Knowsley
L31 house prices in Knowsley
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Knowsley, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£255,000
Range £149,750–£386,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Nov 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in L31: the typical (median) sold price is £255,000, close to the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). L31 is an active market, with about 27 recorded sales a month. By property type, 57% were semi-detached homes (typically £250,000) and 21% were detached homes (typically £318,800).
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 L31: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
L31 is neither busy nor quiet, at about 27 sales a month, enough to learn from, though the year-on-year comparison is too thin to quote, so lean on the recent sold homes.
For sellers, £255,000 is the middle of a £149,750 to £386,000 range, so check where your home would sit among the recent sales before choosing a number; roughly 27 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseWhen buying here, typical prices in L31 sit close to the UK average, so use the sold range on this page as your yardstick.
Do your own homework first: planning history nearby (536 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and council tax (Band D is £2,488 a year), then hand the title to your conveyancer.
Prices are only part of the picture: the free L31 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning, council tax and schools, and the Report says which deserve your attention.
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At a glance
L31 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£255,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
27.3
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,488
A year
On the map
Where L31 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 L31
72, WADDICAR LANE, LIVERPOOL
Semi-detached · Freehold · 20 Aug 2026
£250,000
12, SUMMERHILL DRIVE, LIVERPOOL
Detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£425,000
99, LIVERPOOL ROAD NORTH, LIVERPOOL
Detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£440,000
8, THIRLMERE CLOSE, LIVERPOOL
Semi-detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£230,000
1, KESWICK CLOSE, LIVERPOOL
Semi-detached · Freehold · 3 Aug 2026
£257,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). L31 includes the Aintree & Maghull South ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in L31
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in L31 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £318,800, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £130,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 51 | £318,800 | £260,000–£510,000 |
| Semi-detached | 139 | £250,000 | £184,000–£348,400 |
| Terraced | 31 | £230,000 | £160,000–£320,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 21 | £130,000 | £90,000–£160,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Nov 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in L31
The quarterly typical price rose 4.9%, from £250,250 in Q4 2025 (72 sales) to £262,599 in Q3 2026 (31 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £250,250 | 72 |
| Q1 2026 | £245,000 | 80 |
| Q2 2026 | £255,000 | 67 |
| Q3 2026 | £262,599 | 31 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Nov 2025 and 20 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of L31 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most L31 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £149,750 and £386,000, around a typical £255,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Nov 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in L31
Semi-detached homes were 57% of recorded sales (139 of 242). 83% of sales were freehold and 17% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached21%
- Semi-detached57%
- Terraced13%
- Flat / maisonette9%
Tenure
- Freehold83%
- Leasehold17%
See the figures
208 freehold (83%) and 42 leasehold (17%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in L31, including 2 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Nov 2025 and 20 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.
CORNMILL LODGE, LIVERPOOL ROAD NORTH, LIVERPOOL
£80,000 (2026)£65,000 (2026)-18.7% over 0.5 yrs (-33.2%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Knowsley (L31) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £318,800 against £130,000 for flats: about 2.5 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- This is an active district: about 27 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 14 November 2025 and 20 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 L31
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 L31
£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 L31 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 L31
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Deyes High School.
All schools
Deyes High School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · L31 6DE
190 m
Good · 2019
St Andrews Church of England Primary School, Maghull
Primary · Academies · L31 6DE
190 m
Good · 2013
Maricourt Catholic High School
Middle deemed secondary · Local authority maintained schools · L31 3DZ
598 m
Good · 2022
Northway Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · L31 9AA
725 m
Good · 2013
Summerhill Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · L31 3DT
951 m
Good · 2014
St George's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · L31 5PD
983 m
Good · 2013
Maghull High School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · L31 7AW
1.1 km
Good · 2022
Green Park Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · L31 8BW
1.3 km
Good · 2015
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 L31 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 L31
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 L31
536
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
Sefton/DC/2026/01169Undecided
448 m
Variation of condition 2 pursuant to planning permission DC/2024/00170 approved 25.10.2024 to allow amendments to the approved planning statement to increase the number of carers from 2 to 3 during the day.
Received 2026-07-10
Sefton/DC/2026/00402Undecided
407 m
A free standing boundary fence and pedestrian gate made of timber (retrospective 02/03/2021).
