Westmorland and Furness
LA21 house prices in Westmorland and Furness
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Westmorland and Furness, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£377,750
Range £170,350–£717,500 · 124 real sales
- Real sales
- 124
- 12-month change
- -20.0%
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 17 Jan 2020 and 12 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in LA21: the typical (median) sold price is £377,750, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). Over the last twelve months the local median is down 20%, comparing 18 sales with 16, so a handful of homes can swing it. LA21 is a quiet market, with about 2 recorded sales a month. By property type, 34% were detached homes (typically £477,500) and 33% were terraced homes (typically £307,500).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,508 a year: Westmorland and Furness's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Westmorland and Furness, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on LA21: few sales, so go in with your eyes open
LA21 is a thin market, at roughly 2 sales a month, at a lower median than a year ago, so the pressure is on sellers and buyers can take their time.
For sellers, detached homes typically sold for £477,500 against £150,500 for flats, which explains a spread of £170,350 to £717,500, so the closest sold homes of your type say much more than the middle; sales are too rare here to hurry, so give the price a local agent’s sense-check; cash buyers typically offer around 70–85% of market value (a rough guide, not a quote), which only makes sense if certainty is worth that much to you.
Sell houseWhen buying here, LA21 sits well above the UK average for typical prices, but the local median has slipped, so it is fair to test an asking price, though a dip is not a trend.
Before you offer in LA21, check planning history nearby (105 applications on record within 500 m), long-term flood risk and council tax (Band D is £2,508 a year), and ask your conveyancer about the title.
The sold prices leave a lot open; the free LA21 OfferCheck closes some of the gap with flood, crime, planning and council tax.
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At a glance
LA21 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£377,750
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
1.6
Across 124 sales
12-month change
-20.0%
-20.0% from last year
Local median
Council tax, Band D
£2,508
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in LA21
These 124 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in LA21
The quarterly typical price fell 14.2%, from £335,000 in Q4 2024 (3 sales) to £287,500 in Q3 2026 (2 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | £335,000 | 3 |
| Q1 2025 | £487,500 | 6 |
| Q2 2025 | £510,000 | 1 |
| Q3 2025 | £415,000 | 7 |
| Q4 2025 | £352,500 | 8 |
| Q1 2026 | £370,000 | 3 |
| Q2 2026 | £240,000 | 3 |
| Q3 2026 | £287,500 | 2 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 17 Jan 2020 and 12 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
By property type
Average house price in LA21 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £477,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £150,500.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 35 | £477,500 | £319,000–£1,053,000 |
| Semi-detached | 23 | £384,000 | £261,000–£523,400 |
| Terraced | 34 | £307,500 | £194,500–£428,500 |
| Flat / maisonette | 11 | £150,500 | £115,000–£215,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 17 Jan 2020 and 12 Aug 2026.
Range and mix
The spread of LA21 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most LA21 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £170,350 and £717,500, around a typical £377,750.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 17 Jan 2020 and 12 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in LA21
Detached homes were 34% of recorded sales (35 of 103). 91% of sales were freehold and 9% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached34%
- Semi-detached22%
- Terraced33%
- Flat / maisonette11%
Tenure
- Freehold91%
- Leasehold9%
See the figures
113 freehold (91%) and 11 leasehold (9%) across the 124 most recent recorded sales in LA21, 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 17 Jan 2020 and 12 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.
HOW HEAD, CONISTON
£650,000 (2023)£647,500 (2026)-0.4% over 2.2 yrs (-0.2%/yr)
FERNLEA, LAKE ROAD, CONISTON
£210,000 (2023)£225,000 (2025)+7.1% over 2.4 yrs (+2.9%/yr)
5, ST MARTINS COURT, CONISTON
£225,000 (2022)£205,000 (2024)-8.9% over 1.4 yrs (-6.5%/yr)
THURSTON BANK, CONISTON
£448,000 (2022)£430,000 (2023)-4% over 1.4 yrs (-2.9%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where LA21 sits in Westmorland and Furness
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in LA21
45, THE GARTH, CONISTON
Semi-detached · Freehold · 12 Aug 2026
£255,000
32, BANK TERRACE, CONISTON
Terraced · Freehold · 17 Jul 2026
£320,000
2, WALNA SCAR VIEW, CONISTON
Detached · Freehold · 29 Apr 2026
£340,000
31, BANK TERRACE, CONISTON
Terraced · Freehold · 27 Apr 2026
£240,000
DIXON GROUND, CONISTON
Terraced · Freehold · 7 Apr 2026
£150,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). LA21 includes the Coniston and Hawkshead ward.
In plain English
What the Westmorland and Furness (LA21) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £477,500 against £150,500 for flats: about 3.2 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £170,350 and £717,500, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (91%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
Only 124 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
- This is a quiet district: only about 2 recorded sales a month.
