Where a square metre of home costs least in England & Wales
Postcode districts ranked by the lowest median £ per square metre — sold prices joined to EPC floor areas, the fairest like-for-like measure of what home costs.
DL4 · Shildon tops the table with £896 per square metre. DN31 · Grimsby and SR8 · Peterlee follow at £930/m² and £1,044/m², and the No. 50 entry, BB10 · Burnley, sits at £1,595/m² — a 1.8× spread from top to bottom. Every postcode district here links to its full guide — the trend, prices by type and how it compares to England.
Median sold price over the last three years from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; 5-year change is on a mix-robust median index. Only postcode districts with a meaningful number of recent sales are ranked.
Best-value £ per square metre — FAQs
DL4 · Shildon, with £896 per square metre (HM Land Registry sold-price data, among England & Wales postcode districts with at least 300 recent sales).
1. DL4 · Shildon (£896/m²); 2. DN31 · Grimsby (£930/m²); 3. SR8 · Peterlee (£1,044/m²).
Each postcode district's median £ per square metre: HM Land Registry sold prices joined to the property's EPC floor area, over the last three years, with a floor of 300 recent sales. £/m² strips out the size mix, so it compares what a metre of home actually costs. Updated daily.
More house-price rankings
A league table is a starting point.
Rankings show the market. A Housometer report tells you about the actual home — value, risk, running costs and more.
An evidence-based estimate with a confidence range, every sale since 1995, and the nearest comparables.
EPC rating, floor area, heating type and what the home costs to run.
The exact band for this property and what it costs you each year.