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Lower Drake Fold, BL5

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

Median sold price
£115,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£2,412
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
29
Distinct homes
18
Price range
£27,000£231,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Lower Drake Fold is a mix of semi-detached houses and detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £115,000 — roughly 44% below the BL5 norm. On floor area that works out near £2,412 per square metre, in line with the district's £2,337. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across BL5 prices have been rising over the last few years. With 29 sales across 18 homes since 2001, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Lower Drake Fold prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 29 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianBL5 district trend
£50k£100k£150k£200k£250k200520102015202020252001: £67,000 median · 2 sales2002: £67,950 median · 1 sale2003: £94,950 median · 3 sales2004: £114,950 median · 3 sales2005: £67,000 median · 2 sales2006: £147,500 median · 2 sales2007: £155,950 median · 1 sale2008: £150,000 median · 2 sales2011: £105,000 median · 1 sale2012: £99,950 median · 1 sale2013: £97,500 median · 1 sale2015: £123,000 median · 1 sale2016: £70,000 median · 1 sale2019: £125,500 median · 1 sale2020: £172,000 median · 2 sales2021: £183,275 median · 2 sales2022: £160,000 median · 1 sale2024: £231,000 median · 1 sale2025: £216,500 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 Lower Drake Fold compares

Lower Drake Fold 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
Manchester Road£180k · 90
Wigan Road£150k · 89
Chorley Road£147k · 107
Church Street£145k · 94
Leigh Road£145k · 80
Bolton Road£143k · 71
Lower Drake Fold£115k · 29*

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
£115,000
median · all recorded sales
BL5 district
£205,000
median · last 8 years · street -44%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Lower Drake Fold's £115,000 median sits about 44% below BL5's £205,000; on floor space it runs £2,412/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 Lower Drake Fold.

Semi-detached
£105,000
15 sales
Detached
£135,000
9 sales
Terraced
£150,000
4 sales
Flat
£164,050
1 sale

Every recorded sale on Lower Drake Fold

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
2 May 202519 · BL5 2REDetached£216,500
19 Jul 202421 · BL5 2REDetached£231,000
7 Nov 20226 · BL5 2RESemi-detached£160,000
29 Oct 202110 · BL5 2RESemi-detached£202,500
3 Sept 20218 · BL5 2REFlat£164,050
1 Oct 20207 · BL5 2RETerraced£229,000
26 Jun 20204 · BL5 2RESemi-detached£115,000
12 Feb 201924 · BL5 2REDetached£125,500
29 Apr 201614 · BL5 2RESemi-detached£70,000
13 Mar 201520 · BL5 2RESemi-detached£123,000
10 May 201318 · BL5 2RESemi-detached£97,500
13 Jul 201212 · BL5 2RESemi-detached£99,950
16 Dec 201112 · BL5 2RESemi-detached£105,000
18 Jul 20087 · BL5 2RETerraced£150,000
18 Jul 20087 · BL5 2RETerraced£150,000
31 Aug 200721 · BL5 2REDetached£155,950
15 Sept 20065 · BL5 2REDetached£160,000
12 May 200619 · BL5 2REDetached£135,000
15 Jul 200533 · BL5 2RESemi-detached£107,000
21 Jan 200524 · BL5 2REDetached£27,000
17 Sept 200422 · BL5 2RESemi-detached£129,000
30 Jul 200420 · BL5 2RESemi-detached£114,950
27 Feb 200418 · BL5 2RESemi-detached£77,000
21 Nov 200322 · BL5 2RESemi-detached£100,000
5 Sept 200314 · BL5 2RESemi-detached£94,950
1 Aug 200325 · BL5 2REDetached£75,000
6 Dec 200231 · BL5 2RESemi-detached£67,950
19 Oct 200126 · BL5 2REDetached£85,000
27 Mar 200114 · BL5 2RETerraced£49,000
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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.