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Wordsmith Drive, M6

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

Median sold price
£275,495
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£2,155
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
6
Distinct homes
6
Price range
£204,995£294,995
Sales recorded
2018
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Wordsmith Drive is a mix of detached houses and semi-detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £275,495 — roughly 42% above the M6 norm. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £2,155, below the district's £2,476. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across M6 prices have been easing over the last few years. HM Land Registry records 6 sales across 6 homes since 2018.

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Wordsmith Drive prices over time

Too few sale years for a price chart yet.

Every recorded sale on Wordsmith Drive falls in 2018: median £275,495 across 6 sales.

How Wordsmith Drive compares

Wordsmith Drive against the M6 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Claremont Road£290k · 51
Wordsmith Drive£275k · 6*
Scholars Avenue£268k · 53
Shergar Way£260k · 106
Ribot Walk£260k · 52
Light Oaks Road£234k · 56
Blossom Way£219k · 71
Lancaster Road£218k · 56
Eccles Old Road£156k · 58
Frederick Road£100k · 544

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
£275,495
median · all recorded sales
M6 district
£193,873
median · last 8 years · street +42%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Wordsmith Drive's £275,495 median sits about 42% above M6's £193,873; on floor space it runs £2,155/m² against the district's £2,476/m² (-13%).

Street and M6 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 Wordsmith Drive.

Detached
£209,995
3 sales
Semi-detached
£277,995
3 sales

Every recorded sale on Wordsmith Drive

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
5 Oct 20184 · M6 8GESemi-detachedYes£277,995
28 Sept 20185 · M6 8GESemi-detachedYes£277,995
28 Sept 20187 · M6 8GEnon-standardSemi-detachedYes£272,995
21 Sept 20186 · M6 8GESemi-detachedYes£272,995
14 Sept 20188 · M6 8GEDetachedYes£294,995
29 Jun 20183 · M6 8GEDetachedYes£204,995
28 Jun 20182 · M6 8GEDetachedYes£209,995

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 M6

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider M6 area guide.

Frederick RoadLangworthy RoadEccles Old RoadLancaster RoadCholmondeley RoadClaremont RoadLight Oaks RoadRomney StreetPinhigh PlaceNew Barton StreetStapleton StreetAsh Street
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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.