WA8 9AJ
Last sold £425,000 in May 2017
256, Upton Lane, Widnes
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 6 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 2,411 sq ft / 224 sq m
- EPC rating
- E
- Elevation
- About 44m — higher than about 90% of homes in Widnes
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Price history in context
- May 2017 — £425,000 · +21.4% · 26 pts behind the UK market
- Jul 2004 — £350,000 · +86.2% · 0 pts ahead of the UK market
- Jul 1999 — £188,000
What this home might be worth today
£567,000
Estimate range £539,000–£595,000
+33.4% since May 2017 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 119 nearby sales within a year · 6-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School 970m
- Birchfield Nursery School 978m
- Widnes station 953m
- Mill Wood 6.0km
- The coast (coastline) 3.4km
- Lake 3.2km
- Pond 290m
- Sankey Canal 3.2km
- Alder Brook 545m
- Public Park 407m
- Play Area 445m
- Blackhorse Post Office 769m
- Queensbury Way 275m
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, 953m 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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1 Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.6 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 1,460 hours a year — sunnier than 10% 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.
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 258, Upton Lane, Widnes £403,000 · 2020
- 254, Upton Lane, Widnes £340,000 · 2007
- 252, Upton Lane, Widnes £335,000 · 2015
- 225, Upton Lane, Widnes £206,950 · 2002
- 250, Upton Lane, Widnes £415,000 · 2021
- 223, Upton Lane, Widnes £184,450 · 2000
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Proposed 3 bed 2 storey detached dwelling at Jan 2026 source
- Permitted Proposed part-retrospective erection of a summer house in the back garden at Dec 2025 source
- Permitted Application for certificate of proposed lawful development for a rear single storey… Dec 2024 source
- Permitted Proposed single storey side/rear extension at Nov 2024 source
- Permitted Application for certificate of proposed lawful development for a single storey rear… Jan 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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