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UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/house-prices/westmorland-and-furness

Council areaNorth West, England

House prices in Westmorland and Furness

Homes in Westmorland and Furness sold for a median of £240,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 6,750 standard sales.

That puts it among the dearest third of the 35 council areas in the North West with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £225,000.

Median sale price£240,0006,750 standard sales
Middle half of prices£160,000 to £350,000
Change since 2016+36%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Postcode districts in Westmorland and Furness

The dearest district was LA22 (Ambleside), at £469,000, and the cheapest was LA14 (Barrow-in-Furness), at £140,000. The dearest median is 3.4 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were LA8 (Kendal) and LA23 (Windermere), and the next cheapest LA15 (Dalton-in-Furness) and LA13 (Barrow-in-Furness).

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Each dot is a postcode district in Westmorland and Furness, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in Westmorland and Furness, by number of sales: Barrow-in-Furness (LA13, LA14), Kendal (LA8, LA9), Penrith (CA10, CA11), Ulverston (LA12), Carnforth (LA6), Grange-Over-Sands (LA11), Dalton-in-Furness (LA15), Windermere (LA23), and 10 more.

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. LA22Ambleside, 108 sales£469,000Too few
  2. LA8Kendal, 200 sales£365,000−9%
  3. LA23Windermere, 224 sales£365,000−20%
  4. LA6Carnforth, 349 sales£310,000−13%
  5. LA7Milnthorpe, 125 sales£305,000Too few
  6. CA10Penrith, 398 sales£286,000+2%
  7. LA11Grange-Over-Sands, 337 sales£280,000−5%
  8. LA12Ulverston, 638 sales£265,000−2%
  9. CA17Kirkby Stephen, 147 sales£260,000Too few
  10. LA9Kendal, 1,006 sales£260,000−4%
  11. LA16Askam-in-Furness, 111 sales£255,000Too few
  12. CA16Appleby-in-Westmorland, 185 sales£238,000Too few
  13. CA11Penrith, 772 sales£235,000−5%
  14. LA13Barrow-in-Furness, 583 sales£210,000+15%
  15. LA15Dalton-in-Furness, 292 sales£155,000+3%
  16. LA14Barrow-in-Furness, 1,076 sales£140,000+6%

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: CA9 £184k (48 sales), LA10 £289k (94 sales), LA17 £250k (32 sales), LA20 £285k (30 sales), LA21 £355k (26 sales).

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in LA13 (Barrow-in-Furness), up 15%, and fell most in LA23 (Windermere), down 20%.

Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Swindale Gardens, Penrith (CA11)40 sales
  • Lingmoor Rise, Kendal (LA9)22 sales
  • Harrogate Street, Barrow-in-Furness (LA14)21 sales
  • Primrose Drive, Penrith (CA11)18 sales
  • Oxford Street, Barrow-in-Furness (LA14)17 sales
  • Bannerdale Road, Carleton Village (CA11)16 sales
  • Devon Street, Barrow-in-Furness (LA13)16 sales
  • Sycamore Rise, Kendal (LA9)16 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Paddock Drive, Kendal (LA9, £520,000), Poppy Lane, Over Kellet (LA6, detached houses, £517,500) and Walnut Close, Kendal (LA9, £498,500).

The cheapest were Westmorland Street, Barrow-in-Furness (LA14, terraced houses, £80,000), Kent Street, Barrow-in-Furness (LA13, terraced houses, £85,000) and Devon Street, Barrow-in-Furness (LA13, terraced houses, £91,500).

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 36%, from £176,000 in 2016 to £240,000 in 2025, less than the 52% rise across the North West as a whole.

Prices by property type

Standard sales in Westmorland and Furness, September 2024 to August 2026. Per m² uses sales HM Land Registry has linked to a property reference that has an energy certificate
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached1,785£395,000£313,000 to £520,000£3,359/m²from 77 sales
Semi-detached1,966£247,000£195,000 to £305,000£3,041/m²from 81 sales
Terraced2,363£165,000£120,000 to £232,000£1,903/m²from 81 sales
Flats and maisonettes636£157,500£115,000 to £227,000Too few

Terraced houses were the most common type sold in Westmorland and Furness, at 35% of sales, ahead of semi-detached houses at 29%.

Living in Westmorland and Furness

Crime

69 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026

Near the middle of all council areas. England and Wales: 84.

The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.

Gigabit broadband

84% of homes can get it

Lower than 74 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%.

Radon

67% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Higher than 65 in 100 council areas.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,508 a year in Westmorland and Furness for 2026 to 2027

Higher than 70 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Council areas in the North West

Median sale price of the 35 council areas in the North West with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. Westmorland and Furness and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.

  1. Ribble Valley£277,000
  2. Cheshire West and Chester£265,000
  3. Warrington£260,000
  4. Manchester£252,500
  5. Bury£250,000
  6. West Lancashire£248,000
  7. Fylde£245,000
  8. Westmorland and Furness£240,000
  9. Salford£235,000
  10. Sefton£230,000
  11. Chorley£225,000
  12. Wirral£222,500
  13. South Ribble£220,000
  14. Tameside£220,000
  15. Rochdale£210,500
All 35 council areas in the North West, ranked

About these figures

Westmorland and Furness's figures come from 6,750 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode (how we build council pages).

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.