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Cow Lees, BL5

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

Median sold price
£187,500
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,313
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
25
Distinct homes
20
Price range
£59,995£492,500
Sales recorded
2000 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Cow Lees is a street almost entirely of detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £187,500 — roughly 9% below the BL5 norm. On floor area that works out near £3,313 per square metre, above the district's £2,337. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; BL5 prices as a whole have been rising. HM Land Registry records 25 sales across 20 homes since 2000 — homes here come up rarely.

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Cow Lees prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 25 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianBL5 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k2000200520102015202020252000: £78,500 median · 3 sales2005: £190,000 median · 3 sales2006: £181,500 median · 1 sale2009: £171,250 median · 2 sales2010: £153,000 median · 1 sale2011: £140,000 median · 1 sale2012: £175,000 median · 1 sale2013: £150,000 median · 1 sale2015: £160,000 median · 1 sale2016: £230,000 median · 3 sales2017: £230,000 median · 1 sale2018: £202,000 median · 1 sale2019: £214,500 median · 1 sale2021: £370,750 median · 2 sales2022: £272,500 median · 2 sales2025: £350,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the BL5 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Cow Lees compares

Cow Lees against the BL5 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Hewlett Way£282k · 56
Borsdane Way£256k · 62
Park Road£191k · 98
Cow Lees£188k · 25*
Manchester Road£180k · 90
Wigan Road£150k · 89
Chorley Road£147k · 107
Church Street£145k · 94
Leigh Road£145k · 80
Bolton Road£143k · 71

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
£187,500
median · all recorded sales
BL5 district
£205,000
median · last 8 years · street -9%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Cow Lees's £187,500 median sits about 9% below BL5's £205,000; on floor space it runs £3,313/m² against the district's £2,337/m² (+42%).

Street and BL5 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 Cow Lees.

Detached
£190,000
23 sales
Semi-detached
£171,250
2 sales

Every recorded sale on Cow Lees

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
7 Jan 202528 · BL5 3EGDetached£350,000
29 Apr 202214 · BL5 3EGDetached£270,000
17 Feb 202212 · BL5 3EGDetached£275,000
29 Sept 202156 · BL5 3EGDetached£492,500
13 Jan 202140 · BL5 3EGDetached£249,000
1 May 201930 · BL5 3EGDetached£214,500
25 Jan 201834 · BL5 3EGDetached£202,000
13 Oct 201720 · BL5 3EGDetached£230,000
30 Sept 201637 · BL5 3EGDetached£180,000
22 Apr 201613 · BL5 3EGDetached£275,000
5 Feb 201621 · BL5 3EGDetached£230,000
30 Jan 20158 · BL5 3EGDetached£160,000
2 Aug 20132 · BL5 3EGDetached£150,000
7 Dec 201235 · BL5 3EGDetached£175,000
30 Sept 20114 · BL5 3EGDetached£140,000
1 Jul 20109 · BL5 3EGDetached£153,000
18 Dec 200923 · BL5 3EGSemi-detached£172,500
29 May 200923 · BL5 3EGSemi-detached£170,000
1 Dec 200618 · BL5 3EGDetached£181,500
21 Dec 200532 · BL5 3EGDetached£210,000
31 May 200535 · BL5 3EGDetached£187,500
28 Jan 200538 · BL5 3EGDetached£190,000
10 Aug 200035 · BL5 3EGDetached£78,500
17 Jul 200012 · BL5 3EGDetached£89,950
26 Jan 200012 · BL5 3EGDetached£59,995
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More streets in BL5

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider BL5 area guide.

Church StreetManchester RoadChorley RoadPark RoadLeigh RoadWigan RoadBolton RoadHindley RoadGreen MeadowsGlazebury DriveOld VicarageCollingwood Way
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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.