Smithy Lane, Ormskirk house prices are built from 140 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 13 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £210,000. Across the 12 years from 2013 to 2025 the median moved +47.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +3.1%.
Median price paid
£210,000
Change in cash, 2013–2025
+47.2%
Change in real terms
+3.1%
HM Land Registry140 salesLatest sale 13 Feb 2026
Section 01
How Smithy Lane, Ormskirk prices moved
The chart tracks the median Smithy Lane, Ormskirk house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 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 | 1 | £101,000 | £224,268 |
| 2000s | 6 | £154,000 | £280,543 |
| 2010s | 4 | £247,000 | £348,270 |
| 2020s | 2 | £261,250 | £266,929 |
The highest yearly median on record for Smithy Lane, Ormskirk is £310,000 in 2016; the lowest is £94,000 in 2000. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £101,000 to £273,750.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £219,092, so the real change over the whole record is +27.7% — about +0.85% 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: +47.2% in cash against +3.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154a | 13 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £410,000 | £410,000 |
| 9a | 12 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £247,500 | £252,880 |
| 198 | 28 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £306,522 |
| 38 | 27 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £365,000 | £372,935 |
| 171 | 30 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £180,000 | £183,913 |
| 169 | 30 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £150,000 | £153,261 |
| 125 | 7 Feb 2025 | Detached | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| Grangefield House | 6 Sep 2024 | Detached | £645,000 | £678,694 |
| 1 Brook Villa | 21 Jun 2024 | Terraced | £240,000 | £252,537 |
| 146 | 11 Mar 2024 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £294,627 |
| 4 Brook Villa | 12 Jan 2024 | Terraced | £475,000 | £499,813 |
| 58 | 3 Nov 2023 | Detached | £410,000 | £442,989 |
| Summerwood House | 18 Aug 2023 | Detached | £880,000 | £950,805 |
| 283 | 10 Mar 2022 | Semi-detached | £425,000 | £492,399 |
| 7 | 9 Feb 2022 | Semi-detached | £370,000 | £428,677 |
| 89 | 30 Sep 2021 | Semi-detached | £399,990 | £505,364 |
| 154 | 27 Aug 2021 | Semi-detached | £239,950 | £303,163 |
| 166 | 30 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £136,000 | £171,828 |
| 14 | 11 Jun 2021 | Detached | £340,000 | £429,570 |
| Oaklands, 6 | 27 May 2021 | Detached | £545,000 | £688,575 |
| 157a | 14 May 2021 | Semi-detached | £220,000 | £277,957 |
| 281 | 19 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £267,500 | £337,970 |
| 154a | 19 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £255,000 | £322,177 |
| 235 | 18 Feb 2021 | Detached | £201,000 | £253,952 |
| The White House | 13 Jan 2021 | Detached | £480,000 | £606,452 |
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 Smithy Lane, Ormskirk values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154A Smithy Lane | £255,000 (2021) | £410,000 (2026) | +10.0% | +4.9% |
| 198 Smithy Lane | £130,000 (2002) | £300,000 (2025) | +3.7% | +0.9% |
| 169 Smithy Lane | £75,000 (2000) | £150,000 (2025) | +2.8% | +0.1% |
| GRANGEFIELD HOUSE Smithy Lane | £735,000 (2020) | £645,000 (2024) | -3.2% | -8.1% |
| 146 Smithy Lane | £186,000 (2013) | £280,000 (2024) | +3.8% | +0.8% |
| 4 BROOK VILLA Smithy Lane | £77,000 (2002) | £475,000 (2024) | +8.6% | +5.7% |
| 58 Smithy Lane | £287,500 (2015) | £410,000 (2023) | +4.5% | +1.1% |
| SUMMERWOOD HOUSE Smithy Lane | £235,000 (2000) | £880,000 (2023) | +5.9% | +3.1% |
| 283 Smithy Lane | £210,000 (2007) | £425,000 (2022) | +4.8% | +2.0% |
| 7 Smithy Lane | £125,000 (2014) | £370,000 (2022) | +14.5% | +11.5% |
| 89 Smithy Lane | £210,000 (2003) | £399,990 (2021) | +3.6% | +1.4% |
| 154 Smithy Lane | £168,000 (2011) | £239,950 (2021) | +3.6% | +1.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Smithy Lane, Ormskirk 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 | 65 | 46.4% | £186,000 | £37,170 – £425,000 |
| Detached | 61 | 43.6% | £230,000 | £49,000 – £880,000 |
| Terraced | 13 | 9.3% | £167,500 | £70,000 – £475,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 1 | 0.7% | £107,000 | £107,000 – £107,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Smithy Lane, Ormskirk
1 of the sales on record are leasehold and 139 freehold — 0.7% 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 £107,000 and the median freehold sale £210,000 — a gap of +96.3%. 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 | 1 | 0.7% | £107,000 |
| Freehold | 139 | 99.3% | £210,000 |
A further 8 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 Smithy Lane, Ormskirk
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Chorley, 49.1% of 53,253 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.6% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 472 | 0.9% |
| B | 7,878 | 14.8% |
| C | 17,819 | 33.5% |
| D | 19,242 | 36.1% |
| E | 5,947 | 11.2% |
| F | 1,439 | 2.7% |
| G | 456 | 0.9% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Chorley at £785 a month as of Jun 2026 — £589 for a one-bedroom home and £890 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £210,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 4.49% 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 L40, 35 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 13 violent, 0 burglary, 1 vehicle-related and 10 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 4.8 times quieter.
