LA22 vs PR8: house prices per square metre compared
LA22 (Grasmere) has a median of £5,030 per m² against £2,390 in PR8 (Birkdale). LA22 is the more expensive of the two: PR8 is 52.4% cheaper per m². The figures come from 30 and 650 matched sales in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.
£440,000, the median sale price in LA22, buys about 88 m² there and about 184 m² in PR8, a difference of 96 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q3 2025 in LA22 and Q1 2026 in PR8, PR8 moved +4.0% a year against LA22 at +2.7% a year, before inflation.
Sales in the last 12 months.
| Measure | LA22Low confidence Grasmere, Ambleside £5,030median per m² | PR8High confidence Birkdale, Southport £2,390median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £5,030 | £2,390 | −52.4% |
| Median sale price | £440,000 | £238,500 | −45.8% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | Too few matched sales | £1,900–£2,940 | |
| Sales (last 12 months) | 43 | 700 | +657 |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 30 | 650 | +620 |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 97 m² | 109 m² | +13.1% |
| Annual change over 9.6–9.8 years | +2.7% a year | +4.0% a year | +1.3 pts |
| By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. | |||
| Detached | no sales | £2,920n = 144 | n/a |
| Semi-detached | no sales | £2,360n = 324 | n/a |
| Terraced | no sales | £2,080n = 55 | n/a |
| Flat | no sales | £2,070n = 127 | n/a |
| Difference: LA22 minus PR8. | |||
| All LA22 sold prices | All PR8 sold prices |
Each trend line is that district’s own quarterly median price per square metre, scaled to its own range: compare directions, not heights. Gaps are quarters with too few matched sales to publish a median.
Frequently asked questions
Why compare LA22 and PR8 on price per square metre rather than price?
A raw sale price mostly reflects how big homes are; price per square metre corrects for size, so LA22 and PR8 can be compared on what a buyer actually gets for the money. Both figures here are medians of sold price divided by EPC floor area, from HM Land Registry sales, computed the same way for both areas.
Why do LA22 and PR8 show different numbers of sales?
The two districts are different sizes and trade at different rates, and each figure is computed over the matched sales its own area produced in its stated window. The matched-sale count is printed beside each median because it is that median's own denominator.
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