Howrigg Bank, Wigton house prices are built from 66 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1999 and the most recent on 7 Mar 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £108,000.
Median price paid
£108,000
Median per m²
£1,510
HM Land Registry66 sales17 with floor areaLatest sale 7 Mar 2025
Section 01
How Howrigg Bank, Wigton prices moved
There are too few years of sales in Howrigg Bank, Wigton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 7 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £160,000 | £163,478 |
| 1 | 4 Jun 2024 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £252,537 |
| 47 | 24 Jan 2024 | Semi-detached | £150,000 | £157,836 |
| 20 | 8 Jan 2024 | Terraced | £150,000 | £157,836 |
| 13 | 25 Aug 2023 | Terraced | £131,250 | £141,810 |
| 32 | 30 Jan 2023 | Semi-detached | £160,000 | £172,874 |
| 10 | 10 Dec 2021 | Terraced | £118,000 | £149,086 |
| 3 | 30 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £146,500 | £185,094 |
| 22 | 30 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £132,050 | £166,837 |
| 31 | 12 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £100,000 | £126,344 |
| 39 | 27 Aug 2020 | Semi-detached | £135,000 | £174,793 |
| 50 | 20 Dec 2019 | Terraced | £113,000 | £147,801 |
| 22 | 18 Oct 2019 | Semi-detached | £106,000 | £138,646 |
| 12 | 16 Jan 2018 | Terraced | £130,000 | £173,251 |
| 3 | 1 Dec 2017 | Terraced | £120,000 | £163,320 |
| 49 | 23 Aug 2017 | Terraced | £110,000 | £149,710 |
| 20 | 26 Aug 2016 | Terraced | £132,500 | £184,975 |
| 33 | 1 Jul 2016 | Semi-detached | £99,000 | £138,208 |
| 42 | 8 Apr 2016 | Terraced | £112,500 | £157,054 |
| 30 | 10 Dec 2015 | Semi-detached | £197,000 | £277,770 |
| 21 | 8 Jan 2015 | Semi-detached | £120,000 | £169,200 |
| 11 | 12 Dec 2014 | Terraced | £79,950 | £114,679 |
| Kirdrew | 20 Oct 2014 | Detached | £185,000 | £265,361 |
| 32 | 15 Nov 2013 | Semi-detached | £78,000 | £113,733 |
| 49 | 2 May 2013 | Terraced | £100,000 | £145,812 |
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 Howrigg Bank, Wigton values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Howrigg Bank | £58,000 (2002) | £160,000 (2025) | +4.5% | +1.7% |
| 1 Howrigg Bank | £60,000 (2000) | £240,000 (2024) | +5.9% | +3.1% |
| 20 Howrigg Bank | £47,000 (1999) | £150,000 (2024) | +4.8% | +2.0% |
| 32 Howrigg Bank | £78,000 (2013) | £160,000 (2023) | +7.4% | +4.3% |
| 3 Howrigg Bank | £47,000 (1999) | £146,500 (2021) | +5.3% | +3.0% |
| 22 Howrigg Bank | £106,000 (2019) | £132,050 (2021) | +11.6% | +9.7% |
| 31 Howrigg Bank | £35,000 (1995) | £100,000 (2021) | +4.1% | +1.9% |
| 39 Howrigg Bank | £38,000 (1995) | £135,000 (2020) | +5.2% | +3.0% |
| 12 Howrigg Bank | £121,000 (2012) | £130,000 (2018) | +1.2% | -0.7% |
| 49 Howrigg Bank | £40,000 (1997) | £110,000 (2017) | +5.2% | +2.9% |
| 33 Howrigg Bank | £42,000 (1999) | £99,000 (2016) | +5.2% | +2.9% |
| 30 Howrigg Bank | £135,000 (2012) | £197,000 (2015) | +13.4% | +11.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Howrigg Bank, Wigton 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 | 31 | 47.0% | £110,000 | £40,000 – £160,000 |
| Semi-detached | 30 | 45.5% | £100,000 | £35,000 – £240,000 |
| Detached | 5 | 7.6% | £120,000 | £55,000 – £185,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Howrigg Bank, Wigton
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 66 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 | 66 | 100.0% | £108,000 |
Section 07
Living in Howrigg Bank, Wigton
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Cumberland, 37.3% of 137,831 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 7.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 656 | 0.5% |
| B | 13,329 | 9.7% |
| C | 37,364 | 27.1% |
| D | 54,653 | 39.7% |
| E | 20,980 | 15.2% |
| F | 7,759 | 5.6% |
| G | 3,090 | 2.2% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Cumberland at £670 a month as of Jun 2026 — £499 for a one-bedroom home and £772 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £108,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 7.44% 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.
