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PR1 9TS

Last sold £161,500 in August 2016

8, Werneth Close, Preston

Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
5 (est.)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
872 sq ft / 81 sq m
EPC rating
D
Elevation
About 34m — higher than about 50% of homes in Preston

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Price history in context

  • Aug 2016 — £161,500 · +199.1% · 76 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Jun 2001 — £54,000
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £161,500 £54,000 2001 2016

The life around it

  • Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School 932m
  • Applebee Wood School 332m
  • Lostock Hall station 1.0km
  • Cockshott/Dogkennel Woods 1.8km
  • The coast (coastline) 2.2km
  • Lake 1.0km
  • Pond 459m
  • Lancaster Canal 4.3km
  • Mill Brook 1.0km
  • Public Park 542m
  • Play Area 212m
  • Spar 533m
  • Fir Trees Road (By) 196m

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 Lostock Hall, 1.0km away

  • 59 min Manchester
  • 84 min Liverpool
  • 117 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

Flood risk

Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map

Noise

Rail noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — trains are audible.

Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,410 hours a year — sunnier than 10% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: on a gentle west-facing slope; surrounding hills hide almost none of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Crime

Below average for England & Wales — 85 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

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Planning activity nearby

  • In progress The construction of an Auto-Transformer Feeder station (ATFS) and associated… Oct 2025 source
  • Permitted REQUEST FOR AN EIA SCREENING OPINION UNDER REGULATION 6 OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING… Sep 2025 source
  • Conditions Demolition of existing detached garage and erection of a single-storey ancillary… Dec 2025 source
  • Permitted Application for Lawful Development Certificate for change use from C3 dwellinghouse to C4… Jan 2026 source
  • Rejected Change of use of existing property (C3 dwelling house) to House in Multiple Occupancy… Nov 2025 source

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

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