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Watergate Close, BL5

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

Median sold price
£299,995
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,018
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
16
Distinct homes
16
Price range
£144,375£399,995
Sales recorded
2021 → 2023
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Sales on Watergate Close are mostly detached houses. The median sale price is £299,995, about 46% above the typical BL5 sale. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £3,018, 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. With 16 sales across 16 homes since 2021, the street turns over frequently.

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Watergate Close prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 16 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianBL5 district trend
£150k£200k£250k£300k£350k2021202220232024202520262021: £334,995 median · 5 sales2022: £299,995 median · 7 sales2023: £287,495 median · 4 sales

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 Watergate Close compares

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

Watergate Close£300k · 16*
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

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
£299,995
median · all recorded sales
BL5 district
£205,000
median · last 8 years · street +46%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Watergate Close's £299,995 median sits about 46% above BL5's £205,000; on floor space it runs £3,018/m² against the district's £2,337/m² (+29%).

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 Watergate Close.

Detached
£309,995
10 sales
Semi-detached
£299,995
5 sales
Terraced
£144,375
1 sale

Every recorded sale on Watergate Close

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
7 Jul 202317 · BL5 3JJnon-standardSemi-detachedYes£274,995
4 May 202319 · BL5 3JJSemi-detachedYes£274,995
27 Apr 202321 · BL5 3JJSemi-detachedYes£274,995
31 Jan 202315 · BL5 3JJSemi-detachedYes£299,995
27 Jan 202323 · BL5 3JJSemi-detachedYes£299,995
21 Dec 202225 · BL5 3JJSemi-detachedYes£299,995
14 Dec 202227 · BL5 3JJnon-standardOther£320,307
14 Dec 202222 · BL5 3JJnon-standardOther£320,307
8 Dec 202220 · BL5 3JJTerraced£144,375
29 Nov 202220 · BL5 3JJnon-standardTerracedYes£121,550
14 Oct 20226 · BL5 3JJDetachedYes£329,995
6 Oct 202214 · BL5 3JJnon-standardTerracedYes£53,384
30 Sept 202210 · BL5 3JJnon-standardTerracedYes£121,550
30 Sept 202218 · BL5 3JJnon-standardTerracedYes£121,550
30 Sept 202216 · BL5 3JJnon-standardTerracedYes£121,550
30 Sept 202212 · BL5 3JJnon-standardTerracedYes£121,550
27 May 20228 · BL5 3JJDetachedYes£314,995
11 Mar 202211 · BL5 3JJDetachedYes£299,995
28 Feb 20229 · BL5 3JJDetachedYes£304,995
25 Feb 20224 · BL5 3JJDetachedYes£294,995
17 Dec 20217 · BL5 3JJDetachedYes£399,995
25 Oct 20213 · BL5 3JJDetachedYes£364,995
14 Oct 20215 · BL5 3JJDetachedYes£334,995
29 Sept 20211 · BL5 3JJDetachedYes£279,995
6 Aug 20212 · BL5 3JJDetachedYes£294,995

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.