Church Street, Widnes house prices are built from 87 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2003 and the most recent on 15 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £55,500.
Median price paid
£55,500
Median per m²
£842
HM Land Registry87 sales33 with floor areaLatest sale 15 May 2026
Section 01
How Church Street, Widnes prices moved
The chart tracks the median Church Street, Widnes house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2003 to 2007. 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 | 4 | £62,725 | £114,266 |
The highest yearly median on record for Church Street, Widnes is £77,500 in 2007; the lowest is £26,000 in 2003. Across the full 5-year record the cash median has moved from £26,000 to £77,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £49,142, so the real change over the whole record is +174.2% — about +28.68% 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 15 May 2026 | Terraced | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| 17 | 31 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £143,000 | £146,109 |
| 23 | 6 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £155,000 | £158,370 |
| 24 | 31 Jan 2025 | Terraced | £88,000 | £89,913 |
| 42 | 6 Dec 2023 | Terraced | £135,000 | £145,862 |
| 10 | 28 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £80,000 | £86,437 |
| 37 | 6 May 2022 | Terraced | £85,000 | £98,480 |
| 4 | 29 Oct 2021 | Terraced | £70,000 | £88,441 |
| 27 | 17 Sep 2021 | Semi-detached | £82,500 | £104,234 |
| 7 | 14 Jul 2021 | Terraced | £110,000 | £138,978 |
| 30 | 29 Apr 2021 | Terraced | £74,935 | £94,676 |
| 34 | 16 Sep 2020 | Terraced | £71,000 | £91,928 |
| 43 | 20 Dec 2019 | Terraced | £72,000 | £94,174 |
| 32 | 8 Nov 2019 | Terraced | £65,000 | £85,019 |
| 49 | 19 Sep 2018 | Terraced | £73,000 | £97,287 |
| 28 | 29 Aug 2018 | Terraced | £70,000 | £93,289 |
| 53 | 13 Apr 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £55,000 | £73,299 |
| 55 | 23 Aug 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £45,000 | £61,245 |
| 31 | 4 Jul 2017 | Terraced | £75,000 | £102,075 |
| 33 | 25 Sep 2015 | Terraced | £79,950 | £112,730 |
| 66 | 2 Dec 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £63,000 | £90,366 |
| 57 | 21 Feb 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £65,000 | £93,235 |
| 22 | 17 Feb 2014 | Terraced | £45,000 | £64,547 |
| 41 | 19 Jun 2013 | Terraced | £56,500 | £82,384 |
| 11 | 1 Jun 2012 | Semi-detached | £75,000 | £112,023 |
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 Church Street, Widnes values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 Church Street | £85,000 (2022) | £95,000 (2026) | +2.8% | -0.9% |
| 17 Church Street | £33,500 (1999) | £143,000 (2025) | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| 24 Church Street | £26,000 (2003) | £88,000 (2025) | +5.7% | +2.8% |
| 10 Church Street | £17,000 (2002) | £80,000 (2023) | +7.7% | +4.7% |
| 4 Church Street | £15,000 (1997) | £70,000 (2021) | +6.6% | +4.4% |
| 7 Church Street | £72,000 (2004) | £110,000 (2021) | +2.5% | +0.2% |
| 34 Church Street | £25,000 (1997) | £71,000 (2020) | +4.6% | +2.4% |
| 43 Church Street | £77,000 (2006) | £72,000 (2019) | -0.5% | -2.8% |
| 49 Church Street | £32,500 (1995) | £73,000 (2018) | +3.6% | +1.3% |
| 28 Church Street | £15,000 (2000) | £70,000 (2018) | +8.9% | +6.5% |
| 55 Church Street | £51,000 (2004) | £45,000 (2017) | -1.0% | -3.3% |
| 31 Church Street | £84,000 (2006) | £75,000 (2017) | -1.0% | -3.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Church Street, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 56 | 64.4% | £56,500 | £15,000 – £135,000 |
| Semi-detached | 24 | 27.6% | £50,000 | £24,000 – £155,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 7 | 8.0% | £51,000 | £18,500 – £65,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Church Street, Widnes
87 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 | 87 | 100.0% | £55,500 |
| Freehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
A further 9 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 Church Street, 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 £55,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 16.02% 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 Church Street, 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 Church Street, Widnes compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Church Street, Widnes sits below that national figure — -64.8%.
Within Widnes the street ranks 705 of 732 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £115,000 (-51.7%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £842 per square metre, across 33 of the 87 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 £15,000 to £155,000. 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.
Church Street, 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
- 24 Church Street4 sales
- 49 Church Street4 sales
- 66 Church Street4 sales
- 12 Church Street4 sales
- 4 Church Street3 sales
- 34 Church Street3 sales
- 28 Church Street3 sales
- 31 Church Street3 sales
- 22 Church Street3 sales
- 41 Church Street3 sales
- 11 Church Street3 sales
- 37 Church Street2 sales
- 17 Church Street2 sales
- 10 Church Street2 sales
- 7 Church Street2 sales
- 43 Church Street2 sales
- 55 Church Street2 sales
- 33 Church Street2 sales
- 57 Church Street2 sales
- 8 Church Street2 sales
- 60 Church Street2 sales
- 26 Church Street2 sales
- 36 Church Street2 sales
- 5 Church Street2 sales
Back to Widnes house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Church Street, Widnes?
The median price paid in Church Street, Widnes across every sale on the register is £55,500. 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 Church Street, Widnes?
87 sales are on record for Church Street, Widnes, the most recent completing on 15 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
When were Church Street, Widnes house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £77,500, set in 2007. 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 Church Street, Widnes?
£842 per square metre, from the 33 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 15 May 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, “Church Street, 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.