Chester Way, Northwich house prices are built from 132 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2015 and the most recent on 30 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £173,499. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved -22.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -44.0%.
Median price paid
£173,499
Change in cash, 2015–2025
-22.7%
Change in real terms
-44.0%
Median per m²
£3,117
HM Land Registry132 sales48 with floor areaLatest sale 30 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Chester Way, Northwich prices moved
The chart tracks the median Chester Way, Northwich house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2015 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5 | £177,250 | £249,923 |
| 2020s | 4 | £189,000 | £193,109 |
The highest yearly median on record for Chester Way, Northwich is £254,000 in 2020; the lowest is £158,999 in 2017. Across the full 11-year record the cash median has moved from £207,116 to £160,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £292,034, so the real change over the whole record is -44.0% — about -5.64% 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: -22.7% in cash against -44.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 30 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 6 Marbury Court | 31 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £90,000 | £90,000 |
| 58 Marbury Court | 12 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| 29 Marbury Court | 5 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £93,000 | £95,022 |
| 49 Marbury Court | 17 Nov 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £170,000 | £173,696 |
| 44 Marbury Court | 18 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £285,000 | £291,196 |
| 1 Marbury Court | 1 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £153,261 |
| 45 Marbury Court | 4 Apr 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £285,000 | £291,196 |
| 22 Marbury Court | 10 Jan 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £85,000 | £86,848 |
| 34 Marbury Court | 16 Feb 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £126,269 |
| 7 Marbury Court | 7 Feb 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £168,358 |
| 5 Marbury Court | 29 Nov 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £172,874 |
| 3 Marbury Court | 30 Aug 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £230,000 | £248,506 |
| 18 Marbury Court | 21 Jul 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £170,000 | £183,678 |
| 44 Marbury Court | 19 Jun 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £325,000 | £351,149 |
| 39 Marbury Court | 19 May 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £146,000 | £157,747 |
| 15 Marbury Court | 7 Mar 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | £237,701 |
| 31 Marbury Court | 1 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £189,000 | £204,207 |
| 2a | 7 Oct 2022 | Semi-detached | £185,000 | £214,339 |
| 16 Marbury Court | 24 Aug 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £161,500 | £187,112 |
| 12 Marbury Court | 27 May 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £231,717 |
| 4 | 16 May 2022 | Semi-detached | £191,500 | £221,869 |
| 56 Marbury Court | 13 Oct 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £260,000 | £328,495 |
| 27 Marbury Court | 28 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £315,000 | £397,984 |
| 46 Marbury Court | 21 May 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £184,000 | £232,473 |
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 Chester Way, Northwich values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Chester Way | £40,000 (1995) | £185,000 (2026) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
| 6 MARBURY COURT Chester Way | £154,999 (2015) | £90,000 (2026) | -4.8% | -7.7% |
| 58 MARBURY COURT Chester Way | £159,999 (2017) | £110,000 (2026) | -4.1% | -7.3% |
| 29 MARBURY COURT Chester Way | £174,999 (2016) | £93,000 (2025) | -6.8% | -10.0% |
| 49 MARBURY COURT Chester Way | £205,616 (2015) | £170,000 (2025) | -1.9% | -5.0% |
| 44 MARBURY COURT Chester Way | £299,999 (2015) | £285,000 (2025) | -0.5% | -3.7% |
| 1 MARBURY COURT Chester Way | £184,999 (2015) | £150,000 (2025) | -2.1% | -5.2% |
| 45 MARBURY COURT Chester Way | £304,999 (2015) | £285,000 (2025) | -0.7% | -3.8% |
| 22 MARBURY COURT Chester Way | £159,999 (2016) | £85,000 (2025) | -6.8% | -10.0% |
| 34 MARBURY COURT Chester Way | £164,999 (2016) | £120,000 (2024) | -3.9% | -7.2% |
| 7 MARBURY COURT Chester Way | £155,999 (2018) | £160,000 (2024) | +0.4% | -3.5% |
| 5 MARBURY COURT Chester Way | £150,999 (2016) | £160,000 (2023) | +0.8% | -2.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Chester Way, Northwich 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 | 101 | 76.5% | £185,000 | £85,000 – £325,000 |
| Terraced | 20 | 15.2% | £60,000 | £27,000 – £102,000 |
| Semi-detached | 10 | 7.6% | £59,950 | £25,000 – £191,500 |
| Detached | 1 | 0.8% | £77,600 | £77,600 – £77,600 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Chester Way, Northwich
104 of the sales on record are leasehold and 28 freehold — 78.8% 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 £185,000 and the median freehold sale £61,000 — a gap of -67.0%. 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 | 104 | 78.8% | £185,000 |
| Freehold | 28 | 21.2% | £61,000 |
| New build | 21 | 15.9% | £210,486 |
| Existing home | 111 | 84.1% | £164,999 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +27.6%. 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 53 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 Chester Way, Northwich
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 £173,499 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.79% 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 CW9, 170 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 89 violent, 1 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 0.43 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 Chester Way, Northwich
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.
