Most Expensive Streets In Manchester: New Top 10
When searching for the most expensive streets in Manchester, the usual suspects in the south of the city were expected to dominate, with their large suburban family homes topping the charts in recent years and appealing to the city's wealthiest families.
However, the city is changing, and the centre has become a powerhouse with its population growth, investment, and international appeal.
Glass skyscrapers now stand where Victorian-era housing and textile mills once stood. These new homes come with prime locations, extensive views across the city, and luxury living - with price tags to match.
The list of Manchester's richest roads and most prestigious addresses is being rewritten, and in the coming years, new street names are likely to take over from the historic locations of the city's south.
In this article, we look at Manchester's most expensive streets since 1st January 2020, examine the highest individual property sales showing some significant values, and reveal the record-breaking streets driving Manchester's property wealth.
For an alternate look at Manchester's property market, you can see our research in to the cheapest areas to live in Manchester here.
Data updated: January 2025. Next update: April 2025
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by Robert Jones, Founder of Property Investments UK
With two decades in UK property, Rob has been investing in buy-to-let since 2005, and uses property data to develop tools for property market analysis.
Property Data Sources
Our highest house prices and streets guide relies on diverse, authoritative datasets including:
We update our property data quarterly to ensure accuracy. Last update: January 2025. Next update: April 2025. All data is presented as provided by our sources without adjustments or amendments.
Top 10 Most Expensive Streets in Manchester
Updated January 2025
Date range: 1st January 2020 to 31st December 2024. Based on latest Land Registry price paid data at the time of research.
| # | Street Name | Postcode | Average Price | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEW WAKEFIELD STREET | M1 | £2,721,250 | 4 |
| 2 | AGALIA GARDENS | M20 | £1,290,000 | 2 |
| 3 | BELFIELD ROAD | M20 | £1,260,000 | 5 |
| 4 | WINCHESTER PARK | M20 | £1,058,333 | 3 |
| 5 | ST JOHN STREET | M3 | £1,020,714 | 7 |
| 6 | WOOD STREET | M3 | £950,000 | 2 |
| 7 | PINE ROAD | M20 | £947,500 | 4 |
| 8 | BLOOMESBURY AVENUE | M20 | £910,997 | 15 |
| 9 | TURNSTONE AVENUE | M20 | £904,000 | 5 |
| 10 | SANDILEIGH AVENUE | M20 | £895,000 | 2 |
Note: Only streets with multiple property transactions during this period are included in this table.
The richest street across the city of Manchester might surprise some, with the prestigious southern suburbs of Didsbury and Chorlton often expected to top the list of the poshest areas.
However the latest property sold prices show the city centre topping the richest streets charts, with New Wakefield Street (M1) standing out dramatically at the top, with an average price of £2.7 million - significantly higher than any other street.
This figure is particularly notable as it's based on four separate transactions, with a wide price range from £225,000 to £5.2 million showing in HM Land Registry price paid data.
The M20 postcode in Didsbury still shows dominance across the top 10, proving it is still Manchester's main place for millionaire property buyers and is the regions super prime market, with six of the top 10 addresses: Agalia Gardens (£1.29M), Belfield Road (£1.26M), Winchester Park (£1.05M), Pine Road (£947.5K), Bloomesbury Avenue (£910K), and Turnstone Avenue (£904K).
The city centre also makes its mark with entries in both M1 and M3 districts. St John Street (M3) is particularly noteworthy, combining an impressive average price of £1.02 million with seven transactions. Wood Street (M3) completes the city centre's representation in the top 10, with an average of £950,000 across multiple sales.
Perhaps the most intriguing entry is Bloomesbury Avenue (M20), which combines an average price of £910,997 with fifteen transactions - far exceeding the transaction volumes of other streets in the ranking.
Manchester's Highest Individual Property Sales
Updated January 2025
Date range: 1st January 2020 to 31st December 2024. Based on latest Land Registry price paid data at the time of research.
| # | Street Name | Postcode | Sale Price | Property Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEW WAKEFIELD STREET | M1 | £5,200,000 | Detached |
| 2 | NEW WAKEFIELD STREET | M1 | £5,200,000 | Terraced |
| 3 | STENNER LANE | M20 | £3,185,000 | Detached |
| 4 | KENNEDY STREET | M2 | £3,000,000 | Terraced |
| 5 | DIDSBURY PARK | M20 | £2,822,017 | Semi-Detached |
| 6 | NEW KINGS HEAD YARD | M3 | £2,592,892 | Flat |
| 7 | OWEN STREET | M15 | £2,450,000 | Flat |
| 8 | WHITWORTH STREET WEST | M1 | £2,400,000 | Flat |
| 9 | NEW KINGS HEAD YARD | M3 | £2,263,158 | Flat |
| 10 | WHITWORTH STREET | M1 | £2,250,000 | Flat |
Note: This table includes all properties sold during this period to capture significant individual sales.
