Brackenwood Drive, Widnes house prices are built from 143 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2002 and the most recent on 30 Jan 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £136,000. Across the 19 years from 2006 to 2025 the median moved +65.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -5.0%.
Median price paid
£136,000
Change in cash, 2006–2025
+65.5%
Change in real terms
-5.0%
Median per m²
£1,538
HM Land Registry143 sales31 with floor areaLatest sale 30 Jan 2026
Section 01
How Brackenwood Drive, Widnes prices moved
The chart tracks the median Brackenwood Drive, Widnes house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2002 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5 | £137,450 | £250,393 |
| 2010s | 2 | £142,500 | £200,925 |
| 2020s | 1 | £235,000 | £240,109 |
The highest yearly median on record for Brackenwood Drive, Widnes is £235,000 in 2025; the lowest is £113,950 in 2002. Across the full 24-year record the cash median has moved from £113,950 to £235,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £219,794, so the real change over the whole record is +9.2% — about +0.39% 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: +65.5% in cash against -5.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 30 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 10 | 23 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £223,000 | £223,000 |
| 66 | 5 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £205,000 | £209,457 |
| 11 | 17 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £235,000 | £240,109 |
| 46 | 25 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £265,652 |
| 56 | 30 Apr 2025 | Terraced | £240,000 | £245,217 |
| 69 | 17 Apr 2025 | Semi-detached | £205,000 | £209,457 |
| 44 | 9 Dec 2024 | Semi-detached | £235,000 | £247,276 |
| 47 | 29 Nov 2024 | Semi-detached | £225,000 | £236,754 |
| 67 | 27 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £160,000 | £168,358 |
| 31 | 29 Jun 2024 | Terraced | £175,000 | £184,142 |
| 23 | 22 Sep 2023 | Terraced | £195,000 | £210,690 |
| 51 | 9 Jun 2023 | Terraced | £290,000 | £313,333 |
| 59 | 19 Apr 2023 | Terraced | £160,000 | £172,874 |
| 17 | 22 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £232,000 | £268,792 |
| 67 | 10 Mar 2022 | Terraced | £180,500 | £209,125 |
| 11 | 29 Oct 2020 | Terraced | £150,000 | £194,215 |
| 27 | 27 Oct 2020 | Terraced | £171,000 | £221,405 |
| 57 | 22 Mar 2019 | Semi-detached | £143,500 | £187,695 |
| 69 | 22 Feb 2019 | Semi-detached | £150,000 | £196,197 |
| 33 | 23 Jan 2019 | Terraced | £135,000 | £176,577 |
| 28 | 7 Dec 2018 | Terraced | £140,000 | £186,578 |
| 66 | 7 Dec 2018 | Semi-detached | £140,000 | £186,578 |
| 51 | 30 Nov 2018 | Terraced | £170,000 | £226,560 |
| 65 | 13 Aug 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £77,500 | £103,284 |
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 Brackenwood Drive, Widnes values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 Brackenwood Drive | £116,995 (2003) | £235,000 (2026) | +3.1% | +0.3% |
| 10 Brackenwood Drive | £84,950 (2002) | £223,000 (2026) | +4.1% | +1.3% |
| 66 Brackenwood Drive | £102,995 (2003) | £205,000 (2025) | +3.2% | +0.3% |
| 11 Brackenwood Drive | £108,950 (2003) | £235,000 (2025) | +3.6% | +0.7% |
| 46 Brackenwood Drive | £148,500 (2003) | £260,000 (2025) | +2.6% | -0.2% |
| 56 Brackenwood Drive | £131,995 (2003) | £240,000 (2025) | +2.8% | -0.1% |
| 69 Brackenwood Drive | £101,995 (2003) | £205,000 (2025) | +3.2% | +0.4% |
| 44 Brackenwood Drive | £148,500 (2004) | £235,000 (2024) | +2.3% | -0.5% |
| 47 Brackenwood Drive | £116,995 (2003) | £225,000 (2024) | +3.2% | +0.3% |
| 67 Brackenwood Drive | £99,995 (2003) | £160,000 (2024) | +2.3% | -0.5% |
| 31 Brackenwood Drive | £93,995 (2003) | £175,000 (2024) | +3.0% | +0.2% |
| 23 Brackenwood Drive | £114,995 (2003) | £195,000 (2023) | +2.7% | -0.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Brackenwood Drive, Widnes 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 | 56 | 39.2% | £137,500 | £84,950 – £260,000 |
| Terraced | 56 | 39.2% | £136,000 | £59,995 – £290,000 |
| Detached | 23 | 16.1% | £147,000 | £92,995 – £216,500 |
| Flat or maisonette | 8 | 5.6% | £69,995 | £53,995 – £92,995 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Brackenwood Drive, Widnes
143 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 | 143 | 100.0% | £136,000 |
| Freehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| New build | 65 | 45.5% | £114,995 |
| Existing home | 78 | 54.5% | £150,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -23.3%. 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 Brackenwood Drive, Widnes
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 £136,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.54% 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 WA8, 311 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 151 violent, 7 burglary, 10 vehicle-related and 33 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.9 times busier.
