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LE18 2JU

Last sold £215,000 in April 2026

5, Buckfast Close, Wigston

Property type
Bungalow
Bedrooms
2 (est.)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
614 sq ft / 57 sq m
Plot area
about 3,200 sq ft / 300 sq m
EPC rating
D
Elevation
About 86m

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Price history in context

  • Apr 2026 — £215,000 · +38.7% · 15 pts behind the UK market
  • Nov 2014 — £155,000
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £215,000 £155,000 2014 2026

The life around it

  • Wigston Birkett House Community Special School 15-min walk
  • Wigston College 12-min walk
  • South Wigston station 25-min walk
  • Gumley Wood 11.1km
  • The coast (coastline) 67.1km
  • Lake 2.0km
  • Pond 261m
  • Canal 935m
  • River Sence 1.1km
  • Peace Memorial Park 674m
  • Aylestone Lane Park 590m
  • Select Convenience 499m
  • Ashton Close (Opp) 176m

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 South Wigston, 1.4km away

  • 45 min Nottingham
  • 49 min Birmingham
  • 80 min Sheffield
  • 85 min London

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

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,490 hours a year — sunnier than 20% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: on a gentle south-east-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Crime

Below average for England & Wales — 56 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

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Planning activity nearby

  • Permitted Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed for a proposed single storey rear extension Jan 2026 source
  • Undecided Conversion and extension of existing garage to habitable accommodation including raising… Jun 2026 source
  • Permitted Demolition of existing 8 classrooms structure and erection of new build, one storey eight… Nov 2025 source
  • Conditions Discharge approved conditions 3 (Materials), 4 (Floor Levels), 5 (Demolition Method… Jun 2026 source
  • Permitted Certificate of Lawful Use (Proposed) erection of new air quality monitoring station May 2025 source

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

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