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Mill Lane, Leigh

MyStreetCheck free street report: Mill Lane, Leigh · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/leigh-greater-manchester/mill-lane/

House prices, sold prices and local information for WN7 2BU, WN7 2BX, WN7 2BG.

Average price (last 12 months)
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0 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£109,692
19 sales
Price range
£62k – £137k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
1 Oct 2025
WN7 2BU

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At a glance

House prices£110k averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeHigher than averageHigher crime than about 80% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationMore deprived than mostDecile 3 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskIn a flood warning areaCheck the GOV.UK long-term risk Nearest station52 min walkAtherton station Schools5 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold52% leaseholdAcross 27 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

19 property sales on Mill Lane, Leigh have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. The most recent sale was on 1 Oct 2025. Most sales here are terraced homes, which have sold for an average of £108,774. Average sale prices rose from £90,000 in 2016 to £129,850 in 2025 (+44%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. 5 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 5 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 89% terraced, 5% semi-detached, 5% detached. Recorded sale prices on Mill Lane range from £62,000 to £137,000. 48% of homes sold here were freehold and 52% leasehold.

House prices on Mill Lane compared

WN7 postcode area£205,456
Leigh£205,456
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Mill Lane has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all WN7 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £90,000 (2 sales)2016£90k2017: £100,190 (5 sales)2017£100k2019: £116,000 (2 sales)2019£116k2020: £99,500 (2 sales)2020£100k2021: £113,625 (4 sales)2021£114k2022: £137,000 (1 sales)2022£137k2024: £121,000 (1 sales)2024£121k2025: £129,850 (2 sales)2025£130k

Tenure: 48% freehold and 52% leasehold across 27 recorded sales. Lease extension calculator.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Terraced17£108,7741 Oct 2025
Semi-detached1£110,00030 Mar 2016
Detached1£125,00028 Jun 2019

Sold prices on Mill Lane

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
42, Mill Lane WN7 2BU 20 Feb 2026£124,500 TerracedLeasehold
46, Mill Lane WN7 2BU 5 Dec 2025£125,500 TerracedLeasehold
44, Mill Lane WN7 2BU 1 Oct 2025£130,000 TerracedLeasehold
38, Mill Lane WN7 2BU 24 Jun 2025£129,700 TerracedLeasehold
18, Mill Lane WN7 2BU 6 Aug 2024£121,000 TerracedLeasehold
25, Mill Lane WN7 2BX 28 Jun 2022£137,000 TerracedFreehold
50, Mill Lane WN7 2BU 15 Nov 2021£112,500 TerracedLeasehold
23, Mill Lane WN7 2BX 11 Nov 2021£130,000 TerracedFreehold
36, Mill Lane WN7 2BU 5 Mar 2021£94,000 TerracedLeasehold
17, Mill Lane WN7 2BX 29 Jan 2021£118,000 TerracedFreehold
44, Mill Lane WN7 2BU 18 Sep 2020£94,000 TerracedLeasehold
23, Mill Lane WN7 2BX 13 Mar 2020£105,000 TerracedFreehold
25, Mill Lane WN7 2BX 29 Nov 2019£107,000 TerracedFreehold
The Bungalow, Mill Lane WN7 2BG 28 Jun 2019£125,000 DetachedFreehold
22, Mill Lane WN7 2BU 7 Jun 2019£4,000 OtherFreehold
42, Mill Lane WN7 2BU 18 Jan 2019£75,000 TerracedLeasehold
Unit 7, Mill Lane WN7 2BG 23 May 2018£83,000 OtherFreehold
40, Mill Lane WN7 2BU 2 Feb 2018£65,000 TerracedLeasehold
27, Mill Lane WN7 2BX 22 Dec 2017£119,950 TerracedFreehold
42, Mill Lane WN7 2BU 3 Nov 2017£62,000 TerracedLeasehold
26, Mill Lane WN7 2BU 31 Oct 2017£300 OtherFreehold
21, Mill Lane WN7 2BX 8 Sep 2017£125,000 TerracedFreehold
52, Mill Lane WN7 2BU 16 Jun 2017£65,000 TerracedLeasehold
13, Mill Lane WN7 2BX 9 Jun 2017£110,000 TerracedFreehold
46, Mill Lane WN7 2BU 12 May 2017£84,000 TerracedLeasehold
39, Mill Lane WN7 2BX 22 Jul 2016£70,000 TerracedLeasehold
47, Mill Lane WN7 2BG 30 Mar 2016£110,000 Semi-detachedFreehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

AddressSalesChange
42, Mill Lane £62,000 (Nov 2017) → £75,000 (Jan 2019) → £124,500 (Feb 2026) +101%
over 8 yrs
46, Mill Lane £84,000 (May 2017) → £125,500 (Dec 2025) +49%
over 9 yrs
44, Mill Lane £94,000 (Sep 2020) → £130,000 (Oct 2025) +38%
over 5 yrs
25, Mill Lane £107,000 (Nov 2019) → £137,000 (Jun 2022) +28%
over 3 yrs
23, Mill Lane £105,000 (Mar 2020) → £130,000 (Nov 2021) +24%
over 2 yrs

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Crime and flood risk near Mill Lane

Crime

1 crime was reported within about a mile of Mill Lane in August 2026.

