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PR26 vs PR4: house prices per square metre compared

PR26 (Farington Moss) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £2,736 per against £2,690 in PR4 (Cottam)PR4 is 2% cheaper per . The figures come from 105 and 620 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

PR26

Farington Moss, Leyland

Medium confidence

£2,736median per m²

Median sale price
£271,750
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£2,196 – £3,163
Sales (last 12 months)
152
With a matched floor area
105
Mean floor area (matched sales)
108 m²
Change over 10 years
+50.3%
All PR26 sold prices

PR4

Cottam, Preston

High confidence

£2,690median per m²

Median sale price
£256,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£2,168 – £3,119
Sales (last 12 months)
865
With a matched floor area
620
Mean floor area (matched sales)
109 m²
Change over 10 years
+39.7%
New-build premium
+19%
All PR4 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.

PR26 compared with PR4
MeasurePR26PR4Difference
Median price per m²£2,736£2,690−2%
Median sale price£271,750£256,000−6%
Sales (last 12 months)152865+713
Change over 10 years+50.3%+39.7%−10.6 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 typePR26PR4
Detached£2,913n = 40£2,828n = 297
Semi-detached£2,596n = 28£2,640n = 212
Terraced£2,702n = 35£2,128n = 95
Flat£2,178n = 16

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 · Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 · Floor areas from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register · how these figures are made