Selwyn Street, Leigh house prices are built from 184 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 15 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £50,500. Across the 14 years from 2011 to 2025 the median moved +110.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +40.3%.
Median price paid
£50,500
Change in cash, 2011–2025
+110.4%
Change in real terms
+40.3%
Median per m²
£648
HM Land Registry184 sales57 with floor areaLatest sale 15 May 2026
Section 01
How Selwyn Street, Leigh prices moved
The chart tracks the median Selwyn Street, Leigh house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2025. 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 | 4 | £28,000 | £62,173 |
| 2000s | 8 | £41,000 | £74,690 |
| 2010s | 2 | £53,000 | £74,730 |
| 2020s | 2 | £109,000 | £111,370 |
The highest yearly median on record for Selwyn Street, Leigh is £111,500 in 2025; the lowest is £20,000 in 1996. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £30,000 to £111,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £66,614, so the real change over the whole record is +71.0% — about +1.80% 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: +110.4% in cash against +40.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 15 May 2026 | Terraced | £130,000 | £130,000 |
| 121 | 18 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £127,000 | £127,000 |
| 45 | 31 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £115,000 | £117,500 |
| 65 | 17 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £99,950 | £102,123 |
| 97 | 26 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £83,000 | £84,804 |
| 81 | 9 May 2025 | Terraced | £108,000 | £110,348 |
| 124 | 17 Apr 2025 | Terraced | £125,000 | £127,717 |
| 107 | 11 Apr 2025 | Terraced | £132,500 | £135,380 |
| 85 | 18 Dec 2024 | Terraced | £132,000 | £138,896 |
| 14 | 5 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £110,000 | £115,746 |
| 103 | 10 Nov 2023 | Terraced | £120,000 | £129,655 |
| 13 | 17 May 2023 | Terraced | £84,800 | £91,623 |
| 45 | 31 Mar 2023 | Terraced | £92,500 | £99,943 |
| 20 | 9 Nov 2022 | Terraced | £108,000 | £125,127 |
| 99 | 21 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £112,000 | £129,762 |
| 29 | 5 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £116,000 | £134,396 |
| 76 | 29 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £115,000 | £133,237 |
| 37 | 14 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £88,000 | £101,956 |
| 28 | 16 May 2022 | Terraced | £103,000 | £119,334 |
| 102 | 29 Apr 2022 | Terraced | £110,000 | £127,445 |
| 70 | 18 Jan 2022 | Terraced | £78,000 | £90,370 |
| 7 | 9 Dec 2021 | Terraced | £76,000 | £96,022 |
| 92 | 2 Nov 2021 | Terraced | £93,000 | £117,500 |
| 104 | 4 Aug 2021 | Terraced | £110,000 | £138,978 |
| 38 | 21 Apr 2021 | Terraced | £69,950 | £88,378 |
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 Selwyn Street, Leigh values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 Selwyn Street | £30,000 (1995) | £130,000 (2026) | +4.8% | +2.2% |
| 121 Selwyn Street | £70,000 (2006) | £127,000 (2026) | +3.0% | +0.1% |
| 45 Selwyn Street | £92,500 (2023) | £115,000 (2025) | +11.5% | +8.4% |
| 65 Selwyn Street | £75,000 (2007) | £99,950 (2025) | +1.6% | -1.3% |
| 81 Selwyn Street | £22,000 (2002) | £108,000 (2025) | +7.2% | +4.2% |
| 85 Selwyn Street | £33,500 (2000) | £132,000 (2024) | +5.9% | +3.1% |
| 13 Selwyn Street | £75,700 (2007) | £84,800 (2023) | +0.7% | -2.2% |
| 20 Selwyn Street | £27,000 (1997) | £108,000 (2022) | +5.7% | +3.2% |
| 99 Selwyn Street | £25,500 (1995) | £112,000 (2022) | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| 76 Selwyn Street | £31,500 (2000) | £115,000 (2022) | +6.1% | +3.5% |
| 28 Selwyn Street | £29,995 (2000) | £103,000 (2022) | +5.8% | +3.2% |
| 102 Selwyn Street | £31,000 (1998) | £110,000 (2022) | +5.4% | +2.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Selwyn Street, Leigh 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 | 182 | 98.9% | £50,000 | £10,000 – £132,500 |
| Semi-detached | 2 | 1.1% | £68,500 | £68,500 – £75,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Selwyn Street, Leigh
184 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 | 184 | 100.0% | £50,500 |
| Freehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
A further 34 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 Selwyn Street, Leigh
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Wigan, 43.1% of 150,910 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.4% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 741 | 0.5% |
| B | 16,595 | 11.0% |
| C | 47,691 | 31.6% |
| D | 61,266 | 40.6% |
| E | 19,483 | 12.9% |
| F | 4,020 | 2.7% |
| G | 1,114 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Wigan at £744 a month as of Jun 2026 — £540 for a one-bedroom home and £835 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £50,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 17.68% 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 WN7, 1 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 1 violent, 0 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 0 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 100.0 times quieter.
