42 Watling Street, Affetside, Bury, BL8 3QW
About 42 Watling Street
42 Watling Street is an end-of-terrace house in Affetside, Bury, Bury (BL8 3QW). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. 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 86% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 May 2023
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 9 May 2023
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Planning history
Council records include a two-storey rear extension at 42 Watling Street.
1 application on record at 42 Watling Street, Affetside, Bury, BL8 3QW
- Dec 2014ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two storey rear extension
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 58192
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Sales history & valuation
42 Watling Street has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£311,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL8 3QW: £300,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in BL8 3QW
78 Watling Street, Affetside, Bury, BL8 3QW
Sold Dec 2025
£295,00074 Watling Street, Affetside, Bury, BL8 3QW
Sold Sept 2025
£300,0001 Five Acre Barn, Watling Street, Affetside, Bury, BL8 3QW
Sold Mar 2024
£770,00076 Watling Street, Affetside, Bury, BL8 3QW
Sold Dec 2023
£320,00072 Watling Street, Affetside, Bury, BL8 3QW
Sold May 2023
£263,000
Versus other Watling Street homes
On epc rating, 42 Watling Street runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
51 (E)
Street avg 65 (D)
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 119 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Trinity Presbyterian Church — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hawkshaw. 14 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.8dB







