Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows house prices are built from 80 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 4 Feb 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £67,000. Across the 10 years from 1997 to 2007 the median moved +105.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +68.1%.
Median price paid
£67,000
Change in cash, 1997–2007
+105.0%
Change in real terms
+68.1%
Median per m²
£1,454
HM Land Registry80 sales35 with floor areaLatest sale 4 Feb 2025
Section 01
How Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows prices moved
The chart tracks the median Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2007. 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 | 2 | £37,998 | £84,372 |
| 2000s | 2 | £79,950 | £145,645 |
The highest yearly median on record for Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows is £102,500 in 2007; the lowest is £37,998 in 1998. Across the full 11-year record the cash median has moved from £49,995 to £102,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £106,004, so the real change over the whole record is +68.1% — about +5.33% 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: +105.0% in cash against +68.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 4 Feb 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £89,000 | £90,935 |
| 25 | 26 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £94,000 | £98,910 |
| 20 | 20 Sep 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £94,000 | £98,910 |
| 2 | 15 Mar 2024 | Semi-detached | £185,000 | £194,664 |
| 22 | 18 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £103,000 | £111,287 |
| 21 | 9 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £118,851 |
| 16 | 3 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £102,000 | £110,207 |
| 24 | 1 Oct 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £103,000 | £130,134 |
| 12 | 3 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £87,000 | £109,919 |
| 21 | 10 Jul 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £90,000 | £116,529 |
| 25 | 3 May 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £70,000 | £93,289 |
| 9 | 29 Jul 2016 | Semi-detached | £110,000 | £153,564 |
| 17 | 29 Jul 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £72,500 | £101,213 |
| 11 | 22 Dec 2015 | Semi-detached | £115,000 | £162,150 |
| 1 | 1 Oct 2015 | Terraced | £115,000 | £162,150 |
| 19 | 15 Sep 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £71,000 | £100,110 |
| 10 | 14 Nov 2013 | Semi-detached | £105,000 | £153,102 |
| 14 | 28 Sep 2012 | Flat or maisonette | £64,000 | £95,593 |
| 9 | 12 Aug 2011 | Semi-detached | £96,000 | £147,130 |
| 8 | 28 Jul 2011 | Semi-detached | £96,000 | £147,130 |
| 1 | 19 Jul 2011 | Terraced | £100,000 | £153,261 |
| 19 | 15 Oct 2010 | Flat or maisonette | £64,000 | £102,197 |
| 11 | 22 Sep 2010 | Semi-detached | £102,500 | £163,675 |
| 7 | 26 Jul 2007 | Terraced | £122,000 | £212,109 |
| 19 | 8 Jun 2007 | Flat or maisonette | £85,000 | £147,781 |
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 Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Mill Meadow | £35,995 (1998) | £89,000 (2025) | +3.4% | +0.7% |
| 25 Mill Meadow | £35,995 (1998) | £94,000 (2024) | +3.8% | +1.1% |
| 20 Mill Meadow | £39,995 (1998) | £94,000 (2024) | +3.3% | +0.7% |
| 2 Mill Meadow | £50,995 (1997) | £185,000 (2024) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| 22 Mill Meadow | £36,000 (1998) | £103,000 (2023) | +4.3% | +1.6% |
| 21 Mill Meadow | £35,995 (1998) | £110,000 (2023) | +4.6% | +1.9% |
| 16 Mill Meadow | £35,995 (1998) | £102,000 (2023) | +4.3% | +1.6% |
| 24 Mill Meadow | £39,995 (1998) | £103,000 (2021) | +4.2% | +2.0% |
| 12 Mill Meadow | £39,995 (1998) | £87,000 (2021) | +3.4% | +1.2% |
| 9 Mill Meadow | £48,995 (1998) | £110,000 (2016) | +4.6% | +2.3% |
| 17 Mill Meadow | £35,995 (1998) | £72,500 (2016) | +4.0% | +1.7% |
| 11 Mill Meadow | £48,995 (1998) | £115,000 (2015) | +5.1% | +2.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows 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 | 48 | 60.0% | £59,950 | £35,995 – £110,000 |
| Semi-detached | 29 | 36.3% | £74,500 | £45,500 – £185,000 |
| Terraced | 3 | 3.8% | £115,000 | £100,000 – £122,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows
80 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 | 80 | 100.0% | £67,000 |
| Freehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| New build | 26 | 32.5% | £39,995 |
| Existing home | 54 | 67.5% | £82,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -51.5%. 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 Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across St. Helens, 45.4% of 92,985 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 254 | 0.3% |