Against the 329,330 residents the 2021 census counted in Wigan, that is 0.00 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 Selwyn Street, Leigh
The 2021 census counted 329,330 residents in Wigan across 143,105 households. 66.8% of those households own their home and 32.9% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
18 state and independent schools have a WN7 postcode: 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford High School | Secondary | Community school | 1,111 |
| The Westleigh School | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 976 |
| St Thomas' CofE Primary School, Leigh | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 395 |
| St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 375 |
| Leigh CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 350 |
| Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 331 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 300 |
| Bedford Hall Methodist Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 255 |
| Leigh Westleigh Methodist Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 234 |
| Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 213 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hag Fold Rail Station | Rail | 4.3 km |
| Atherton Rail Station | Rail | 4.3 km |
| Daisy Hill Rail Station | Rail | 4.6 km |
| Hindley Rail Station | Rail | 6.2 km |
Section 09
How Selwyn Street, Leigh compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Selwyn Street, Leigh sits below that national figure — -67.9%.
Within Leigh the street ranks 581 of 631 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £84,950 (-40.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £648 per square metre, across 57 of the 184 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 £10,000 to £132,500. 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.
Selwyn Street, Leigh sits in Wigan, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Wigan at 5.9 times median local earnings of £33,669 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
- St Helens Road£110,000 median
- Wigan Road£65,000 median
- Holden Road£109,000 median
- Leigh Road£75,000 median
- Hope Street£61,500 median
- Glebe Street£45,000 median
- Oxford Street£55,000 median
- Warrington Road£74,950 median
- Gordon Street£56,000 median
- Firs Lane£56,000 median
- Westleigh Lane£78,000 median
- Manchester Road£79,995 median
- Ledgard Avenue£104,720 median
- Twist Lane£58,500 median
- Guest Street£91,995 median
- The Avenue£116,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 70 Selwyn Street6 sales
- 28 Selwyn Street5 sales
- 17 Selwyn Street5 sales
- 85 Selwyn Street4 sales
- 20 Selwyn Street4 sales
- 112 Selwyn Street4 sales
- 36 Selwyn Street4 sales
- 66 Selwyn Street4 sales
- 22 Selwyn Street4 sales
- 34 Selwyn Street4 sales
- 21 Selwyn Street4 sales
- 81 Selwyn Street3 sales
- 99 Selwyn Street3 sales
- 102 Selwyn Street3 sales
- 7 Selwyn Street3 sales
- 104 Selwyn Street3 sales
- 30 Selwyn Street3 sales
- 110 Selwyn Street3 sales
- 9 Selwyn Street3 sales
- 98 Selwyn Street3 sales
- 109 Selwyn Street3 sales
- 32 Selwyn Street3 sales
- 67 Selwyn Street3 sales
- 75 Selwyn Street3 sales
Back to Leigh house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Selwyn Street, Leigh?
The median price paid in Selwyn Street, Leigh across every sale on the register is £50,500. 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 Selwyn Street, Leigh?
184 sales are on record for Selwyn Street, Leigh, the most recent completing on 15 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Selwyn Street, Leigh house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +110.4% between 2011 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +40.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Selwyn Street, Leigh house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £111,500, set in 2025. 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 Selwyn Street, Leigh?
£648 per square metre, from the 57 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 15 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, “Selwyn Street, Leigh 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.