LA22 — Ambleside
Ambleside's LA22 postcode sits in South Lakeland. The board behind it is assembled from 3,624 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical LA22 sale went from £78,000 in 1995 to £725,000 in 2026 — 9.3× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2026 — prices moved +62.0% that year. The one to avoid was 2016: the median moved -8.8%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in LA22
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £78,000 | 75 |
| 2000 | £120,000 | 138 |
| 2005 | £266,500 | 123 |
| 2010 | £320,500 | 124 |
| 2015 | £340,000 | 141 |
| 2020 | £400,000 | 95 |
| 2025 | £447,500 | 74 |
| 2026 | £725,000 | 6 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Ambleside (LA22 9) (35% of local sales) — busiest streets: Millans Court, Millans Park, Compston Road
- Ambleside (LA22 0) (32% of local sales) — busiest streets: Lake Road, Old Lake Road, The Falls
- Grasmere (13% of local sales) — busiest streets: Stock Lane, College Street, High Fieldside
- Hawkshead (6% of local sales) — busiest streets: Main Street, Kings Yard, Hannakin
- Skelwith Bridge (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: Neaum Crag, Riverside Cottages
- Chapel Stile (4% of local sales) — busiest streets: Fir Garth, Thrang Brow, Lingmoor View
- Clappersgate (3% of local sales) — busiest streets: The Croft, Kilngarth Cottages, Lower Ashley Green
- Far Sawrey (3% of local sales) — busiest streets: Far Sawrey Cottages
Reading about 2026 is easy; surviving 2016 is the game. Play the LA22 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.