WA7 5UX
Last sold £57,000 in April 2000
38, Wicksten Drive, Runcorn
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 37m
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Price history in context
- Apr 2000 — £57,000
What this home might be worth today
£187,000
Estimate range £178,000–£197,000
+228.6% since April 2000 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid above the local norm at the time
vs 155 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- The Grange School 14-min walk
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School 9-min walk crosses a major road
- Runcorn station 22-min walk
- Flood Brook Clough 2.7km
- The coast (coastline) 678m
- Lake 2.1km
- Big Pool 401m
- Canal 187m
- River Mersey 687m
- Public Park 142m
- Rock Park 198m
- Quick Pick Store 826m
- Saxon Road 158m
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 Runcorn, 1.3km away
- 19 min Liverpool
- 52 min Manchester
- 77 min Birmingham
- 107 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 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,440 hours a year — sunnier than 10% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on a gentle north-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Planning
- An Article 4 direction applies here — some permitted development rights are withdrawn.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 — 155 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 40, Wicksten Drive, Runcorn £145,000 · 2017
- 5, Grange Road, Runcorn £140,000 · 2008
- 7, Grange Road, Runcorn £89,995 · 2017
- 9, Grange Road, Runcorn £54,500 · 2004
- 4, Grange Road, Runcorn £105,000 · 2025
- 2, Grange Road, Runcorn £100,000 · 2018
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Proposed conversion of existing garden store to create utility / WC with access from new… Feb 2025 source
- Withdrawn Application for a Certificate of Lawful Development seeking confirmation that the… May 2025 source
- Permitted Application to discharge condition no. 12 (Japanese Knotweed Report) of planning… Mar 2026 source
- Permitted Proposed demolition of existing conservatory and erection of a single storey rear… Oct 2025 source
- Permitted Proposed replacement of existing wooden shed with a metal shed in the rear garden at Mar 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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