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Lower Darwen · North West
Also covers Darwen, Anchor, Belgrave, Chapels, Earcroft and Hawkshaw.
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Matched sales388 of 448 sales
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House prices per square metre in BB3
£1,770median per m²Medium confidence
95% CI £1,700–£1,870 per m² · n = 388 matched sales
The median sold price in BB3 (Lower Darwen, Darwen) is £1,770 per square metre (£164 per ft²), based on 388 matched sales in the 12 months to August 2026, at a median sale price of £160,000. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, the mix-adjusted median price per square metre changed by +5.6% a year in cash terms, or +2.1% a year after inflation.
Map of 448 sales in BB3 in the last 12 months; median £1,770 per square metre. Full details are in the sold-prices table below.
Postcode district
Prices in BB3
Tenure
Median price per m²
£1,770
n = 388 matched sales
Median sale price
£160,000
n = 448 sales
How prices are spread in BB3
Distribution of £/m² for the matched resale sales in BB3 over the last 12 months. The median is £1,770/m² with a 95% CI of £1,700 to £1,870 and a middle 60% running £1,310 to £2,430. Every one of these sales is listed in the table below.
- p20 £1,310
- p80 £2,430
- 95% CI £1,700–£1,870
The individual sales appear here once BB3's sold-price file loads. The markers are the published statistics.
By property type
| Property type | Median £/m² | Matched sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £2,610/m² | n = 54 |
| Semi-detached | £2,420/m² | n = 70 |
| Terraced | £1,500/m² | n = 257 |
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Tenure
£159,000
Middle 60% (p20–p80): £118,000–£219,000
90 m² at the median £/m² across all tenures · n = 388 matched sales (last 12 months)
Sold prices (last 12 months)
30 sales
Property type
| Address | Details | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/08/26 | 10 Bluebell Terrace, Darwen | £210,000 | Semi | Freehold | n/a | |
| 14/08/26 | 20 Watery Lane, Darwen | £195,000 | Semi | Freehold | £1,890 | |
| 14/08/26 | 5A Bull Hill Cottages, Darwen | £178,000 | Terraced | Leasehold | £2,230 | |
| 12/08/26 | 41 Bedford Street, Darwen | £105,000 | Terraced | Leasehold | £1,330 | |
| 11/08/26 | 69 Snape Street, Darwen | £125,000 | Terraced | Leasehold | £1,870 | |
| 11/08/26 | 9 Victoria Street, Darwen | £110,000 | Terraced | Leasehold | £1,690 | |
| 07/08/26 | 10 High Bank Crescent, Darwen | £285,000 | Detached | Freehold | £2,260 | |
| 07/08/26 | 30 Naples Road, Darwen | £135,000 | Terraced | Leasehold | £2,940 | |
| 04/08/26 | 6 Cuckoo Close, Darwen | £330,000 | Detached | Freehold | £2,920 | |
| 04/08/26 | 2 Kings Drive, Darwen | £289,950 | Detached | Leasehold | n/a | |
| 31/07/26 | Garden Cottage, Darwen | £880,000 | Detached | Freehold | n/a | |
| 31/07/26 | 224 Harwood Street, Darwen | £230,000 | Semi | Leasehold | £2,710 | |
| 31/07/26 | 22 Wyre Crescent, Darwen | £186,000 | Semi | Freehold | £2,510 | |
| 31/07/26 | 13 Barley Bank Street, Darwen | £180,000 | Terraced | Leasehold | £1,750 | |
| 31/07/26 | 13 Beech Avenue, Darwen | £170,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £2,070 | |
| 31/07/26 | 16 Laneshaw Close, Darwen | £142,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £2,490 | |
| 31/07/26 | 3 Branch Road, Darwen | £113,000 | Terraced | Leasehold | n/a | |
| 31/07/26 | 12 Ellison Fold Terrace, Darwen | £75,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £987 | |
| 30/07/26 | Woodlyn Tockholes Road, Darwen | £320,000 | Semi | Leasehold | n/a | |
| 30/07/26 | 9 Wordsworth Gardens, Darwen | £140,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,870 |
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Head to head: BB3 vs BB2 · all comparisons · league tables
Ranked here: 17th of 207 in best value postcode districts in North West
Nearby districts
Median price per square metre in the nearest districts.
- BB2 · Mellor£2,030/m² median
- BB1 · Rishton£1,910/m² median
- BL7 · Bromley Cross£3,210/m² median
- BB5 · Oswaldtwistle£1,630/m² median
- PR6 · Clayton le Woods£2,410/m² median
- BB6 · Great Harwood£2,750/m² median
- BB4 · Haslingden£2,340/m² median
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.
Further reading
- Price per square metre by property typeDetached homes here sell at 74% above terraced houses per square metre
- How to compare two areas before you moveSame measure, same window, same tenure: how to do it honestly
- What is a good price per square metre?How to read a price per square metre against its area
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HM Land Registry sold prices to August 2026 (registrations lag sales by 2–8 weeks) · updated August 2026 · how these figures are made
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