Apple Close, Congleton house prices are built from 79 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1999 and the most recent on 20 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £115,000. Across the 21 years from 2000 to 2021 the median moved +88.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +19.1%.
Median price paid
£115,000
Change in cash, 2000–2021
+88.5%
Change in real terms
+19.1%
Median per m²
£2,002
HM Land Registry79 sales10 with floor areaLatest sale 20 Mar 2026
Section 01
How Apple Close, Congleton prices moved
The chart tracks the median Apple Close, Congleton 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 | £83,000 | £184,299 |
| 2000s | 1 | £65,000 | £118,411 |
| 2010s | 1 | £150,000 | £211,500 |
| 2020s | 1 | £122,500 | £125,163 |
The highest yearly median on record for Apple Close, Congleton is £150,000 in 2019; the lowest is £65,000 in 2000. Across the full 23-year record the cash median has moved from £83,000 to £122,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £169,118, so the real change over the whole record is -8.5% — about -0.40% 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: +88.5% in cash against +19.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 23 Orchard Gardens | 20 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £107,000 | £107,000 |
| Flat 27 Orchard Gardens | 21 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £127,717 |
| Flat 11 Orchard Gardens | 1 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £129,000 | £131,804 |
| Flat 16 Orchard Gardens | 31 Jan 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £163,478 |
| Flat 27 Orchard Gardens | 2 Sep 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £121,007 |
| Flat 5 Orchard Gardens | 23 Feb 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £157,836 |
| Flat 17 Orchard Gardens | 1 Dec 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £172,874 |
| Flat 22 Orchard Gardens | 31 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £140,000 | £151,264 |
| Flat 8 Orchard Gardens | 11 May 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £132,000 | £142,621 |
| Flat 3 Orchard Gardens | 17 Jun 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £185,374 |
| Flat 19 Orchard Gardens | 15 Dec 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £137,500 | £173,723 |
| Flat 8 Orchard Gardens | 9 Dec 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £122,500 | £154,772 |
| Flat 6 Orchard Gardens | 15 Oct 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £122,500 | £154,772 |
| Flat 11 Orchard Gardens | 23 Apr 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £145,296 |
| Flat 7 Orchard Gardens | 22 Feb 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £156,000 | £197,097 |
| Flat 20 Orchard Gardens | 28 Jul 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £136,500 | £176,736 |
| Flat 9 Orchard Gardens | 19 Sep 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £124,000 | £162,189 |
| Flat 5 Orchard Gardens | 31 Jul 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £145,000 | £189,657 |
| Flat 21 Orchard Gardens | 12 Apr 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £196,197 |
| Flat 17 Orchard Gardens | 29 Mar 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £202,737 |
| Flat 7 Orchard Gardens | 22 Mar 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £209,276 |
| Flat 17 Orchard Gardens | 8 Mar 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £199,905 |
| Flat 24 Orchard Gardens | 24 Nov 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £149,710 |
| Flat 28 Orchard Gardens | 15 Sep 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £204,151 |
| Flat 26 Orchard Gardens | 15 Aug 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £131,000 | £178,292 |
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 Apple Close, Congleton values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 23 ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close | £57,500 (1999) | £107,000 (2026) | +2.3% | -0.3% |
| FLAT 27 ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close | £55,000 (1999) | £125,000 (2025) | +3.2% | +0.5% |
| FLAT 11 ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close | £59,000 (2000) | £129,000 (2025) | +3.2% | +0.4% |
| FLAT 16 ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close | £85,000 (1999) | £160,000 (2025) | +2.5% | -0.2% |
| FLAT 5 ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close | £85,000 (2000) | £150,000 (2024) | +2.4% | -0.3% |
| FLAT 17 ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close | £86,000 (1999) | £160,000 (2023) | +2.6% | -0.1% |
| FLAT 22 ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close | £55,500 (2000) | £140,000 (2023) | +4.1% | +1.4% |
| FLAT 8 ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close | £64,000 (2000) | £132,000 (2023) | +3.2% | +0.5% |
| FLAT 3 ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close | £79,000 (1999) | £160,000 (2022) | +3.1% | +0.6% |
| FLAT 19 ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close | £83,000 (2001) | £137,500 (2021) | +2.6% | +0.3% |
| FLAT 6 ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close | £84,000 (2000) | £122,500 (2021) | +1.8% | -0.4% |
| FLAT 7 ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close | £85,000 (2000) | £156,000 (2021) | +2.9% | +0.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Apple Close, Congleton 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 | 79 | 100.0% | £115,000 | £55,000 – £189,950 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Apple Close, Congleton
79 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 | 79 | 100.0% | £115,000 |
| Freehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| New build | 21 | 26.6% | £83,000 |
| Existing home | 58 | 73.4% | £130,475 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -36.4%. 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.
