Fairhurst Drive, Wigan house prices are built from 144 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 27 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £120,800. Across the 14 years from 2007 to 2021 the median moved +30.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -5.5%.
Median price paid
£120,800
Change in cash, 2007–2021
+30.0%
Change in real terms
-5.5%
HM Land Registry144 salesLatest sale 27 Feb 2026
Section 01
How Fairhurst Drive, Wigan prices moved
The chart tracks the median Fairhurst Drive, Wigan house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2021. 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 | 4 | £51,500 | £114,354 |
| 2000s | 6 | £89,450 | £162,952 |
| 2010s | 1 | £125,000 | £176,250 |
| 2020s | 1 | £176,500 | £180,337 |
The highest yearly median on record for Fairhurst Drive, Wigan is £176,500 in 2021; the lowest is £47,000 in 1995. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £47,000 to £176,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £104,362, so the real change over the whole record is +113.7% — about +2.96% 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: +30.0% in cash against -5.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 27 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £252,500 | £252,500 |
| 50 | 26 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £270,000 | £275,870 |
| 76 | 28 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £197,000 | £201,283 |
| 52 | 24 Feb 2025 | Semi-detached | £233,000 | £238,065 |
| 18 | 18 Oct 2024 | Terraced | £220,000 | £231,493 |
| 71 | 6 Aug 2024 | Semi-detached | £220,000 | £231,493 |
| 63 | 19 Jan 2024 | Semi-detached | £247,500 | £260,429 |
| 15 | 3 Nov 2023 | Semi-detached | £191,500 | £206,908 |
| 10 | 22 Jun 2023 | Semi-detached | £225,000 | £243,103 |
| 2 | 6 Apr 2023 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £270,115 |
| 17 | 31 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £185,000 | £214,339 |
| 53 | 9 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £225,000 | £260,682 |
| 69 | 5 Jul 2022 | Semi-detached | £235,000 | £272,268 |
| 20 | 27 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £175,000 | £221,102 |
| 91 | 2 Sep 2021 | Semi-detached | £176,500 | £222,997 |
| 18 | 20 Aug 2021 | Terraced | £190,000 | £240,054 |
| 81 | 30 Jul 2021 | Semi-detached | £190,000 | £240,054 |
| 19 | 1 Jul 2021 | Terraced | £145,000 | £183,199 |
| 73 | 5 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £175,000 | £221,102 |
| 52 | 26 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £199,950 | £252,625 |
| 2 | 10 Aug 2020 | Semi-detached | £205,000 | £265,427 |
| 18 | 16 Jul 2020 | Terraced | £139,000 | £179,972 |
| 39 | 14 Feb 2020 | Terraced | £152,500 | £197,452 |
| 64 | 24 Jan 2020 | Semi-detached | £186,000 | £240,826 |
| 60 | 15 Nov 2019 | Semi-detached | £154,000 | £201,429 |
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 Fairhurst Drive, Wigan values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Fairhurst Drive | £148,500 (2014) | £252,500 (2026) | +4.5% | +1.4% |
| 50 Fairhurst Drive | £138,000 (2018) | £270,000 (2025) | +10.1% | +6.0% |
| 76 Fairhurst Drive | £53,500 (1998) | £197,000 (2025) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| 52 Fairhurst Drive | £54,000 (1998) | £233,000 (2025) | +5.6% | +2.8% |
| 18 Fairhurst Drive | £105,000 (2011) | £220,000 (2024) | +5.9% | +2.8% |
| 63 Fairhurst Drive | £59,950 (1997) | £247,500 (2024) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| 15 Fairhurst Drive | £98,989 (2004) | £191,500 (2023) | +3.5% | +0.6% |
| 10 Fairhurst Drive | £60,000 (1995) | £225,000 (2023) | +4.8% | +2.2% |
| 2 Fairhurst Drive | £205,000 (2020) | £250,000 (2023) | +6.8% | +0.6% |
| 17 Fairhurst Drive | £47,000 (1997) | £185,000 (2022) | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| 53 Fairhurst Drive | £133,000 (2013) | £225,000 (2022) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
| 69 Fairhurst Drive | £45,000 (1998) | £235,000 (2022) | +7.1% | +4.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Fairhurst Drive, Wigan 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 | 98 | 68.1% | £120,000 | £34,000 – £270,000 |
| Terraced | 42 | 29.2% | £115,000 | £41,500 – £220,000 |
| Detached | 4 | 2.8% | £153,000 | £88,000 – £210,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Fairhurst Drive, Wigan
90 of the sales on record are leasehold and 54 freehold — 62.5% 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 £102,500 and the median freehold sale £129,250 — a gap of +26.1%. 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 | 90 | 62.5% | £102,500 |
| Freehold | 54 | 37.5% | £129,250 |
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 Fairhurst Drive, Wigan
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across West Lancashire, 44.5% of 53,234 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.1% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 249 | 0.5% |
| B | 5,798 | 10.9% |
| C | 17,639 | 33.1% |
| D | 19,962 | 37.5% |
| E | 6,847 | 12.9% |
| F | 1,995 | 3.7% |
| G | 744 | 1.4% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in West Lancashire at £802 a month as of Jun 2026 — £586 for a one-bedroom home and £841 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £120,800 here, that rent is a gross yield of 7.97% 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 WN8, 171 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 75 violent, 6 burglary, 16 vehicle-related and 16 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is about typical.
