WA8 6NW

Last sold £125,000 in March 2007

6, Sharp Street, Widnes

Property type: Terraced
Bedrooms: 4 (est.)
Tenure: Leasehold
Floor area: 1,023 sq ft / 95 sq m
EPC rating: D
Elevation: About 15m

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Price history in context

Date	Price	Change	Base rate at sale	vs UK market
Today	Show me today's estimate
March 2007	£125,000	+635.3%	5.25%	+553 pts
October 2001	£17,000	+13.3%	4.5%	+12 pts
June 2001	£15,000	−11.8%	5.25%	−15 pts
December 2000	£17,000	−10.5%	6.0%	−16 pts
June 2000	£19,000	+5.6%	6.0%	−22 pts
April 1998	£18,000		7.25%

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Mar 2007 — £125,000 · +635.3% · 553 pts ahead of the UK market
Oct 2001 — £17,000 · +13.3% · 12 pts ahead of the UK market
Jun 2001 — £15,000 · −11.8% · 15 pts behind the UK market
Dec 2000 — £17,000 · −10.5% · 16 pts behind the UK market
Jun 2000 — £19,000 · +5.6% · 22 pts behind the UK market
Apr 1998 — £18,000

paid well above the local norm at the time

vs 200 nearby sales within a year · 4-bed (est.) terraced within 1 km

The life around it

Kingsway Primary Academy School 3-min walk
Riverside College Halton 8-min walk
Widnes station 1.3km
Mill Wood 5.8km
The coast (coastline) 1.3km
Lake 1.0km
Pond 952m
Sankey Canal 1.1km
Bower's Brook 1.1km
Public Park 359m
Playing Field 16m
Food Plus 492m
Milton Road 113m

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 Widnes, 1.3km away

23 min Liverpool
29 min Manchester
85 min Sheffield
102 min Birmingham

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

1 Kingsway Primary Academy School · Primary 0.1 miles State Ofsted Good
2 Riverside College Halton 0.3 miles State Average A-level points: 33.6 (2023)
3 St Bede's Catholic Infant School · Primary · Roman Catholic 0.3 miles State Ofsted Outstanding
4 St Bede's Catholic Junior School · Primary · Roman Catholic 0.3 miles State
5 St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School · Primary · Catholic 0.3 miles State
6 Poppy Field School 0.3 miles State
7 Fairfield Primary School · Primary 0.6 miles State
8 Wade Deacon High School · Secondary 0.6 miles State Ofsted Outstanding Attainment 8: 48.2 — top 40% nationally (2023)
9 Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School · Secondary · Roman Catholic 0.6 miles State Attainment 8: 39.9 (2023)
10 Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Warrington Road Nursery School 0.7 miles State

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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 1,460 hours a year — sunnier than 10% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: no hills shade it. 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.

Map

Location: exact

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Nearby sold homes

39, Princes Street, Widnes £120,000 · 2025
43, Princes Street, Widnes £42,950 · 2002
45, Princes Street, Widnes £120,000 · 2025
36, Princes Street, Widnes £76,000 · 2020
40, Princes Street, Widnes £91,000 · 2007
42, Princes Street, Widnes £36,500 · 2002

Planning activity nearby

Permitted Proposed change of use of first floor office to 1no. 1 bed flat with internal alteration… Feb 2025 source
Permitted Proposed change of use from a single-family dwelling (Use Class C3) to a 5-bedroom House… Jan 2026 source
Permitted Proposed extension to existing residential bedsit studios to form new Block C -… Jan 2026 source
Undecided Proposed change of use from a E-Class use to a specialist 8 bedroom care home (Class C2)… Nov 2025 source
Rejected Proposed change of use of the first floor and part ground floor from E-Class to twelve… Aug 2025 source

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

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