CA14 1ES
Last sold £273,000 in March 2008
Birbank, 8, Main Road, Workington
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 54m — higher than about 70% of homes in Workington
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Price history in context
- Mar 2008 — £273,000 · +264.0% · 84 pts ahead of the UK market
- Jul 1997 — £75,000
What this home might be worth today
£438,000
Estimate range £416,000–£460,000
+60.5% since March 2008 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 34 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Northside Primary School 41-min walk crosses a major road
- Seaton St. Paul's CofE Junior School 5-min walk
- Workington station 2.3km
- Stainburn Wood 1.1km
- The coast (coastline) 1.5km
- Lake 967m
- Former Seaton Ironworks Reservoir (Disused) 739m
- Canal 39.4km
- Ling Beck 601m
- Public Park 908m
- Playing Field 265m
- Nisa Local 482m
- Holiday Village (At) 24.6km
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more Not available
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more Not available
- 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
Schools nearby
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 60–64 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a busy road within earshot.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,500 hours a year — sunnier than 30% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 46 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 9, Main Road, Workington £88,750 · 1996
- 5, Main Road, Workington £130,000 · 2003
- 6, Main Road, Workington £206,000 · 2005
- 6a, Main Road, Workington £170,000 · 2008
- 6b, Main Road, Workington £217,500 · 2012
- Emi-Lea, Main Road, Workington £230,000 · 2012
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Proposed annexe to be used for ancillary domestic use to accommodate disabled family… Nov 2025 source
- Undecided Proposed additional living accommodation Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Proposed single storey side & rear extension, front porch & internal alterations Oct 2025 source
- Permitted 30% crown reduction of Sycamore tree to the rear of property. Aug 2025 source
- Permitted Works to TPO trees, as detailed within Cumbria Tree Surveys Arboricultural Report dated… Oct 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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