Cross Lane, Middlewich house prices are built from 121 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 5 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £118,000. Across the 16 years from 2007 to 2023 the median moved +53.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -4.7%.
Median price paid
£118,000
Change in cash, 2007–2023
+53.3%
Change in real terms
-4.7%
Median per m²
£1,565
HM Land Registry121 sales36 with floor areaLatest sale 5 Feb 2026
Section 01
How Cross Lane, Middlewich prices moved
The chart tracks the median Cross Lane, Middlewich house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2023. 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 | £40,000 | £88,819 |
| 2000s | 4 | £106,750 | £194,467 |
| 2010s | 2 | £124,000 | £174,840 |
| 2020s | 2 | £161,000 | £164,500 |
The highest yearly median on record for Cross Lane, Middlewich is £184,000 in 2023; the lowest is £35,500 in 1998. Across the full 28-year record the cash median has moved from £46,500 to £184,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £100,869, so the real change over the whole record is +97.1% — about +2.54% 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: +53.3% in cash against -4.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 5 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £152,000 | £152,000 |
| 34 | 30 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 18 | 30 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 63 | 24 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £170,000 | £173,696 |
| 5 | 1 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £150,000 | £153,261 |
| 65 | 23 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £180,000 | £183,913 |
| 11c | 13 Dec 2024 | Detached | £217,000 | £228,336 |
| 67 | 27 Jun 2024 | Semi-detached | £155,500 | £163,623 |
| 1e | 25 Aug 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £74,500 | £80,494 |
| 55 | 14 Aug 2023 | Semi-detached | £193,000 | £208,529 |
| 1c the Dairy | 12 May 2023 | Semi-detached | £165,000 | £178,276 |
| 38 | 11 Apr 2023 | Semi-detached | £184,000 | £198,805 |
| 11c | 9 Jan 2023 | Detached | £190,000 | £205,287 |
| 2 | 14 Dec 2022 | Terraced | £165,000 | £191,167 |
| 36 | 24 Jun 2022 | Semi-detached | £130,000 | £150,616 |
| 5 | 14 Jan 2022 | Terraced | £128,000 | £148,299 |
| 45 | 11 Oct 2021 | Semi-detached | £167,000 | £210,995 |
| 37 | 29 Sep 2021 | Semi-detached | £170,000 | £214,785 |
| 55 | 19 Aug 2021 | Semi-detached | £182,700 | £230,831 |
| 24 | 6 Aug 2021 | Semi-detached | £144,000 | £181,935 |
| 63 | 30 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £150,000 | £189,516 |
| 67 | 22 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £155,000 | £195,833 |
| 3 | 18 Sep 2020 | Terraced | £117,000 | £151,488 |
| 5 | 18 May 2020 | Terraced | £96,000 | £124,298 |
| 65 | 11 Dec 2019 | Semi-detached | £145,000 | £189,657 |
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 Cross Lane, Middlewich values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Cross Lane | £42,000 (1996) | £185,000 (2026) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
| 63 Cross Lane | £122,000 (2005) | £170,000 (2025) | +1.7% | -1.2% |
| 5 Cross Lane | £37,000 (2000) | £150,000 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.0% |
| 65 Cross Lane | £95,000 (2014) | £180,000 (2025) | +6.0% | +2.8% |
| 11C Cross Lane | £147,500 (2004) | £217,000 (2024) | +1.9% | -0.9% |
| 67 Cross Lane | £118,000 (2006) | £155,500 (2024) | +1.5% | -1.4% |
| 1E Cross Lane | £75,000 (2004) | £74,500 (2023) | 0.0% | -2.8% |
| 55 Cross Lane | £124,950 (2008) | £193,000 (2023) | +2.9% | 0.0% |
| 1C the DAIRY Cross Lane | £101,500 (2004) | £165,000 (2023) | +2.6% | -0.3% |
| 2 Cross Lane | £85,000 (2004) | £165,000 (2022) | +3.8% | +1.1% |
| 45 Cross Lane | £46,500 (1996) | £167,000 (2021) | +5.2% | +3.0% |
| 3 Cross Lane | £32,000 (1997) | £117,000 (2020) | +5.8% | +3.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Cross Lane, Middlewich 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 86 | 71.1% | £122,000 | £34,000 – £215,000 |
| Terraced | 26 | 21.5% | £96,000 | £25,000 – £165,000 |
| Detached | 6 | 5.0% | £147,500 | £135,000 – £217,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 3 | 2.5% | £74,500 | £64,000 – £75,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Cross Lane, Middlewich
3 of the sales on record are leasehold and 118 freehold — 2.5% 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 £74,500 and the median freehold sale £118,500 — a gap of +59.1%. 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 | 2.5% | £74,500 |
| Freehold | 118 | 97.5% | £118,500 |
| New build | 6 | 5.0% | £97,225 |
| Existing home | 115 | 95.0% | £118,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -17.6%. 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 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 Cross Lane, Middlewich
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 £118,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.99% 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 CW10, 113 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 64 violent, 1 burglary, 1 vehicle-related and 4 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.5 times quieter.
