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WA8 5PZ

Last sold £370,000 in June 2015

279, Cronton Road, Widnes

Property type
Semi-detached
Tenure
Freehold
Elevation
About 30m — higher than about 60% of homes in Widnes

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Price history in context

  • Jun 2015 — £370,000 · +200.8% · 62 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Dec 1999 — £123,000 · +106.7% · 69 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Dec 1996 — £59,500
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £370,000 £59,500 1996 2015

The life around it

  • Cronton Church of England Primary Academy 604m
  • Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery 864m
  • Hough Green station 1.8km
  • Mill Wood 5.2km
  • The coast (coastline) 3.8km
  • Big Water 2.4km
  • Pond 285m
  • Canal 4.5km
  • Dog Clog Brook 550m
  • Public Park 1.2km
  • Playing Field 822m
  • Londis 1.2km
  • Alder Lane (Opp) 23m

Broadband

  • Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more Not available
  • Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more Not available
  • Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 75% of premises — not all

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, 1.8km 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

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 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 1,470 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.

Planning

  • In the green belt — new building is tightly restricted.

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

Crime

Below average for England & Wales — 53 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: approximate (postcode)

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Planning activity nearby

  • Undecided OUTLINE PLANNING APPLICATION (INCLUDING DETAILS OF ACCESS WITH ALL OTHER MATTERS… Jan 2026 source
  • Undecided Adjoining Authority Consultation by Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council regarding an… Mar 2026 source
  • Permitted REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING DOORS, WINDOWS AND FRONT VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS GATES,… Jan 2026 source
  • Permitted ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION, LOFT CONVERSION WITH A FLAT ROOF REAR DORMER,… Mar 2026 source

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

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