Against the 128,478 residents the 2021 census counted in Halton, that is 2.42 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 Brackenwood Drive, Widnes
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.
27 state and independent schools have a WA8 postcode: 20 primary, 3 nursery, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wade Deacon High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,658 |
| Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School | Secondary | Voluntary aided school | 1,337 |
| Ormiston Chadwick Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 884 |
| Fairfield Primary School | Primary | Community school | 582 |
| Lunts Heath Primary School | Primary | Community school | 419 |
| Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 414 |
| Ditton Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 322 |
| St Bede's Catholic Junior School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 306 |
| Oakfield Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 291 |
| St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 253 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Widnes Rail Station | Rail | 0.8 km |
| Hough Green Rail Station | Rail | 2.2 km |
| Runcorn Rail Station | Rail | 3.8 km |
| Rainhill Rail Station | Rail | 5.2 km |
Section 09
How Brackenwood Drive, Widnes compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Brackenwood Drive, Widnes sits below that national figure — -13.7%.
Within Widnes the street ranks 283 of 732 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £115,000 (+18.3%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,538 per square metre, across 31 of the 143 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 £53,995 to £290,000. 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.
Brackenwood Drive, Widnes 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
- Hale Road£75,000 median
- Liverpool Road£119,000 median
- Peel House Lane£115,000 median
- Birchfield Road£135,000 median
- Cowan Way£134,975 median
- Ditchfield Road£119,975 median
- Upton Rocks Avenue£162,000 median
- Hampton Court Way£136,000 median
- Warrington Road£94,000 median
- Greenway Road£70,500 median
- Lingwell Park£166,000 median
- Moorfield Road£117,250 median
- Upton Grange£124,450 median
- Cronton Lane£114,000 median
- Heathfield Park£118,225 median
- Foster Street£66,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 11 Brackenwood Drive5 sales
- 31 Brackenwood Drive5 sales
- 49 Brackenwood Drive4 sales
- 66 Brackenwood Drive4 sales
- 56 Brackenwood Drive4 sales
- 44 Brackenwood Drive4 sales
- 67 Brackenwood Drive4 sales
- 28 Brackenwood Drive4 sales
- 4 Brackenwood Drive4 sales
- 38 Brackenwood Drive4 sales
- 10 Brackenwood Drive3 sales
- 69 Brackenwood Drive3 sales
- 47 Brackenwood Drive3 sales
- 51 Brackenwood Drive3 sales
- 27 Brackenwood Drive3 sales
- 19 Brackenwood Drive3 sales
- 36 Brackenwood Drive3 sales
- 41 Brackenwood Drive3 sales
- 21 Brackenwood Drive3 sales
- 24 Brackenwood Drive3 sales
- 18 Brackenwood Drive3 sales
- 46 Brackenwood Drive2 sales
- 23 Brackenwood Drive2 sales
- 59 Brackenwood Drive2 sales
Back to Widnes house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Brackenwood Drive, Widnes?
The median price paid in Brackenwood Drive, Widnes across every sale on the register is £136,000. 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 Brackenwood Drive, Widnes?
143 sales are on record for Brackenwood Drive, Widnes, the most recent completing on 30 Jan 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Brackenwood Drive, Widnes house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +65.5% between 2006 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -5.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Brackenwood Drive, Widnes house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £235,000, set in 2025. 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 Brackenwood Drive, Widnes?
£1,538 per square metre, from the 31 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 Jan 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, “Brackenwood Drive, Widnes 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.