WA8 9YT
Last sold £185,000 in April 2010
1, Balham Close, Widnes
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 42m — higher than about 80% of homes in Widnes
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Price history in context
- Apr 2010 — £185,000 · +98.9% · 35 pts behind the UK market
- Mar 1999 — £93,000 · +17.0% · 13 pts behind the UK market
- Dec 1995 — £79,500
What this home might be worth today
£319,000
Estimate range £303,000–£335,000
+72.5% since April 2010 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 60 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School 9-min walk
- Birchfield Nursery School 13-min walk
- Widnes station 422m
- Mill Wood 6.4km
- The coast (coastline) 3.0km
- Lake 2.8km
- Pond 574m
- Sankey Canal 2.8km
- Alder Brook 1.3km
- Upton Rocks 333m
- Playing Field 201m
- Blackhorse Post Office 867m
- Pit Lane 75m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Widnes, 422m away
- 23 min Liverpool
- 29 min Manchester
- 85 min Sheffield
- 102 min Birmingham
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
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1 Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.2 miles State Ofsted Good
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,460 hours a year — sunnier than 10% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: no hills shade it. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 3, Balham Close, Widnes £89,500 · 1999
- 7, Balham Close, Widnes £195,000 · 2002
- 129a, Birchfield Road, Widnes £210,000 · 2013
- 1, Balmoral Road, Widnes £303,000 · 2022
- 6, Balham Close, Widnes £333,500 · 2021
- 9, Balham Close, Widnes £375,000 · 2024
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Proposed single storey rear extension, two storey side extension with a new roof with… Aug 2025 source
- Permitted Proposed single storey side and rear extension at Apr 2025 source
- Rejected Application for a Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for a single-storey rear… Apr 2026 source
- Undecided Proposed side double storey extension with, part rear double storey and full rear single… May 2026 source
- Permitted Proposed single storey side and rear extension at Feb 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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