Crime level compared with the rest of England (10 = lowest crime):

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Higher crime than about 80% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Violence & sexual offences1

Source: data.police.uk. Locations are approximate and cover the surrounding area, not just this street.

Flood risk

Mill Lane is in or near 3 Environment Agency flood areas:

  • River Glaze catchment including Leigh and East Wigan Flood alert area
  • Lilford Park Brook at Lilford Flood warning area
  • Penleach Brook at Higher Folds Flood warning area

Flood warning areas cover places at risk from rivers and the sea. Surface water risk isn't included. Check the long-term flood risk for a postcode on GOV.UK.

Schools near Mill Lane

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
St Thomas' CofE Primary School, Leigh 395 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Report 0.1 mi
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh 204 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 4–11 Report 0.2 mi
Bedford Hall Methodist Primary School 255 pupils Primary Methodist 2–11 Good Report 0.4 mi
Bedford High School 1,111 pupils Secondary 11–16 Good Report 0.5 mi
Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington 205 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Good Report 0.7 mi
Leigh CofE Primary School 350 pupils Primary Church of England 2–11 Good Report 0.7 mi
Leigh Central Primary School 211 pupils Primary 4–11 Good Report 0.9 mi
Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School 211 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Report 0.9 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train stations

  • Atherton station 2.6 mi · 52 min walk
  • Hag Fold station 2.8 mi · 56 min walk
  • Daisy Hill station 3.2 mi · 1 hr 4 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Rothay Street (opp, Chapel Street) 2 min walk
  • Rothay Street (cnr, Chapel Street) 2 min walk
  • Butts Bridge (nr, Chapel Street) 2 min walk
  • Butts Bridge (opp, Chapel Street) 2 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Brookmill Medical Centre
    College Street, Leigh · 0.4 mi
  • Lilford & Pennington Park Surgery
    The Bridgewater Medical Centre, Henry Street, Leigh · 0.4 mi
  • Old Henry Street Med Ctr
    Old Henry Street Medical Centre, Henry Street, Leigh · 0.4 mi
  • Foxleigh Family Surgery
    Henry Street, Leigh · 0.4 mi

Supermarkets

  • Lidl Lidl Hooten Gardens Leigh · 0.4 mi
  • Tesco Extra Tesco Leigh Extra · 0.6 mi
  • Farmfoods Farmfoods Leigh · 0.6 mi
  • Heron Heron Leigh · 0.7 mi

Pharmacies

  • Manor Pharmacy · 0.3 mi
  • Peak Pharmacy · 0.3 mi
  • Tims & Parker Pharmacy · 0.4 mi

Dentists

  • Dental Surgery · 0.5 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 0.6 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 0.7 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income4 of 10
Employment3 of 10
Education and skills4 of 10
Health and disability3 of 10
Crime2 of 10
Access to housing and services8 of 10
Living environment1 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned53.7%62.5%
Private rented36.2%20.3%
Social rented9.9%17.1%
Households767

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1515.9%17.4%
Aged 15–6468.7%64.1%
Aged 65+15.4%18.6%
Residents1,575

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)100%80%
Gigabit-capable100%80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks92%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks96%92%

Share of homes across Wigan with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around Mill Lane

Ethnic group

HereWigan
White92.1%95%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.5%1.8%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2%1.3%
Other ethnic group1.6%0.7%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.8%1.2%

Religion

HereWigan
Christian55.8%62.8%
No religion36%30.3%
Not answered4.6%4.7%
Muslim2.7%1.3%
Hindu0.4%0.3%
Buddhist0.3%0.3%
Other religion0.2%0.3%
Jewish0.1%0%

Country of birth

HereWigan
Born in the UK91.7%93.8%
Born outside the UK8.3%6.2%

Highest qualification

HereWigan
No qualifications22%21.1%
Level 4 qualifications and above20.4%25.8%
Level 3 qualifications20.1%17.6%
Level 2 qualifications18%15.4%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.3%10.5%
Apprenticeship6.6%7.1%
Other qualifications2.5%2.5%

General health

HereWigan
Very good health42%46.3%
Good health36.3%33.5%
Fair health17%14%
Bad health3.7%4.9%
Very bad health1.1%1.4%

Cars or vans per household

HereWigan
1 car or van in household48.1%42.4%
No cars or vans in household29.9%21.3%
2 cars or vans in household18.1%28.2%
3 or more cars or vans in household3.9%8.1%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Wigan.

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