No street-level crime was published for CA7 in Jun 2026 by Cumbria. Several forces do not supply street-level data to police.uk, so this is a gap in the source rather than a crime-free month — and printing a zero would say something the data does not.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Howrigg Bank, Wigton
21 state and independent schools have a CA7 postcode: 18 primary, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Nelson Thomlinson School | Secondary | Voluntary controlled school | 1,095 |
| Thomlinson Junior School | Primary | Community school | 227 |
| Richmond Hill School | Primary | Community school | 205 |
| Silloth Primary School | Primary | Community school | 185 |
| Wigton Nursery and Infant School | Primary | Community school | 165 |
| Solway Community School | Secondary | Community school | 150 |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 136 |
| Beacon Hill Community School | Secondary | Community school | 135 |
| Boltons CofE School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 86 |
| Kirkbride Primary School | Primary | Community school | 77 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Wigton Rail Station | Rail | 5.4 km |
| Aspatria Rail Station | Rail | 8.0 km |
| Dalston (Cumbria) Rail Station | Rail | 16.6 km |
| Maryport Rail Station | Rail | 19.6 km |
Section 09
How Howrigg Bank, Wigton compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Howrigg Bank, Wigton sits below that national figure — -31.4%.
Within Wigton the street ranks 111 of 288 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £115,000 (-6.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,510 per square metre, across 17 of the 66 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 £35,000 to £240,000. 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.
Howrigg Bank, Wigton sits in Cumberland, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Cumberland at 4.2 times median local earnings of £42,808 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
- Scholars Green£140,000 median
- Skinburness Road£165,000 median
- West Street£80,000 median
- Springfields£143,500 median
- The Hawthorns£130,500 median
- New Street£61,800 median
- Station Road£70,000 median
- King Street£65,000 median
- Lawson Street£55,000 median
- St Cuthberts Close£211,000 median
- Highmoor Park£68,975 median
- Standingstone Heights£172,500 median
- The Crofts£82,000 median
- Wampool Street£74,106 median
- Park Road£92,000 median
- Queen Street£72,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 49 Howrigg Bank7 sales
- 20 Howrigg Bank4 sales
- 3 Howrigg Bank4 sales
- 31 Howrigg Bank4 sales
- 33 Howrigg Bank4 sales
- KIRDREW Howrigg Bank4 sales
- 6 Howrigg Bank3 sales
- 39 Howrigg Bank3 sales
- 1 Howrigg Bank2 sales
- 32 Howrigg Bank2 sales
- 22 Howrigg Bank2 sales
- 12 Howrigg Bank2 sales
- 30 Howrigg Bank2 sales
- 21 Howrigg Bank2 sales
- 15 Howrigg Bank2 sales
- 8 Howrigg Bank2 sales
- 27 Howrigg Bank2 sales
- 23 Howrigg Bank2 sales
- 17 Howrigg Bank2 sales
Back to Wigton house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Howrigg Bank, Wigton?
The median price paid in Howrigg Bank, Wigton across every sale on the register is £108,000. 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 Howrigg Bank, Wigton?
66 sales are on record for Howrigg Bank, Wigton, the most recent completing on 7 Mar 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
When were Howrigg Bank, Wigton house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £43,000, set in 1999. 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 Howrigg Bank, Wigton?
£1,510 per square metre, from the 17 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 7 Mar 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, “Howrigg Bank, Wigton 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.