FY3 9AW

Last sold £216,000 in March 2025

31, Forest Gate, Blackpool

Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
4 (est.)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
1,270 sq ft / 118 sq m
Plot area
about 2,200 sq ft / 200 sq m
EPC rating
D
Elevation
About 19m — higher than about 80% of homes in Blackpool

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Price history in context

  • Mar 2025 — £216,000 · +44.0% · 43 pts behind the UK market
  • May 2005 — £150,000 · +96.1% · 35 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Apr 2001 — £76,500
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £216,000 £76,500 2001 2025

The life around it

  • Revoe Learning Academy 22-min walk crosses a major road
  • St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School 4-min walk
  • Blackpool North station 19-min walk crosses a major road
  • Holmes Wood 20.4km
  • The coast (coastline) 1.5km
  • Stanley Park Boating Lake 699m
  • Pond 203m
  • Lancaster Canal 14.5km
  • Main Dyke 1.0km
  • Stanley Park 140m
  • Playing Field 258m
  • Tesco Express 338m
  • Poplar Avenue (Opp) 107m

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, 1.2km 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 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 1,560 hours a year — sunnier than 40% 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

  • Undecided Removal of monterey cypress tree. Sep 2025 source
  • Permitted Removal of one Hazel tree. Jul 2025 source
  • Undecided Erection of a single storey side and rear extension Aug 2025 source
  • Permitted Discharge of conditions 4 (Landscaping) & 5 (Materials) attached to planning permission… Dec 2025 source
  • Rejected Erection of single storey side extension, widening of existing vehicle access and… Jun 2025 source

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

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