Knowsley
L26 house prices in Knowsley
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Knowsley, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£240,000
Range £140,000–£425,300 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Jun 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in L26: the typical (median) sold price is £240,000, below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). L26 is an active market, with about 18 recorded sales a month. By property type, 38% were semi-detached homes (typically £213,500) and 37% were detached homes (typically £377,500).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,488 a year: Knowsley's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Knowsley, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on L26: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
Roughly 18 homes a month change hands in L26, so there is a fair body of evidence, but not enough of it for a trustworthy twelve-month trend.
For sellers, £240,000 is only the middle of a market that runs from £140,000 to £425,300, so the closest sold homes of your type say much more than the middle; roughly 18 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseWhen buying here, typical prices in L26 sit below the UK average, so a lower price than the average is a prompt to ask why, not a reason to relax.
Before you offer in L26, check planning history nearby (375 applications on record within 500 m), what you are paying for a new-build premium and flood risk over the long term, and ask your conveyancer about the title.
With averages this broad, the free L26 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning and council tax from the official sources.
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At a glance
L26 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£240,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
17.8
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,488
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in L26
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in L26 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £377,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £93,450.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 92 | £377,500 | £270,000–£479,700 |
| Semi-detached | 94 | £213,500 | £148,553–£281,365 |
| Terraced | 53 | £175,000 | £125,000–£269,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 11 | £93,450 | £73,425–£250,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Jun 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in L26
The quarterly typical price fell 25.2%, from £321,065 in Q2 2025 (25 sales) to £240,000 in Q3 2026 (15 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | £321,065 | 25 |
| Q3 2025 | £241,250 | 86 |
| Q4 2025 | £240,000 | 57 |
| Q1 2026 | £231,500 | 40 |
| Q2 2026 | £220,000 | 27 |
| Q3 2026 | £240,000 | 15 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Jun 2025 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of L26 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most L26 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £140,000 and £425,300, around a typical £240,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Jun 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in L26
Semi-detached homes were 38% of recorded sales (94 of 250). 91% of sales were freehold and 9% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached37%
- Semi-detached38%
- Terraced21%
- Flat / maisonette4%
Tenure
- Freehold91%
- Leasehold9%
See the figures
228 freehold (91%) and 22 leasehold (9%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in L26, including 64 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Jun 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
19, OXFORD DRIVE, LIVERPOOL
£195,000 (2025)£330,000 (2026)+69.2% over 0.7 yrs (+114.4%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where L26 sits in Knowsley
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in L26
18, KEMPSELL WALK, LIVERPOOL
Terraced · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£189,000
16, KEMPSELL WALK, LIVERPOOL
Terraced · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£163,500
140, TORRINGTON DRIVE, LIVERPOOL
Terraced · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£177,000
10, ANTONS COURT, LIVERPOOL
Terraced · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£170,000
57, RUTLAND AVENUE, LIVERPOOL
Semi-detached · Freehold · 30 Jul 2026
£340,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). L26 includes the Halewood North ward.
In plain English
What the Knowsley (L26) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £377,500 against £93,450 for flats: about 4.0 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £140,000 and £425,300, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (91%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- 26% of these sales were new builds, which often sell at a premium the first time around and can lift the median above what resale homes make.
- This is an active district: about 18 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 19 June 2025 and 21 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 L26
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 L26
£2,488
Band D a year in Knowsley, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,659 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,935 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,212 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,488 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,041 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,594 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,147 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,977 |
These are Knowsley's charges for 2026-27, the authority L26 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 Knowsley · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near L26
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest St Mark's Catholic Primary School.
All schools
St Mark's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · L26 0XR
379 m
Good · 2019
Plantation Primary School
Primary · Academies · L26 0TH
417 m
Good · 2014
Finch Woods Academy
Academies · L26 0TY
582 m
Inadequate · 2023
Halewood Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · L26 1UU
604 m
Good · 2017
Yew Tree Primary Academy
Primary · Academies · L26 1UU
604 m
Good · 2023
Halewood Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academies · L26 6LB
612 m
Good · 2023
St Andrew the Apostle Catholic Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · L26 1TD
1.1 km
Good · 2010
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · L25 9PA
1.3 km
Good · 2013
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 L26 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 8 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near L26
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 L26
375
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 15 October 2026.
Recent applications
Knowsley/26/00456/FULUndecided
499 m
SECTION 73 APPLICATION FOR THE REMOVAL OF CONDITION 3 (NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT) ATTATCHED TO PLANNING PERMISSION 26/00272/FUL (INSTALLATION OF 4NO. RAPID ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS INCLUDING 1NO. ACCESSIBLE BAY AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT)
Received 2026-09-16
Knowsley/26/00433/CLDPermitted
360 m
CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ERECTION OF A PROPOSED REAR DORMER EXTENSION, LOFT CONVERSION AND THE INSTALLATION OF 2NO. ROOFLIGHTS TO THE FRONT ROOF-PLANE
Received 2026-09-02 · decided 2026-09-30
Knowsley/26/00348/FULPermitted
323 m
ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION.
