House prices in HX6 (Sowerby Bridge)

Price per square metre data and charts to help you understand the housing market in HX6 - stats were last calculated on 02 May 2026.

Defining 'HX6'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "HX6", this is also called the postcode district. There are no official postcode district names so I've just labelled it HX6, Sowerby Bridge. It is shown in red on the map below.

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in HX6 is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area

For example in March 2026, 7, Dalton Street, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2HE sold for £86,800. Given the internal area of 79 square metres recorded on the EPC, the price per sqm is £86,800 ÷ 79 sqm = £1,098.

England & Wales have been officially metric since 1965. However house price per square foot is prefered by some estate agents and those of sufficiently advanced age ;-). You can change your prefered units from square meters to square feet for all the graphs and charts on HX6 and elsewhere. Just visit the My Account page and look for the m2 to ft2 toggle switch. Alternatively just multiply everything by 10, move a decimal place to go from sqm to sqft and you'll be close enough as 1 sqm = 10.76391 sqft.

Distribution of £ per sqm for houses vs flats in HX6

The chart above is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of house price per sqm in HX6 To make this chart we put all the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £2,306 to £2,448, £2,448 to £2,589, £2,589 to £2,731 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The histogram is based on 664 sales that took place in HX6, in the last 24 months.

Generate a custom histogram like the one above but based on your own criteria.

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in HX6, Sowerby Bridge. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £2,830 sqm. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of HX6 homes.

Box plot of £ per sqm for HX6

Tip: click on the chart to see the values.

The chart above is called a boxplot (or a box-and-whisker plot). Box plots, like histograms, are used to graphically represent the distribution of data, showing the central tendency, spread of the distribution. In the context of £ per square metre property price distributions, box plots represent the variation in property prices within a geographic area e.g. Sowerby Bridge. The chart above shows a boxplot for 'HX6' as well as the 'HX' postcode area.

  • Median: The horizontal line inside the box represents the median (£ per square meter). This is the midpoint of the data, meaning 50% of the prices are below this value, and 50% are above. The middle price per square metre in 'HX6' is £2,150.
  • Interquartile Range (IQR): The box spans from the 25th percentile (Q1) to the 75th percentile (Q3). This is the range where the middle 50% of the data lies, giving a good indication of the typical price spread. Of the 664 transactions in HX6, Sowerby Bridge half were sold for between £1,670 and £2,830 per square metre.
  • Whiskers: In our case, the whiskers extend from the 9th percentile (at the lower end) to the 91st percentile (at the upper end), This provides a slightly broader view of the distribution by including the middle 82% of records. The whiskers capture most of the variation but exclude extreme outliers caused by data errors in recording sold house prices or internal area.
  • 'n=' is the number of property transactions the box plot is based on; 664 for HX6, Sowerby Bridge.

    • Property price map for Sowerby Bridge

    Have a look at the interactive price map I created for myself. Use it to explore house prices in 'Sowerby Bridge' all the way down to individual property plots.

    House price heatmap showing property values across Sowerby Bridge 🔍 Explore map ›

    Will HX6 house prices drop in 2025?

    House prices in HX6 fell -1.6% in the last year, -4.7% after inflation. Whether or not this trend will continue depends on many factors, such as wage growth, net migration, interest rates and the level of house building. No one can predict these things with certainty however we can plot the historic trends in house prices in HX6 (Sowerby Bridge) compared with the wider postcode area 'HX'.You can extrapolate from this based on your own views.

    House price index for HX6

    Tip: click on the legend items to show/hide different lines

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    The chart above shows changes in 'HX6' property prices over the last 20 years. The index is calculated from the average price paid per sqm for property in HX6 and is set to 100 in 2004. The chart compares trends for HX6, Sowerby Bridge against those of the broader postcode area 'HX'. What is more interesting is to look at the difference between flats and houses, even those in the same area follow a very different trend, to get a robust enough sample size to see this we need to zoom out and look at house price trends for the entire Calderdale local authority.

