Windy Harbour Cottage, Harbour Lane, Turton, Bolton, BL7 0PA
About Windy Harbour Cottage
Windy Harbour Cottage is a semi-detached house in Turton, Bolton, Bolton (BL7 0PA). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 99), a 4-band jump.
Held since August 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £289,000 sits 817.5% above the 2002 sale of £31,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£28/sq ft) was about 87.6% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Windy Harbour Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at Windy Harbour Cottage, Harbour Lane, Turton, Bolton, BL7 0PA
- Sept 2002ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Alterations and extensions (including garage, bedroom/bathroom/hall and 2 No conservatories) to form two dwellings
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 10/02/0609
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Windy Harbour Cottage was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£289,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£31,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
26 August 2002Most recent
£31,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL7 0PA: £287,500 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in BL7 0PA
11 Harbour Lane, Turton, Bolton, BL7 0PA
Sold Nov 2024
£520,0009 Harbour Lane, Turton, Bolton, BL7 0PA
Sold Oct 2023
£495,00022 Harbour Lane, Turton, Bolton, BL7 0PA
Sold May 2020
£287,50010 Harbour Lane, Turton, Bolton, BL7 0PA
Sold May 2019
£280,0008 Harbour Lane, Turton, Bolton, BL7 0PA
Sold Sept 2018
£282,500
Versus other Harbour Lane homes
Windy Harbour Cottage is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£297
Street avg £3,020
Floor Area
106 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Harbour Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Turton and Edgworth CofE/Methodist Controlled Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB







