Towngate, Holmfirth house prices are built from 128 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 29 Oct 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £155,725. Across the 13 years from 2011 to 2024 the median moved +47.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +0.9%.
Median price paid
£155,725
Change in cash, 2011–2024
+47.0%
Change in real terms
+0.9%
HM Land Registry128 salesLatest sale 29 Oct 2025
Section 01
How Towngate, Holmfirth prices moved
The chart tracks the median Towngate, Holmfirth house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2024. 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 | 3 | £68,125 | £151,270 |
| 2000s | 5 | £157,800 | £287,465 |
| 2010s | 3 | £183,000 | £258,030 |
| 2020s | 3 | £285,000 | £291,196 |
The highest yearly median on record for Towngate, Holmfirth is £367,500 in 2024; the lowest is £61,500 in 1995. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £61,500 to £367,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £136,559, so the real change over the whole record is +183.2% — about +3.65% 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: +47.0% in cash against +0.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36a | 29 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £229,000 | £233,978 |
| 34 | 25 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £315,000 | £321,848 |
| 29 | 6 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £243,000 | £248,283 |
| 12 | 19 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £420,000 | £441,940 |
| 6 | 19 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £292,000 | £307,254 |
| 41 | 9 Aug 2024 | Semi-detached | £370,000 | £389,328 |
| 3 | 8 Mar 2024 | Terraced | £300,000 | £315,672 |
| 2 | 1 Mar 2024 | Terraced | £370,000 | £389,328 |
| 24 | 1 Mar 2024 | Semi-detached | £365,000 | £384,067 |
| 27 | 29 Sep 2023 | Terraced | £270,000 | £291,724 |
| 40 | 23 Jan 2023 | Semi-detached | £220,000 | £237,701 |
| 47 | 21 Dec 2022 | Terraced | £150,000 | £173,788 |
| 130 | 25 Nov 2022 | Terraced | £339,000 | £392,761 |
| 32 | 21 Nov 2022 | Terraced | £285,000 | £330,197 |
| 36a | 10 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £180,000 | £208,546 |
| 124 | 26 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £315,000 | £364,955 |
| 51 | 29 Jul 2022 | Detached | £335,000 | £388,127 |
| 68 | 28 Jan 2022 | Semi-detached | £220,000 | £254,889 |
| 6 | 22 Dec 2020 | Terraced | £230,000 | £297,796 |
| 2 | 4 Dec 2020 | Terraced | £258,000 | £334,050 |
| 6 | 20 Nov 2020 | Terraced | £120,000 | £155,372 |
| 37 | 8 Sep 2020 | Detached | £150,000 | £194,215 |
| 7 Towngate House | 26 Feb 2020 | Terraced | £198,000 | £256,364 |
| 39 | 20 Feb 2020 | Detached | £370,000 | £479,063 |
| 37 | 26 Nov 2018 | Detached | £145,000 | £193,242 |
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 Towngate, Holmfirth values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36A Towngate | £49,000 (2001) | £229,000 (2025) | +6.6% | +3.8% |
| 34 Towngate | £68,950 (1998) | £315,000 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 29 Towngate | £143,000 (2003) | £243,000 (2025) | +2.4% | -0.4% |
| 6 Towngate | £37,000 (1997) | £292,000 (2024) | +8.0% | +5.2% |
| 12 Towngate | £132,000 (1999) | £420,000 (2024) | +4.7% | +2.0% |
| 41 Towngate | £65,000 (2002) | £370,000 (2024) | +8.2% | +5.3% |
| 3 Towngate | £112,000 (2000) | £300,000 (2024) | +4.2% | +1.4% |
| 24 Towngate | £60,000 (1998) | £365,000 (2024) | +7.2% | +4.4% |
| 2 Towngate | £150,000 (2011) | £370,000 (2024) | +7.2% | +4.1% |
| 27 Towngate | £150,000 (2012) | £270,000 (2023) | +5.5% | +2.4% |
| 40 Towngate | £52,000 (1995) | £220,000 (2023) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| 47 Towngate | £46,500 (1999) | £150,000 (2022) | +5.2% | +2.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Towngate, Holmfirth 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 | 63 | 49.2% | £153,000 | £37,000 – £420,000 |
| Detached | 36 | 28.1% | £168,000 | £40,000 – £499,950 |
| Semi-detached | 26 | 20.3% | £141,000 | £52,000 – £370,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 3 | 2.3% | £131,500 | £49,000 – £163,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Towngate, Holmfirth
6 of the sales on record are leasehold and 122 freehold — 4.7% 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 £180,500 and the median freehold sale £154,275 — a gap of -14.5%. 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 | 6 | 4.7% | £180,500 |
| Freehold | 122 | 95.3% | £154,275 |
A further 9 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 Towngate, Holmfirth
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Barnsley, 42.9% of 122,792 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.1% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 712 | 0.6% |
| B | 13,385 | 10.9% |
| C | 38,632 | 31.5% |
| D | 51,125 | 41.6% |
| E | 15,142 | 12.3% |
| F | 2,976 | 2.4% |
| G | 820 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Barnsley at £686 a month as of Jun 2026 — £499 for a one-bedroom home and £741 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £155,725 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.29% 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 HD9, 21 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 5 violent, 1 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 7 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 8.0 times quieter.
