Westmorland and Furness
LA23 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
£360,475
Range £162,359–£900,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Jan 2025 and 25 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in LA23: the typical (median) sold price is £360,475, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). LA23 is a quiet market, with about 13 recorded sales a month. By property type, 31% were flats (typically £212,000) and 28% were terraced homes (typically £365,000).
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 LA23: few sales, so go in with your eyes open
Only about 13 sales a month sell in LA23, which gives us little to generalise from, so read the middle figure with caution and the individual sales with interest.
When selling here, the spread in LA23 is wide, with most sales between £162,359 and £900,000, so lean on the nearest like-for-like sale rather than the middle figure; with so few sales, allow extra time and a local agent’s view; a quick cash sale buys certainty at a cost, usually about 70–85% of market value as a rough guide, not a quote, so weigh it carefully.
Sell houseFor buyers, on price, LA23 is well above the UK average, so compare any asking price with sold homes of the same type before you commit.
Worth checking before you commit: planning history nearby (494 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 LA23 OfferCheck gives you something firmer to hold: flood, crime, planning and council tax, each with its source.
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At a glance
LA23 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£360,475
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
13.1
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,508
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in LA23
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in LA23 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £690,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £212,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 53 | £690,000 | £392,800–£1,290,000 |
| Terraced | 60 | £365,000 | £205,150–£550,000 |
| Semi-detached | 36 | £357,500 | £236,000–£587,250 |
| Flat / maisonette | 66 | £212,000 | £110,000–£351,150 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Jan 2025 and 25 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in LA23
The quarterly typical price was flat, from £381,000 in Q1 2025 (60 sales) to £380,000 in Q3 2026 (14 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | £381,000 | 60 |
| Q2 2025 | £357,300 | 27 |
| Q3 2025 | £365,000 | 41 |
| Q4 2025 | £330,000 | 47 |
| Q1 2026 | £305,000 | 33 |
| Q2 2026 | £410,000 | 28 |
| Q3 2026 | £380,000 | 14 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Jan 2025 and 25 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of LA23 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most LA23 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £162,359 and £900,000, around a typical £360,475.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Jan 2025 and 25 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in LA23
Flat / maisonette homes were 31% of recorded sales (66 of 215). 69% of sales were freehold and 31% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached25%
- Terraced28%
- Semi-detached17%
- Flat / maisonette31%
Tenure
- Freehold69%
- Leasehold31%
See the figures
172 freehold (69%) and 78 leasehold (31%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in LA23, including 1 new-build sale. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Jan 2025 and 25 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.
MEREWOOD LODGE, ECCLERIGG, WINDERMERE
£492,475 (2025)£255,000 (2026)-48.2% over 1 yrs (-47.1%/yr)
COLLEGE GATE, ELLERAY ROAD, WINDERMERE
£224,000 (2025)£205,000 (2026)-8.5% over 1.3 yrs (-6.4%/yr)
MOUNTAIN ASH COURT, SPOONER VALE, WINDERMERE
£357,300 (2025)£300,000 (2026)-16% over 0.9 yrs (-18.3%/yr)
LIPWOOD, OLD COLLEGE LANE, WINDERMERE
£545,000 (2025)£398,500 (2025)-26.9% over 0.6 yrs (-43.1%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where LA23 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 LA23
87, WINDERMERE PARK, WINDERMERE
Detached · Freehold · 25 Aug 2026
£580,000
MEREWOOD LODGE, ECCLERIGG, WINDERMERE
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 21 Aug 2026
£255,000
106, CRAIG WALK, WINDERMERE
Terraced · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£415,000
108, CRAIG WALK, WINDERMERE
Terraced · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£405,000
25, OLDFIELD ROAD, WINDERMERE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£330,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). LA23 includes the Bowness and Lyth ward.
In plain English
What the Westmorland and Furness (LA23) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £690,000 against £212,000 for flats: about 3.3 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £162,359 and £900,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- 31% of these sales were leasehold: a genuine mix of houses and flats, so check the tenure of the home you are looking at.
Only 250 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
- This is a quiet district: only about 13 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 23 January 2025 and 25 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 LA23
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 LA23
£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 LA23 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 LA23
5
open schools within 3 km, nearest Goodly Dale Primary School.
All schools
Goodly Dale Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · LA23 2JX
113 m
Good · 2018
St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · LA23 2DD
331 m
Good · 2014
St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere
Primary · Academies · LA23 2DD
331 m
Requires improvement · 2023
The Lakes School
Middle deemed secondary · Local authority maintained schools · LA23 1HW
2.4 km
Good · 2019
Windermere School
Independent schools · LA23 1NW
2.5 km
Not graded
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 LA23 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 5 open schools within 3 km, 4 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near LA23
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 LA23
494
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 4 August 2026.
