WA8 9GL
Last sold £270,000 in January 2025
1, Bowen Close, Widnes
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 3 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 840 sq ft / 78 sq m
- Plot area
- about 2,200 sq ft / 200 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
- Elevation
- About 32m — higher than about 60% of homes in Widnes
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Price history in context
- Jan 2025 — £270,000 · +35.0% · 7 pts ahead of the UK market
- Jul 2017 — £200,000 · +13.6% · 18 pts behind the UK market
- Jul 2006 — £176,000 · +138.0% · 26 pts behind the UK market
- Nov 1997 — £73,950
What this home might be worth today
£275,000
Estimate range £262,000–£289,000
+2.0% since January 2025 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 33 nearby sales within a year · 3-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 18-min walk crosses a major road
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery 24-min walk
- Widnes station 1.5km
- Mill Wood 5.3km
- The coast (coastline) 3.1km
- Lake 3.4km
- Pond 142m
- Canal 3.4km
- Alder Brook 297m
- Public Park 134m
- Playing Field 573m
- Londis 1.2km
- Queensbury Way 487m
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, 1.5km 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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2 All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.6 miles State Ofsted Good
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3 Cronton Church of England Primary Academy · Primary · Church of England 0.7 miles State Ofsted Outstanding
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,470 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.
Crime
Among the lowest for England & Wales — 1 crime recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 4, Bowen Close, Widnes £102,450 · 1997
- 2, Bowen Close, Widnes £163,000 · 2010
- 3, Bowen Close, Widnes £249,950 · 2011
- 48, Upton Grange, Widnes £255,000 · 2023
- 56, Upton Grange, Widnes £295,000 · 2025
- 58, Upton Grange, Widnes £290,000 · 2025
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Proposed single storey side extension at Apr 2026 source
- Undecided Application to discharge condition nos. 1 - 21 (all conditions) of planning permission… Feb 2025 source
- Undecided Proposed erection of 10 detached dwellings with associated garages, parking and gardens… Feb 2026 source
- Undecided Proposed new garden wall with pedestrian gate and vehicle gate at Apr 2026 source
- Permitted Proposed work to an Oak tree protected by TPO 072: removal of deadwood at May 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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