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Buying at M30 8AF

Before you offer on a home at M30 8AF: the checks to raise with your surveyor and conveyancer, whether an asking price stands up against what sold nearby, how prices here have moved since 1995, what it costs to run a home, and a buyer's report for every home on the postcode.

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £240k. In Eccles.

1 to check3 clear£240k typical on Canal Bank

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 66 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).
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Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (2018 HMO Article 4 Direction).
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1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.
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Busy road: B5229, 180 m awayAbout 11,161 vehicles a day in 2019 (DfT traffic counts).
Clear
Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.
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No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.
Clear
Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Xoserve, UKHSA/BGS radon atlas, BGS GeoSure, Coal Authority, Environment Agency (© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026), Defra noise maps, Historic England, Ofcom, council planning registers (OGL). For a particular home, its buyer's report (below) adds tenure, energy rating, age and extensions.

Price

Is the asking price fair?

£240ktypical sale on Canal Bank, last 10 years

£3,149typical price per m² in Eccles

£1,790–£3,870per m² for homes at M30 8AF sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,149 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £283k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

Trend

Prices in Eccles

Eccles

+76% over ten years (2015 to 2025).

Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.

Comparables

What sold nearby in the last two years

Type	Sales	Typical	Range
Detached	40	£506k	£280k – £975k
Semi-detached	94	£385k	£90k – £880k
Terraced	74	£290k	£80k – £820k
Flat	80	£150k	£45k – £325k

Standard sales in Eccles. Every recent sale.

Running costs

What it costs to live here

A home's own band, energy rating and typical bills are in its buyer's report.

MHCLG council tax; Xoserve gas connections.

Supply

How often homes come up

5sales on Canal Bank in the last two years

288sales in Eccles in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at M30 8AF

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Canal BankTerraced	£225,000, Mar 2014	108 m²	Buyer's report →
2, Canal BankTerraced	£325,000, Nov 2025	141 m²	Buyer's report →
3, Canal BankTerraced	£41,500, Dec 1995	–	Buyer's report →
4, Canal BankTerraced	£218,000, Jun 2017	97 m²	Buyer's report →
9, Canal BankTerraced	£246,000, Sept 2021	97 m²	Buyer's report →
10, Canal BankTerraced	£112,600, Dec 2007	–	Buyer's report →
23, Canal BankDetached	£70,000, Jan 1995	122 m²	Buyer's report →
24, Canal BankTerraced	£129,950, Sept 2006	–	Buyer's report →
25, Canal BankTerraced	£230,000, Aug 2025	70 m²	Buyer's report →
26, Canal BankTerraced	£275,000, Jul 2023

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Buying at M30 8AF

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £240k. In Eccles.

1 to check3 clear£240k typical on Canal Bank

Before you make an offer

Check

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 66 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).

Note

Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (2018 HMO Article 4 Direction).

Note

1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.

Note

Busy road: B5229, 180 m awayAbout 11,161 vehicles a day in 2019 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.

Clear

No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£240ktypical sale on Canal Bank, last 10 years

£3,149typical price per m² in Eccles

£1,790–£3,870per m² for homes at M30 8AF sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,149 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £283k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

What homes cost and rent in Eccles, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£124k	£100k	£900 a month	8.7%
2 beds	£190k	£153k	£1,090 a month	6.9%
3 beds	£305k	£250k	£1,410 a month	5.5%
4+ beds	£528k	£408k	£2,030 a month	4.6%
All homes	£305k	£216k	£1,310 a month	5.2%

Values: sales since 2021 of homes with an energy certificate (bedrooms estimated from its rooms), carried to today on the local price index; the cheaper quarter is what a quarter of them go for under. Rents are estimates: the council's typical private rent (ONS) adjusted for how values here compare. Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places