WA8 5HJ
Last sold £220,000 in October 2015
9, Forge Close, Widnes
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 7 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,345 sq ft / 125 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
- Elevation
- About 34m
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Price history in context
- Oct 2015 — £220,000 · +47.2% · 44 pts behind the UK market
- Apr 2002 — £149,500
What this home might be worth today
£318,000
Estimate range £303,000–£334,000
+44.8% since October 2015 — 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 · 7-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Cronton Church of England Primary Academy 5-min walk
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery 8-min walk
- Hough Green station 2.0km
- Mill Wood 5.5km
- The coast (coastline) 3.8km
- Big Water 2.7km
- Pond 323m
- Canal 4.3km
- Alder Brook 543m
- Pex Hill Country Park 809m
- Play Area 372m
- Londis 1.3km
- Smithy Lane (Se-Bound) 129m
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 Hough Green, 2.0km away
- 25 min Liverpool
- 47 min Manchester
- 106 min Birmingham
- 106 min Sheffield
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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1 Cronton Church of England Primary Academy · Primary · Church of England 0.1 miles State Ofsted Outstanding
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3 All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.7 miles State Ofsted Good
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,460 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.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 49 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 3, Forge Close, Widnes £61,500 · 1997
- 1, Forge Close, Widnes £67,500 · 1999
- 2, Forge Close, Widnes £160,000 · 2016
- 5, Smithy Close, Widnes £140,000 · 2019
- 6, Forge Close, Widnes £410,000 · 2025
- 14, Wheatfield Road, Widnes £270,000 · 2025
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION, LOFT CONVERSION WITH A FLAT ROOF REAR DORMER,… Mar 2026 source
- Permitted DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE, ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY CONTAINER TO BE USED AS A FARM… Oct 2025 source
- Undecided RETENTION OF 2NO. OUTDOOR DINING PODS IN BEER GARDEN TO REAR OF PUBLIC HOUSE WITH… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND FRONT EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH THE CONVERSION OF THE… Oct 2025 source
- Permitted REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING DOORS, WINDOWS AND FRONT VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS GATES,… Jan 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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