Renting and buying a house in the Manchester area can be pretty tough, and even if you venture out of the city centre, the prices can still be steep depending on where you look. New analysis from property website Rightmove has identified the most expensive streets in the UK to buy a home on, with one in Greater Manchester.
The most expensive street in Greater Manchester
Taking 14th place as one of the most expensive streets in the UK to buy a property outside of London is currently Chapel Lane in Hale Barns, Trafford. According to Rightmove, you will find properties on this street costing around £1,979,000 on average. So, you might need to save your pennies a little more to live on that one…
Just a stone’s throw away from Manchester Airport for holidays and business trips, and the M56 for commuting, the most expensive street in Greater Manchester is also close to several golf clubs. In Hale Barns, you’ll find The Bull’s Head pub, a supermarket, various cafes and boutiques, as well as good schools and Zero Gravity Float Spa, to name a few of the amenities.
However, the priciest street in the North West went to Congleton Road in Cheshire East, with house prices at a whopping £3,323,500, making it the third most expensive street outside of London.
Britain’s most expensive street
Luckily for Mancs though, it seems the English capital city is where the majority of the most expensive streets in the UK are located. Topping the leaderboard as the most costly corner of the country is Winnington Road in Hampstead, London. Snapping up the first place position for the second year on the trot, the north London street boasts an average house price of – drum roll, please… £12,538,095.
The London streets dominated the most expensive streets list, with only one road outside of the capital making the top twenty. East Road in Elmbridge is the UK’s fifth most expensive street (with an average house price of £8,795,714), situated in a picture-perfect and prestigious private estate in Weybridge, Surrey.
The 10 most expensive streets in Britain
- Winnington Road, Hampstead
- Chester Square, Belgravia
- The Bishop’s Avenue, Hampstead
- Thurloe Place, South Kensington
- East Road, Elmbridge
- Ebury Square, Belgravia
- Knightsbridge
- Wilton Place, Knightsbridge
- Montpelier Square, Knightsbridge
- Cumberland Terrace, Regent’s Park
The 20 most expensive streets outside of London
- East Road KT13, Elmbridge – £8,795,714
- Newlands Avenue WD7, Hertsmere – £3,950,000
- Congleton Road SK9, Cheshire East – £3,323,500
- Larch Avenue SL5, Windsor and Maidenhead – £2,779,167
- Salterns Way BH14, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole – £2,460,000
- Brookmans Avenue AL9, Welwyn Hatfield – £2,438,750
- Tiddington Road CV37, Stratford-on-Avon – £2,306,666.67
- Burnham Road CM3, Maldon – £2,197,726.82
- Penn Road HP9, Buckinghamshire – £2,191,000
- High Street CB23, South Cambridgeshire – £2,181,667
- Woodland Way KT20, Reigate and Banstead – £2,071,667
- Copthorne Common RH10, Mid Sussex – £2,050,000
- Bracken Drive IG7, Epping Forest £2,033,333
- Chapel Lane WA15, Trafford – £1,979,000
- Church Road CM11, Basildon – £1,910,714
- Lower Pennington Lane SO41, New Forest – £1,782,500
- Runnymede Road NE20, Northumberland – £1,726,111
- Valley Road WD3, Three Rivers – £1,723,333
- Birchwood Road DA2, Dartford – £1,687,500
- Westfield Road B15, Birmingham – £1,650,000
You can view Rightmove’s full findings here.