The average Altrincham home sold for £489,400 (Land Registry data). Prices by type, the £1.5m Bowdon roads, and the ladder from Hale down to Stretford.

What an Altrincham house is “worth” depends on which number you read. Asking prices are hopes; the figure that matters is what buyers actually paid, which HM Land Registry records when each sale completes. This page reads those sold-price figures plainly: the town and borough averages, what each property type goes for across Trafford, the roads where sales clear £1.5 million, and the local ladder from Hale down to Stretford.

The quick answer

The average sold price for a property in Altrincham (the WA14 and WA15 postcodes) is £489,400, based on HM Land Registry data compiled by PropertySolvers for the last rolling year. That is up £6,080 (1.38%) over twelve months and £30,414 (7.31%) over five years: a market that has kept its gains but is climbing gently rather than racing.

The official UK House Price Index puts the Trafford borough average at £393,244 for May 2026, up 6.2% on the year. That covers everywhere from Bowdon to Partington, which is why it sits below the Altrincham town figure. Both numbers point the same way: Trafford is rising well ahead of England as a whole, which managed just 2.3% over the same year, and it remains the most expensive borough in Greater Manchester by a distance.

What it means for you

If you are selling, the volume numbers matter more than the average. Altrincham recorded 558 sales in the last year, homes take an average of 111 days from listing to completion, and the typical sale completes about £13,369 (2%) under asking. In June 2026 there were 132 new listings, 103 agreed sales and 82 price reductions, so for every four homes that came to market, roughly two and a half found a buyer and two and a half cut their price. Realistic pricing from day one is what separates the two columns. If you are buying, the borough’s 6.2% annual rise means waiting is not free, and the most-sold band, £286,000 to £392,000 (136 sales), is where the competition concentrates; the £392,000 to £498,000 band is nearly as busy. If you are staying put, your home has gained roughly 1 to 6% in a year depending on where it sits and what it is.

Prices by property type

The UK House Price Index breaks the borough down by type. These are the Trafford figures for May 2026:

  • Detached houses: £791,447, up 5.8% on the year, and in the Altrincham and Hale postcodes routinely far beyond that.
  • Semi-detached houses: £444,790, up 7.3%, the fastest riser of the four. The classic Timperley and Sale family home.
  • Terraced houses: £343,887, up 7.2%. Stretford and Old Trafford terraces are the borough’s traditional first move.
  • Flats and maisonettes: £216,830, up 3.4%, the clear laggard.

A first-time buyer in Trafford paid an average of £317,021 in May 2026, up 6.5% on the year, while a home mover (selling one property to buy another) paid £477,036. The £160,000 gap between those figures is, in effect, the size of the step from a first flat or terrace to a family semi in Timperley or Sale.

The local ladder, from Hale to Stretford

One borough, very different markets. Here is the ladder, using the same rolling-year Land Registry sold-price basis for the towns and the May 2026 index for the borough and the benchmarks:

Average sold prices, Altrincham and nearby areas, 2026 Horizontal bar chart. Hale 500,000 pounds. Altrincham 489,400 pounds. Sale 454,000 pounds. Urmston 398,531 pounds. Trafford borough 393,244 pounds. Stockport borough 318,163 pounds. England 292,095 pounds. Stretford 265,413 pounds. Manchester city 247,469 pounds. North West 219,506 pounds. Sources: HM Land Registry data via PropertySolvers for towns, UK House Price Index May 2026 for borough and regions. Average sold prices: the Trafford ladder HM Land Registry data via PropertySolvers (towns) and UK HPI May 2026 (borough, England, North West) Hale £500,000 Altrincham £489,400 Sale £454,000 Urmston £398,531 Trafford borough £393,244 Stockport borough £318,163 England £292,095 Stretford £265,413 Manchester city £247,469 North West £219,506 Town figures are rolling-year sold-price averages; borough and regional figures are the UK HPI for May 2026. Dark green bars are Trafford towns; pale bars are the borough and regional benchmarks.
Hale and Altrincham top the ladder at around half a million pounds; every Trafford town except Stretford beats the England average, and even Stretford beats the North West.

