WA14 2QQ
Last sold £1,000,000 in December 2024
40, The Downs, Altrincham
- Property type
- Terraced
- Bedrooms
- 6 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,991 sq ft / 185 sq m
- EPC rating
- E
- Elevation
- About 47m — higher than about 80% of homes in Altrincham
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Price history in context
- Dec 2024 — £1,000,000 · +189.9% · 157 pts ahead of the UK market
- Feb 2017 — £345,000 · +0.0% · 4 pts behind the UK market
- Mar 2016 — £345,000 · +15.0% · 7 pts behind the UK market
- Jul 2006 — £300,000
What this home might be worth today
£1,023,000
Estimate range £972,000–£1,074,000
+2.3% since December 2024 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 69 nearby sales within a year · 6-bed (est.) terraced within 1 km
The life around it
- Loreto Grammar School 11-min walk
- Bowdon Preparatory School 8-min walk crosses a major road
- Altrincham station 9-min walk
- Harpers Bank Wood 4.0km
- The coast (coastline) 14.8km
- King George V Pool 1.0km
- Pond 804m
- Canal 1.5km
- Timperley Brook 985m
- Spring Bank 431m
- Playing Field 332m
- Shop 207m
- Lloyd Street (Nr) 53m
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 Altrincham, 615m away
- 27 min Manchester
- 72 min Sheffield
- 85 min Liverpool
- 99 min Leeds
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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3 Loreto Grammar School · Secondary · Girls · Roman Catholic 0.3 miles State Ofsted Outstanding Attainment 8: 76.3 — top 20% nationally (2023)
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 1,450 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 east-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Planning
- Grade II listed — listed building consent is needed for most alterations. Historic England entry
- In the The Downs conservation area — external changes usually need consent.
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 42, The Downs, Altrincham £760,000 · 2025
- 32, The Downs, Altrincham £480,000 · 2006
- 36, The Downs, Altrincham £740,000 · 2022
- 38, The Downs, Altrincham £682,000 · 2021
- 44, The Downs, Altrincham £900,000 · 2023
- 34, The Downs, Altrincham £907,500 · 2020
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Application for approval of details reserved by conditions of grant of planning… Apr 2026 source
- Undecided Application for approval of details reserved by conditions of grant of planning… Apr 2026 source
- Conditions Application for approval of details reserved by conditions of grant of planning… Jun 2026 source
- Undecided External alterations including new window and door to side elevation and alterations to… Jun 2026 source
- Undecided Erection of a glazed single storey rear extension, alterations to existing garden store… May 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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