HX3 7DX
Last sold £58,000 in November 1997
70, Towngate, Halifax
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
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Price history in context
- Nov 1997 — £58,000
What this home might be worth today
£263,000
Estimate range £250,000–£276,000
+353.9% since November 1997 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 72 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Shelf Junior and Infant School 1.6km
- Northowram Primary School 261m
- Halifax station 2.4km
- Sun Wood/North Wood 1.3km
- The coast (coastline) 43.2km
- Park Dam 3.8km
- Pond 936m
- Canal 4.3km
- Shibden Brook 678m
- Public Park 499m
- Playing Field 201m
- Shop 1.3km
- Tetley Lane 61m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 79.2% of premises — not all
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 79.2% 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 Halifax, 2.4km away
- 33 min Leeds
- 43 min Manchester
- 84 min Sheffield
- 103 min Liverpool
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
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.
Planning
- In the Northowram Village conservation area — external changes usually need consent.
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 50 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 62, Towngate, Halifax £57,000 · 1999
- 25, Towngate, Halifax £44,000 · 2025
- 25a, Towngate, Halifax £65,000 · 2026
- Towngate House, Towngate, Halifax £320,000 · 2008
- 31, Towngate, Halifax £335,000 · 2025
- 56, Towngate, Halifax £91,000 · 2002
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Demolition of existing buildings to facilitate 8 dwellings including access and public… May 2025 source
- Permitted Non material amendment to 25/00199/HSE; extension of rear canopy and amendment from… Jan 2026 source
- Undecided Submission of information to discharge condition 8 on planning application 25/00058/FUL Aug 2025 source
- Undecided Dwelling house Jan 2025 source
- Undecided Submission of information to Discharge Conditions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11 and 14 on planning… May 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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