FY3 9AW

Last sold £173,500 in July 2005

16, Forest Gate, Blackpool

Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
6 (est.)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
1,528 sq ft / 142 sq m
EPC rating
D
Elevation
About 15m — higher than about 60% of homes in Blackpool

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Price history in context

  • Jul 2005 — £173,500 · +39.6% · 16 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Jun 2003 — £124,250 · +50.6% · 19 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Oct 2001 — £82,500 · +560.0% · 555 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Nov 2000 — £12,500 · −84.0% · 89 pts behind the UK market
  • May 2000 — £78,000
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £173,500 £12,500 2000 2005

The life around it

  • Revoe Learning Academy 20-min walk crosses a major road
  • St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School 3-min walk
  • Blackpool North station 17-min walk crosses a major road
  • Holmes Wood 20.5km
  • The coast (coastline) 1.4km
  • Stanley Park Boating Lake 864m
  • Pond 384m
  • Lancaster Canal 14.7km
  • Main Dyke 1.2km
  • Stanley Park 313m
  • Playing Field 382m
  • Wine Lodge 200m
  • Mere Road (By) 59m

Broadband

  • Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 97.7% of premises — not all
  • Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 97.7% of premises — not all
  • 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 Blackpool North, 1.1km away

  • 63 min Manchester
  • 83 min Liverpool

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

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 1,580 hours a year — sunnier than 50% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Planning

  • In the Raikes Hall conservation area — external changes usually need consent.
  • An Article 4 direction applies here — some permitted development rights are withdrawn.

From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.

Crime

Above average for England & Wales — 225 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: exact

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Planning activity nearby

  • Permitted Use of premises as single dwelling. Jun 2026 source
  • Rejected Erection of a 1.8m high wooden fence/gate and erection of an outbuilding to side… May 2025 source
  • Permitted Removal of one Hazel tree. Jul 2025 source
  • Permitted Installation of Juliet balcony following addition of first floor glazed doors to existing… Apr 2025 source
  • Undecided Installation of new shopfront, including formation of separate access to existing upper… Jun 2025 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.

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