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Birchen Avenue, WF5

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£173,750
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,121
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
34
Distinct homes
23
Price range
£66,500 – £545,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2026
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Birchen Avenue is a mix of semi-detached houses and detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £173,750 — roughly 9% below the WF5 norm. On floor area that works out near £3,121 per square metre, above the district's £2,335. The street has been outpacing the WF5 trend. With 34 sales across 23 homes since 2000, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Birchen Avenue prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 34 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianWF5 district trend
£0£200k£400k£600k2000200520102015202020252000: £66,500 median · 1 sale2001: £85,500 median · 2 sales2002: £162,000 median · 1 sale2003: £131,000 median · 2 sales2004: £237,750 median · 2 sales2005: £137,000 median · 5 sales2006: £175,000 median · 1 sale2007: £159,950 median · 1 sale2010: £157,000 median · 1 sale2013: £164,500 median · 6 sales2015: £167,632 median · 2 sales2018: £172,500 median · 1 sale2019: £405,000 median · 1 sale2020: £190,000 median · 1 sale2021: £236,250 median · 2 sales2022: £250,000 median · 1 sale2023: £297,000 median · 1 sale2025: £410,000 median · 2 sales2026: £475,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the WF5 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Birchen Avenue compares

Birchen Avenue against the WF5 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Kingsway£270k · 47
Queens Drive£270k · 37
New Street£217k · 55
Towngate£214k · 40
Healey Road£178k · 30
Birchen Avenue£174k · 34*
Manor Road£170k · 43
South Parade£163k · 35
Springstone Avenue£145k · 35
Dewsbury Road£145k · 30

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£173,750
median · all recorded sales
WF5 district
£189,950
median · last 8 years · street -9%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Birchen Avenue's £173,750 median sits about 9% below WF5's £189,950; on floor space it runs £3,121/m² against the district's £2,335/m² (+34%).

Street and WF5 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on Birchen Avenue.

Semi-detached
£159,975
18 sales
Detached
£198,500
16 sales

Every recorded sale on Birchen Avenue

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
23 Jan 202628 · WF5 8HTDetached—£475,000
28 Oct 202550 · WF5 8HTDetached—£275,000
31 Mar 202517 · WF5 8HTSemi-detached—£545,000
30 Aug 202433 · WF5 8HTnon-standardDetached—£340,000
6 Jan 202336 · WF5 8HTSemi-detached—£297,000
15 Nov 202240 · WF5 8HTSemi-detached—£250,000
30 Sept 202132 · WF5 8HTSemi-detached—£282,500
8 Jan 20219 · WF5 8HTSemi-detached—£190,000
28 Aug 202023 · WF5 8HTSemi-detached—£190,000
31 May 201919 · WF5 8HTDetached—£405,000
24 May 201836 · WF5 8HTSemi-detached—£172,500
29 May 201546 · WF5 8HTSemi-detached—£143,265
17 Apr 20151 · WF5 8HTDetached—£192,000
17 Oct 20134 · WF5 8HTSemi-detached—£133,000
7 Oct 201342 · WF5 8HTSemi-detached—£169,000
30 Aug 20132 · WF5 8HTDetached—£153,000
3 Apr 201348 · WF5 8HTDetached—£225,000
22 Mar 201328 · WF5 8HTDetached—£205,000
30 Jan 201332 · WF5 8HTSemi-detached—£160,000
3 Dec 20103 · WF5 8HTSemi-detached—£157,000
10 Jul 200732 · WF5 8HTSemi-detached—£159,950
14 Jul 20061 · WF5 8HTDetached—£175,000
21 Oct 200513 · WF5 8HTDetached—£246,250
14 Oct 20056 · WF5 8HTSemi-detached—£124,000
11 Aug 20054 · WF5 8HTSemi-detached—£126,495
6 May 20053 · WF5 8HTSemi-detached—£137,000
15 Apr 200520 · WF5 8HTDetached—£220,000
16 Jul 20047 · WF5 8HTDetached—£183,000
23 Jan 200419 · WF5 8HTDetachedYes£292,500
23 May 200320 · WF5 8HTDetached—£159,000
13 Mar 200316 · WF5 8HTSemi-detached—£103,000
23 Dec 200226 · WF5 8HTDetached—£162,000
10 Aug 20017 · WF5 8HTDetached—£71,000
23 Jul 200126 · WF5 8HTDetached—£100,000
1 Dec 200014 · WF5 8HTSemi-detached—£66,500

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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More streets in WF5

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider WF5 area guide.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.