Cheshire East
WA16 house prices in Cheshire East
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Cheshire East, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£466,500
Range £224,500–£999,999 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 5 Nov 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in WA16: the typical (median) sold price is £466,500, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). WA16 is an active market, with about 26 recorded sales a month. By property type, 41% were detached homes (typically £702,500) and 25% were terraced homes (typically £360,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,455 a year: Cheshire East's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Cheshire East, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on WA16: steady sales, so price from the evidence
250 sales since November 2025 make WA16 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 selling, with detached homes at £702,500 and flats at £210,000, the £224,500 to £999,999 spread is really several markets, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseIf you are buying, typical prices in WA16 sit well above the UK average, so compare any asking price with sold homes of the same type before you commit.
Before an offer goes in on any WA16 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (1,985 applications on record within 500 m), long-term flood risk and council tax (Band D is £2,455 a year), and leave the title to your conveyancer.
Averages only go so far, so the free WA16 OfferCheck sets flood, crime, planning and council tax beside the sold prices.
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At a glance
WA16 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£466,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
26.4
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,455
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in WA16
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in WA16 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £702,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £210,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 98 | £702,500 | £394,000–£1,428,500 |
| Semi-detached | 48 | £439,000 | £320,500–£615,000 |
| Terraced | 61 | £360,000 | £260,000–£685,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 33 | £210,000 | £91,500–£320,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 5 Nov 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in WA16
The quarterly typical price fell 7.2%, from £517,500 in Q4 2025 (70 sales) to £480,000 in Q3 2026 (29 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £517,500 | 70 |
| Q1 2026 | £453,000 | 76 |
| Q2 2026 | £425,000 | 75 |
| Q3 2026 | £480,000 | 29 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 5 Nov 2025 and 20 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of WA16 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most WA16 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £224,500 and £999,999, around a typical £466,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 5 Nov 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in WA16
Detached homes were 41% of recorded sales (98 of 240). 75% of sales were freehold and 25% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached41%
- Semi-detached20%
- Terraced25%
- Flat / maisonette14%
Tenure
- Freehold75%
- Leasehold25%
See the figures
187 freehold (75%) and 63 leasehold (25%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in WA16, including 4 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 5 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.
BEECHWOOD, TABLEY ROAD, KNUTSFORD
£85,000 (2025)£55,000 (2026)-35.3% over 0.8 yrs (-43.7%/yr)
LEGH HOUSE, HOLLOW LANE, KNUTSFORD
£248,150 (2025)£250,000 (2026)+0.7% over 0.7 yrs (+1.1%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where WA16 sits in Cheshire East
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in WA16
16, FRESHFIELDS, KNUTSFORD
Semi-detached · Freehold · 20 Aug 2026
£557,500
BEECHWOOD, TABLEY ROAD, KNUTSFORD
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 18 Aug 2026
£55,000
SPRINGFIELD, STOCKS LANE, KNUTSFORD
Detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£985,000
54, WESTFIELD DRIVE, KNUTSFORD
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£600,000
14, BEECHWOOD, KNUTSFORD
Detached · Leasehold · 10 Aug 2026
£465,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). WA16 includes the Chelford ward.
In plain English
What the Cheshire East (WA16) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £702,500 against £210,000 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 £224,500 and £999,999, so the median says little about any one home.
- This is an active district: about 26 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 5 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 WA16
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 WA16
£2,455
Band D a year in Cheshire East, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,637 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,909 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,182 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,455 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,000 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,546 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,091 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,910 |
These are Cheshire East's charges for 2026-27, the authority WA16 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 Cheshire East · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near WA16
6
open schools within 3 km, nearest Egerton Primary School.
All schools
Egerton Primary School
Primary · Academies · WA16 0EE
291 m
Good · 2023
Knutsford Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · WA16 0EA
659 m
Good · 2011
St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · WA16 8AL
822 m
Not graded
Manor Park Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academies · WA16 8DB
896 m
Good · 2023
Bexton Primary School
Primary · Academies · WA16 9DB
1.0 km
Good · 2018
Adelaide Heath Academy
Academies · WA16 8PA
1.4 km
Good · 2024
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 WA16 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 6 open schools within 3 km, 5 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near WA16
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 WA16
1,985
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
Discharge of condition 5 on approval 25/3611/FUL
Received 2026-04-30
Listed building consent for correction of a wrongly installed wood burning stove flue and alterations to landscaping to the rear garden.