| B | 8,496 | 9.1% |
| C | 33,448 | 36.0% |
| D | 37,715 | 40.6% |
| E | 10,397 | 11.2% |
| F | 1,997 | 2.1% |
| G | 678 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in St. Helens at £798 a month as of Jun 2026 — £587 for a one-bedroom home and £890 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £67,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 14.29% 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 WA12, 180 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 70 violent, 10 burglary, 13 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 183,248 residents the 2021 census counted in St. Helens, that is 0.98 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 Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows
The 2021 census counted 183,248 residents in St. Helens across 81,013 households. 65.0% of those households own their home and 34.9% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
8 state and independent schools have a WA12 postcode: 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,235 |
| Newton-le-Willows Primary School | Primary | Community school | 563 |
| Wargrave CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 424 |
| The District CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 365 |
| St Peter's CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 226 |
| St Mary's Catholic Junior Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 219 |
| Lyme Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 218 |
| St Mary's Catholic Infant Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 173 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Earlestown Rail Station | Rail | 0.4 km |
| Newton-le-Willows Rail Station | Rail | 1.3 km |
| Garswood Rail Station | Rail | 4.7 km |
| Bryn Rail Station | Rail | 5.2 km |
Section 09
How Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows sits below that national figure — -57.5%.
Within Newton-le-willows the street ranks 255 of 291 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £114,995 (-41.7%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,454 per square metre, across 35 of the 80 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 £35,995 to £185,000. 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.
Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows sits in St. Helens, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in St. Helens at 5.7 times median local earnings of £33,379 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
- Wargrave Road£70,000 median
- Highmarsh Crescent£109,975 median
- Mercer Street£79,475 median
- Crow Lane East£113,000 median
- Vulcan Park Way£167,500 median
- Birley Street£99,950 median
- Crow Lane West£80,125 median
- Park Road South£137,750 median
- The Parchments£97,950 median
- Borron Road£87,000 median
- Makerfield Drive£114,000 median
- High Street£110,000 median
- Ashton Road£167,700 median
- Banastre Drive£117,250 median
- Wayfarers Drive£138,000 median
- Cole Avenue£140,950 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 19 Mill Meadow6 sales
- 21 Mill Meadow5 sales
- 9 Mill Meadow5 sales
- 25 Mill Meadow4 sales
- 20 Mill Meadow4 sales
- 16 Mill Meadow4 sales
- 11 Mill Meadow4 sales
- 1 Mill Meadow4 sales
- 10 Mill Meadow4 sales
- 26 Mill Meadow4 sales
- 2 Mill Meadow3 sales
- 17 Mill Meadow3 sales
- 8 Mill Meadow3 sales
- 15 Mill Meadow3 sales
- 27 Mill Meadow3 sales
- 22 Mill Meadow2 sales
- 24 Mill Meadow2 sales
- 12 Mill Meadow2 sales
- 14 Mill Meadow2 sales
- 7 Mill Meadow2 sales
- 23 Mill Meadow2 sales
- 3 Mill Meadow2 sales
- 18 Mill Meadow2 sales
- 5 Mill Meadow2 sales
Back to Newton-le-willows house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows?
The median price paid in Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows across every sale on the register is £67,000. 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 Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows?
80 sales are on record for Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows, the most recent completing on 4 Feb 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +105.0% between 1997 and 2007. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +68.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £102,500, set in 2007. 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 Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows?
£1,454 per square metre, from the 35 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 4 Feb 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, “Mill Meadow, Newton-le-willows 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.