34 | 49.3% | £320,000 | £29,000 – £640,000 |
| Semi-detached | 17 | 24.6% | £285,000 | £59,000 – £525,000 |
| Terraced | 15 | 21.7% | £225,000 | £69,950 – £405,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 3 | 4.3% | £295,000 | £285,000 – £425,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Back Lane, Carnforth
3 of the sales on record are leasehold and 66 freehold — 4.3% 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 £295,000 and the median freehold sale £287,500 — a gap of -2.5%. 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 | 3 | 4.3% | £295,000 |
| Freehold | 66 | 95.7% | £287,500 |
| New build | 3 | 4.3% | £148,000 |
| Existing home | 66 | 95.7% | £292,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -49.4%. 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 07
Living in Back Lane, Carnforth
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Lancaster, 36.5% of 70,375 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 6.2% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 370 | 0.5% |
| B | 5,455 | 7.8% |
| C | 19,858 | 28.2% |
| D | 28,701 | 40.8% |
| E | 11,596 | 16.5% |
| F | 3,167 | 4.5% |
| G | 1,228 | 1.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Lancaster at £811 a month as of Jun 2026 — £593 for a one-bedroom home and £911 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £290,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 3.36% 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.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of LA5, 4 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 1 violent, 0 burglary, 1 vehicle-related and 0 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 41.8 times quieter.
Against the 142,934 residents the 2021 census counted in Lancaster, that is 0.03 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Back Lane, Carnforth
The 2021 census counted 142,934 residents in Lancaster across 59,978 households. 67.9% of those households own their home and 32.0% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
9 state and independent schools have a LA5 postcode: 8 primary, 1 secondary. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnforth High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 657 |
| Bolton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 290 |
| Carnforth Christ Church, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 113 |
| Carnforth Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 99 |
| Arnside National CofE School | Primary | Academy converter | 95 |
| Warton Archbishop Hutton's VC Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 95 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth | Primary | Academy converter | 81 |
| Silverdale St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 55 |
| Yealand Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 32 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Carnforth Rail Station | Rail | 2.1 km |
| Silverdale Rail Station | Rail | 3.0 km |
| Arnside Rail Station | Rail | 7.0 km |
| Bare Lane Rail Station | Rail | 8.2 km |
Section 09
How Back Lane, Carnforth compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Back Lane, Carnforth sits above that national figure — +84.1%.
Within Carnforth the street ranks 70 of 498 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £169,000 (+71.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,716 per square metre, across 9 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 £29,000 to £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.
Back Lane, Carnforth sits in Lancaster, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Lancaster at 5.8 times median local earnings of £34,731 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
- North Road£132,000 median
- Lancaster Road£123,250 median
- Silverdale Road£208,750 median
- Main Road£163,000 median
- Redruth Drive£152,000 median
- Crag Bank Road£151,500 median
- Slyne Road£189,950 median
- Redhills Road£240,000 median
- Church Hill£187,725 median
- Windermere Road£123,000 median
- Kellet Road£102,500 median
- Plantation Avenue£172,475 median
- Bridgeside£199,950 median
- Sunnybank Road£150,000 median
- Station Road£150,500 median
- Promenade£146,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 2 Back Lane5 sales
- SHUNA Back Lane4 sales
- OWL BARN Back Lane4 sales
- THE GABLES Back Lane3 sales
- STONEY WELL HOUSE Back Lane3 sales
- LILAC COTTAGE Back Lane3 sales
- LORD LOTS VIEW Back Lane2 sales
- BARN ORCHARD Back Lane2 sales
- 1A, OLD NORWEB Back Lane2 sales
- THE OUTLOOK Back Lane2 sales
- SWALLOW BARN Back Lane2 sales
- 1 Back Lane2 sales
- SUNRISE Back Lane2 sales
- CROFT VIEW Back Lane2 sales
- HEATHFIELD Back Lane2 sales
- 6 Back Lane2 sales
- 8 Back Lane2 sales
- MEADOWCROFT Back Lane2 sales
- HOPEWELL HOUSE Back Lane2 sales
Back to Carnforth house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Back Lane, Carnforth?
The median price paid in Back Lane, Carnforth across every sale on the register is £290,000. 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 Back Lane, Carnforth?
69 sales are on record for Back Lane, Carnforth, the most recent completing on 28 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Back Lane, Carnforth house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +254.8% between 2002 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +113.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Back Lane, Carnforth house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £408,000, 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 Back Lane, Carnforth?
£2,716 per square metre, from the 9 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 28 May 2026. 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, “Back Lane, Carnforth 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.