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Sector WN5 8 house prices

Orrell & Longshaw · Wigan · district WN5 · 243 postcodes

Median £2,460 per m² over 330 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 0.3% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£2,460/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−0.3%
Sales, 24 months330with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£970/m² to £1,110/m²: 7 sales£1,110/m² to £1,260/m²: 3 sales£1,260/m² to £1,410/m²: 10 sales£1,410/m² to £1,550/m²: 8 sales£1,550/m² to £1,700/m²: 11 sales£1,700/m² to £1,850/m²: 11 sales£1,850/m² to £1,990/m²: 28 sales£1,990/m² to £2,140/m²: 29 sales£2,140/m² to £2,290/m²: 33 sales£2,290/m² to £2,430/m²: 22 sales£2,430/m² to £2,580/m²: 27 sales£2,580/m² to £2,730/m²: 31 sales£2,730/m² to £2,870/m²: 21 sales£2,870/m² to £3,020/m²: 17 sales£3,020/m² to £3,170/m²: 23 sales£3,170/m² to £3,310/m²: 30 sales£3,310/m² to £3,460/m²: 7 sales£3,460/m² to £3,610/m²: 1 sale£3,610/m² to £3,750/m²: 5 sales£3,750/m² to £3,900/m²: 6 salesWN5 8WN5£0£1k£2k£3k£4k
WN5 8
£2,460/m² middle · £2,010–£2,940/m² middle half · 330 sales
District WN5
£2,360/m² middle · £1,920–£2,800/m² middle half · 1003 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)

5010015020025020052010201520202025WN5 8, 2026: 99WN5, 2026: 111Wigan houses, 2026: 126
  • WN5 8
  • WN5
  • Wigan 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
OverWN5 8District WN5
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−0.3%+3.0%−1.8%+1.5%
5 years+0.2%+5.3%+0.4%+5.5%
10 years+0.3%+3.7%+0.8%+4.3%
20 years−0.2%+2.6%+0.2%+3.0%

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

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£0–£8,000/m²
  1. UB9 6Harefield£4,860–£6,320/m²
  2. WN5 7Billinge£2,370–£3,110/m²
  3. WN3 6Winstanley£2,240–£2,960/m²
  4. WN8 0Upholland£2,110–£2,890/m²
  5. WN5 8Orrell & Longshaw£2,010–£2,940/m²
  6. WN5 0Pemberton North£1,670–£2,470/m²
  7. WN5 9Pemberton South£1,640–£2,220/m²
  8. WN8 9Skelmersdale South East£1,110–£2,190/m²

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Abraham Gardens5588 m²£3,160/m²
Orrell Road45109 m²£2,330/m²
Gathurst Road2989 m²£2,600/m²
Moor Road2892 m²£1,910/m²
Church Street2583 m²£1,980/m²
Enfield Street2378 m²£1,320/m²
St James Road1684 m²£1,780/m²
Eton Way15100 m²£2,370/m²
Spring Road1472 m²£1,990/m²
Meadow Brook13103 m²£2,500/m²
Naburn Drive12148 m²£2,470/m²
Pinewood Crescent1288 m²£2,010/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.