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Forest Drive, BL5

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

Median sold price
£200,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£2,334
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
75
Distinct homes
36
Price range
£71,000 – £415,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2023
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Sales on Forest Drive are mostly detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £200,000, much in line with the BL5 norm. On floor area that works out near £2,334 per square metre, in line with 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 75 sales across 36 homes since 2001.

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Forest Drive prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 75 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianBL5 district trend
£100k£200k£300k£400k200520102015202020252001: £165,000 median · 3 sales2004: £200,000 median · 28 sales2005: £249,500 median · 3 sales2006: £209,000 median · 5 sales2007: £201,500 median · 4 sales2008: £360,000 median · 4 sales2009: £170,000 median · 2 sales2010: £200,000 median · 3 sales2011: £240,000 median · 1 sale2012: £150,000 median · 1 sale2013: £222,500 median · 2 sales2014: £158,500 median · 1 sale2016: £275,000 median · 3 sales2017: £234,000 median · 5 sales2018: £236,000 median · 1 sale2019: £238,975 median · 2 sales2020: £185,000 median · 3 sales2021: £308,000 median · 1 sale2022: £313,326 median · 2 sales2023: £230,000 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 Forest Drive compares

Forest Drive 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
Forest Drive£200k · 75*
Park Road£191k · 98
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
£200,000
median · all recorded sales
BL5 district
£205,000
median · last 8 years · street -2%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Forest Drive's £200,000 median sits close to BL5's £205,000; on floor space it runs £2,334/m² against the district's £2,337/m².

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 Forest Drive.

Detached
£210,995
56 sales
Semi-detached
£172,000
19 sales

Every recorded sale on Forest Drive

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
8 Aug 202333 · BL5 3DHSemi-detached—£230,000
21 Oct 202215 · BL5 3DHDetached—£389,652
8 Apr 202241 · BL5 3DHSemi-detached—£237,000
29 Sept 202130 · BL5 3DHDetached—£308,000
4 Dec 202027 · BL5 3DHDetached—£327,500
23 Oct 20203 · BL5 3DHSemi-detached—£185,000
1 Oct 202035 · BL5 3DHSemi-detached—£175,000
15 Nov 201936 · BL5 3DHDetached—£258,000
22 Mar 201942 · BL5 3DHSemi-detached—£219,950
16 Jul 201813 · BL5 3DHDetached—£236,000
17 Nov 201740 · BL5 3DHDetached—£163,500
18 Sept 20171 · BL5 3DHSemi-detached—£140,000
30 Jun 201719 · BL5 3DHDetached—£292,000
19 Jun 201713 · BL5 3DHDetached—£234,000
19 Jun 201713 · BL5 3DHDetached—£234,000
30 Sept 201625 · BL5 3DHDetached—£275,000
19 Feb 201613 · BL5 3DHDetached—£200,000
8 Jan 20168 · BL5 3DHDetached—£415,000
10 Dec 201529 · BL5 3DHnon-standardDetached—£200,000
23 Jun 201441 · BL5 3DHSemi-detached—£158,500
29 Nov 201332 · BL5 3DHDetached—£185,000
24 May 201319 · BL5 3DHDetached—£260,000
17 Feb 201238 · BL5 3DHSemi-detached—£150,000
30 Sept 201134 · BL5 3DHDetached—£240,000
16 Jul 201026 · BL5 3DHDetached—£245,000
23 Apr 201032 · BL5 3DHDetached—£200,000
1 Mar 201035 · BL5 3DHSemi-detached—£162,500
28 Aug 200936 · BL5 3DHDetached—£190,000
14 Apr 200940 · BL5 3DHDetached—£150,000
26 Sept 20088 · BL5 3DHDetached—£370,000
26 Sept 20088 · BL5 3DHDetached—£370,000
2 May 20082 · BL5 3DHDetached—£179,500
8 Feb 20088 · BL5 3DHSemi-detached—£350,000
23 Nov 200735 · BL5 3DHSemi-detached—£172,000
16 Nov 200727 · BL5 3DHDetached—£228,000
13 Jul 200743 · BL5 3DHDetached—£175,000
6 Jul 200731 · BL5 3DHDetached—£260,000
20 Oct 200619 · BL5 3DHDetached—£265,000
29 Sept 200616 · BL5 3DHDetached—£209,000
18 Aug 200641 · BL5 3DHSemi-detached—£176,000
28 Apr 200622 · BL5 3DHDetached—£247,500
7 Mar 200632 · BL5 3DHDetached—£177,500
4 Nov 200517 · BL5 3DHDetached—£249,500
2 Mar 200542 · BL5 3DHSemi-detachedYes£183,500
20 Jan 200537 · BL5 3DHDetached—£249,950
31 Aug 200444 · BL5 3DHSemi-detachedYes£178,995
27 Aug 200438 · BL5 3DHDetachedYes£189,995
30 Jul 200440 · BL5 3DHDetachedYes£178,995
25 Jun 200441 · BL5 3DHSemi-detachedYes£168,145
25 Jun 200443 · BL5 3DHDetachedYes£178,995

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 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.