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Neighbourhood in Sefton

Hightown & Thornton

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Hightown & Thornton typically sold for £306,000. Half of the 429 sales were between £248k and £400k, against a typical £225,000 across Sefton.

Postcodes L23, L38

All of Sefton
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Hightown & Thornton and the neighbourhoods next to it, in Sefton.Open the map
Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £306k half sold for £248k to £400k
Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 429 July 2023 to June 2026
Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +24.9% typical price, against 5 years before
New builds 31% of sales · 9% leasehold

By type of home

What homes sold for

The band is the middle half of sales, a quarter sold for less and a quarter for more, with the typical price marked. The dashed line is the typical price for the same type across Sefton.

  • Detached £434,995 typical
    Half between £361k and £490k · 153 sales · Sefton £365k
  • Semi-detached £275,722 typical
    Half between £246k and £325k · 214 sales · Sefton £231k
  • Terraced £205,000 typical
    Half between £190k and £255k · 56 sales · Sefton £168k
  • Flat
    Not enough sales (6 in 3 years)

Since 1995

Each year in Hightown & Thornton

This neighbourhood Sefton Homes sold
£0£200k£400k 1995: £64,0001996: £65,0001997: £72,0001998: £69,9501999: £73,7252000: £80,0002001: £104,2502002: £123,0002003: £138,0002004: £180,9752005: £194,5002006: £184,0002007: £183,1002008: £185,0002009: £198,0002010: £195,0002011: £185,5002012: £160,0002013: £165,0002014: £177,0002015: £187,5002016: £200,0002017: £250,0002018: £213,5002019: £246,2502020: £254,0002021: £253,0002022: £277,0002023: £274,0002024: £320,0002025: £313,248 1995: 111 sold1996: 115 sold1997: 141 sold1998: 109 sold1999: 118 sold2000: 131 sold2001: 138 sold2002: 139 sold2003: 118 sold2004: 122 sold2005: 72 sold2006: 125 sold2007: 124 sold2008: 59 sold2009: 68 sold2010: 85 sold2011: 107 sold2012: 87 sold2013: 106 sold2014: 107 sold2015: 133 sold2016: 146 sold2017: 140 sold2018: 122 sold2019: 140 sold2020: 136 sold2021: 158 sold2022: 116 sold2023: 81 sold2024: 149 sold2025: 188 sold 1995200020052010201520202025
£0£200k£400k 1995: £64,0001996: £65,0001997: £72,0001998: £69,9501999: £73,7252000: £80,0002001: £104,2502002: £123,0002003: £138,0002004: £180,9752005: £194,5002006: £184,0002007: £183,1002008: £185,0002009: £198,0002010: £195,0002011: £185,5002012: £160,0002013: £165,0002014: £177,0002015: £187,5002016: £200,0002017: £250,0002018: £213,5002019: £246,2502020: £254,0002021: £253,0002022: £277,0002023: £274,0002024: £320,0002025: £313,248 1995: 111 sold1996: 115 sold1997: 141 sold1998: 109 sold1999: 118 sold2000: 131 sold2001: 138 sold2002: 139 sold2003: 118 sold2004: 122 sold2005: 72 sold2006: 125 sold2007: 124 sold2008: 59 sold2009: 68 sold2010: 85 sold2011: 107 sold2012: 87 sold2013: 106 sold2014: 107 sold2015: 133 sold2016: 146 sold2017: 140 sold2018: 122 sold2019: 140 sold2020: 136 sold2021: 158 sold2022: 116 sold2023: 81 sold2024: 149 sold2025: 188 sold 199520102025

The typical price is the middle sale of each full year, shown where at least 5 homes sold. It moves with which homes happened to sell, so a single year can jump.

The homes that sell here

  • Semi-detached50% · Sefton 47%
  • Detached36% · Sefton 20%
  • Terraced13% · Sefton 18%
  • Flat1% · Sefton 15%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales31% · Sefton 7%
Leaseholds, share of sales9% · Sefton 29%

New builds can take up to a year to appear in Land Registry's figures, so the latest year may show fewer than were sold.

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Neighbourhoods around Hightown & Thornton

About these figures

Every standard home sale registered with HM Land Registry since 1995: homes sold at full market value to a person, so repossessions and sales to companies are left out. Recent months fill in as late sales are registered. Not financial advice.

Sources and licences

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Neighbourhood names: contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 (House of Commons Library). Neighbourhood boundaries and the postcode lookup: source, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.