PR5 6WE
Last sold £43,500 in December 1995
8, Douglas Close, Preston
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 49m — higher than about 80% of homes in Preston
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Price history in context
- Dec 1995 — £43,500
What this home might be worth today
£229,000
Estimate range £217,000–£240,000
+425.4% since December 1995 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 50 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Clayton Brook Primary School 1.7km
- Cuerden Church School, Bamber Bridge 9-min walk
- Bamber Bridge station 10-min walk
- Cockshott/Dogkennel Woods 1.7km
- The coast (coastline) 2.7km
- Cuerden Lake 1.3km
- Pond 221m
- Leeds And Liverpool Canal 4.6km
- River Lostock 668m
- Withy Grove Park 282m
- Play Area 273m
- Harley's 478m
- Methodist Church (O/S) 413m
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 Bamber Bridge, 548m away
- 62 min Manchester
- 87 min Liverpool
- 114 min Leeds
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 Bamber Bridge St Aidan's Church of England Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.5 miles State
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 1,400 hours a year. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 129 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 4, Douglas Close, Preston £52,500 · 1999
- 7, Douglas Close, Preston £52,000 · 2000
- 12, Douglas Close, Preston £125,000 · 2008
- 5, Douglas Close, Preston £110,000 · 2011
- 6, Douglas Close, Preston £149,000 · 2024
- 2, Douglas Close, Preston £110,000 · 2014
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Application for prior approval for single storey rear extension. Proposed length 4m,… May 2026 source
- Permitted Single storey rear extension. Apr 2026 source
- In progress Application to amend its hazardous substance consent for the manufacture, storage and… Mar 2026 source
- Permitted Removal and replacement of 3no antennas, installation of 1no new equipment cabinet and… Dec 2025 source
- In progress Proposed change of use of existing boiler testing centre (B2) to staff canteen (Sui… Jul 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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