SK17 8ET
Last sold £78,000 in July 2001
Penlan Cottage, Buxton
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 372m — higher than about 90% of homes in Buxton
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Price history in context
- Jul 2001 — £78,000 · +34.5% · 9 pts behind the UK market
- Apr 1998 — £58,000
What this home might be worth today
£229,000
Estimate range £217,000–£240,000
+193.2% since July 2001 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
The life around it
- Chapel-en-le-Frith CofE VC Primary School 2.8km
- Peak Forest Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.8km
- Dove Holes station 3.0km
- Elle Bank 6.8km
- The coast (coastline) 47.8km
- Lake 1.8km
- Pond 662m
- Canal 6.8km
- Black Brook 1.9km
- War Memorial Park 3.2km
- Playing Field 2.5km
- Edale General Store 6.2km
- Wanted Inn (Adj) 127m
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
Commute by train
From Dove Holes, 3.0km away
- 56 min Manchester
- 101 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 Chapel-en-le-Frith CofE VC Primary School · Primary · Church of England 1.7 miles State Ofsted Good
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2 Peak Forest Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School · Primary · Church of England 1.8 miles State
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 1,340 hours a year. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on a gentle south-east-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 8% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Planning
- In the Sparrowpit 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 — 127 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- Tor View, Sparrow Pit, Buxton £85,000 · 1998
- Windmill Cottage, Sparrow Pit, Buxton £55,000 · 1998
- Down Cottage, Sparrow Pit, Buxton £74,500 · 2000
- Chapel Cottage, Sparrow Pit, Buxton £79,000 · 2001
- Newstead, Sparrow Pit, Buxton £178,000 · 2003
- Crooked Nook, Sparrow Pit, Buxton £100,000 · 2004
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted T1 Elm- Fell, dueto roots destabilising neighbours wall, causing damage. T2 Ash-… Feb 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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