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Buying at WN8 0AG

Before you offer on a home at WN8 0AG: 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.

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £135k. In Upholland.

2 clear£135k typical on Ormskirk Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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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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Ground: landslides moderateBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.
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3 listed buildings within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 60 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A577, 90 m awayAbout 11,982 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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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.
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Gigabit broadband91% 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?

£135ktypical sale on Ormskirk Road, last 10 years

£2,410typical price per m² in Upholland

£1,070–£1,490per m² for homes at WN8 0AG sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,410 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £217k. Homes at WN8 0AG have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Upholland

Upholland

+26% 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	74	£317k	£130k – £1.40m
Semi-detached	78	£216k	£108k – £560k
Terraced	51	£175k	£110k – £378k
Flat	3	£175k	£175k – £190k

Standard sales in Upholland. 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

31sales on Ormskirk Road in the last two years

206sales in Upholland in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at WN8 0AG

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Ormskirk RoadDetached	£115,000, Sept 1998	–	Buyer's report →
8, Ormskirk RoadTerraced	£100,000, Jan 2022	–	Buyer's report →
10, Ormskirk RoadTerraced	£90,000, Sept 2018	84 m²	Buyer's report →
12, Ormskirk RoadTerraced	£95,000, Feb 2010	127 m²	Buyer's report →
14, Ormskirk RoadTerraced	£138,500, Apr 2025	93 m²	Buyer's report →
18, Ormskirk RoadTerraced	£120,000, Mar 2023	87 m²	Buyer's report →
22, Ormskirk RoadSemi-detached	£41,000, Nov 2001	–	Buyer's report →
24, Ormskirk RoadTerraced	£34,662, Mar 2000	–	Buyer's report →
36, Ormskirk RoadTerraced	£125,000, Nov 2007	–	Buyer's report →
38, Ormskirk RoadTerraced	£111,000, Feb 2024

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Buying at WN8 0AG

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £135k. In Upholland.

2 clear£135k typical on Ormskirk Road

Before you make an offer

Note

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

Note

Ground: landslides moderateBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.

Note

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

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 60 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A577, 90 m awayAbout 11,982 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

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 broadband91% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£135ktypical sale on Ormskirk Road, last 10 years

£2,410typical price per m² in Upholland

£1,070–£1,490per m² for homes at WN8 0AG sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,410 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £217k. Homes at WN8 0AG have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Upholland, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£104k	£88k	£590 a month	6.8%
2 beds	£175k	£151k	£720 a month	4.9%
3 beds	£218k	£178k	£840 a month	4.6%
4+ beds	£318k	£278k	£1,150 a month	4.3%
All homes	£232k	£179k	£790 a month	4.1%

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. * Too few sales here, so the council's figure. 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