Liverpool
L20 house prices in Liverpool
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Liverpool, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£125,000
Range £65,000–£217,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 25 Nov 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in L20: the typical (median) sold price is £125,000, well below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). L20 is an active market, with about 29 recorded sales a month. By property type, 57% were terraced homes (typically £114,000) and 29% were semi-detached homes (typically £180,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,674 a year: Liverpool's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Liverpool, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on L20: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
250 sales since November 2025 make L20 a steady market, which suits pricing from the latest sold homes better than from any single average or trend.
When selling here, £125,000 is only the middle of a market that runs from £65,000 to £217,500, so lean on the nearest like-for-like sale rather than the middle figure; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseFor buyers, on price, L20 is well below the UK average, so a lower price than the average is a prompt to ask why, not a reason to relax.
Worth checking before you commit: planning history nearby (770 applications on record within 500 m), whether it is freehold or leasehold and flood risk over the long term; your conveyancer should look at the title too.
Where the numbers are this loose, the free L20 OfferCheck gives you something firmer to hold: flood, crime, planning and council tax, each with its source.
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At a glance
L20 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£125,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
29.0
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,674
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in L20
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in L20 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £260,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £64,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 5 | £260,000 | £167,000–£314,000 |
| Semi-detached | 69 | £180,000 | £119,999–£230,000 |
| Terraced | 135 | £114,000 | £73,700–£160,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 28 | £64,000 | £40,700–£89,750 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 25 Nov 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in L20
The quarterly typical price rose 7.6%, from £125,000 in Q4 2025 (45 sales) to £134,500 in Q3 2026 (38 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £125,000 | 45 |
| Q1 2026 | £112,800 | 90 |
| Q2 2026 | £125,000 | 77 |
| Q3 2026 | £134,500 | 38 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 25 Nov 2025 and 14 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of L20 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most L20 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £65,000 and £217,500, around a typical £125,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 25 Nov 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in L20
Terraced homes were 57% of recorded sales (135 of 237). 50% of sales were freehold and 50% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached2%
- Semi-detached29%
- Terraced57%
- Flat / maisonette12%
Tenure
- Freehold50%
- Leasehold50%
See the figures
124 freehold (50%) and 126 leasehold (50%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in L20. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 25 Nov 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where L20 sits in Liverpool
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in L20
261, KNOWSLEY ROAD, BOOTLE
Terraced · Leasehold · 14 Aug 2026
£136,500
18, HALIDON COURT, BOOTLE
Terraced · Leasehold · 14 Aug 2026
£65,000
GRANT COURT, CLAIRVILLE CLOSE, BOOTLE
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 14 Aug 2026
£60,000
9, LEICESTER ROAD, BOOTLE
Terraced · Leasehold · 14 Aug 2026
£136,767
62, MARKFIELD ROAD, BOOTLE
Terraced · Leasehold · 4 Aug 2026
£108,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). L20 includes the Bootle East ward.
In plain English
What the Liverpool (L20) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: semi-detached homes sold for a typical £180,000 against £64,000 for flats: about 2.8 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £65,000 and £217,500, so the median says little about any one home.
- 50% of these sales were leasehold: a genuine mix of houses and flats, so check the tenure of the home you are looking at.
- This is an active district: about 29 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 25 November 2025 and 14 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on L20
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in L20
£2,674
Band D a year in Liverpool, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,782 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,079 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,377 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,674 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,268 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,862 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,456 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,347 |
These are Liverpool's charges for 2026-27, the authority L20 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Liverpool · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near L20
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School.
All schools
Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · L20 3JL
247 m
Good · 2018
All Saints Catholic Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · L20 4LX
609 m
Good · 2016
Thomas Gray Primary School
Primary · Academies · L20 4LX
609 m
Not graded
Linacre Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · L20 5ED
706 m
Requires improvement · 2023
Hugh Baird College
16 plus · Colleges · L20 7EW
874 m
Not graded
St Monica's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · L20 9EB
883 m
Outstanding · 2014
Bedford Primary School
Primary · Academies · L20 9LJ
962 m
Good · 2017
Cambridge Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority maintained schools · L20 9LQ
992 m
Good · 2012
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the L20 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 6 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near L20
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around L20
770
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
Sefton/DC/2026/00997Undecided
395 m
Revocation of Hazardous Substances Consent relating to S/2000/0367.
Received 2026-07-02
Sefton/DC/2026/01019Undecided
320 m
Discharge of conditions, 12 (Schedule of Facing Materials), 14 (CFA Piling Method Statement), 17 (Bin Store), 18 (Boundary Treatments) and C27 (Redundant borehole Methodology) attached to planning permission DC/2023/02195 approved 06/12/2024.
