PR8 vs WA15: house prices per square metre compared
PR8 (Birkdale) has a median of £2,370 per m² against £4,950 in WA15 (Timperley). WA15 is the more expensive of the two: PR8 is 52.1% cheaper per m². The figures come from 631 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 215 m² in PR8, a difference of 112 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, WA15 moved +4.5% a year against PR8 at +4.0% a year, before inflation.
Sales in the last 12 months.
| Measure | PR8High confidence Birkdale, Southport £2,370median per m² | WA15High confidence Timperley, Altrincham £4,950median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £2,370 | £4,950 | +108.9% |
| Median sale price | £237,750 | £510,000 | +114.5% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | £1,900–£2,950 | £3,940–£5,640 | |
| Sales (last 12 months) | 674 | 486 | −188 |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 631 | 382 | −249 |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 110 m² | 121 m² | +9.5% |
| Annual change over 9.8 years | +4.0% a year | +4.5% a year | +0.5 pts |
| By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. | |||
| Detached | £2,920n = 142 | £5,310n = 79 | +81.8% |
| Semi-detached | £2,340n = 309 | £4,930n = 161 | +110.7% |
| Terraced | £2,130n = 54 | £5,030n = 97 | +136.2% |
| Flat | £2,070n = 126 | £3,330n = 45 | +60.6% |
| Difference: PR8 minus WA15. | |||
| All PR8 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 PR8 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 PR8 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 PR8 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.
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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