Section 07
Living in Apple Close, Congleton
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Cheshire East, 44.0% of 197,366 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.1% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,489 | 0.8% |
| B | 29,554 | 15.0% |
| C | 55,700 | 28.2% |
| D | 73,725 | 37.4% |
| E | 26,906 | 13.6% |
| F | 7,570 | 3.8% |
| G | 2,422 | 1.2% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Cheshire East at £982 a month as of Jun 2026 — £694 for a one-bedroom home and £1,102 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £115,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 10.25% 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 CW12, 175 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 76 violent, 5 burglary, 1 vehicle-related and 27 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is about typical.
Against the 398,772 residents the 2021 census counted in Cheshire East, that is 0.44 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 Apple Close, Congleton
The 2021 census counted 398,772 residents in Cheshire East across 174,854 households. 72.9% of those households own their home and 27.1% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
11 state and independent schools have a CW12 postcode: 9 primary, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congleton High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,174 |
| Eaton Bank Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,062 |
| The Quinta Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 491 |
| Mossley CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 413 |
| Black Firs Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 372 |
| Havannah Primary School | Primary | Community school | 244 |
| Buglawton Primary School | Primary | Community school | 202 |
| Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 183 |
| Marlfields Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 177 |
| Daven Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 137 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Congleton Rail Station | Rail | 1.8 km |
| Kidsgrove Rail Station | Rail | 9.1 km |
| Goostrey Rail Station | Rail | 9.7 km |
| Holmes Chapel Rail Station | Rail | 9.8 km |
Section 09
How Apple Close, Congleton compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Apple Close, Congleton sits below that national figure — -27.0%.
Within Congleton the street ranks 422 of 533 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £165,000 (-30.3%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,002 per square metre, across 10 of the 79 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 £55,000 to £189,950. 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.
Apple Close, Congleton sits in Cheshire East, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Cheshire East at 7.6 times median local earnings of £39,459 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
- Bollin Drive£112,000 median
- Holmes Chapel Road£228,500 median
- Canal Road£124,995 median
- Mill Green£149,999 median
- Ennerdale Drive£207,500 median
- Astbury Street£89,500 median
- Longdown Road£161,500 median
- St Johns Road£115,000 median
- Biddulph Road£175,000 median
- Park Lane£250,000 median
- Bath Vale£192,995 median
- Waggs Road£132,000 median
- Westholme Close£135,000 median
- Thames Close£150,000 median
- Newcastle Road£235,000 median
- Obelisk Way£152,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FLAT 11, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close5 sales
- FLAT 17, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close5 sales
- FLAT 8, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close5 sales
- FLAT 7, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close5 sales
- FLAT 27, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close4 sales
- FLAT 9, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close4 sales
- FLAT 28, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close4 sales
- FLAT 23, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close3 sales
- FLAT 16, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close3 sales
- FLAT 5, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close3 sales
- FLAT 3, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close3 sales
- FLAT 19, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close3 sales
- FLAT 20, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close3 sales
- FLAT 21, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close3 sales
- FLAT 24, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close3 sales
- FLAT 12, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close3 sales
- FLAT 4, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close3 sales
- FLAT 22, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close2 sales
- FLAT 6, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close2 sales
- FLAT 15, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close2 sales
- FLAT 2, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close2 sales
- FLAT 18, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close2 sales
- FLAT 25, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close2 sales
- FLAT 10, ORCHARD GARDENS Apple Close2 sales
Back to Congleton house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Apple Close, Congleton?
The median price paid in Apple Close, Congleton across every sale on the register is £115,000. 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 Apple Close, Congleton?
79 sales are on record for Apple Close, Congleton, the most recent completing on 20 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Apple Close, Congleton house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +88.5% between 2000 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +19.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Apple Close, Congleton house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £150,000, set in 2019. 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 Apple Close, Congleton?
£2,002 per square metre, from the 10 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 20 Mar 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, “Apple Close, Congleton 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.