Lancaster
LA6 house prices in Lancaster
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Lancaster, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£285,000
Range £159,500–£651,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 1 Apr 2025 and 28 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in LA6: the typical (median) sold price is £285,000, close to the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). LA6 is an active market, with about 15 recorded sales a month. By property type, 33% were detached homes (typically £480,000) and 30% were semi-detached homes (typically £305,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,503 a year: Lancaster's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Lancaster, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on LA6: steady sales, so price from the evidence
250 sales since April 2025 make LA6 a steady market, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
If you are thinking of selling, most LA6 sales sit between £159,500 and £651,000, which makes £285,000 a blunt instrument, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, on price, LA6 is close to the UK average, so use the sold range on this page as your yardstick.
On any LA6 home we would check what has been applied for nearby (80 applications on record within 500 m), whether the home is at risk of flooding and council tax (Band D is £2,503 a year), and ask a conveyancer to read the title.
With averages this broad, the free LA6 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning and council tax from the official sources.
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At a glance
LA6 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£285,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
14.8
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,503
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in LA6
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in LA6 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £480,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £167,500.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 71 | £480,000 | £254,000–£950,000 |
| Semi-detached | 65 | £305,000 | £178,500–£502,000 |
| Terraced | 59 | £220,000 | £154,000–£341,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 20 | £167,500 | £114,000–£254,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 1 Apr 2025 and 28 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in LA6
The quarterly typical price rose 50.0%, from £250,000 in Q2 2025 (48 sales) to £375,000 in Q3 2026 (17 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | £250,000 | 48 |
| Q3 2025 | £315,000 | 58 |
| Q4 2025 | £290,000 | 59 |
| Q1 2026 | £253,375 | 38 |
| Q2 2026 | £276,000 | 30 |
| Q3 2026 | £375,000 | 17 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 1 Apr 2025 and 28 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of LA6 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most LA6 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £159,500 and £651,000, around a typical £285,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 1 Apr 2025 and 28 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in LA6
Detached homes were 33% of recorded sales (71 of 215). 89% of sales were freehold and 11% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached33%
- Semi-detached30%
- Terraced27%
- Flat / maisonette9%
Tenure
- Freehold89%
- Leasehold11%
See the figures
222 freehold (89%) and 28 leasehold (11%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in LA6, including 7 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 1 Apr 2025 and 28 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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH COURT, TRAM LANE, CARNFORTH
£300,000 (2025)£220,000 (2026)-26.7% over 0.7 yrs (-35.3%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where LA6 sits in Lancaster
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in LA6
CHANNEL HEAD, SHAW LANE, CARNFORTH
Terraced · Freehold · 28 Aug 2026
£305,000
CHESTNUTS, MAIN STREET, CARNFORTH
Terraced · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£378,000
16, MAIN STREET, CARNFORTH
Detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£450,000
11, BRIDGE MEWS, CARNFORTH
Terraced · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£375,000
PRIMROSE BANK, CARNFORTH
Detached · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£400,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). LA6 includes the Bentham & Ingleton ward.
In plain English
What the Lancaster (LA6) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £480,000 against £167,500 for flats: about 2.9 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £159,500 and £651,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- This is a quiet district: only about 15 recorded sales a month.
Only 250 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 1 April 2025 and 28 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 LA6
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 LA6
£2,503
Band D a year in Lancaster, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,669 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,947 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,225 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,503 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,059 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,616 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,172 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,006 |
These are Lancaster's charges for 2026-27, the authority LA6 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 Lancaster · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near LA6
2
open schools within 3 km, nearest Queen Elizabeth School.
All schools
Queen Elizabeth School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · LA6 2HJ
3.0 km
Good · 2022
Queen Elizabeth Studio School
Middle deemed secondary · Free Schools · LA6 2HJ
3.0 km
Good · 2022
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 LA6 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 LA6
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 LA6
80
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 23 August 2026.