    The dashed lines show nominal house price changes, the solid lines show the same data adjusted for inflation. Economists call this the 'real' price change. You have to take inflation into account when comparing prices over time. It's calculated using the formula:

    Real Rate of Return = (1 + Nominal Rate) ÷ (1 + Inflation Rate) – 1
    In this formula, the nominal rate is the rate of change before any adjustments, and the inflation rate is taken from the Consumer Price Index. The real rate of return is a more accurate measure of change in value, because £1 today does not have the same buying power as £1 in the past. For example, if a savings account pays an interest rate of 3% per year and the inflation rate is 5% per year, the real rate of return is -2%. This means that the investment's value is shrinking by 2% each year.

    Historic returns for HX6
    HX area HX6 district
    Nominal Real Nominal Real
    20 yr per annum 2.3% -0.5% 2.2% -0.6%
    20 yr total 58.3% -9.1% 54.7% -11.2%
    10 yr per annum 3.4% 0.0% 3.5% 0.1%
    10 yr total 39.9% 0.3% 41.3% 1.3%
    5 yr per annum 2.7% -2.2% 2.9% -2.0%
    5 yr total 14.1% -10.5% 15.3% -9.6%
    1 yr per annum -2.9% -5.9% -1.6% -4.7%
    1 yr total -2.9% -5.9% -1.6% -4.7%

    This table complements the house price index chart above, presenting the data in a more detailed format. It breaks down the information into 20-year, 10-year, 5-year, and 1-year periods, further categorized by property type. For each period, we display both a per annum rate of change and a total rate of change.

    The total rate of change represents the overall change over the entire period. The formula for total return is:

    Total return = (Index at end of period ÷ Index at start of period) - 1

    The per annum rate of change is the annualized rate of change over the period. This is equivalent to the annual bank savings rate you would need to achieve the same total return over the given period. This annualized return is also known as the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR). The formula for CAGR is:

    CAGR = (1 + Total return) ^ (1 ÷ Number of years) - 1

    Some specific examples:

    • Over the past 20 years, HX6 district have seen a -0.6% annual change when adjusted for inflation. This translates to a total change of -11.2% in real terms.
    • Over the past 5 years, HX area have seen a -2.2% annual change when adjusted for inflation. This translates to a total change of -10.5% in real terms.

    Most recent HX6 sales

    For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

    Tip: hover over dots to see details

    Street level data

    Street Avg size Avg £sqm Recent sales
    Chapel Lane, , HX6 3L 60 sqm £2,088 23
    Stepping Stones, , HX6 4F 84 sqm £2,112 19
    Rishworth Mill Lane, , HX6 4R 107 sqm £1,691 19
    Beck Road, , HX6 2F 103 sqm £2,701 19
    Industrial Road, , HX6 2R 82 sqm £1,742 14
    Silk Mill Chase, , HX6 4B 71 sqm £2,006 14
    Barge Avenue, , HX6 2F 101 sqm £2,801 13
    Wharf Street, , HX6 2A 58 sqm £1,441 12

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    Nearby geographies

    The table below shows how 'HX6' compares to the other postcode districts nearby 'HX6'.

    District Lower quartile Median Upper quartile Sales in last 2yr
    OL3 Greenfield £2,980 sqm £3,450 sqm £4,030 sqm 478
    OL15 Littleborough £2,060 sqm £2,500 sqm £3,050 sqm 487
    HX7 Hebden Bridge £2,280 sqm £2,900 sqm £3,550 sqm 497
    HX6 Sowerby Bridge £1,670 sqm £2,150 sqm £2,830 sqm 664
    HX5 Elland £1,590 sqm £2,100 sqm £2,900 sqm 291
    HX4 Greetland £2,010 sqm £2,550 sqm £3,170 sqm 383
    HX3 Halifax £1,750 sqm £2,290 sqm £2,840 sqm 1,438
    HX2 Halifax £1,770 sqm £2,220 sqm £2,690 sqm 1,029
    HX1 Halifax £990 sqm £1,400 sqm £1,840 sqm 564
    HD7 Golcar £2,100 sqm £2,600 sqm £3,140 sqm 715

    Raw data

    Our analysis of HX6 is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

    Address Paid sqm £/sqm
    7, Dalton St, £86,800
    Mar-2026
    		 79 1,098
    3 Bridge End, , £187,000
    Mar-2026
    		 63 2,968
    6, Cotton Tops Drive, £322,500
    Mar-2026
    		 89 3,623

    See the entire list of all sales in HX6 here.

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