Kirkway, Wirral house prices are built from 120 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 26 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £158,250. Across the 10 years from 2011 to 2021 the median moved +60.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +31.9%.
Median price paid
£158,250
Change in cash, 2011–2021
+60.0%
Change in real terms
+31.9%
HM Land Registry120 salesLatest sale 26 Feb 2026
Section 01
How Kirkway, Wirral prices moved
The chart tracks the median Kirkway, Wirral 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 | 3 | £58,500 | £129,898 |
| 2000s | 5 | £98,000 | £178,527 |
| 2010s | 4 | £172,000 | £242,520 |
| 2020s | 1 | £240,012 | £245,230 |
The highest yearly median on record for Kirkway, Wirral is £240,012 in 2021; the lowest is £56,000 in 1997. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £58,500 to £240,012.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £129,898, so the real change over the whole record is +133.4% — about +3.31% 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: +60.0% in cash against +31.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 26 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £327,000 | £327,000 |
| 16 | 9 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £330,000 | £337,174 |
| 35 | 21 Jun 2024 | Semi-detached | £252,000 | £265,164 |
| 3 | 15 Apr 2024 | Semi-detached | £295,000 | £310,410 |
| 24 | 23 Feb 2024 | Terraced | £250,000 | £263,060 |
| 24 | 20 Feb 2024 | Semi-detached | £286,000 | £300,940 |
| 34 | 21 Sep 2023 | Semi-detached | £212,000 | £229,057 |
| 16 | 24 Jun 2022 | Semi-detached | £263,000 | £304,708 |
| 8 | 4 Apr 2022 | Semi-detached | £200,000 | £231,717 |
| 37 | 16 Dec 2021 | Semi-detached | £245,000 | £309,543 |
| 14 | 15 Dec 2021 | Semi-detached | £200,000 | £252,688 |
| 32 | 17 Sep 2021 | Semi-detached | £235,000 | £296,909 |
| 6 | 19 Aug 2021 | Semi-detached | £270,000 | £341,129 |
| 5 | 29 Jul 2021 | Semi-detached | £235,000 | £296,909 |
| 10 | 28 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £410,618 |
| 25 | 11 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £256,000 | £323,441 |
| 24 | 26 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £235,024 | £296,939 |
| 17 | 16 Dec 2020 | Semi-detached | £225,000 | £291,322 |
| 21 | 11 Dec 2020 | Semi-detached | £220,000 | £284,848 |
| 45 | 22 May 2020 | Semi-detached | £210,000 | £271,901 |
| 8 | 2 Dec 2019 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £326,994 |
| 15 | 22 Feb 2019 | Semi-detached | £210,000 | £274,675 |
| 29 | 13 Dec 2018 | Semi-detached | £233,000 | £310,520 |
| 18 | 23 Oct 2018 | Semi-detached | £238,000 | £317,183 |
| 9 | 12 Oct 2018 | Semi-detached | £234,950 | £313,119 |
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 Kirkway, Wirral values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Kirkway | £145,000 (2005) | £327,000 (2026) | +3.9% | +1.0% |
| 16 Kirkway | £64,000 (2000) | £330,000 (2025) | +6.8% | +4.0% |
| 35 Kirkway | £81,950 (1999) | £252,000 (2024) | +4.6% | +1.9% |
| 3 Kirkway | £51,000 (1995) | £295,000 (2024) | +6.2% | +3.5% |
| 8 Kirkway | £67,000 (1995) | £200,000 (2022) | +4.1% | +1.7% |
| 37 Kirkway | £52,950 (1995) | £245,000 (2021) | +6.1% | +3.8% |
| 14 Kirkway | £52,000 (1995) | £200,000 (2021) | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| 32 Kirkway | £147,250 (2008) | £235,000 (2021) | +3.7% | +1.4% |
| 6 Kirkway | £158,000 (2013) | £270,000 (2021) | +6.9% | +5.0% |
| 5 Kirkway | £60,000 (1995) | £235,000 (2021) | +5.4% | +3.1% |
| 10 Kirkway | £105,000 (2004) | £325,000 (2021) | +6.9% | +4.5% |
| 25 Kirkway | £174,950 (2006) | £256,000 (2021) | +2.6% | +0.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Kirkway, Wirral 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 | 118 | 98.3% | £158,000 | £38,500 – £330,000 |
| Terraced | 2 | 1.7% | £129,950 | £129,950 – £250,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Kirkway, Wirral
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 120 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 | 120 | 100.0% | £158,250 |
A further 1 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 Kirkway, Wirral
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Wirral, 37.1% of 163,066 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.6% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 419 | 0.3% |
| B | 10,871 | 6.7% |
| C | 49,164 | 30.1% |
| D | 68,077 | 41.7% |
| E | 27,066 | 16.6% |
| F | 5,564 | 3.4% |
| G | 1,905 | 1.2% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Wirral at £845 a month as of Jun 2026 — £563 for a one-bedroom home and £890 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £158,250 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.41% 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 CH49, 134 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 60 violent, 4 burglary, 4 vehicle-related and 12 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.2 times quieter.
