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LA22 vs WA4: house prices per square metre compared

LA22 (Grasmere) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £5,029 per against £3,132 in WA4 (Appleton)WA4 is 38% cheaper per . The figures come from 30 and 465 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

LA22

Grasmere, Ambleside

Low confidence

£5,029median per m²

Median sale price
£442,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£3,613 – £5,614
Sales (last 12 months)
43
With a matched floor area
30
Mean floor area (matched sales)
94 m²
Change over 10 years
+40.9%
All LA22 sold prices

WA4

Appleton, Warrington

High confidence

£3,132median per m²

Median sale price
£317,250
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£2,236 – £3,952
Sales (last 12 months)
660
With a matched floor area
465
Mean floor area (matched sales)
101 m²
Change over 10 years
+51.1%
All WA4 sold prices

Side by side

Every figure covers sales in the last 12 months, on the same dataset and the same method for both areas.

LA22 compared with WA4
MeasureLA22WA4Difference
Median price per m²£5,029£3,132−38%
Median sale price£442,000£317,250−28%
Sales (last 12 months)43660+617
Change over 10 years+40.9%+51.1%+10.2 pts

By property type

Median price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. Only types with matched sales are listed, and a dash means too few sales to publish.

Median price per m² by property type
Property typeLA22WA4
Detached£3,934n = 111
Semi-detached£3,289n = 184
Terraced£4,236n = 12£2,556n = 90
Flat£2,217n = 80

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