Received 2026-06-16
Sefton/DC/2026/00991Undecided
353 m
Erection of an enclosed external terrace structure and metal staircase after removal of canopy, covered terrace and associated structures
Received 2026-06-11
Sefton/DC/2026/00992Undecided
351 m
Advertisement consent for the display of one internally illuminated LED display to the north-eastern corner adjacent to Stanley Road
Received 2026-06-11
Sefton/DC/2026/00809Undecided
320 m
Approval of details reserved by conditions 8 (Verification Report) and 9 (Remediation Strategy) attached to planning permission DC/2023/02195 approved on 06.12.2024.
Received 2026-05-13
Sefton/DC/2026/00736Undecided
344 m
Alterations to the elevations including the installation of new cladding
Received 2026-05-11
Applications are matched within 500 m of the L20 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for L20 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 770 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for L20
Decile 1 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
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Across the 12 sampled L20 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 1 to decile 8, with a median of decile 1 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
L20 5DE, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 1 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so L20 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in L20: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in L20, band by band
Liverpool's council tax for 2026-27 set against the L20 median sold price of £125,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearLiverpool | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £125,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,782 | £149 | 1.43% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,079 | £173 | 1.66% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,377 | £198 | 1.90% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,674 | £223 | 2.14% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,268 | £272 | 2.61% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,862 | £322 | 3.09% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,456 | £371 | 3.56% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,347 | £446 | 4.28% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the L20 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Liverpool, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in L20 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 241 distinct addresses in the records we hold for L20. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
261, KNOWSLEY ROAD, BOOTLE
L20 5DE · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£136,500
2026-08-14
18, HALIDON COURT, BOOTLE
L20 4UL · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£65,000
2026-08-14
GRANT COURT, CLAIRVILLE CLOSE, BOOTLE
L20 7HL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£60,000
2026-08-14
9, LEICESTER ROAD, BOOTLE
L20 9BP · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£136,767
2026-08-14
62, MARKFIELD ROAD, BOOTLE
L20 5DU · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£108,000
2026-08-04
10, HILL CREST, BOOTLE
L20 9PA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£175,000
2026-07-31
40, RUFFORD ROAD, BOOTLE
L20 5EP · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£130,000
2026-07-31
PARK VIEW, 12, BALLIOL ROAD, BOOTLE
L20 3AB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£87,500
2026-07-31
40, ALEXANDRA DRIVE, BOOTLE
L20 0EF · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-07-31
65, SPRINGWELL ROAD, BOOTLE
L20 6LU · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£60,000
2026-07-30
24A, BEDFORD ROAD, BOOTLE
L20 7DW · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£27,000
2026-07-29
19, HACKETT AVENUE, BOOTLE
L20 6DH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£120,000
2026-07-24
3, CLAIRVILLE CLOSE, BOOTLE
L20 7HQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£95,000
2026-07-24
29, THORNTON ROAD, BOOTLE
L20 5AN · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£103,000
2026-07-24
38, SUMMERS AVENUE, BOOTLE
L20 9JB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£80,000
2026-07-24
14, SOUTHPORT ROAD, BOOTLE
L20 9NR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£159,950
2026-07-24
190, WADHAM ROAD, BOOTLE
L20 2DF · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£170,000
2026-07-24
166, WADHAM ROAD, BOOTLE
L20 2DF · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£162,000
2026-07-24
19, ANNIE ROAD, BOOTLE
L20 6NG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£170,500
2026-07-24
IRLAM HOUSE, CHURCH WALK, BOOTLE
L20 4DJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£169,000
2026-07-24
53, HARRIS DRIVE, BOOTLE
L20 6LE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£180,000
2026-07-22
51, GONVILLE ROAD, BOOTLE
L20 9LW · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£150,000
2026-07-21
12, BENEDICT STREET, BOOTLE
L20 2EN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£110,000
2026-07-21
69, MELVILLE ROAD, BOOTLE
L20 6NE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£182,000
2026-07-20
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near L20
The closest districts to L20 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in L21 (Liverpool) 1.4 miles
- House prices in L4 (Walton) 1.6 miles
- House prices in L9 (Liverpool) 1.6 miles
- House prices in L5 (Everton) 2 miles
- House prices in L30 (Bootle) 2.3 miles
- House prices in L22 (Liverpool) 2.3 miles
- House prices in L6 (Anfield) 2.8 miles
- House prices in L10 (Liverpool) 3 miles
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Data sources
Every L20 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.