Received 2026-04-30
Correction of a wrongly installed wood burning stove flue and alterations to landscaping to the rear garden.
Received 2026-04-30
Listed building consent for proposed change of use from Class E (Office Use) to Sui Generis Use, to utilise the former officer space as community events / pop-up space at Ground Floor, King Edward Court. (Linked with 26/1269/FUL)
Received 2026-04-22
Advertisement consent for shopfront signage.
Received 2026-03-26
Listed building consent for the removal of existing white acrylic lettering from shopfront, replace with new white acrylic lettering and repaint shopfront.
Received 2026-03-26
Applications are matched within 500 m of the WA16 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 WA16 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 1985 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for WA16
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 WA16 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 5 to decile 10, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
WA16 0PQ, 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 WA16 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in WA16: 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 WA16, band by band
Cheshire East's council tax for 2026-27 set against the WA16 median sold price of £466,500 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearCheshire East | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £466,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,637 | £136 | 0.35% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,909 | £159 | 0.41% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,182 | £182 | 0.47% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,455 | £205 | 0.53% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,000 | £250 | 0.64% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,546 | £296 | 0.76% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,091 | £341 | 0.88% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,910 | £409 | 1.05% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the WA16 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, Cheshire East, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in WA16 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 236 distinct addresses in the records we hold for WA16. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
16, FRESHFIELDS, KNUTSFORD
WA16 0NR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£557,500
2026-08-20
BEECHWOOD, TABLEY ROAD, KNUTSFORD
WA16 0PQ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£55,000
2026-08-18
SPRINGFIELD, STOCKS LANE, KNUTSFORD
WA16 8TP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£985,000
2026-08-14
54, WESTFIELD DRIVE, KNUTSFORD
WA16 0BN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£600,000
2026-08-14
14, BEECHWOOD, KNUTSFORD
WA16 8AR · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£465,000
2026-08-10
32, WOODLANDS CRESCENT, KNUTSFORD
WA16 6LP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£490,000
2026-08-07
4, CHURCH HILL, KNUTSFORD
WA16 6DH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-08-07
74, MOBBERLEY ROAD, KNUTSFORD
WA16 8EL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£525,000
2026-08-07
THE OAKS, WARFORD PARK, KNUTSFORD
WA16 7RH · Flat / maisonette · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£280,000
2026-07-31
THE ELMS, PLUMLEY MOOR ROAD, KNUTSFORD
WA16 9SE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£760,000
2026-07-30
5, HOLLINGFORD PLACE, KNUTSFORD
WA16 9DP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£805,000
2026-07-30
ROSTREVOR, MERESIDE ROAD, KNUTSFORD
WA16 6QZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,752,500
2026-07-29
19, MANOR CRESCENT, KNUTSFORD
WA16 8DL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£390,000
2026-07-27
9, BUCKINGHAM DRIVE, KNUTSFORD
WA16 8LH · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£360,000
2026-07-24
ASH COURT, KING EDWARD ROAD, KNUTSFORD
WA16 0BE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£180,000
2026-07-24
80, WESTFIELD DRIVE, KNUTSFORD
WA16 0BN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£391,000
2026-07-20
9, LOWE DRIVE, KNUTSFORD
WA16 8DN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£360,000
2026-07-20
ASHLINGS, 61, NORTHWICH ROAD, KNUTSFORD
WA16 9LE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-07-20
1, BERTRAM PLACE, KNUTSFORD
WA16 0XN · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£345,000
2026-07-17
16, BEXTON ROAD, KNUTSFORD
WA16 0DQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£575,000
2026-07-17
8, LILAC AVENUE, KNUTSFORD
WA16 0AZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£550,000
2026-07-16
LEGH HOUSE, HOLLOW LANE, KNUTSFORD
WA16 8WB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£250,000
2026-07-14
56, MANOR PARK SOUTH, KNUTSFORD
WA16 8AN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£480,000
2026-07-10
6, WHITSON CLOSE, KNUTSFORD
WA16 6UD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£782,000
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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Data sources
Every WA16 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.