Postcode sector

Sector L38 9 house prices

Hightown & Thornton · Sefton · district L38 · 29 postcodes

Median £3,440 per m² over 28 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026.

Median £/m²£3,440/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation—
Sales, 24 months28with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£2,450/m² to £2,560/m²: 2 sales£2,560/m² to £2,660/m²: 1 sale£2,660/m² to £2,770/m²: 1 sale£2,770/m² to £2,880/m²: 2 sales£2,880/m² to £2,980/m²: 2 sales£2,980/m² to £3,090/m²: 2 sales£3,190/m² to £3,300/m²: 1 sale£3,300/m² to £3,410/m²: 2 sales£3,410/m² to £3,510/m²: 3 sales£3,510/m² to £3,620/m²: 5 sales£3,620/m² to £3,730/m²: 1 sale£3,730/m² to £3,830/m²: 1 sale£3,830/m² to £3,940/m²: 2 sales£4,260/m² to £4,360/m²: 1 sale£4,360/m² to £4,470/m²: 1 sale£4,470/m² to £4,570/m²: 1 saleL38 9L38£2k£3k£4k£5k
L38 9
£3,440/m² middle · £2,940–£3,590/m² middle half · 28 sales
District L38
£3,330/m² middle · £2,850–£3,590/m² middle half · 63 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

5010015020025020052010201520202025L38, 2026: 114Sefton houses, 2026: 103
  • L38 9
  • L38
  • Sefton houses
  • After inflation (CPIH)
  • In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
OverL38 9District L38
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year——+1.3%+4.6%
5 years——+0.1%+5.2%
10 years——+1.6%+5.1%
20 years——−0.8%+2.0%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£2,000–£8,000/m²
  1. UB9 6Harefield£4,860–£6,320/m²
  2. L38 9Hightown & Thornton£2,940–£3,590/m²
  3. L38 0Hightown & Thornton£2,680–£3,620/m²
  4. L23 8Blundellsands£2,450–£3,800/m²
  5. L38 1Formby South East & Ince BlundellToo few sales
  6. L38 3Hightown & ThorntonToo few sales
  7. L38 4Formby South East & Ince BlundellToo few sales
  8. L38 5Formby South East & Ince BlundellToo few sales
  9. L38 6Formby South East & Ince BlundellToo few sales
  10. L38 7Formby South East & Ince BlundellToo few sales
  11. L38 8Formby South East & Ince BlundellToo few sales

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Blundell Road17154 m²£3,080/m²
Thornbeck Avenue679 m²£3,690/m²
Alton Close580 m²£3,520/m²
Elvington Road5112 m²£2,870/m²
Wignalls Meadow586 m²£3,100/m²
Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.