Recent applications
Lancaster/26/0133/TCAPermitted
331 m
Holly (T1) - Reduce in height by 1/3 to aid regular topiary
Received 2026-07-14 · decided 2026-08-13
Lancaster/26/00635/FULPermitted
462 m
Replacement of hipped roof with gable roof
Received 2026-06-19 · decided 2026-07-24
Lancaster/26/0093/TCAPermitted
369 m
Acer (T1) - Fell as growing large and near to building Cherry and Rowan (G1) - Crown reduce rowan by 25% leaf cover, thin out self set cherries retaining two trees, crown reduce by 20%.
Received 2026-05-22 · decided 2026-06-22
Lancaster/26/00152/FULPermitted
379 m
Erection of a first floor extension
Received 2026-02-10 · decided 2026-04-07
Lancaster/25/00111/DISPermitted
379 m
Discharge of condition 11 on approved application 23/00093/VCN
Received 2025-07-01 · decided 2025-08-04
Lancaster/25/00083/DISPermitted
379 m
Discharge of condition 6 on approved application 24/00263/VCN
Received 2025-05-26 · decided 2025-07-31
Applications are matched within 500 m of the LA6 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 LA6 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 80 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 23 August 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for LA6
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 LA6 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 7 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.
LA6 1HA, 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 LA6 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in LA6: 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 LA6, band by band
Lancaster's council tax for 2026-27 set against the LA6 median sold price of £285,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearLancaster | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £285,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,669 | £139 | 0.59% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,947 | £162 | 0.68% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,225 | £185 | 0.78% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,503 | £209 | 0.88% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,059 | £255 | 1.07% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,616 | £301 | 1.27% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,172 | £348 | 1.46% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,006 | £417 | 1.76% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the LA6 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, Lancaster, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in LA6 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 240 distinct addresses in the records we hold for LA6. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
CHANNEL HEAD, SHAW LANE, CARNFORTH
LA6 1HA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£305,000
2026-08-28
CHESTNUTS, MAIN STREET, CARNFORTH
LA6 2NY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£378,000
2026-08-14
16, MAIN STREET, CARNFORTH
LA6 3HF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£450,000
2026-08-14
11, BRIDGE MEWS, CARNFORTH
LA6 3JW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-08-07
PRIMROSE BANK, CARNFORTH
LA6 1BA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-07-31
4, HIGHFIELD COTTAGES, CARNFORTH
LA6 3AZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-30
COBBLERS COTTAGE, THE GLOBE, CARNFORTH
LA6 1LU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£235,000
2026-07-27
LOW LANE HOUSE, LOW LANE, CARNFORTH
LA6 2JA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£775,000
2026-07-22
4, BRIDGE ROAD, CARNFORTH
LA6 1HH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-07-17
BURTON OLD HALL, TANPITS LANE, CARNFORTH
LA6 1HZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£520,000
2026-07-17
1, OLD RIGGS YARD, CARNFORTH
LA6 1LJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£235,000
2026-07-17
GREENSIDE, CARNFORTH
LA6 2DQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£245,000
2026-07-10
NEWLANDS FARM, CARNFORTH
LA6 1EA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£685,000
2026-07-10
STONESTAR, DUKE STREET, CARNFORTH
LA6 3LG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£550,000
2026-07-08
3, BURTON HILL, CARNFORTH
LA6 3LQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£160,000
2026-07-07
3, HOLMEFIELD, CARNFORTH
LA6 1RY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£215,000
2026-07-03
11, TOWN HEAD FOLD, CARNFORTH
LA6 1SE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£495,000
2026-07-01
1, DUKE STREET, CARNFORTH
LA6 1PY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£345,000
2026-06-25
CHEZ MON, BURTON ROAD, CARNFORTH
LA6 1QN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-06-24
WOODLANDS, CARNFORTH
LA6 2RE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£540,000
2026-06-22
28, CHESTNUT CLOSE, CARNFORTH
LA6 1RX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£269,000
2026-06-19
SELBY COTTAGE, CARNFORTH
LA6 2RA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£380,000
2026-06-15
BANNERIGGS FOOT, CARNFORTH
LA6 2LJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£730,000
2026-06-12
20, THE MEADOWS, CARNFORTH
LA6 2GY · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£245,000
2026-06-12
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
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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.