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UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/ch

House prices in the CH postcode area, Chester

Homes in the CH postcode area sold for a median of £230,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 17,607 standard sales.

That is close to the £225,000 median for the North West.

Median sale price£230,00017,607 standard sales
Middle half of prices£170,000 to £322,000
Change since 2016+44%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was CH60 (Wirral), at £460,000, and the cheapest was CH41 (Birkenhead), at £123,500. The dearest median is 3.7 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were CH48 (Wirral) and CH47 (Wirral), and the next cheapest CH44 (Wallasey) and CH42 (Birkenhead).

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

Post towns in the CH area, by number of sales: Wirral (8 districts), Chester (CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4), Wallasey (CH44, CH45), Ellesmere Port (CH65, CH66), Mold (CH7), Deeside (CH5), Birkenhead (CH41, CH42), Prenton (CH43), Neston (CH64), Holywell (CH8), Flint (CH6).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. CH60Wirral, 429 sales£460,000Too few+10%
  2. CH48Wirral, 512 sales£356,500Too few+5%
  3. CH47Wirral, 340 sales£351,500Too few+11%
  4. CH3Chester, 1,072 sales£325,000£3,485−3%
  5. CH64Neston, 569 sales£315,000£3,131−9%
  6. CH2Chester, 1,007 sales£280,000£3,052+1%
  7. CH61Wirral, 500 sales£278,000£3,070+8%
  8. CH63Wirral, 745 sales£265,000£2,694+7%
  9. CH4Chester, 968 sales£261,000£3,218−5%
  10. CH49Wirral, 803 sales£235,000£2,834+1%
  11. CH7Mold, 1,314 sales£230,000£2,773+6%
  12. CH66Ellesmere Port, 961 sales£225,000£2,7060%
  13. CH43Prenton, 901 sales£217,500£2,356+2%
  14. CH45Wallasey, 892 sales£215,000£1,978+9%
  15. CH1Chester, 812 sales£210,500£2,890−1%
  16. CH5Deeside, 1,050 sales£210,500£2,756+7%
  17. CH62Wirral, 861 sales£210,000£2,583+5%
  18. CH46Wirral, 674 sales£204,500£2,533+1%
  19. CH8Holywell, 455 sales£183,000Too few+13%
  20. CH6Flint, 401 sales£179,000Too few−1%
  21. CH65Ellesmere Port, 618 sales£174,500£2,2530%
  22. CH42Birkenhead, 675 sales£152,500Too few+3%
  23. CH44Wallasey, 695 sales£151,000Too few+9%
  24. CH41Birkenhead, 353 sales£123,500Too few+3%

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 CH8 (Holywell), up 13%, and fell most in CH64 (Neston), down 9%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Chancery Gardens, Christleton (CH3, detached houses, £747,500), Hough Green, Chester (CH4, £699,000) and Eaton Road, Chester (CH4, £620,000).

The cheapest were High Street, Connahs Quay (CH5, £93,500), Grosvenor Wharf Road, Ellesmere Port (CH65, flats, £96,000) and Long Lane, Upton (CH2, £96,500).

Neighbouring postcode areas include L (Liverpool) and LL (Llandudno).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the CH area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached4,531£355,000£277,000 to £480,000£3,185/m²from 172 sales
Semi-detached7,181£230,000£187,000 to £290,000£2,688/m²from 301 sales
Terraced4,059£172,000£135,000 to £222,000£2,431/m²from 139 sales
Flats and maisonettes1,836£140,500£105,000 to £190,000£2,225/m²from 60 sales

Semi-detached houses were the most common type sold in the CH area, at 41% of sales, ahead of detached houses at 26%.

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 44%, from £160,000 in 2016 to £230,000 in 2025, more than the 35% rise across England and Wales.

Council areas in the CH postcode area

Within CH, the median ran from £215,000 in Flintshire to £258,000 in Cheshire West and Chester, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the CH area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in CHMedian in CHWhole council area
Wirral8,389£222,500£222,500
Cheshire West and Chester5,531£258,000£265,000
Flintshire3,663£215,000£215,500
Denbighshire24£387,500£200,000

About these figures

The CH figures come from 17,607 standard sales in 24 postcode districts across 4 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was CH7 (Mold), with 1,314 sales.

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

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