Neighbourhood in Wigan

Leigh East & Higher Folds

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Leigh East & Higher Folds typically sold for £210,000. Half of the 333 sales were between £140k and £277k, against a typical £194,000 across Wigan.

Postcode WN7

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Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £210k half sold for £140k to £277k

Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 333 July 2023 to June 2026

Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +34.6% typical price, against 5 years before

New builds 0% of sales · 57% 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 Wigan.

Detached £330,000 typical
Half between £280k and £381k · 83 sales · Wigan £321k
Semi-detached £221,000 typical
Half between £192k and £259k · 110 sales · Wigan £203k
Terraced £160,000 typical
Half between £130k and £210k · 83 sales · Wigan £144k
Flat £120,000 typical
Half between £100k and £160k · 57 sales · Wigan £110k

Since 1995

Each year in Leigh East & Higher Folds

This neighbourhood Wigan Homes sold

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-detached33% · Wigan 43%
Detached25% · Wigan 22%
Terraced25% · Wigan 30%
Flat17% · Wigan 5%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales0% · Wigan 8%

Leaseholds, share of sales57% · Wigan 50%

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 Leigh East & Higher Folds

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

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.