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Best value areas in England

English neighbourhoods ranked by Affordability-adjusted Score — a measure that rewards areas that combine a high Area Score (less deprivation) with cheaper-than-average house prices. In short: where can you find a relatively un-deprived area without paying top-of-the-market prices?

#NeighbourhoodLocal authority Area ScoreMedian price Value ?
1 Blyth South Northumberland 96 £180,000 100
2 Kingswood Kingston upon Hull, City of 92 £185,000 100
3 Scunthorpe Yaddlethorpe North Lincolnshire 88 £178,000 100
4 Ingleby Barwick North Stockton-on-Tees 94 £198,750 100
5 Sutton South Kingston upon Hull, City of 90 £192,750 100
6 Belmont & Carrville County Durham 86 £190,000 100
7 Billingham North & Wolviston Stockton-on-Tees 82 £175,000 100
8 Winstanley Wigan 95 £220,000 100
9 Newton Hall & Brasside County Durham 93 £218,500 100
10 Longsands Preston 88 £201,250 100
11 Kingston Park Newcastle upon Tyne 85 £195,000 100
12 Guisborough Outer & Upleatham Redcar and Cleveland 91 £215,500 100
13 Cramlington South Northumberland 79 £175,500 100
14 Leyland South East & Buckshaw Village South Ribble 90 £211,000 100
15 Chester-le-Street South & East County Durham 85 £198,500 100
16 Tynemouth West North Tyneside 85 £200,000 100
17 Howden South & Goole North East Riding of Yorkshire 93 £225,000 100
18 Redcar East Redcar and Cleveland 79 £183,000 100
19 Walton-le-Dale South Ribble 88 £214,500 100
20 Ellesmere Port South Cheshire West and Chester 94 £230,000 100
21 Burton Brizlincote East Staffordshire 97 £235,000 100
22 Penwortham South South Ribble 98 £240,000 100
23 Crewe Leighton Cheshire East 87 £212,500 100
24 Sedgefield & Bishop Middleham County Durham 79 £189,500 100
25 Salford Quays Salford 84 £204,950 100
26 Trimdon Middlesbrough 83 £201,250 100
27 Eaglescliffe Stockton-on-Tees 87 £215,000 100
28 Fulwood Preston 91 £225,000 100
29 Rimswell & Bishopsgarth Stockton-on-Tees 71 £157,000 100
30 Werrington & Wetley Rocks Staffordshire Moorlands 90 £225,000 100
31 Scartho North East Lincolnshire 80 £195,000 100
32 Whickham Gateshead 95 £237,500 100
33 Birkenshaw Kirklees 82 £202,000 100
34 Kidsgrove East Newcastle-under-Lyme 81 £200,000 100
35 Nunthorpe & Marton East Middlesbrough 90 £225,000 100
36 Fairfield Stockton-on-Tees 76 £187,000 100
37 North Hykeham North North Kesteven 84 £210,000 100
38 Brough East Riding of Yorkshire 97 £245,000 100
39 Norton North Stockton-on-Tees 87 £221,250 99
40 Cottingham East East Riding of Yorkshire 80 £200,000 99
41 Belle Vue & Burgh Cumberland 86 £220,000 99
42 Ouston & Beamish County Durham 71 £168,000 99
43 Sothall Sheffield 87 £225,000 99
44 Longton East Stoke-on-Trent 73 £180,000 99
45 Willerby East Riding of Yorkshire 89 £231,000 99
46 Whitby & Stanney Woods Cheshire West and Chester 93 £240,000 99
47 Hedon & Preston East Riding of Yorkshire 70 £170,000 99
48 Haworth Park Kingston upon Hull, City of 66 £142,500 99
49 Thornton East & Carleton West Wyre 86 £225,000 99
50 Ocean Village & Town Quay Southampton 79 £205,000 99
51 Lostock Hall South Ribble 76 £197,500 99
52 Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke Chorley 92 £241,500 99
53 May Bank Newcastle-under-Lyme 83 £220,000 99
54 Humberston North East Lincolnshire 82 £220,000 99
55 Beechwood & Heath Halton 90 £240,000 99
56 Bromborough South Wirral 96 £255,000 99
57 Washingborough & Branston North Kesteven 95 £250,000 99
58 Loughborough Garendon Charnwood 84 £227,000 99
59 Herrington & Doxford Sunderland 78 £209,950 99
60 Burstwick & Thorngumbald East Riding of Yorkshire 71 £181,500 99
61 Bessacarr Grange & Lakeside Doncaster 89 £240,000 99
62 Fulwell Sunderland 89 £240,000 99
63 Euxton Chorley 89 £240,000 99
64 Quedgeley North Gloucester 86 £234,000 99
65 Ruskington West & Cranwell North Kesteven 82 £224,000 99
66 Cusworth Doncaster 74 £200,000 99
67 New Waltham North East Lincolnshire 85 £234,975 99
68 Ingleby Barwick East & Hilton Stockton-on-Tees 92 £249,950 99
69 Shevington Wigan 81 £222,250 99
70 Bourne West South Kesteven 91 £248,000 99
71 Standish North Wigan 88 £241,000 99
72 Biddulph North & Brownlees Staffordshire Moorlands 84 £232,450 99
73 Moorlands & Greaves Lancaster 63 £150,000 99
74 Cleveleys East Wyre 74 £203,125 99
75 Crewe Sydney & Gateway Cheshire East 71 £190,000 99
76 Hensingham, Hillcrest & Aikbank Cumberland 66 £170,000 99
77 Chester-le-Street North County Durham 72 £196,000 99
78 Eakring & Ling Forest Mansfield 78 £215,750 99
79 Anlaby Common East Riding of Yorkshire 68 £180,000 99
80 Low Fell West Gateshead 86 £240,000 99
81 Cramlington North & East Northumberland 71 £190,000 99
82 Carlisle Belah Cumberland 73 £200,000 99
83 Kingmoor, Houghton & Whiteclosegate Cumberland 87 £240,000 99
84 Acklam Middlesbrough 66 £171,000 99
85 Grenoside & Ecclesfield North Sheffield 82 £228,750 99
86 Kirkheaton Kirklees 76 £212,500 99
87 Driffield East & Nafferton East Riding of Yorkshire 83 £230,000 99
88 University & Newland North Kingston upon Hull, City of 64 £161,000 99
89 Sleaford West North Kesteven 84 £235,000 99
90 Leek South & Cheddleton Staffordshire Moorlands 89 £247,852 99
91 Ormskirk Town & East West Lancashire 78 £220,000 99
92 Plains Estate Gedling 86 £241,250 99
93 Meir Park Stoke-on-Trent 79 £222,500 99
94 Baddley & Milton Stoke-on-Trent 71 £195,000 99
95 Beverley South East Riding of Yorkshire 72 £200,000 99
96 Oakwood Derby 94 £260,000 99
97 St Peters Worcester 94 £260,000 99
98 Harton West South Tyneside 76 £218,500 99
99 Poulton South Wyre 90 £251,250 99
100 Penwortham North South Ribble 99 £271,400 99

This is a derived, relative measure built from two official datasets. "Affordable" here means cheap in national terms — it does not account for local earnings, property type or size, so a area can look cheap simply because it has more flats or smaller homes. It is orientation, not investment or financial advice. Areas with too few recent sales to price nationally are excluded. See the methodology and glossary for how it's built.