7 Castle Road, Bury, BL9 8JL
About 7 Castle Road
7 Castle Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bury (BL9 8JL). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. Other recorded features include outbuildings. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).
It changed hands recently, sold July 2025 for £377,500. Across 1995–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£423/sq ft) was about 219.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
7 Castle Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 7 Castle Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£399,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 30 years.
£377,500
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 30 years.
Sales timeline
20 July 2025Most recent
£377,500
+122.1%over 7 years24 August 2017
£170,000
+172.0%over 21 years20 December 1995
£62,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL9 8JL: £195,000 (2023–2018).
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Castle Road homes
7 Castle Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,548
Street avg £1,617
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 120 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Castle Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Unsworth Academy. 20 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
56.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.7dB