Received 2026-06-19
Sefton/DC/2026/01025Permitted
314 m
Discharge of conditions 10 (Privacy screen) and 12 (All external Materials) attached to planning permission DC/2024/01694 approved 14/01/2026.
Received 2026-06-17 · decided 2026-07-17
Sefton/DC/2026/00808Rejected
479 m
Advertisement consent for the erection of a two-sided digital signage totem
Received 2026-05-11 · decided 2026-07-06
Sefton/DC/2026/00785Permitted
315 m
Non-material amendments to planning permission DC/2024/01694 approved 08.01.2026 to allow amendments to roof access and safety measurements, dining area facade, beauty salon frontage and introduction of an additional window to assisted bathroom at third floor level.
Received 2026-05-07 · decided 2026-06-02
Sefton/DC/2026/00596Permitted
368 m
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed erection of a rear dormer including a loft conversion, alterations to roof from a hipped to gable end, and the installation of two roof lights at the front and the re-roofing of the whole roof with grey tiles
Received 2026-04-15 · decided 2026-06-08
Applications are matched within 500 m of the L31 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 L31 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 536 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for L31
Decile 8 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 L31 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 4 to decile 9, with a median of decile 8 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
L31 3DW, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 8 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 L31 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in L31: 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 L31, band by band
Knowsley's council tax for 2026-27 set against the L31 median sold price of £255,000 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÷ £255,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,659 | £138 | 0.65% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,935 | £161 | 0.76% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,212 | £184 | 0.87% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,488 | £207 | 0.98% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,041 | £253 | 1.19% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,594 | £300 | 1.41% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,147 | £346 | 1.63% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,977 | £415 | 1.95% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the L31 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 L31 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 243 distinct addresses in the records we hold for L31. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
72, WADDICAR LANE, LIVERPOOL
L31 1DY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-08-20
12, SUMMERHILL DRIVE, LIVERPOOL
L31 3DW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£425,000
2026-08-07
99, LIVERPOOL ROAD NORTH, LIVERPOOL
L31 2HG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£440,000
2026-08-07
8, THIRLMERE CLOSE, LIVERPOOL
L31 9BD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-08-07
1, KESWICK CLOSE, LIVERPOOL
L31 9BS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£257,000
2026-08-03
73, FOXHOUSE LANE, LIVERPOOL
L31 6EE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-07-31
37, DEYES LANE, LIVERPOOL
L31 6DF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£285,000
2026-07-31
9, RIDGEWAY DRIVE, LIVERPOOL
L31 0DE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£295,000
2026-07-31
17, COMER GARDENS, LIVERPOOL
L31 2NX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£200,000
2026-07-31
4, SOUTHEY GROVE, LIVERPOOL
L31 5LB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£262,599
2026-07-31
24, WELD BLUNDELL AVENUE, LIVERPOOL
L31 4JR · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£247,500
2026-07-27
18, BAYTREE GROVE, LIVERPOOL
L31 1LR · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-07-27
31, MOSS LANE, LIVERPOOL
L31 4DB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-07-27
KINGFISHER COURT, 29, THE FIELDINGS, LIVERPOOL
L31 2PT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£110,000
2026-07-24
6, HAYES DRIVE, LIVERPOOL
L31 1BH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£440,000
2026-07-24
14, SWAN WALK, LIVERPOOL
L31 3HU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£135,000
2026-07-22
HERONS COURT, THE MOORINGS, LIVERPOOL
L31 2PS · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£142,500
2026-07-17
1, STUART ROAD, LIVERPOOL
L31 1BR · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£280,000
2026-07-17
CORNMILL LODGE, LIVERPOOL ROAD NORTH, LIVERPOOL
L31 2PL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£65,000
2026-07-16
14, FRANK HORNBY CLOSE, LIVERPOOL
L31 3AD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£385,000
2026-07-15
16, THE BOLEYN, LIVERPOOL
L31 9PT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£322,000
2026-07-14
3, WYNNSTAY AVENUE, LIVERPOOL
L31 0BG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£255,000
2026-07-14
11A, MANOR HOUSE CLOSE, LIVERPOOL
L31 7BX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£263,250
2026-07-10
40, NORFOLK ROAD, LIVERPOOL
L31 5NZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,500
2026-07-10
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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The closest districts to L31 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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Data sources
Every L31 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.