Based on 124 recorded sales between 17 January 2020 and 12 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 LA21
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 LA21
£2,508
Band D a year in Westmorland and Furness, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,672 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,951 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,229 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,508 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,065 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,623 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,180 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,016 |
These are Westmorland and Furness's charges for 2026-27, the authority LA21 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 Westmorland and Furness · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near LA21
2
open schools within 3 km, nearest John Ruskin School.
All schools
John Ruskin School
Middle deemed secondary · Local authority maintained schools · LA21 8EW
511 m
Good · 2019
Coniston CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · LA21 8AL
965 m
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 LA21 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 2 open schools within 3 km, 2 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near LA21
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 LA21
105
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 23 July 2026.
Recent applications
LakeDistrict/7/2026/5173Conditions
489 m
To install an EV chargepoint on the north face of the building
Received 2026-03-30 · decided 2026-06-01
LakeDistrict/7/2026/5167Conditions
330 m
Stable building (retrospective)
Received 2026-03-20 · decided 2026-05-27
LakeDistrict/7/2025/5706Conditions
492 m
Change of use from a 2 bed Annexe to main house to a 2 bedroom, single unit, short term holiday let
Received 2025-12-18 · decided 2026-03-05
LakeDistrict/7/2025/5622Withdrawn
494 m
Restoration of former cottage to provide annexed accommodation - variation of condition 5 (occupation) of planning permission 7/1989/5541 to include commercial guests
Received 2025-10-31 · decided 2025-12-03
LakeDistrict/7/2025/5565Conditions
349 m
Construction of raised patio in front garden.
Received 2025-10-08 · decided 2025-12-05
LakeDistrict/7/2025/5498Conditions
399 m
Change of Use of Building to Domestic Storage and Ancillary Accommodation (Granny Annex) to Stone Leys, Haws Bank, Coniston
Received 2025-09-04 · decided 2025-10-29
Applications are matched within 500 m of the LA21 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 LA21 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 105 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 23 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for LA21
Decile 6 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 LA21 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 5 to decile 6, with a median of decile 6 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
LA21 8EQ, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 6 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 LA21 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in LA21: 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 LA21, band by band
Westmorland and Furness's council tax for 2026-27 set against the LA21 median sold price of £377,750 across 124 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearWestmorland and Furness | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £377,750 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,672 | £139 | 0.44% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,951 | £163 | 0.52% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,229 | £186 | 0.59% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,508 | £209 | 0.66% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,065 | £255 | 0.81% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,623 | £302 | 0.96% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,180 | £348 | 1.11% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,016 | £418 | 1.33% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the LA21 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 124 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Westmorland and Furness, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in LA21 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 105 distinct addresses in the records we hold for LA21. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
45, THE GARTH, CONISTON
LA21 8EQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£255,000
2026-08-12
32, BANK TERRACE, CONISTON
LA21 8HF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-07-17
2, WALNA SCAR VIEW, CONISTON
LA21 8BF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£340,000
2026-04-29
31, BANK TERRACE, CONISTON
LA21 8HF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£240,000
2026-04-27
DIXON GROUND, CONISTON
LA21 8HQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£150,000
2026-04-07
1, WALNA SCAR VIEW, CONISTON
LA21 8BF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-02-12
HOW HEAD, CONISTON
LA21 8AA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£647,500
2026-01-30
6, BECK YEAT, CONISTON
LA21 8HT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£370,000
2026-01-21
RAILWAY COTTAGE, CONISTON
LA21 8BA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£345,000
2025-12-12
FERNLEA, LAKE ROAD, CONISTON
LA21 8EW · Other · Freehold · 3 recorded sales
£225,000
2025-12-09
DIXON GROUND FARM, CONISTON
LA21 8HQ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,020,000
2025-11-28
BECK FOOT, CONISTON
LA21 8AR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£360,000
2025-11-21
THE HEALD, CONISTON
LA21 8AD · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,900,000
2025-11-12
46, THE GARTH, CONISTON
LA21 8EQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2025-10-24
4, LOW HOUSE COTTAGES, CONISTON
LA21 8ER · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£234,000
2025-10-09
1, THE FORGE, CONISTON
LA21 8HL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2025-10-02
9, WALNA SCAR VIEW, CONISTON
LA21 8BF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£173,500
2025-08-22
41, BANK TERRACE, CONISTON
LA21 8HF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£470,000
2025-08-14
1, COLLINGWOOD CLOSE, CONISTON
LA21 8DZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£415,000
2025-08-07
NEW VICARAGE, YEWDALE ROAD, CONISTON
LA21 8DX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£690,000
2025-07-31
3, MILL DAM COTTAGES, CONISTON
LA21 8HD · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2025-07-23
CHERRY GARTH, HAWKSHEAD OLD ROAD, CONISTON
LA21 8ET · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£735,000
2025-07-04
14, YEWDALE ROAD, CONISTON
LA21 8DU · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£410,000
2025-07-04
THE BROW, STATION ROAD, CONISTON
LA21 8HH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£510,000
2025-06-17
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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Data sources
Every LA21 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.