Received 2026-07-23 · decided 2026-09-11
Knowsley/26/00320/PDEPermitted
319 m
PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION MAXIMUM DEPTH FROM ORIGINAL REAR WALL: 4.50 METRES MAXIMUM HEIGHT: 2.97 METRES HEIGHT OF EAVES: 2.67 METRES
Received 2026-07-14 · decided 2026-08-21
Knowsley/26/00273/ADVPermitted
487 m
DISPLAY OF SIGNAGE COMPRISING 1NO. NON-ILLUMINATED SINGLE SIDED TOTEM SIGN AND 1NO. NON-ILLUMINATED DOUBLE SIDED TOTEM SIGN
Received 2026-06-24 · decided 2026-09-01
Knowsley/25/00686/COND1Permitted
365 m
APPLICATION TO DISCHARGE CONDITION 5 (BOOKING MANAGEMENT PLAN) PERTAINING TO PLANNING PERMISSION 25/00686/FUL.
Received 2026-06-15 · decided 2026-09-01
Applications are matched within 500 m of the L26 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 L26 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 375 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 15 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for L26
Decile 7 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled L26 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 1 to decile 9, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
L26 0TL, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 7 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 L26 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in L26: 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 L26, band by band
Knowsley's council tax for 2026-27 set against the L26 median sold price of £240,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearKnowsley | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £240,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,659 | £138 | 0.69% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,935 | £161 | 0.81% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,212 | £184 | 0.92% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,488 | £207 | 1.04% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,041 | £253 | 1.27% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,594 | £300 | 1.50% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,147 | £346 | 1.73% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,977 | £415 | 2.07% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the L26 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, Knowsley, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in L26 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 247 distinct addresses in the records we hold for L26. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
18, KEMPSELL WALK, LIVERPOOL
L26 9XY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£189,000
2026-08-21
16, KEMPSELL WALK, LIVERPOOL
L26 9XY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£163,500
2026-07-31
140, TORRINGTON DRIVE, LIVERPOOL
L26 1TS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£177,000
2026-07-31
10, ANTONS COURT, LIVERPOOL
L26 9WA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£170,000
2026-07-31
57, RUTLAND AVENUE, LIVERPOOL
L26 0TL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£340,000
2026-07-30
20, GREENFINCH GROVE, LIVERPOOL
L26 7ZX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£240,000
2026-07-27
4, WILLASTON DRIVE, LIVERPOOL
L26 9YN · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£295,000
2026-07-27
48, BIRCHEN ROAD, LIVERPOOL
L26 9TL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£185,000
2026-07-27
47, BAILEYS LANE, LIVERPOOL
L26 0TY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£190,000
2026-07-27
8, STOKES CLOSE, LIVERPOOL
L26 6BF · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£312,500
2026-07-23
42, LOWER ROAD, LIVERPOOL
L26 2XA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-07-20
9, TILSTOCK CLOSE, LIVERPOOL
L26 6NA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-07-16
17, FIELDS AVENUE, LIVERPOOL
L26 0AG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-07-13
118, HIGHER ROAD, LIVERPOOL
L26 1TH · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£335,000
2026-07-01
14, WELLAND CLOSE, LIVERPOOL
L26 1UP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£145,000
2026-07-01
74, RAINBOW DRIVE, LIVERPOOL
L26 7AG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£180,000
2026-06-30
5, HERON COURT, LIVERPOOL
L26 7WX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£350,000
2026-06-30
8, HEYDON CLOSE, LIVERPOOL
L26 9SD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£206,000
2026-06-26
47, LIGHTOAKS DRIVE, LIVERPOOL
L26 6BJ · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£265,000
2026-06-26
2, WILKINSON ROAD, LIVERPOOL
L26 6AF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£340,000
2026-06-25
41, TAVINGTON ROAD, LIVERPOOL
L26 6BA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£350,000
2026-06-22
27, REDOAKS WAY, LIVERPOOL
L26 6BN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£100,000
2026-06-17
81, BARNCROFT ROAD, LIVERPOOL
L26 9TW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£235,000
2026-06-12
5, REDPOLL GROVE, LIVERPOOL
L26 7XZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£460,000
2026-06-08
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 L26
The closest districts to L26 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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- House prices in L27 (Liverpool) 1.7 miles
- House prices in L25 (Woolton) 1.7 miles
- House prices in L19 (Liverpool) 3 miles
- House prices in L16 (Liverpool) 3.3 miles
- House prices in L18 (Mossley Hill) 3.4 miles
- House prices in L36 (Liverpool) 3.5 miles
- House prices in WA8 (Widnes) 3.7 miles
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Data sources
Every L26 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.