OL2 8PS
Last sold £185,500 in December 2021
1, Read Close, Oldham
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Bedrooms
- 3 (est.)
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- Floor area
- 775 sq ft / 72 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 182m — higher than about 50% of homes in Oldham
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Price history in context
- Dec 2021 — £185,500 · +33.9% · 31 pts behind the UK market
- Mar 2006 — £138,500
What this home might be worth today
£204,000
Estimate range £194,000–£214,000
+10.1% since December 2021 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 56 nearby sales within a year · 3-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy 14-min walk
- Farrowdale House School 7-min walk
- Rochdale station 5.6km
- Oaken Bank Wood 6.4km
- The coast (coastline) 38.4km
- Upper Strinesdale Reservoir 2.4km
- Pond 59m
- Rochdale Canal 4.8km
- River Beal 334m
- Public Park 197m
- Play Area 86m
- Aldi 181m
- Crompton Health Centre (O/S) 179m
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 Rochdale, 5.6km away
- 14 min Manchester
- 66 min Leeds
- 67 min Liverpool
- 94 min Sheffield
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 St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy · Primary · Roman Catholic 0.4 miles State
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Noise
Road noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,290 hours a year. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 7% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 14, Cape Gardens, Oldham £140,000 · 2018
- 16, Cape Gardens, Oldham £168,000 · 2022
- 3, Read Close, Oldham £150,000 · 2006
- 6, Cape Gardens, Oldham £69,950 · 2005
- 9, Read Close, Oldham £145,000 · 2006
- 2, Read Close, Oldham £67,500 · 2011
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Single storey rear extension Nov 2025 source
- Permitted 1 x 11m medium wooden pole (OGEA16876771) May 2025 source
- Permitted Change of use from health centre (Use Class E) to a 20 unit House in Multiple Occupation… Sep 2025 source
- Permitted Change of Use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to Residential Institution for a care… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Erection and display of external signs to the front, side and rear elevations. Apr 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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