Watling Way, Prescot house prices are built from 73 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 3 Oct 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £84,950.
Median price paid
£84,950
HM Land Registry73 salesLatest sale 3 Oct 2025
Section 01
How Watling Way, Prescot prices moved
There are too few years of sales in Watling Way, Prescot to plot a trend line. The figures below are drawn from the whole record rather than a yearly series.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 Oct 2025 | Detached | £306,000 | £312,652 |
| 7 | 29 Aug 2025 | Semi-detached | £210,000 | £214,565 |
| 2 | 4 Sep 2023 | Semi-detached | £224,995 | £243,098 |
| 4 | 14 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £155,000 | £179,581 |
| 33 | 22 Jul 2022 | Detached | £290,000 | £335,990 |
| 23 | 19 Jul 2022 | Detached | £106,339 | £123,203 |
| 33 | 30 Sep 2021 | Detached | £220,000 | £277,957 |
| 3 | 15 Jul 2021 | Detached | £235,000 | £296,909 |
| 31 | 12 May 2021 | Detached | £231,000 | £291,855 |
| 12 | 26 Feb 2021 | Detached | £310,000 | £391,667 |
| 21 | 23 Oct 2020 | Detached | £239,500 | £310,096 |
| 12 | 27 Sep 2019 | Detached | £230,000 | £300,835 |
| 26 | 23 Aug 2019 | Detached | £245,000 | £320,455 |
| 11 | 31 Jul 2018 | Detached | £240,000 | £319,849 |
| 43 | 13 Apr 2018 | Detached | £188,000 | £250,548 |
| 2 | 11 Sep 2017 | Semi-detached | £150,000 | £204,151 |
| 21 | 27 Jan 2017 | Detached | £217,500 | £296,018 |
| 43 | 6 Nov 2015 | Detached | £171,000 | £241,110 |
| 51 | 27 Sep 2013 | Detached | £243,000 | £354,323 |
| 23 | 30 May 2012 | Detached | £163,000 | £243,464 |
| 51 | 4 Jul 2008 | Detached | £210,000 | £352,500 |
| 20 | 16 Dec 2005 | Semi-detached | £132,000 | £240,465 |
| 26 | 15 Aug 2005 | Detached | £190,000 | £346,124 |
| 10 | 24 Mar 2005 | Semi-detached | £129,000 | £235,000 |
| 22 | 16 Jul 2004 | Semi-detached | £129,000 | £239,329 |
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 Watling Way, Prescot values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Watling Way | £31,950 (1997) | £306,000 (2025) | +8.4% | +5.6% |
| 7 Watling Way | £56,950 (1995) | £210,000 (2025) | +4.4% | +1.8% |
| 2 Watling Way | £56,000 (1998) | £224,995 (2023) | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| 4 Watling Way | £65,500 (2001) | £155,000 (2022) | +4.2% | +1.6% |
| 33 Watling Way | £76,950 (1995) | £290,000 (2022) | +5.0% | +2.5% |
| 23 Watling Way | £76,950 (1995) | £106,339 (2022) | +1.2% | -1.2% |
| 31 Watling Way | £62,950 (1995) | £231,000 (2021) | +5.1% | +2.9% |
| 12 Watling Way | £96,950 (1995) | £310,000 (2021) | +4.6% | +2.3% |
| 21 Watling Way | £82,950 (1995) | £239,500 (2020) | +4.3% | +2.1% |
| 26 Watling Way | £84,950 (1995) | £245,000 (2019) | +4.5% | +2.2% |
| 43 Watling Way | £66,950 (1996) | £188,000 (2018) | +4.8% | +2.5% |
| 51 Watling Way | £42,010 (1996) | £243,000 (2013) | +10.9% | +8.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Watling Way, Prescot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 52 | 71.2% | £86,000 | £31,950 – £310,000 |
| Semi-detached | 21 | 28.8% | £68,500 | £52,500 – £224,995 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Watling Way, Prescot
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 73 freehold — 0.0% 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 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 73 | 100.0% | £84,950 |
| New build | 28 | 38.4% | £76,950 |
| Existing home | 45 | 61.6% | £132,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -41.7%. 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 2 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 Watling Way, Prescot
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Halton, 51.9% of 60,140 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.5% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 311 | 0.5% |
| B | 6,697 | 11.1% |
| C | 24,200 | 40.2% |
| D | 21,362 | 35.5% |
| E | 6,046 | 10.1% |
| F | 1,179 | 2.0% |
| G | 345 | 0.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Halton at £741 a month as of Jun 2026 — £541 for a one-bedroom home and £817 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £84,950 here, that rent is a gross yield of 10.47% 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 L35, 223 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 94 violent, 1 burglary, 1 vehicle-related and 29 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.3 times busier.
Against the 128,478 residents the 2021 census counted in Halton, that is 1.74 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 Watling Way, Prescot
The 2021 census counted 128,478 residents in Halton across 55,951 households. 61.2% of those households own their home and 38.7% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
12 state and independent schools have a L35 postcode: 9 primary, 2 secondary, 1 nursery. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainhill High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,535 |
| Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 730 |
| Whiston Willis Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 419 |
| St Ann's Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 404 |
| Longton Lane Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 284 |
| St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 279 |
| Halsnead Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 252 |
| St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 230 |
| St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 229 |
| St Luke's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 213 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Whiston Rail Station | Rail | 0.8 km |
| Rainhill Rail Station | Rail | 1.2 km |
| Prescot Rail Station | Rail | 1.4 km |
| Eccleston Park Rail Station | Rail | 1.8 km |
Section 09
How Watling Way, Prescot compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Watling Way, Prescot sits below that national figure — -46.1%.
Within Prescot the street ranks 435 of 570 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £115,000 (-26.1%).
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 £31,950 to £310,000. 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.
Watling Way, Prescot sits in Halton, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Halton at 5.2 times median local earnings of £37,336 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
- Warrington Road£120,000 median
- Manorwood Drive£62,725 median
- St James Road£125,000 median
- Longton Lane£95,000 median
- Rainhill Road£82,500 median
- Dragon Lane£103,000 median
- Old Lane£167,000 median
- Sandstone Drive£96,950 median
- Cross Lane£94,975 median
- Scotchbarn Lane£110,000 median
- Parkwood Road£45,750 median
- Shaw Lane£100,000 median
- Cringles Drive£82,500 median
- Chatsworth Road£91,475 median
- Sandhurst Road£95,500 median
- Middleton Drive£229,998 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 20 Watling Way5 sales
- 33 Watling Way4 sales
- 21 Watling Way4 sales
- 43 Watling Way4 sales
- 51 Watling Way4 sales
- 3 Watling Way3 sales
- 2 Watling Way3 sales
- 23 Watling Way3 sales
- 12 Watling Way3 sales
- 26 Watling Way3 sales
- 19 Watling Way3 sales
- 7 Watling Way2 sales
- 4 Watling Way2 sales
- 31 Watling Way2 sales
- 22 Watling Way2 sales
- 9 Watling Way2 sales
- 39 Watling Way2 sales
- 28 Watling Way2 sales
Back to Prescot house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Watling Way, Prescot?
The median price paid in Watling Way, Prescot across every sale on the register is £84,950. 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 Watling Way, Prescot?
73 sales are on record for Watling Way, Prescot, the most recent completing on 3 Oct 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
When were Watling Way, Prescot house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £81,450, set in 1995. 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 Watling Way, Prescot?
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 3 Oct 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, “Watling Way, Prescot 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.