WA8 5AW
Last sold £52,000 in October 1996
38, Cronton Lane, Widnes
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
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Price history in context
- Oct 1996 — £52,000
What this home might be worth today
£255,000
Estimate range £242,000–£268,000
+390.5% since October 1996 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well below the local norm at the time
vs 59 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School 959m
- Lunts Heath Primary School 975m
- Widnes station 1.3km
- Mill Wood 6.5km
- The coast (coastline) 3.9km
- Lake 3.7km
- Pond 266m
- Sankey Canal 3.7km
- Alder Brook 807m
- Birchfield Gardens 336m
- Playing Field 84m
- Blackhorse Post Office 230m
- Hillcrest 40m
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, 1.3km 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
Crime
Among the lowest for England & Wales — 3 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 46, Cronton Lane, Widnes £59,500 · 1998
- 50, Cronton Lane, Widnes £75,000 · 1999
- 56, Cronton Lane, Widnes £185,000 · 2011
- 44, Cronton Lane, Widnes £166,000 · 2009
- 48, Cronton Lane, Widnes £270,000 · 2023
- 42, Cronton Lane, Widnes £234,000 · 2022
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Proposed erection of a convenience store with associated car parking, landscaping and… Nov 2025 source
- Permitted Proposed demolition of existing garage, rear extension and conservatory to create a… Sep 2025 source
- Permitted Proposed conservatory to rear at Apr 2026 source
- Permitted Application for a Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for a garage conversion to… Nov 2025 source
- Permitted Proposed change of use from fast food takeaway (Use Class Sui Generis) to a pottery… May 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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