Last sold £236,000 in November 2025

The life around it

• Grasmere CofE Primary School 4.6km
• Ambleside CofE Primary School 344m
• Windermere station 7.2km
• Clappersgate Woods 805m
• The coast (coastline) 18.6km
• Lake 567m
• Pond 318m
• Canal 5.4km
• Stock Ghyll 54m
• Stock Ghyll Park 200m
• Playing Field 273m
• Co-Op Food 189m
• Gait Barrows (By) 28.9km

Broadband

• Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more Not available
• Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more Not available
• 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 Windermere, 7.2km away

• 94 min Manchester

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: Medium. Check the current map

Noise

Road noise here is mapped at 60–64 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a busy road within earshot.

Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,300 hours a year. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: on a moderate west-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 16% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Planning

• Grade II listed — listed building consent is needed for most alterations. Historic England entry
• In the Ambleside conservation area — external changes usually need consent.

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

Crime

Below average for England & Wales — 143 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: exact

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Nearby sold homes

• 3, Tom Fold, Ambleside £250,000 · 2009
• Cosy Cottage, 1, Tom Fold, Ambleside £410,000 · 2023
• Loughrigg View, Smithy Brow, Ambleside £271,000 · 2015
• Kirkstone Foot Cottage, Smithy Brow, Ambleside £202,500 · 2008
• The Old House, Smithy Brow, Ambleside £400,000 · 2003
• 3, Smithy Brow, Ambleside £225,500 · 2009

Planning activity nearby

• Conditions Change of use of land from general industrial to householder including demolition of… Mar 2026 source
• Undecided Proposed change of use from butcher's shop to residential at ground floor level to create… Mar 2026 source
• Permitted Acer tree (marked as Acer in notification) - Reduce and reshape by up to 2m. Jan 2026 source
• Conditions Installation of plant and equipment Jan 2026 source
• Permitted Cherry tree (listed as T1 in notification) - Fell to ground level. May 2026 source

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