About WN5
Orrell · Wigan · North West
Also covers Billinge, Brooklands, Laithwaite, Newtown, Norley and Pemberton.
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House prices per square metre in WN5
£2,340median per m²High confidence
95% CI £2,250–£2,440 per m² · n = 393 matched sales
The median sold price in WN5 (Orrell, Wigan) is £2,340 per square metre (£217 per ft²), based on 393 matched sales in the 12 months to August 2026, at a median sale price of £190,000. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, the mix-adjusted median price per square metre changed by +5.5% a year in cash terms, or +2.0% a year after inflation.
Map of 430 sales in WN5 in the last 12 months; median £2,340 per square metre. Full details are in the sold-prices table below.
Postcode district
Prices in WN5
Tenure
Median price per m²
£2,340
n = 393 matched sales
Median sale price
£190,000
n = 430 sales
How prices are spread in WN5
Distribution of £/m² for the matched resale sales in WN5 over the last 12 months. The median is £2,340/m² with a 95% CI of £2,250 to £2,440 and a middle 60% running £1,870 to £2,920. Every one of these sales is listed in the table below.
- p20 £1,870
- p80 £2,920
- 95% CI £2,250–£2,440
The individual sales appear here once WN5's sold-price file loads. The markers are the published statistics.
By property type
| Property type | Median £/m² | Matched sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £2,820/m² | n = 62 |
| Semi-detached | £2,430/m² | n = 200 |
| Terraced | £1,910/m² | n = 118 |
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Tenure
£190,000
Middle 60% (p20–p80): £151,000–£237,000
81 m² at the median £/m² across all tenures · n = 393 matched sales (last 12 months)
Sold prices (last 12 months)
30 sales
Property type
| Address | Details | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24/08/26 | 12 Spring Road, Wigan | £169,995 | Terraced | Freehold | £2,100 | |
| 12/08/26 | 48 Martindale Crescent, Wigan | £175,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £2,430 | |
| 12/08/26 | 16 Canberra Road, Wigan | £132,500 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,440 | |
| 07/08/26 | 66 Spring Road, Wigan | £165,500 | Terraced | Leasehold | £2,210 | |
| 03/08/26 | 151 Moor Road, Wigan | £270,000 | Semi | Leasehold | £3,000 | |
| 31/07/26 | 9 Abbots Way, Wigan | £170,000 | Semi | Leasehold | n/a | |
| 31/07/26 | 56 Albert Street, Wigan | £165,000 | Terraced | Leasehold | £2,620 | |
| 31/07/26 | 25 Thomas Street, Wigan | £158,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £2,470 | |
| 31/07/26 | 53 Gauntley Gardens, Wigan | £146,500 | Flat | Leasehold | £2,660 | |
| 27/07/26 | 166 Upholland Road, Wigan | £250,000 | Terraced | Leasehold | £2,690 | |
| 27/07/26 | 17 Sandringham Close, Wigan | £245,000 | Semi | Freehold | £2,990 | |
| 24/07/26 | 25 Wilsham Road, Wigan | £406,000 | Detached | Leasehold | £3,380 | |
| 24/07/26 | 18 Lawns Avenue, Wigan | £270,000 | Semi | Freehold | £2,600 | |
| 24/07/26 | 3 Newland Avenue, Wigan | £195,000 | Semi | Leasehold | £2,270 | |
| 24/07/26 | 4 Pinewood Crescent, Wigan | £175,000 | Semi | Freehold | £1,920 | |
| 24/07/26 | 44 Mitchell Street, Wigan | £150,000 | Terraced | Freehold | £1,670 | |
| 20/07/26 | 7 Crantock Road, Wigan | £174,000 | Semi | Freehold | £2,640 | |
| 17/07/26 | 44 Storwood Close, Wigan | £365,000 | Detached | Leasehold | £2,810 | |
| 17/07/26 | 15 Sandcross Close, Wigan | £290,000 | Semi | Leasehold | £2,840 | |
| 17/07/26 | 27 Braeside Crescent, Wigan | £247,000 | Semi | Freehold | £2,250 |
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Nearby districts
Median price per square metre in the nearest districts.
- WN3 · Ince£2,380/m² median
- WN1 · Standish£2,210/m² median
- WN4 · Ashton in Makerfield£1,800/m² median
- WN6 · Standish£2,410/m² median
- WN8 · Upholland£2,180/m² median
- WA11 · Haydock£2,330/m² median
- WN2 · Hindley£2,330/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 48% above terraced houses per square metre
- 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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