Against the 117,732 residents the 2021 census counted in Chorley, that is 0.30 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 Smithy Lane, Ormskirk
The 2021 census counted 117,732 residents in Chorley across 50,135 households. 72.8% of those households own their home and 27.1% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
16 state and independent schools have a L40 postcode: 14 primary, 1 all-through, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burscough Priory Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 729 |
| Maharishi Free School | All-through | Free schools | 229 |
| Burscough Village Primary School | Primary | Community school | 223 |
| Burscough Lordsgate Township Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 190 |
| Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 135 |
| Rufford CofE School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 114 |
| Westhead Lathom St James' Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 105 |
| St John's Catholic Primary School, Burscough | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 94 |
| Ormskirk Lathom Park Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 79 |
| Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 77 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Burscough Bridge Rail Station | Rail | 0.3 km |
| New Lane Rail Station | Rail | 2.0 km |
| Hoscar Rail Station | Rail | 2.5 km |
| Rufford Rail Station | Rail | 4.2 km |
Section 09
How Smithy Lane, Ormskirk compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Smithy Lane, Ormskirk sits above that national figure — +33.3%.
Within Ormskirk the street ranks 259 of 611 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £170,000 (+23.5%).
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 £37,170 to £880,000. 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.
Smithy Lane, Ormskirk sits in Chorley, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Chorley at 6.3 times median local earnings of £34,980 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
- Liverpool Road South£160,000 median
- Delph Drive£166,160 median
- Mill Lane£160,000 median
- Moss Lane£165,500 median
- Manor Avenue£123,000 median
- New Street£165,000 median
- School Lane£182,750 median
- Orrell Lane£120,000 median
- Rivington Drive£133,000 median
- Square Lane£141,500 median
- High Grove Park£275,500 median
- Ellerbrook Drive£147,750 median
- Lordsgate Lane£130,000 median
- Crosshall Brow£132,000 median
- New Lane£147,250 median
- Richmond Avenue£130,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- THE WHITE HOUSE Smithy Lane4 sales
- 4 Smithy Lane4 sales
- 1 Smithy Lane4 sales
- SUMMERWOOD HOUSE Smithy Lane3 sales
- 283 Smithy Lane3 sales
- 7 Smithy Lane3 sales
- 167 Smithy Lane3 sales
- 158 Smithy Lane3 sales
- 6 Smithy Lane3 sales
- 35 Smithy Lane3 sales
- 115 Smithy Lane3 sales
- 13 Smithy Lane3 sales
- 10 Smithy Lane3 sales
- 2 Smithy Lane3 sales
- 15 Smithy Lane3 sales
- 154A Smithy Lane2 sales
- 198 Smithy Lane2 sales
- 169 Smithy Lane2 sales
- GRANGEFIELD HOUSE Smithy Lane2 sales
- 146 Smithy Lane2 sales
- 4, BROOK VILLA Smithy Lane2 sales
- 58 Smithy Lane2 sales
- 89 Smithy Lane2 sales
- 154 Smithy Lane2 sales
Back to Ormskirk house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Smithy Lane, Ormskirk?
The median price paid in Smithy Lane, Ormskirk across every sale on the register is £210,000. 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 Smithy Lane, Ormskirk?
140 sales are on record for Smithy Lane, Ormskirk, the most recent completing on 13 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Smithy Lane, Ormskirk house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +47.2% between 2013 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +3.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Smithy Lane, Ormskirk house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £310,000, set in 2016. 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 Smithy Lane, Ormskirk?
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 13 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, “Smithy Lane, Ormskirk 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.