UK Property Check

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

House prices in the L postcode area, Liverpool

Homes in the L postcode area sold for a median of £210,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 18,062 standard sales.

That is 7% below the £225,000 median for the North West, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£210,00018,062 standard sales
Middle half of prices£150,000 to £290,000
Change since 2016+57%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

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 57%, from £133,500 in 2016 to £210,000 in 2025, the seventh biggest rise of the 105 postcode areas in England and Wales.

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was L37 (Formby), at £332,500, and the cheapest was L5 (Liverpool), at £125,500. The dearest median is 2.6 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were L18 (Mossley Hill) and L16 (mostly Childwall ward), and the next cheapest L4 (Liverpool), L20 (Bootle) and L6 (Liverpool).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the L 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 L area, by number of sales: Liverpool (33 districts), Ormskirk (L39, L40), Prescot (L34, L35), Bootle (L20, L30).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. L37Liverpool, 752 sales£332,500£3,320+7%
  2. L18Liverpool, 678 sales£325,000£3,605+2%
  3. L16Liverpool, 297 sales£305,000Too few+1%
  4. L40Ormskirk, 700 sales£293,500£3,080−7%
  5. L23Liverpool, 880 sales£281,000£2,772+7%
  6. L39Ormskirk, 684 sales£280,000£2,757+6%
  7. L26Liverpool, 472 sales£274,500£3,287+4%
  8. L25Liverpool, 796 sales£265,000£2,992+12%
  9. L17Liverpool, 690 sales£250,000£2,913+9%
  10. L31Liverpool, 920 sales£250,000£2,7930%
  11. L19Liverpool, 578 sales£244,500Too few+14%
  12. L34Prescot, 456 sales£240,500£2,7000%
  13. L22Liverpool, 356 sales£230,000Too few+7%
  14. L12Liverpool, 625 sales£220,000£2,720+5%
  15. L35Prescot, 729 sales£215,000£2,743+6%
  16. L15Liverpool, 608 sales£200,000£2,544−6%
  17. L10Liverpool, 318 sales£195,000Too few+10%
  18. L14Liverpool, 474 sales£180,000Too few−4%
  19. L36Liverpool, 873 sales£180,000£2,423+7%
  20. L24Liverpool, 286 sales£173,000Too few+6%
  21. L3Liverpool, 419 sales£172,000Too few+4%
  22. L21Liverpool, 425 sales£170,000£2,824+9%
  23. L33Liverpool, 297 sales£169,000Too few+4%
  24. L30Bootle, 323 sales£165,000Too few+5%
  25. L9Liverpool, 598 sales£155,000Too few+2%
  26. L11Liverpool, 326 sales£155,000Too few+9%
  27. L27Liverpool, 104 sales£153,500Too fewToo few
  28. L13Liverpool, 567 sales£152,000£1,775+7%
  29. L1Liverpool, 304 sales£150,000Too few−9%
  30. L32Liverpool, 332 sales£150,000Too few+3%
  31. L8Liverpool, 373 sales£147,500Too few+2%
  32. L7Liverpool, 197 sales£145,000Too few+6%
  33. L6Liverpool, 345 sales£137,000Too few0%
  34. L20Bootle, 491 sales£137,000£1,529+13%
  35. L4Liverpool, 481 sales£128,500£1,566+18%
  36. L5Liverpool, 150 sales£125,500Too fewToo few

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: L2 £123k (37 sales), L28 £124k (52 sales), L38 £343k (63 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 L4 (Liverpool), up 18%, and fell most in L1 (mostly City Centre South ward), 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 Prescot Road, Aughton (L39, detached houses, £737,500), St Helens Road, Ormskirk (L39, £557,500) and Webster Road, Halewood (L26, detached houses, £545,000).

The cheapest were Crosshall Street, Liverpool (L1, flats, £48,000), Plaza Boulevard, Liverpool (L8, flats, £67,500) and Vale Lodge, Liverpool (L9, flats, £74,000).

Neighbouring postcode areas include WA (Warrington), PR (Preston), CH (Chester) and WN (Wigan).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the L area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached2,827£365,000£290,000 to £478,000£3,177/m²from 159 sales
Semi-detached6,758£235,000£187,000 to £292,000£2,719/m²from 258 sales
Terraced5,943£160,000£128,000 to £215,000£1,968/m²from 225 sales
Flats and maisonettes2,534£144,000£100,000 to £190,000£2,407/m²from 79 sales

Semi-detached houses and terraced houses sold in similar numbers in the L area, at 37% and 33% of sales.

Council areas in the L postcode area

Within L, the median ran from £185,000 in Liverpool to £282,000 in West Lancashire, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the L area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in LMedian in LWhole council area
Liverpool8,629£185,000£185,000
Sefton4,380£235,000£230,000
Knowsley3,271£195,000£197,000
West Lancashire1,330£282,000£248,000
St. Helens343£235,000£193,000
Chorley64£442,500£225,000
Halton45£300,000£195,000

About these figures

The L figures come from 18,062 standard sales in 40 postcode districts across 7 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was L31 (Maghull), with 920 sales.

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.