Recent applications
LakeDistrict/T/2026/0127Undecided
278 m
T1 Oak - Reduce by 2-3m and T2 Japanese Maple - crown lift lower branches to 2m
Received 2026-07-13
LakeDistrict/7/2026/5378Undecided
140 m
Change of use from Guest House to a flexible use as either a single self-catering holiday letting unit or as guest rooms with two-bedroomed holiday letting apartment, (retrospective). Erection of hot tub enclosure
Received 2026-07-08
LakeDistrict/T/2026/0119Permitted
203 m
T-1, Norway Maple - Fell (5 day notice)
Received 2026-06-25 · decided 2026-07-01
LakeDistrict/7/2026/5302Conditions
158 m
Change of use from guesthouse (C1) to single dwellinghouse (C3) with 1 en-suite guest room
Received 2026-06-04 · decided 2026-07-28
LakeDistrict/T/2026/0099Conditions
428 m
Oak tree (marked as T1 in application) - Fell to ground level. Oak tree (marked as T2 in applcation) - Remove dead wood/crown clean, reduce lateral limbs over road by 2m. Sycamore tree (marked as T3 in application) - Crown clean, remove deadwood.
Received 2026-05-22 · decided 2026-07-27
LakeDistrict/7/2026/5168Conditions
331 m
Change of use from guesthouse to flexible use as guesthouse or dwelling.
Received 2026-03-18 · decided 2026-06-01
Applications are matched within 500 m of the LA23 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 LA23 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 494 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 4 August 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for LA23
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 LA23 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 6 to decile 8, with a median of decile 8 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
LA23 2ND, 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 LA23 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in LA23: 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 LA23, band by band
Westmorland and Furness's council tax for 2026-27 set against the LA23 median sold price of £360,475 across 250 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÷ £360,475 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,672 | £139 | 0.46% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,951 | £163 | 0.54% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,229 | £186 | 0.62% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,508 | £209 | 0.70% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,065 | £255 | 0.85% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,623 | £302 | 1.01% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,180 | £348 | 1.16% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,016 | £418 | 1.39% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the LA23 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, Westmorland and Furness, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in LA23 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 236 distinct addresses in the records we hold for LA23. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
87, WINDERMERE PARK, WINDERMERE
LA23 2ND · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£580,000
2026-08-25
MEREWOOD LODGE, ECCLERIGG, WINDERMERE
LA23 1QB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£255,000
2026-08-21
106, CRAIG WALK, WINDERMERE
LA23 3AX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£415,000
2026-08-17
108, CRAIG WALK, WINDERMERE
LA23 3AX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£405,000
2026-08-17
25, OLDFIELD ROAD, WINDERMERE
LA23 2AZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£330,000
2026-08-14
41, THORNTHWAITE ROAD, WINDERMERE
LA23 2DN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£355,000
2026-08-11
8, FAIRFIELD, WINDERMERE
LA23 3AL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
See this address £545,0002026-07-27LYNSTEAD, THORNBARROW ROAD, WINDERMERE
LA23 2DG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-07-21
BALLURE, BROOK ROAD, WINDERMERE
LA23 2BU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£455,000
2026-07-17
18, CUMBRIA COURT, WINDERMERE
LA23 1DR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£202,000
2026-07-10
3, GROSVENOR TERRACE, WINDERMERE
LA23 3BS · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£59,000
2026-07-10
32, MILL BROW, WINDERMERE
LA23 2LZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£217,500
2026-07-10
FERNRIGG, PATTERDALE ROAD, WINDERMERE
LA23 1NH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£750,000
2026-07-10
28, WINDWARD WAY, WINDERMERE
LA23 3BF · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£525,000
2026-07-01
38, VICTORIA ROAD NORTH, WINDERMERE
LA23 2DS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£335,000
2026-06-30
28, HAVELOCK ROAD, WINDERMERE
LA23 1EH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£162,621
2026-06-30
61, DROOMER DRIVE, WINDERMERE
LA23 2LP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£315,000
2026-06-26
125, CRAIG WALK, WINDERMERE
LA23 3AX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-06-26
207, ELLERAY GARDENS, WINDERMERE
LA23 1JE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£132,000
2026-06-26
CLUB COTTAGE, NORTH TERRACE, WINDERMERE
LA23 3AU · Flat / maisonette · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£290,000
2026-06-24
1, TOWER VIEW, WINDERMERE
LA23 3PP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£856,000
2026-06-23
LOW LICKBARROW FARM, LICKBARROW CLOSE, WINDERMERE
LA23 2NF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£135,000
2026-06-12
BOATHOUSE, WINDERMERE MARINA VILLAGE, WINDERMERE
LA23 3BN · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£94,000
2026-06-11
4, SOUTH CRAIG, WINDERMERE
LA23 2JQ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£370,000
2026-06-09
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. 1 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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- 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.