Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge house prices are built from 92 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 28 Apr 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £63,000. Across the 10 years from 2004 to 2014 the median moved -6.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -27.8%.
Median price paid
£63,000
Change in cash, 2004–2014
-6.7%
Change in real terms
-27.8%
Median per m²
£943
HM Land Registry92 sales21 with floor areaLatest sale 28 Apr 2025
Section 01
How Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge prices moved
The chart tracks the median Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2014. 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 | £35,250 | £78,272 |
| 2000s | 4 | £34,750 | £63,304 |
| 2010s | 1 | £63,000 | £88,830 |
The highest yearly median on record for Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge is £67,500 in 2004; the lowest is £31,750 in 2000. Across the full 18-year record the cash median has moved from £35,250 to £63,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £74,741, so the real change over the whole record is +20.9% — about +1.12% 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: -6.7% in cash against -27.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 28 Apr 2025 | Terraced | £125,250 | £127,973 |
| 12 | 11 Oct 2024 | Terraced | £130,250 | £137,054 |
| 56 Lower Hollins | 12 Jan 2024 | Terraced | £80,000 | £84,179 |
| 16 | 8 Dec 2023 | Terraced | £100,000 | £108,046 |
| 19 | 11 Nov 2022 | Terraced | £93,500 | £108,328 |
| 54 Lower Hollins | 19 Nov 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £79,000 | £99,812 |
| 52 Lower Hollins | 20 Jan 2021 | Terraced | £42,000 | £53,065 |
| 62 Lower Hollins | 25 Sep 2020 | Terraced | £79,000 | £102,287 |
| 48 | 12 Aug 2020 | Terraced | £70,000 | £90,634 |
| 5 | 6 Jan 2020 | Terraced | £75,000 | £97,107 |
| 23 | 11 Dec 2019 | Terraced | £84,950 | £111,113 |
| 2 | 15 Feb 2019 | Terraced | £95,000 | £124,258 |
| 6 | 3 Dec 2018 | Terraced | £68,000 | £90,624 |
| 5 | 24 Nov 2017 | Terraced | £66,000 | £89,826 |
| 14 | 13 Feb 2017 | Terraced | £74,500 | £101,395 |
| 44 Lower Hollins | 4 Nov 2016 | Terraced | £165,000 | £230,347 |
| 31 | 21 Sep 2016 | Terraced | £72,000 | £100,515 |
| 13 | 2 Oct 2015 | Terraced | £75,000 | £105,750 |
| 5 | 22 Sep 2015 | Terraced | £62,500 | £88,125 |
| 31 | 8 Apr 2015 | Terraced | £77,000 | £108,570 |
| 50 Lower Hollins | 11 Mar 2015 | Terraced | £70,000 | £98,700 |
| 52 Lower Hollins | 12 Dec 2014 | Terraced | £52,000 | £74,588 |
| 23 | 8 Oct 2014 | Terraced | £67,500 | £96,821 |
| 31 | 28 Aug 2014 | Terraced | £52,000 | £74,588 |
| 25 | 18 Jul 2014 | Terraced | £78,000 | £111,882 |
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 Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Upper Fountain Street | £45,000 (2002) | £125,250 (2025) | +4.6% | +1.7% |
| 12 Upper Fountain Street | £32,500 (2000) | £130,250 (2024) | +6.0% | +3.2% |
| 56 LOWER HOLLINS Upper Fountain Street | £30,300 (2003) | £80,000 (2024) | +4.7% | +1.9% |
| 16 Upper Fountain Street | £32,000 (1996) | £100,000 (2023) | +4.3% | +1.7% |
| 19 Upper Fountain Street | £59,950 (2003) | £93,500 (2022) | +2.4% | -0.2% |
| 54 LOWER HOLLINS Upper Fountain Street | £34,000 (2003) | £79,000 (2021) | +4.8% | +2.5% |
| 52 LOWER HOLLINS Upper Fountain Street | £37,000 (2002) | £42,000 (2021) | +0.7% | -1.5% |
| 62 LOWER HOLLINS Upper Fountain Street | £32,000 (2003) | £79,000 (2020) | +5.5% | +3.1% |
| 5 Upper Fountain Street | £34,000 (1996) | £75,000 (2020) | +3.4% | +1.2% |
| 2 Upper Fountain Street | £22,000 (2001) | £95,000 (2019) | +8.5% | +6.1% |
| 14 Upper Fountain Street | £59,950 (2003) | £74,500 (2017) | +1.6% | -0.8% |
| 31 Upper Fountain Street | £21,000 (1997) | £72,000 (2016) | +6.7% | +4.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 81 | 88.0% | £63,000 | £14,100 – £165,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 6 | 6.5% | £63,000 | £37,000 – £79,000 |
| Semi-detached | 5 | 5.4% | £36,950 | £28,500 – £83,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 92 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 | 92 | 100.0% | £63,000 |
| New build | 2 | 2.2% | £36,100 |
| Existing home | 90 | 97.8% | £63,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -43.1%. 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 12 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 Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Calderdale, 34.0% of 111,312 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 6.2% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 251 | 0.2% |
| B | 6,612 | 5.9% |
| C | 30,952 | 27.8% |
| D | 43,917 | 39.5% |
| E | 22,673 | 20.4% |
| F | 4,831 | 4.3% |
| G | 2,076 | 1.9% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Calderdale at £752 a month as of Jun 2026 — £545 for a one-bedroom home and £812 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £63,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 14.32% 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 HX6, 61 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 23 violent, 4 burglary, 3 vehicle-related and 4 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.7 times quieter.
