TQ2 7SH
Last sold £65,000 in December 1997
44, Bench Tor Close, Torquay
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 4 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 980 sq ft / 91 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 90m
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Price history in context
- Dec 1997 — £65,000
What this home might be worth today
£295,000
Estimate range £280,000–£310,000
+353.9% since December 1997 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 58 nearby sales within a year · 4-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Torquay Boys' Grammar School 20-min walk
- Shiphay Learning Academy 7-min walk
- Torre station 1.9km
- Butterball Copse 4.1km
- The coast (coastline) 3.1km
- Lake 3.8km
- Pond 1.0km
- Canal 7.1km
- Aller Brook 2.2km
- Public Park 236m
- Play Area 66m
- Aldi 1.1km
- Fowey Avenue (E-Bound) 62m
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 Torre, 1.9km away
- 90 min Bristol
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 Torquay Boys' Grammar School · Secondary · Boys 0.7 miles State Attainment 8: 66.9 — top 20% nationally (2023)
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,710 hours a year — sunnier than 90% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on a moderate north-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 14% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 73 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 19, Bench Tor Close, Torquay £162,000 · 2019
- 25, Bench Tor Close, Torquay £230,000 · 2020
- 15, Bench Tor Close, Torquay £177,500 · 2016
- 118a, Exe Hill, Torquay £238,000 · 2006
- 118, Exe Hill, Torquay £77,500 · 2001
- 120, Exe Hill, Torquay £89,500 · 2001
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Reconstruction of porch, conversion of side extension on eastern elevation to form… Jul 2026 source
- Rejected Construction of extension on northern elevation, conversion of side extension on eastern… Mar 2026 source
- Permitted Construction of single storey extension to front of property. Jan 2026 source
- Permitted Oak (T1) - a crown reduction of up to 2 metres on the north-west aspect of the crown, in… Jun 2026 source
- Conditions Installation of 11m pole and associated apparatus. Jun 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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