WA8 8SU
Last sold £116,000 in October 2019
2, Francis Close, Widnes
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Bedrooms
- 3 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,012 sq ft / 94 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
- Elevation
- About 17m — higher than about 20% of homes in Widnes
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Price history in context
- Oct 2019 — £116,000 · +3.6% · 4 pts behind the UK market
- Dec 2016 — £112,000 · +7.7% · 21 pts behind the UK market
- Jan 2013 — £104,000 · −5.5% · 1 pts ahead of the UK market
- Mar 2007 — £110,000
What this home might be worth today
£146,000
Estimate range £139,000–£153,000
+25.9% since October 2019 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 56 nearby sales within a year · 3-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School 609m
- Ashley High School 708m
- Hough Green station 1.1km
- Mill Wood 3.9km
- The coast (coastline) 1.3km
- Lake 2.4km
- Pond 705m
- Canal 2.4km
- Ditton Brook 1.2km
- Quarry Gardens 551m
- Play Area 675m
- Shop 426m
- Blundell Arms 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 Hough Green, 1.1km away
- 25 min Liverpool
- 47 min Manchester
- 106 min Birmingham
- 106 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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1 St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School · Primary · Roman Catholic 0.4 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 1,470 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.
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 173, Coronation Drive, Widnes £41,500 · 2002
- 177, Coronation Drive, Widnes £95,000 · 2006
- 21, Nicholas Road, Widnes £220,000 · 2025
- 179, Coronation Drive, Widnes £70,000 · 2010
- 181, Coronation Drive, Widnes £130,000 · 2021
- 5, Francis Close, Widnes £95,000 · 2017
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Proposed demolition of existing detached garage and construction of new detached garage at Dec 2025 source
- Permitted Proposed single storey rear extension for a bedroom, accessible shower and outdoor ramp… Dec 2024 source
- Undecided Proposed single storey side extension at Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Proposed part two storey and part single storey rear extension at Oct 2025 source
- Withdrawn Proposed two storey side, single storey rear extension and conversion of loft at Dec 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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