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About Conveyancing Solicitors Atherton
We have hand selected some of the best conveyancing solicitors Atherton has to offer and we only provide fixed fee conveyancing quotes tailored to your needs that are backed by a no sale no fee.
When working with SAM Conveyancing you have one dedicated member of our team to work with from start until finish; to ask all those questions that need an answer. You'll also benefit form our state of the art Online Conveyancing Process - it's free to use so why not take a look!
Selling or buying a home with our Atherton Conveyancing Solicitors
Atherton is a town in Greater Manchester, England. For around 3 centuries, since the 17th century, Atherton was referred to as Chowbent, often shortened to just Bent. The town is the third biggest retail centre in Wigan Borough, and a lot of the stores in its shopping centre are Victorian in style. Historical buildings in Atherton include St John the Baptist’ Church built in 1879 and the Alder House which was founded in the 17th century.

Leigh Infirmary, The Avenue, Leigh WN7 1HS
Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Rd, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR
Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL
Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Rd, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR
Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL

Atherton railway station is the primary station on the line between Manchester and Wigan. It is also the busiest station on the Manchester to Southport line if Wigan and Manchester are excluded. Bus transport is readily available to Leigh Wigan, Bolton, and Manchester.
Distance to Airports from Atherton
Airport | Miles by car |
Manchester | 17.8 miles |
Liverpool | 25.2 miles |
Leeds Bradford | 51.9 miles |

Chowbent Primary School, Laburnum St, Atherton, Manchester M46 9FP
Parklee Community Primary School, Wardour St, Atherton, Manchester M46 0AR
Atherton High School, Hamilton St, Atherton, Manchester M46 0AY

The county is a mix of high-density urban areas, suburbs, semi-rural and rural locations. Surrounding counties include Cheshire, Merseyside, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire.
The main motorway in the area is the M62, with the M66, M61 and M60 (a fully orbital motorway) branching off it. The M6 skirts the county to its west. The county has an international airport: Manchester Airport, the third busiest in the UK, which is also a rail hub. There are 98 train stations in the county at the most recent count.
The county has 5 universities; Manchester Metropolitan University, the University of Bolton, the University of Law, the University of Manchester and the University of Salford.
The county has the highest number of theatre seats per head of population outside London and theatres include the Royal Exchange Theatre, the Apollo Theatre, the Palace and the Opera House.
There are four professional orchestras, including the The Hallé, which is the UK's oldest symphony orchestra and is based at the Bridgwater Hall. The Manchester Arena hosts more than 21,000, is the largest indoor arena in Europe and has been voted the most popular venue in the world.

Affordable Housing Schemes
There are a number of affordable housing schemes in Atherton to help make buying a property achievable. The work is more complex and we have specialist conveyancing solicitors to handle the following:
- Shared Ownership Solicitors
- Help to Buy Solicitors - The local Help to Buy Agent for Atherton is Own Your Home Government Scheme
- Right to Buy Solicitors Atherton - speak to Wigan Council to find out if you are eligible
- Discount Market Sale Atherton - check with Wigan Council if they are running a DMS scheme
Property Solicitors Atherton
Our Conveyancing Solicitors Atherton have successfully completed numerous conveyancing transactions from start to finish so whether your matter is a comparatively simple purchase for a property in Atherton or, for example, a Sale and Purchase involving a shared ownership property with a Deed of Trust being executed simultaneously, you can rest assured that by choosing us you are in the right hands.
Atherton Property Prices
Average property price in Atherton | £162,298 |
% Change compared to last year | +6% |
Population of Atherton | 72,176 |
Property price data is sourced from the Land Registry House Price Index by Conveyancing Solicitors Atherton.
Conveyancing Solicitors in and around Atherton
Our Atherton conveyancing solicitors can help you with your conveyance locally or in any of the surrounding areas including Bolton, Wigan, Salford, Manchester, Rochdale, Stockport and Oldham.
We have a number of offices throughout England and Wales so you can find a solicitor near you.
Recently completed properties in Atherton:
- Honeybourne Close, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M29 8XB
- Moorgate Drive, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M29 7UA
- Worsley Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M30 8JN
- Monton Green, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9LE
- Roberts Street, Eccles, Manchester, M30 0FX
New build developers and developments in the area:
- The Pilkington – Bee Fold Lane, Atherton.
Developed by Bellway.

Fixed Priced
Conveyancing Quotes
Tailored conveyancing quotes to include all of the solicitors' conveyancing fees for selling a house or buying a house. Read our Fixed Price Conveyancing Quotes Policy

Conveyancer near me covering Greater Manchester
Our Atherton Conveyancing Solicitors have years of experience helping clients with their conveyance in Atherton and have close connections with Wigan Council to ensure we can get conveyancing searches returned as quickly as possible.

Conveyancing Quality Scheme & On All Mortgage Lender Panels
All of our panel solicitors have been awarded the CQS badge of excellence and can work on with any mortgage lender in England & Wales.

No Sale No Fee Conveyancing
All sale and purchase conveyancing quotes come with No Sale No Fee protection. Read our No Sale No Fee Policy
What are the conveyancing costs?
Atherton Conveyancing Solicitor fees dramatically vary depending on whether you approach an online conveyancing solicitor, a high street conveyancer or housing solicitors introduced by your estate agent.
The actual conveyancing costs, outside of the legal work, should be fixed as they are set including:
For buyers: stamp duty, land registration, property searches, ID searches and leasehold charges (if buying a leasehold property).
For sellers: office copies, title plan and management information (if selling a leasehold property).
It is important to make sure when budgeting the costs of moving home that you factor in all of the above conveyancing costs and ensure you get a fixed fee conveyancing quote from your chosen local solicitors or licensed conveyancer.
Whether you're a cash buyer or buying with a mortgage solicitors are key to the whole process, making the right choice critically important.
Fast, good and cheap conveyancing
Read our guides on how you can get all three:
Can you save money on stamp duty?
You are liable to pay stamp duty if you are buying any property – or percentage of a property (shared ownership) – which is valued at more than £125,000. If you own 2 properties, then you start to pay stamp duty on any second home which is worth more than £40,000.
Some companies have been known to offer stamp duty mitigation schemes which ostensibly claim to use tax system loopholes to minimise stamp duty owed. Although such schemes may look tempting:
- they are likely to be expensive;
- the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) has declared these schemes unethical and has forbidden its solicitors from taking part in them; and
- HMRC are constantly examining such schemes; if it examines such a scheme that you've paid money into and rules it illegal, you'll not only have to pay your full stamp duty but you'll lose any money you paid to the company in charge of the scheme.