Against the 398,772 residents the 2021 census counted in Cheshire East, that is 0.28 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 Cross Lane, Middlewich
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.
6 state and independent schools have a CW10 postcode: 5 primary, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middlewich High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 665 |
| Middlewich Primary School | Primary | Community school | 404 |
| Cledford Primary & Nursery Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 314 |
| St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 169 |
| Wimboldsley Community Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 129 |
| Byley Primary School and Nursery | Primary | Community school | 88 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Winsford Rail Station | Rail | 3.4 km |
| Sandbach Rail Station | Rail | 5.4 km |
| Holmes Chapel Rail Station | Rail | 6.2 km |
| Goostrey Rail Station | Rail | 8.7 km |
Section 09
How Cross Lane, Middlewich compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Cross Lane, Middlewich sits below that national figure — -25.1%.
Within Middlewich the street ranks 173 of 246 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £135,000 (-12.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,565 per square metre, across 36 of the 121 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 £25,000 to £217,000. 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.
Cross Lane, Middlewich 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
- Booth Lane£85,000 median
- Pennymoor Drive£241,250 median
- Warmingham Lane£120,000 median
- Meadow View£106,250 median
- White Park Close£161,000 median
- Sutton Lane£115,000 median
- Bostock Road£303,000 median
- St Anns Road£148,750 median
- King Street£135,000 median
- Nantwich Road£155,000 median
- Long Lane£137,075 median
- Beechfield Drive£106,250 median
- Chester Road£149,000 median
- Lewin Street£80,000 median
- Webbs Lane£97,000 median
- Eardswick Road£79,950 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 5 Cross Lane8 sales
- 11C Cross Lane6 sales
- 45 Cross Lane6 sales
- 63 Cross Lane5 sales
- 67 Cross Lane5 sales
- 2 Cross Lane5 sales
- 49 Cross Lane5 sales
- 69 Cross Lane5 sales
- 18 Cross Lane4 sales
- 65 Cross Lane4 sales
- 55 Cross Lane4 sales
- 3 Cross Lane4 sales
- 1B, the DAIRY Cross Lane4 sales
- 1C, the DAIRY Cross Lane3 sales
- 43 Cross Lane3 sales
- 61 Cross Lane3 sales
- 26 Cross Lane3 sales
- 1A, the DAIRY Cross Lane3 sales
- 1E Cross Lane2 sales
- 1 Cross Lane2 sales
- 41 Cross Lane2 sales
- 11 Cross Lane2 sales
- 11B Cross Lane2 sales
- 11A Cross Lane2 sales
Back to Middlewich house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Cross Lane, Middlewich?
The median price paid in Cross Lane, Middlewich across every sale on the register is £118,000. 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 Cross Lane, Middlewich?
121 sales are on record for Cross Lane, Middlewich, the most recent completing on 5 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Cross Lane, Middlewich house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +53.3% between 2007 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -4.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Cross Lane, Middlewich house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £184,000, set in 2023. 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 Cross Lane, Middlewich?
£1,565 per square metre, from the 36 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 5 Feb 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, “Cross Lane, Middlewich 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.