Manchester's highest individual property sales show significant transactions spread across both city centre locations and south Manchester.
New Wakefield Street (M1) holds the top spots with two £5.2 million transactions. These look to be acquisitions of large buildings but show on HM Land Registry as one terrace house and one detached house.
The southern suburb of Didsbury (M20) features prominently with two notable sales: a £3.18 million detached house on Stenner Lane near the popular pubs of Ye olde cock inn and The Didsbury, plus a £2.82 million semi-detached property on Didsbury Park.
Meanwhile, the city centre shows its strength in the luxury apartment market, with premium flat sales in New Kings Head Yard (M3) at £2.59 million and £2.26 million, Owen Street in M15 (also known locally as Deansgate Square) at £2.45 million, and Whitworth Street West (M1) at £2.4 million.
A £3 million terraced property on Kennedy Street (M2) rounds out the city centre's representation in the top sales. Which shows some of the incredible developments that have happened over the past few years in the heart of Manchester that has helped reshape not just the skyline but also the placement of the city's most expensive housing and streets.
Manchester's Record Breaking Streets - Total Value of Property Sales
Updated January 2025
Date range: 1st January 2020 to 31st December 2024. Based on latest Land Registry price paid data at the time of research.
| # | Street Name | Postcode | Total Value | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OWEN STREET | M15 | £319,485,173 | 823 |
| 2 | CHESTER ROAD | M15 | £262,441,588 | 766 |
| 3 | SILVERCROFT STREET | M15 | £203,186,980 | 587 |
| 4 | NEW KINGS HEAD YARD | M3 | £158,502,948 | 543 |
| 5 | NEW BAILEY STREET | M3 | £105,329,549 | 349 |
| 6 | STORE STREET | M1 | £98,250,813 | 334 |
| 7 | ASPIN LANE | M4 | £91,497,919 | 277 |
| 8 | SPINNERS WAY | M15 | £83,130,712 | 314 |
| 9 | WHITWORTH STREET | M1 | £75,171,882 | 258 |
| 10 | CHEETHAM HILL ROAD | M4 | £70,397,712 | 289 |
Note: This table includes all properties sold during this period to capture total street values.
Owen street dominates Manchester's rich list, being the most valuable road in the city by value and number of property sale transactions.
This is one of a number of new developments across the city that has made it unrecognisable for many residents compared to 20 years ago.
To put this value in to context, if this was competing with London's most expensive streets by volume of property sales it would rank #5 in their list.
Staggering.
What's more, this could be beat in the next couple of years with the green light given to more sky scrapers including the planned £1 billion new development by Renaker.
Manchester certainly is making a play to be the UK's second largest city and is continuing to attract significant investment from international investors from Hong Kong and Singapore, and, of course, high net worth investors from across the UK.
This economic and population growth has meant Birmingham and Manchester's buy-to-let market, are truly significant prospects for investors looking for property investment opportunities outside of our countries capital.
How to find the most expensive streets in Manchester
Here is the step by step process we followed to get the data on all of the highest priced property sales and most expensive streets across the city of Manchester, including the postcode districts of M1, M2, M3, M4, M8, M9, M11, M12, M13, M14, M15, M16, M18, M19, M20, M21, M22, M23 and M40
- Visit HM Land Registry price paid data set.
- Select your postcodes and property types (we choose all property types; detached, semi-detached, terraced and flat/maisonette. We missed 'other' as this often includes commercial properties and we are only looking for residential homes.
- Select your dates (we selected 01-01-2020 to the latest date available).
- The select how many results you would like. You can limit it to 100 for example. We selected 'All'
- Then download the data set and review for the highest sales
Note: Remember to remove duplicates as HM Land registry property transaction datasets can on occasion include duplicate listings and if these aren't removed it can skew the data especially for average property prices on specific streets where there are low transaction volumes.
You can of course do this for other postcode districts, towns and cities across England and Wales.
You can see our most recent property data analysis for nearby locations, including house price data on the best buy-to-let areas for Oldham, Salford, Bolton and Warrington.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1). How often is this data updated?
HM Land Registry price paid data is updated on a monthly basis and has data available for individual property sales including the roads and postcodes since 1995. We aim to update our location research every three months and we provide a date stamp on each of our research articles so you can see when it was last updated.
This content and house price data was updated on this page January 2025.
Q2). Can I access the full list of sold transactions for every street?
Yes of course. You can get the full property sales transaction data directly from HM Land Registry here.
Q3). Are these prices for residential properties only?
Yes we aim to only include residential sales in this dataset. When you download sold house price data from HM Land Registry you can select a range of options including 'property types'. We have included detached houses, semi-detached houses, terraced houses and flat / maisonette in this data.
Q4). Does this property data include ALL sales?
Yes. Whenever a property is sold in England and Wales it is recorded at HM Land Registry. This dataset for the most expensive streets comes directly from sold house price data provided by HM Land Registry. This is provided free of charge under the Open Government Licence.