26 Ashton Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in West Kirby, Wirral, Wirral (CH48 0RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wirral HPI: 8.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £565,000 is 32.9% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£269/sq ft) was about 55.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £425,000 in November 2019. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.
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26 Ashton Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
26 Ashton Drive has no planning applications on record.
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Price for 26 Ashton Drive has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£565,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.6% per year over 23 years.
£425,000
Growth on file: 8.6% per year over 23 years.
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CO₂ Emissions for 26 Ashton Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,891
Street avg £2,489
Floor Area
147 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Church Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
18 November 2019Most recent
£425,000
+57.0%over 7 years19 July 2012
£270,750
+54.7%over 9 years18 December 2002
£175,000
+177.8%over 6 years10 September 1996
£63,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH48 0RQ: £271,000 (2025–2007).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.2 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
CH48 0QZ
Closest school
0.4 km
West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB