M29 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of M29, Leigh and Atherton from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
M29 is a postcode district in Leigh and Atherton. Homes here sold for a median of £232,500 over the last year, up 23.7% over five years. 13,433 sales are on record. It sits among England’s less-deprived areas (43% of its postcodes are in the least-deprived 30%). 48% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £114,950 median sold price (all time)
- £232,500 median price, last 12 months
- 13,433 recorded sales
- +23.7% 5-year price change
- 43% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 48% of homes rated EPC C or better
- Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid & English Indices of Deprivation, Sep 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 56 Porterfield Drive | Flat | £120,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 3 Moss Fold | Detached | £410,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 14 Muirfield Drive | Detached | £448,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 229 Astley Street | Semi | £190,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 88 Primrose Street North | Flat | £110,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 126 Stour Road | Semi | £195,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 4 Ullswater Road | Semi | £240,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 1 Salisbury Way | Semi | £230,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 3 Truro Road | Detached | £332,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 16 Turnberry Close | Semi | £265,000 | Jun 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime
Greater Manchester Police does not publish street-level crime to police.uk — a known force-level data gap, not a crime-free area, so we don’t show a figure here that would imply zero.
Street-level crime map near here →
Across the wider Wigan district
The figures below cover Wigan — the council district M29 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £182,500 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 329,330 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 90% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈28 min fastest train to Manchester (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 87% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 77.6 · 81.9 yrs life expectancy (men · women) (OSM (NHS facilities) + IoD2025 health domain + OHID Fingertips (outcomes), 2026/2025)
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Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| M29 7 | £255,000 | 6,932 |
| M29 8 | £195,000 | 6,501 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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