HouseMarketBook

WN8, Skelmersdale and Upholland, West Lancashire

Postcode district in West Lancashire · 1,355 sales in the last 24 months, 1,007 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£2,2401,007 sales · £208 per sq ft · up 2.1% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in WN8 are up 2.1% on a year ago, at a median of £2,240 (£208 per sq ft).

Half of the 1,007 counted sales were between £1,600 and £2,720 per square metre, and the median price paid was £186,000. HM Land Registry records 20,066 sales in this postcode district since 1995.

Median price, 24 months£186,000
£ per m², middle half£1,600 to £2,720
Sales, 24 months1,3551,007 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area88 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached284£2,770£2,350–3,020£307,500
Flat or maisonette30£1,310£1,030–1,980£93,100
Semi-detached350£2,380£1,960–2,690£190,000
Terraced343£1,550£1,250–2,030£130,000
Counted sales over the last 24 months. A type needs 12 sales for a median; each type's median is what the fair-value check compares against in a sector.

The trend

Median £ per m² in WN8 by quarter, up 2.1% on a year ago
2,1402,2252,310£2,2502024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
5001,3702,240£2,24019952026
Each point is the median of the counted sales in that period. Older sales use the floor area on the latest certificate.

Busiest streets in WN8

By sales in the last 24 months
StreetSales£ / m²
Ormskirk Road34£2,240
Slate Brook Road22£2,980
Findon Way20£2,520
School Lane20£2,290
Carfield19—
High Street19£1,980
Liverpool Road18£2,120
Alderley16—
Jackfield Way16£2,770
Sand Wash Drive16£2,860
Ennerdale15—
Birkrig14—
Castlehey14—
Arley Drive13£2,850
Enstone13—
Yewdale13—
Beechtrees12—
Kestrel Park12—
Bibby Close11—
Inglewhite11—
A street needs 12 counted sales for a median of its own; a dash means it has fewer.

Year by year

Counted sales
YearSalesMedian priceMedian £ / m²
2026291£180,000£2,240
2025573£190,000£2,240
2024509£188,000£2,210
2023484£170,100£2,090
2022609£165,000£2,050
2021812£161,000£1,990
2020564£150,500£1,820
2019558£140,000£1,730
2018508£139,000£1,620
2017440£135,000£1,590
2016445£137,000£1,550
2015423£124,500£1,430
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Sales to September 2026 · HM Land Registry price paid data · MHCLG energy certificates · ONS postcode directory · medians of counted sales over 24 months · typical floor area 88 m² · change on a year ago +2.1% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.