Against the 244,572 residents the 2021 census counted in Barnsley, that is 0.09 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 Towngate, Holmfirth
The 2021 census counted 244,572 residents in Barnsley across 108,053 households. 62.8% of those households own their home and 36.9% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
17 state and independent schools have a HD9 postcode: 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holmfirth High School | Secondary | Community school | 1,328 |
| Honley High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,240 |
| Meltham CofE (VC) Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 386 |
| Honley CofE (VC) Junior, Infant and Nursery School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 373 |
| Netherthong Primary School | Primary | Community school | 213 |
| Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 210 |
| Upperthong Junior and Infant School | Primary | Community school | 209 |
| Meltham Moor Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 199 |
| Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery School | Primary | Community school | 191 |
| Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 153 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Brockholes Rail Station | Rail | 2.6 km |
| Honley Rail Station | Rail | 3.3 km |
| Berry Brow Rail Station | Rail | 4.5 km |
| Stocksmoor Rail Station | Rail | 5.1 km |
Section 09
How Towngate, Holmfirth compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Towngate, Holmfirth sits below that national figure — -1.1%.
Within Holmfirth the street ranks 318 of 597 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £150,438 (+3.5%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £37,000 to £499,950. 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.
Towngate, Holmfirth sits in Barnsley, in the Yorkshire and The Humber.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Barnsley at 5.1 times median local earnings of £35,629 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
- Huddersfield Road£149,950 median
- Woodhead Road£110,000 median
- New Mill Road£113,975 median
- Dunford Road£133,500 median
- Mill Moor Road£119,000 median
- Pavilion Way£128,473 median
- Holmebank Mews£114,000 median
- Wessenden Head Road£129,500 median
- Bayfield Close£98,475 median
- Greenfield Road£178,750 median
- Helme Lane£120,000 median
- River Holme View£136,750 median
- Cliff Road£164,950 median
- Dean Brook Road£145,000 median
- Sheardale£174,975 median
- Station Road£140,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 37 Towngate8 sales
- 34 Towngate7 sales
- 36A Towngate6 sales
- 6 Towngate5 sales
- 40 Towngate5 sales
- 36 Towngate5 sales
- 3 Towngate4 sales
- 24 Towngate4 sales
- 39 Towngate4 sales
- 31 Towngate4 sales
- 69 Towngate4 sales
- 29 Towngate3 sales
- 41 Towngate3 sales
- 2 Towngate3 sales
- 27 Towngate3 sales
- 47 Towngate3 sales
- 51 Towngate3 sales
- 67 Towngate3 sales
- 15A Towngate3 sales
- 19 Towngate3 sales
- 35 – 37 Towngate3 sales
- 12 Towngate2 sales
- 32 Towngate2 sales
- 7, TOWNGATE HOUSE Towngate2 sales
Back to Holmfirth house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Towngate, Holmfirth?
The median price paid in Towngate, Holmfirth across every sale on the register is £155,725. 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 Towngate, Holmfirth?
128 sales are on record for Towngate, Holmfirth, the most recent completing on 29 Oct 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Towngate, Holmfirth house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +47.0% between 2011 and 2024. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +0.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Towngate, Holmfirth house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £367,500, 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 Towngate, Holmfirth?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 29 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, “Towngate, Holmfirth 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.