Against the 206,631 residents the 2021 census counted in Calderdale, 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 Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge
The 2021 census counted 206,631 residents in Calderdale across 90,476 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.
12 state and independent schools have a HX6 postcode: 10 primary, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryburn Valley High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,589 |
| Trinity Academy Grammar | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 968 |
| Bolton Brow Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 227 |
| New Road Primary School | Primary | Community school | 182 |
| Triangle CofE VC Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 173 |
| Ripponden Junior and Infant School | Primary | Community school | 171 |
| St John's Primary School In Rishworth | Primary | Academy converter | 152 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 150 |
| Trinity Academy St Peter's | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 94 |
| Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 70 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Sowerby Bridge Rail Station | Rail | 1.8 km |
| Mytholmroyd Rail Station | Rail | 5.0 km |
| Hebden Bridge Rail Station | Rail | 7.0 km |
| Slaithwaite Rail Station | Rail | 8.7 km |
Section 09
How Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge sits below that national figure — -60.0%.
Within Sowerby Bridge the street ranks 344 of 385 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £110,000 (-42.7%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £943 per square metre, across 21 of the 92 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 £14,100 to £165,000. 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.
Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge sits in Calderdale, in the Yorkshire and The Humber.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Calderdale at 5.4 times median local earnings of £34,966 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
- Oldham Road£125,000 median
- Rochdale Road£140,000 median
- Rishworth Mill Lane£75,000 median
- Wharf Street£55,500 median
- Halifax Road£143,975 median
- Chapel Lane£102,500 median
- Stepping Stones£138,000 median
- Industrial Road£83,000 median
- Rylands Park£267,000 median
- Stones Drive£225,000 median
- Silk Mill Chase£129,995 median
- Spinners Hollow£118,500 median
- Edward Street£86,000 median
- Union Street£50,000 median
- Clifton Street£75,000 median
- Beck Road£215,995 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 5 Upper Fountain Street6 sales
- 52, LOWER HOLLINS Upper Fountain Street5 sales
- 31 Upper Fountain Street5 sales
- 25 Upper Fountain Street5 sales
- 23 Upper Fountain Street4 sales
- 12 Upper Fountain Street4 sales
- 16 Upper Fountain Street4 sales
- 54, LOWER HOLLINS Upper Fountain Street4 sales
- 62, LOWER HOLLINS Upper Fountain Street4 sales
- 14 Upper Fountain Street4 sales
- 28 Upper Fountain Street4 sales
- 11 Upper Fountain Street4 sales
- 56, LOWER HOLLINS Upper Fountain Street3 sales
- 19 Upper Fountain Street3 sales
- 13 Upper Fountain Street3 sales
- 50, LOWER HOLLINS Upper Fountain Street3 sales
- 22 Upper Fountain Street3 sales
- 27 Upper Fountain Street3 sales
- 24 Upper Fountain Street3 sales
- 2 Upper Fountain Street2 sales
- 29 Upper Fountain Street2 sales
- 18 Upper Fountain Street2 sales
Back to Sowerby Bridge house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge?
The median price paid in Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge across every sale on the register is £63,000. 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 Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge?
92 sales are on record for Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge, the most recent completing on 28 Apr 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -6.7% between 2004 and 2014. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -27.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £67,500, set in 2004. 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 Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge?
£943 per square metre, from the 21 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 28 Apr 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, “Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge 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.