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On Well Lane, in Capenhurst, Saughall & Moston
What it's like at CH1 6LD: every home that has sold on Well Lane since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Well Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 31 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 5, Well LaneDetached | Dec 2020 | £437,000 | 151 m² | £2,894/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, Well LaneTerraced | Oct 2018 | £315,000 | 112 m² | £2,813/m² | 2 |
| 8, Well LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2007 | £329,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Well LaneSemi-detached | May 2023 | £399,000 | 134 m² | £2,978/m² | 2 |
| 10, Well LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2018 | £325,000 | 148 m² | £2,196/m² | 1 |
| 2, Willow Court, Well LaneTerraced | Aug 2001 | £149,950 | 118 m² | £1,271/m² | 2 |
| 3, Willow Court, Well LaneTerraced | Jan 1999 | £112,000 | 98 m² | £1,143/m² | 1 |
| 4, Willow Court, Well LaneDetached | Jan 2004 | £395,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Alwoodley House, Well LaneDetached | Nov 2020 | £590,000 | 155 m² | £3,806/m² | 1 |
| Ashbourne House, Well LaneDetached | Feb 2021 | £580,000 | 287 m² | £2,021/m² | 1 |
| Ashdown, Well LaneDetached | Aug 2016 | £375,000 | 143 m² | £2,622/m² | 3 |
| Copper Folly, Well LaneDetached | Mar 2016 | £665,000 | 262 m² | £2,538/m² | 1 |
| Eden House, Well LaneDetached | Aug 2022 | £1,100,000 | 294 m² | £3,741/m² | 2 |
| Lismore, Well LaneDetached | Feb 1999 | £220,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Monachyle, Well LaneDetached | Jul 2015 | £460,000 | 215 m² | £2,140/m² | 2 |
| Nearby, Well LaneDetached | Nov 2015 | £445,000 | 176 m² | £2,528/m² | 1 |
| North Lodge, Well LaneDetached | Jul 2017 | £960,000 | 352 m² | £2,727/m² | 4 |
| Shackleton, Well LaneDetached | Jun 1997 | £222,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Stonegarth, Well LaneDetached | Oct 2017 | £735,000 | 299 m² | £2,458/m² | 1 |
| Taquaral, Well LaneDetached | Mar 2020 | £635,000 | 194 m² | £3,273/m² | 1 |
| The Spinney, Well LaneTerraced | Aug 2024 | £385,000 | 121 m² | £3,182/m² | 2 |
| The Walled Garden, Well LaneDetached | Jul 2024 | £750,000 | 226 m² | £3,319/m² | 1 |
| The Willows, Well LaneDetached | Aug 2022 | £815,000 | 345 m² | £2,362/m² | 1 |
| Torrant, Well LaneTerraced | Mar 2022 | £282,500 | 91 m² | £3,104/m² | 1 |
| Walnut Tree Cottage, Well LaneDetached | Jul 2016 | £372,000 | 105 m² | £3,543/m² | 2 |
| Well Cottage, Well LaneDetached | Sept 2017 | £385,000 | 119 m² | £3,235/m² | 2 |
| Wellfield, Well LaneTerraced | Jul 2020 | £320,000 | 125 m² | £2,560/m² | 1 |
| Wellfield Cottage, Well LaneTerraced | Dec 2006 | £315,000 | – | – | 2 |
| White Lodge, Well LaneDetached | Nov 2012 | £435,000 | 191 m² | £2,277/m² | 1 |
| Willow Brook House, Well LaneDetached | May 2019 | £625,000 | 171 m² | £3,655/m² | 1 |
| Willow Farm Cottage, Well LaneDetached | Jun 2017 | £625,000 | 188 m² | £3,324/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bache, a short drive or bike ride (2.9 km), with 495k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Chester.
The nearest bus stop is Well Lane, 350 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 22A, 22); 1 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Oswald's CofE Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 78% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College, 2.9 km away; Attainment 8: 33.2 · 3.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Wirral Grammar School for Boys (13.4 km) and Wirral Grammar School for Girls (13.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Chester PFS, 1.8 km away, with Greggs closer still (1.6 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Saughall Medical Centre (2.7 km), with Fittleworth Medical the closest pharmacy (2.2 km).
For a haircut, Mancave, Barber shop is 2.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is The Countess of Chester Hospital, 4.1 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 50% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 11 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
The Wheatsheaf is the closest café or restaurant (1.0 km), and The Brewers Arms the nearest pub (2.1 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 83 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 44% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Countess of Chester Country Park, 2.1 km away; for exercise, King George V Community Sports Hub (2.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 13 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 46 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 45% of households own their home outright.
The nearest university is University of Chester, 3.6 km away (TEF Silver).
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| the Willows | II | 100 m |
| Sundial in the Garden at the Willows | II | 100 m |
| Barn 25 Metres South East of Willow Farmhouse | II | 120 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Chester North and Neston constituency: Samantha Dixon MP (Labour), since December 2022. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,870 (26.6%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Labour 50%, Conservative 23%, Reform UK 13%, Green Party 9%.
2 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near CH1 6LD →
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
On this street: 2 of 26 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.2% | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 75.0% | 88.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 20.0% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.4% | 5.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Cheshire West and Chester since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 31 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Sc2 · about 40 min
Nearest: Victoria Pier · about 39 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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