Against the 117,429 residents the 2021 census counted in West Lancashire, that is 1.46 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 Fairhurst Drive, Wigan
The 2021 census counted 117,429 residents in West Lancashire across 48,534 households. 71.6% of those households own their home and 28.2% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
25 state and independent schools have a WN8 postcode: 24 primary, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lathom High School : A Technology College | Secondary | Foundation school | 806 |
| Holland Moor Primary School | Primary | Community school | 412 |
| Woodland Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 335 |
| Cobbs Brow School | Primary | Community school | 308 |
| Moorside Community Primary Academy School | Primary | Academy converter | 256 |
| Trinity Church of England/Methodist School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 256 |
| Delph Side Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 251 |
| St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 230 |
| St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 229 |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 227 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Upholland Rail Station | Rail | 3.4 km |
| Parbold Rail Station | Rail | 4.2 km |
| Rainford Rail Station | Rail | 4.2 km |
| Appley Bridge Rail Station | Rail | 4.4 km |
Section 09
How Fairhurst Drive, Wigan compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Fairhurst Drive, Wigan sits below that national figure — -23.3%.
Within Wigan the street ranks 1165 of 2660 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £107,000 (+12.9%).
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 £34,000 to £270,000. 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.
Fairhurst Drive, Wigan sits in West Lancashire, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in West Lancashire at 7.1 times median local earnings of £33,926 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
- Ormskirk Road£95,000 median
- Mercury Way£120,000 median
- Kestrel Park£151,000 median
- School Lane£110,000 median
- Yewdale£79,995 median
- De-haviland Way£138,500 median
- Carfield£61,000 median
- Liverpool Road£109,500 median
- Inglewhite£70,000 median
- Crawford Road£116,500 median
- Castlehey£62,000 median
- Eskbank£71,000 median
- Felstead£67,000 median
- High Street£80,000 median
- Alderley£50,000 median
- Windrows£59,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 15 Fairhurst Drive6 sales
- 19 Fairhurst Drive5 sales
- 46 Fairhurst Drive5 sales
- 18 Fairhurst Drive4 sales
- 17 Fairhurst Drive4 sales
- 39 Fairhurst Drive4 sales
- 52 Fairhurst Drive3 sales
- 10 Fairhurst Drive3 sales
- 20 Fairhurst Drive3 sales
- 81 Fairhurst Drive3 sales
- 73 Fairhurst Drive3 sales
- 64 Fairhurst Drive3 sales
- 60 Fairhurst Drive3 sales
- 49 Fairhurst Drive3 sales
- 89 Fairhurst Drive3 sales
- 6 Fairhurst Drive3 sales
- 74 Fairhurst Drive3 sales
- 1 Fairhurst Drive3 sales
- 14 Fairhurst Drive3 sales
- 44 Fairhurst Drive3 sales
- 33 Fairhurst Drive3 sales
- 9 Fairhurst Drive3 sales
- 34 Fairhurst Drive3 sales
- 22 Fairhurst Drive3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Fairhurst Drive, Wigan?
The median price paid in Fairhurst Drive, Wigan across every sale on the register is £120,800. 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 Fairhurst Drive, Wigan?
144 sales are on record for Fairhurst Drive, Wigan, the most recent completing on 27 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Fairhurst Drive, Wigan house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +30.0% between 2007 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -5.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Fairhurst Drive, Wigan house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £176,500, set in 2021. 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 Fairhurst Drive, Wigan?
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 27 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, “Fairhurst Drive, Wigan 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.