CW5 house prices are built from 19,436 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 22 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £178,950. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +35.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -3.1%.
Median price paid
£178,950
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+35.3%
Change in real terms
-3.1%
Median per m²
£2,083
HM Land Registry19,436 sales2,820 with floor areaLatest sale 22 Jun 2026
Section 01
How CW5 prices moved
The chart tracks the median CW5 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. 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 | 5 | £67,000 | £148,772 |
| 2000s | 10 | £165,000 | £300,581 |
| 2010s | 10 | £190,000 | £267,900 |
| 2020s | 7 | £293,000 | £299,370 |
The highest yearly median on record for CW5 is £300,350 in 2024; the lowest is £63,500 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £65,500 to £295,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £145,441, so the real change over the whole record is +102.8% — about +2.31% 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: +35.3% in cash against -3.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Highfield Drive | 22 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 10 Lakeside View | 19 Jun 2026 | Detached | £629,000 | £629,000 |
| 7 Glebe Close | 17 Jun 2026 | Detached | £640,000 | £640,000 |
| 30 Church Way | 15 Jun 2026 | Detached | £369,000 | £369,000 |
| 38 Main Road | 15 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £340,000 | £340,000 |
| 8 Shannon Close | 15 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| YEW TREE LODGE New Road | 12 Jun 2026 | Detached | £510,000 | £510,000 |
| 88 Shrewbridge Road | 12 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £510,000 | £510,000 |
| 104 Birchin Lane | 12 Jun 2026 | Detached | £311,500 | £311,500 |
| 6 Pear Tree Field | 11 Jun 2026 | Detached | £450,000 | £450,000 |
| 53 the Broadway | 11 Jun 2026 | Detached | £395,000 | £395,000 |
| 95 Birchin Lane | 11 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £312,500 | £312,500 |
| 16 Moorlands Drive | 10 Jun 2026 | Detached | £293,000 | £293,000 |
| 36 Second Wood Street | 10 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £92,500 | £92,500 |
| 4 Birchall Close | 8 Jun 2026 | Detached | £330,000 | £330,000 |
| 27 Gerard Drive | 8 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 43 Wybunbury Road | 8 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £175,000 | £175,000 |
| 5 Rookery Drive | 5 Jun 2026 | Detached | £550,000 | £550,000 |
| 1 Weaver Brook Way | 5 Jun 2026 | Detached | £390,000 | £390,000 |
| 45 Millstone Lane | 5 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £172,500 | £172,500 |
| WHITEBRIAR COTTAGE London Road | 3 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £540,000 | £540,000 |
| 32 Gingerbread Lane | 3 Jun 2026 | Detached | £430,000 | £430,000 |
| CRAIG Y DON Marsh Lane | 3 Jun 2026 | Detached | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 45 Manor Road | 3 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 74 Talbot Way | 2 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £260,000 | £260,000 |
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 CW5 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Highfield Drive | £225,000 (2022) | £375,000 (2026) | +13.6% | +9.5% |
| 10 Lakeside View | £210,000 (1999) | £629,000 (2026) | +4.1% | +1.4% |
| 7 Glebe Close | £105,000 (1995) | £640,000 (2026) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
| 30 Church Way | £77,500 (1995) | £369,000 (2026) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| 8 Shannon Close | £66,950 (1999) | £250,000 (2026) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| 38 Main Road | £260,000 (2023) | £340,000 (2026) | +9.4% | +6.6% |
| 104 Birchin Lane | £62,000 (1996) | £311,500 (2026) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| YEW TREE LODGE New Road | £260,000 (2006) | £510,000 (2026) | +3.4% | +0.5% |
| 6 Pear Tree Field | £158,000 (2001) | £450,000 (2026) | +4.3% | +1.5% |
| 53 the Broadway | £195,000 (2012) | £395,000 (2026) | +5.2% | +2.2% |
| 95 Birchin Lane | £152,500 (2014) | £312,500 (2026) | +6.2% | +3.0% |
| 36 Second Wood Street | £31,000 (1996) | £92,500 (2026) | +3.7% | +1.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. CW5 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 | 7,372 | 37.9% | £285,000 | £8,000 – £3,300,000 |
| Semi-detached | 5,169 | 26.6% | £169,000 | £1,000 – £1,800,000 |
| Terraced | 4,791 | 24.7% | £145,000 | £15,000 – £1,117,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 2,104 | 10.8% | £120,000 | £10,500 – £960,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in CW5
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 3,880 certificates cover CW5, and their median floor area is 90 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +18.4%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 90 m² | about 969 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 67 m² | about 721 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 125 m² | about 1,348 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 17.5% | 678 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 15.4% | 599 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in CW5
3,754 of the sales on record are leasehold and 15,682 freehold — 19.3% 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 £142,998 and the median freehold sale £190,000 — a gap of +32.9%. 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 | 3,754 | 19.3% | £142,998 |
| Freehold | 15,682 | 80.7% | £190,000 |
| New build | 4,292 | 22.1% | £195,973 |
| Existing home | 15,144 | 77.9% | £175,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +12.0%. 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 1,255 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 CW5
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 £178,950 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.59% 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 CW5, 144 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 77 violent, 0 burglary, 2 vehicle-related and 18 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 0.36 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 CW5
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.
17 state and independent schools have a CW5 postcode: 14 primary, 2 secondary, 1 16 plus. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brine Leas School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,417 |
| Malbank School and Sixth Form College | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,289 |
| Willaston Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 251 |
| Highfields Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 247 |
| Stapeley Broad Lane CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 232 |
| Millfields Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 229 |
| Pear Tree Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 214 |
| Weaver Primary School | Primary | Community school | 209 |
| Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 205 |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 198 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Nantwich Rail Station | Rail | 0.3 km |
| Crewe Rail Station | Rail | 6.8 km |
| Wrenbury Rail Station | Rail | 6.8 km |
| Sandbach Rail Station | Rail | 13.1 km |
Section 09
How CW5 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. CW5 sits above that national figure — +13.6%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,083 per square metre, across 2,820 of the 19,436 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 £1,000 to £3,300,000. 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.
CW5 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
Sectors inside CW5
The closest districts
- CW25.5 km · £124,000
- CW17.5 km · £104,950
- CW1113.8 km · £163,750
- CW714.3 km · £119,000
- CW1015.1 km · £135,000
- SY1316.5 km · £156,998
- ST717.2 km · £125,000
- TF918.6 km · £160,000
This district mostly covers Nantwich.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in CW5?
The median price paid in CW5 across every sale on the register is £178,950. 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 CW5?
19,436 sales are on record for CW5, the most recent completing on 22 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have CW5 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +35.3% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -3.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were CW5 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £300,350, set in 2024. 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 CW5?
£2,083 per square metre, from the 2,820 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 22 Jun 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, “CW5 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.