BA2 6QX
Last sold £788,521 in August 2016
5, Forester Lane, Bath
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 8 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 2,002 sq ft / 186 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 31m — higher than about 20% of homes in Bath
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Price history in context
- Aug 2016 — £788,521
What this home might be worth today
£1,074,000
Estimate range £1,020,000–£1,128,000
+36.2% since August 2016 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 12 nearby sales within a year · 8-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Bathwick St Mary Church School 15-min walk
- King Edward's School 18-min walk
- Bath Spa station 35-min walk crosses a major road
- Bathwick Wood 838m
- The coast (coastline) 15.8km
- Lake 187m
- Pond 254m
- Canal 92m
- River Avon 200m
- Sydney Gardens 150m
- Play Area 150m
- Spar 1.1km
- Forester Avenue (S-Bound) 95m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 80% of premises — not all
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 80% of premises — not all
- 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 Bath Spa, 1.4km away
- 12 min Bristol
- 63 min Oxford
- 75 min Cardiff
- 76 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 1,600 hours a year — sunnier than 60% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 9% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Planning
- In the Bath conservation area — external changes usually need consent.
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Crime
Above average for England & Wales — 104 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- Galen, 2, Forester Lane, Bath £715,000 · 2025
- 19, Forester Lane, Bath £134,950 · 1999
- 9, Forester Lane, Bath £50,000 · 1999
- 7, Forester Lane, Bath £570,000 · 2012
- 4, Forester Lane, Bath £675,000 · 2021
- 10, Beckford Gardens, Bath £620,000 · 2022
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Loft conversion with flat roof rear dormer. Jul 2026 source
- Undecided Hazel T1 - remove to ground level. Goat Willow T2 - remove to ground level. 4x Apple G3 -… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Acacia T1 - fell to ground level. Jun 2026 source
- Undecided Installation of rear flat roof dormer and 3no. rooflights Mar 2026 source
- Permitted Silver Birch (T1) - Reduce by 25% (2.8m), shape and remove deadwood. Jun 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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