Against the 320,199 residents the 2021 census counted in Wirral, that is 0.42 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 Kirkway, Wirral
The 2021 census counted 320,199 residents in Wirral across 143,252 households. 65.6% of those households own their home and 34.3% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
13 state and independent schools have a CH49 postcode: 10 primary, 2 secondary, 1 nursery. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodchurch High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,399 |
| Upton Hall School FCJ | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,004 |
| Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery School | Primary | Academy converter | 435 |
| Overchurch Junior School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 352 |
| Fender Primary School | Primary | Community school | 275 |
| Overchurch Infant School | Primary | Community school | 269 |
| Greasby Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 247 |
| Brookdale Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 239 |
| St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 208 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 198 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Upton Rail Station | Rail | 1.4 km |
| Moreton (Merseyside) Rail Station | Rail | 3.0 km |
| Leasowe Rail Station | Rail | 3.0 km |
| Bidston Rail Station | Rail | 3.5 km |
Section 09
How Kirkway, Wirral compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Kirkway, Wirral sits above that national figure — +0.5%.
Within Wirral the street ranks 1028 of 2106 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £143,000 (+10.7%).
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 £38,500 to £330,000. 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.
Kirkway, Wirral sits in Wirral, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Wirral at 6.1 times median local earnings of £35,483 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
- Greasby Road£121,000 median
- Norwich Drive£90,000 median
- Frankby Road£175,500 median
- Manorside Close£50,000 median
- Redcroft£65,000 median
- Manor Drive£210,000 median
- New Hey Road£88,000 median
- Kingfisher Way£128,000 median
- Home Farm Road£93,000 median
- Atholl Duncan Drive£219,950 median
- Broadway£145,000 median
- Lloyd Drive£155,000 median
- Arrowe Road£172,500 median
- Sycamore Avenue£133,350 median
- Thorns Drive£196,000 median
- Ladybower Close£119,950 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 5 Kirkway6 sales
- 24 Kirkway5 sales
- 16 Kirkway5 sales
- 10 Kirkway5 sales
- 21 Kirkway5 sales
- 29 Kirkway5 sales
- 7 Kirkway5 sales
- 4 Kirkway5 sales
- 31 Kirkway5 sales
- 3 Kirkway4 sales
- 8 Kirkway4 sales
- 15 Kirkway4 sales
- 19 Kirkway4 sales
- 11 Kirkway4 sales
- 37 Kirkway3 sales
- 14 Kirkway3 sales
- 32 Kirkway3 sales
- 6 Kirkway3 sales
- 25 Kirkway3 sales
- 17 Kirkway3 sales
- 36 Kirkway3 sales
- 35 Kirkway2 sales
- 45 Kirkway2 sales
- 18 Kirkway2 sales
Back to Wirral house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Kirkway, Wirral?
The median price paid in Kirkway, Wirral across every sale on the register is £158,250. 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 Kirkway, Wirral?
120 sales are on record for Kirkway, Wirral, the most recent completing on 26 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Kirkway, Wirral house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +60.0% between 2011 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +31.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Kirkway, Wirral house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £240,012, 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 Kirkway, Wirral?
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 26 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, “Kirkway, Wirral 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.