Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor house prices are built from 130 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1999 and the most recent on 18 Nov 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £66,250. Across the 10 years from 2011 to 2021 the median moved -5.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -22.2%.
Median price paid
£66,250
Change in cash, 2011–2021
-5.6%
Change in real terms
-22.2%
Median per m²
£761
HM Land Registry130 sales31 with floor areaLatest sale 18 Nov 2025
Section 01
How Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor prices moved
The chart tracks the median Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1999 to 2021. 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 | 1 | £16,250 | £36,083 |
| 2000s | 6 | £60,000 | £109,302 |
| 2010s | 3 | £76,250 | £107,513 |
| 2020s | 1 | £72,000 | £73,565 |
The highest yearly median on record for Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor is £79,973 in 2014; the lowest is £16,250 in 1999. Across the full 23-year record the cash median has moved from £16,250 to £72,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £33,111, so the real change over the whole record is +174.7% — about +4.70% 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: -5.6% in cash against -22.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 133 | 18 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £90,000 | £91,957 |
| 153 | 23 Apr 2025 | Terraced | £108,000 | £110,348 |
| 2 the Barn Troughton House Farm | 28 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £145,000 | £148,152 |
| 35 | 4 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £56,000 | £58,925 |
| 123 | 9 Aug 2024 | Terraced | £51,000 | £53,664 |
| 95 | 7 Jun 2024 | Terraced | £82,000 | £86,284 |
| 59 | 10 May 2023 | Terraced | £70,000 | £75,632 |
| 155 | 12 Jan 2023 | Terraced | £94,950 | £102,590 |
| 1 the Barn Troughton House Farm | 14 Dec 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £137,500 | £159,306 |
| 147 | 5 Sep 2022 | Terraced | £89,950 | £104,215 |
| 103 | 29 Apr 2022 | Terraced | £49,000 | £56,771 |
| 39 | 26 Nov 2021 | Terraced | £35,000 | £44,220 |
| 129 | 1 Nov 2021 | Terraced | £72,000 | £90,968 |
| 21 | 20 Aug 2021 | Terraced | £110,000 | £138,978 |
| New House Bowthorn Farm | 30 Jun 2021 | Detached | £350,000 | £442,204 |
| 133 | 2 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £85,000 | £107,392 |
| 157 | 7 May 2021 | Terraced | £72,000 | £90,968 |
| 93 | 19 Feb 2021 | Terraced | £46,500 | £58,750 |
| 147 | 14 Feb 2020 | Terraced | £66,000 | £85,455 |
| 11 | 13 Feb 2020 | Terraced | £59,500 | £77,039 |
| 53 | 20 Dec 2019 | Terraced | £53,500 | £69,977 |
| 155 | 15 Nov 2019 | Terraced | £76,000 | £99,406 |
| 57 | 26 Sep 2019 | Terraced | £33,000 | £43,163 |
| 95 | 21 Jan 2019 | Terraced | £77,500 | £101,368 |
| 107 | 14 Jan 2019 | Terraced | £33,000 | £43,163 |
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 Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 133 Bowthorn Road | £72,000 (2010) | £90,000 (2025) | +1.5% | -1.5% |
| 153 Bowthorn Road | £52,000 (2006) | £108,000 (2025) | +3.9% | +0.9% |
| 2 the BARN TROUGHTON HOUSE FARM Bowthorn Road | £135,000 (2010) | £145,000 (2025) | +0.5% | -2.5% |
| 35 Bowthorn Road | £53,000 (2006) | £56,000 (2024) | +0.3% | -2.6% |
| 95 Bowthorn Road | £20,000 (1998) | £82,000 (2024) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| 59 Bowthorn Road | £75,000 (2005) | £70,000 (2023) | -0.4% | -3.2% |
| 155 Bowthorn Road | £34,500 (2003) | £94,950 (2023) | +5.2% | +2.3% |
| 1 the BARN TROUGHTON HOUSE FARM Bowthorn Road | £108,300 (2008) | £137,500 (2022) | +1.7% | -0.9% |
| 147 Bowthorn Road | £84,950 (2012) | £89,950 (2022) | +0.6% | -1.9% |
| 129 Bowthorn Road | £40,000 (2012) | £72,000 (2021) | +6.7% | +4.8% |
| 21 Bowthorn Road | £22,000 (1999) | £110,000 (2021) | +7.6% | +5.3% |
| 93 Bowthorn Road | £13,000 (2002) | £46,500 (2021) | +6.9% | +4.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor 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 | 108 | 83.1% | £59,500 | £6,000 – £110,000 |
| Detached | 9 | 6.9% | £95,000 | £32,000 – £350,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 8 | 6.2% | £118,000 | £45,000 – £145,000 |
| Semi-detached | 5 | 3.8% | £89,000 | £46,000 – £200,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor
6 of the sales on record are leasehold and 124 freehold — 4.6% 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 £130,000 and the median freehold sale £65,000 — a gap of -50.0%. 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 | 6 | 4.6% | £130,000 |
| Freehold | 124 | 95.4% | £65,000 |
| New build | 1 | 0.8% | £83,000 |
| Existing home | 129 | 99.2% | £66,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +25.8%. 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 14 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 Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor sits below that national figure — -57.9%.
Within Cleator Moor the street ranks 66 of 96 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £78,000 (-15.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £761 per square metre, across 31 of the 130 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 £6,000 to £350,000. 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
- Ennerdale Road£56,625 median
- Birks Road£56,000 median
- Norbeck Park£82,500 median
- Keekle Terrace£64,000 median
- Threaplands£116,000 median
- Coniston Park£108,475 median
- Leconfield Street£53,500 median
- Mill Hill£79,000 median
- Fir Garth£87,250 median
- Crossfield Road£135,500 median
- Keekle Meadows Road£264,000 median
- Red Beck Park£122,000 median
- High Street£52,500 median
- Ellis Gardens£230,000 median
- John Colligan Walk£77,500 median
- Duke Street£43,250 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 95 Bowthorn Road5 sales
- 155 Bowthorn Road5 sales
- 149 Bowthorn Road5 sales
- 133 Bowthorn Road4 sales
- 21 Bowthorn Road4 sales
- 47 Bowthorn Road4 sales
- 7 Bowthorn Road4 sales
- 153 Bowthorn Road3 sales
- 2 the BARN, TROUGHTON HOUSE FARM Bowthorn Road3 sales
- 1 the BARN, TROUGHTON HOUSE FARM Bowthorn Road3 sales
- 147 Bowthorn Road3 sales
- 11 Bowthorn Road3 sales
- 145 Bowthorn Road3 sales
- 135 Bowthorn Road3 sales
- 23 Bowthorn Road3 sales
- 3A Bowthorn Road3 sales
- 139 Bowthorn Road3 sales
- 141 Bowthorn Road3 sales
- 35 Bowthorn Road2 sales
- 59 Bowthorn Road2 sales
- 129 Bowthorn Road2 sales
- 93 Bowthorn Road2 sales
- 53 Bowthorn Road2 sales
- 29 Bowthorn Road2 sales
Back to Cleator Moor house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor?
The median price paid in Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor across every sale on the register is £66,250. 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 Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor?
130 sales are on record for Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor, the most recent completing on 18 Nov 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -5.6% between 2011 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -22.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £79,973, set in 2014. 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 Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor?
£761 per square metre, from the 31 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 18 Nov 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, “Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor 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.