Hale averages £500,000 (up 1.77% on 196 sales, and note the figure covers the wider WA15 postal area, not just the village, whose own streets run far higher). Sale at £454,000 (up 3.06% on 644 sales, the borough’s busiest market) and Urmston at £398,531 (up 2.93%, covering Flixton and Davyhulme too) fill the middle, while Stretford at £265,413 is the borough’s value market, and rising 4.52% as buyers priced out of Chorlton and Sale look one tram stop over. Partington’s sales sample is too small for a reliable town average, so it is left off the ladder.

The most expensive streets

The town’s priciest addresses cluster in Bowdon and the Devisdale, on the western edge of Altrincham, according to sold-price records compiled by PropertySolvers:

  • Bowdon Road (WA14): £1,588,333 average across three sales.
  • Chomlea, Devisdale Road (WA14): £1,575,400 across ten sales.
  • Grey Road (WA14): £1,450,000 across three sales.

Cross into Hale and the numbers climb again. The Hale street records are the borough’s peak: Barrow Lane at £3,963,333, two stretches of Carrwood at £3,120,000 and £2,981,593, Glentwood at £2,876,000 and Bankhall Lane at £2,865,000. This is the footballer belt, and it prices like it.

At the other end, the cheapest recorded Altrincham addresses are flats: Regent Court on Groby Road averaged £89,434 across sixteen sales, and blocks on Manchester Road recorded averages under £105,000. The spread between the two ends of the same town is nearly £3.9 million, which is why “the Altrincham average” on its own tells you very little about any one street.

How Altrincham compares

Trafford sits £100,000 above the England average (£292,095) and £174,000 above the North West average (£219,506) on the May 2026 UK House Price Index. It is comfortably the most expensive borough in Greater Manchester: Stockport is next at £318,163, with the city of Manchester at £247,469, Bury at £238,266 and Salford at £231,153. Cheshire East next door, which includes Wilmslow and Alderley Edge, averages £302,367 and still sits £90,000 below Trafford.

The pull is not hard to explain: the borough combines a tram into central Manchester every few minutes with the grammar schools, the market-house food scene that remade the town centre after 2014, and the green edge at Dunham Massey and the Bollin valley, which we cover in things to do in Altrincham. Demand from buyers leaving south Manchester lands squarely on WA14 and WA15, and the street-level figures above show what it did to prices there. What gets built next, from Altair by the Interchange to the Civic Quarter, is tracked in our Altrincham planning news.

Frequently asked questions

What is the average house price in Altrincham?

The average home in Altrincham (WA14 and WA15) sold for £489,400 over the last rolling year, according to HM Land Registry data compiled by PropertySolvers. The wider Trafford borough average on the official UK House Price Index was £393,244 in May 2026.

Are Altrincham house prices going up or down in 2026?

Up, gently at town level and strongly at borough level. Altrincham’s rolling-year average rose 1.38%, while the Trafford borough index rose 6.2% in the year to May 2026, nearly three times the England rate of 2.3%. Semis and terraces are rising fastest; flats are broadly flat.

How much is a semi-detached house in Altrincham?

Across Trafford, a semi-detached home averaged £444,790 in May 2026, up 7.3% on the year. In the WA14 and WA15 postcodes specifically, semis regularly sell well above that borough figure; detached homes across the borough averaged £791,447.

Where are the most expensive houses in Altrincham?

Bowdon and the Devisdale hold the town’s records, with Bowdon Road, Chomlea on Devisdale Road and Grey Road all averaging £1.45 million or more. Over the border in Hale, Barrow Lane and Carrwood average £3 million to £4 million, the highest sold prices in Greater Manchester.

Is Altrincham the most expensive place in Greater Manchester?

Effectively yes. Trafford is the region’s most expensive borough at £393,244, around £75,000 ahead of second-placed Stockport, and the Altrincham, Hale and Bowdon corner is the most expensive part of Trafford.

Where can I check what a specific house sold for?

Every completed sale in England and Wales is public. Look up any street or address free on the HM Land Registry Price Paid service, or browse the same data on Rightmove and Zoopla.

Sources

Figures are provisional and revised as more sales complete; rolling-year town figures and monthly index figures cover slightly different windows. Always confirm the latest numbers against the linked HM Land Registry sources before making a decision. Checked August 2026.