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PR2 vs WA15: house prices per square metre compared

PR2 (Fulwood) has a median of £2,380 per m² against £4,950 in WA15 (Timperley). WA15 is the more expensive of the two: PR2 is 51.9% cheaper per m². The figures come from 597 and 382 matched sales in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

£510,000, the median sale price in WA15, buys about 103 m² there and about 214 m² in PR2, a difference of 111 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, WA15 moved +4.5% a year against PR2 at +3.5% a year, before inflation.

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Sales in the last 12 months.

PR2 compared with WA15
Measure

PR2

High confidence

Fulwood, Preston

£2,380median per m²

WA15

High confidence

Timperley, Altrincham

£4,950median per m²

Difference
Median price per m²£2,380£4,950+108.0%
Median sale price£192,250£510,000+165.3%
Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80£1,860–£2,900£3,940–£5,640
Sales (last 12 months)870486−384
With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area597382−215
Mean floor area (matched sales)93 m²121 m²+29.1%
Annual change over 9.8 years+3.5% a year+4.5% a year+1.0 pts
By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months.
Detached£2,820n = 141£5,310n = 79+88.3%
Semi-detached£2,450n = 284£4,930n = 161+101.2%
Terraced£1,810n = 123£5,030n = 97+177.9%
Flat£1,580n = 49£3,330n = 45+111.1%
Difference: PR2 minus WA15.
All PR2 sold prices All WA15 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 PR2 and WA15 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 PR2 and WA15 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 PR2 and WA15 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.

Or browse the league tables for the most expensive and best value districts, every comparison page, or the free dataset behind these figures.

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