15 state and independent schools have a CW9 postcode: 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The County High School, Leftwich | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,046 |
| The Rudheath Senior Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 576 |
| Rudheath Primary Academy and Nursery | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 371 |
| Kingsmead Primary School | Primary | Community school | 308 |
| Davenham CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 302 |
| Wincham Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 223 |
| Witton Church Walk CofE Aided Nursery and Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 219 |
| Comberbach Nursery and Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 200 |
| Moulton School | Primary | Community school | 188 |
| Lostock Gralam CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 185 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Northwich Rail Station | Rail | 0.4 km |
| Greenbank Rail Station | Rail | 2.3 km |
| Lostock Gralam Rail Station | Rail | 2.6 km |
| Hartford Rail Station | Rail | 3.9 km |
Section 09
How Chester Way, Northwich compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Chester Way, Northwich sits above that national figure — +10.2%.
Within Northwich the street ranks 506 of 1060 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £149,500 (+16.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,117 per square metre, across 48 of the 132 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 £325,000. 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.
Chester Way, Northwich 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
- London Road£125,000 median
- Middlewich Road£85,000 median
- Manchester Road£112,500 median
- Hartford Road£173,500 median
- Sandbach Drive£126,000 median
- Station Road£115,000 median
- Wrenbury Drive£120,000 median
- Harthill Close£105,000 median
- Drillfield Road£135,000 median
- Victoria Road£103,000 median
- Shipbrook Road£125,000 median
- Malpas Road£85,000 median
- Blakemere Drive£130,950 median
- Regent Street£86,750 median
- Farm Road£119,995 median
- Main Road£132,750 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 4 Chester Way4 sales
- 58, MARBURY COURT Chester Way3 sales
- 29, MARBURY COURT Chester Way3 sales
- 49, MARBURY COURT Chester Way3 sales
- 44, MARBURY COURT Chester Way3 sales
- 45, MARBURY COURT Chester Way3 sales
- 7, MARBURY COURT Chester Way3 sales
- 18, MARBURY COURT Chester Way3 sales
- 12, MARBURY COURT Chester Way3 sales
- 14, MARBURY COURT Chester Way3 sales
- 204 Chester Way3 sales
- 218 Chester Way3 sales
- 6, MARBURY COURT Chester Way2 sales
- 1, MARBURY COURT Chester Way2 sales
- 22, MARBURY COURT Chester Way2 sales
- 34, MARBURY COURT Chester Way2 sales
- 5, MARBURY COURT Chester Way2 sales
- 3, MARBURY COURT Chester Way2 sales
- 39, MARBURY COURT Chester Way2 sales
- 15, MARBURY COURT Chester Way2 sales
- 31, MARBURY COURT Chester Way2 sales
- 2A Chester Way2 sales
- 16, MARBURY COURT Chester Way2 sales
- 56, MARBURY COURT Chester Way2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Chester Way, Northwich?
The median price paid in Chester Way, Northwich across every sale on the register is £173,499. 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 Chester Way, Northwich?
132 sales are on record for Chester Way, Northwich, the most recent completing on 30 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Chester Way, Northwich house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -22.7% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -44.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Chester Way, Northwich house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £254,000, set in 2020. 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 Chester Way, Northwich?
£3,117 per square metre, from the 48 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 30 Apr 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, “Chester Way, Northwich 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.