3 Woodthorne Avenue, Shelton Lock, Derby, DE24 9FJ
About 3 Woodthorne Avenue
3 Woodthorne Avenue is a semi-detached house in Shelton Lock, Derby, Derby (DE24 9FJ). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2017) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump.
Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £212,000 is 28.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£207/sq ft) was about 34.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 74 m² it's 15.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (88 m² median across 9 EPCs). Sold April 2021 for £165,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
3 Woodthorne Avenue has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
2 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£212,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.9% per year over 15 years.
£165,000
Growth on file: 1.9% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
8 April 2021Most recent
£165,000
+22.2%over 3 years22 December 2017
£135,000
+9.1%over 11 years17 March 2006
£123,750
Median price across the last 5 sales in DE24 9FJ: £204,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in DE24 9FJ
31 Woodthorne Avenue, Shelton Lock, Derby, DE24 9FJ
Sold Jul 2025
£270,00015 Woodthorne Avenue, Shelton Lock, Derby, DE24 9FJ
Sold Feb 2023
£200,00027 Woodthorne Avenue, Shelton Lock, Derby, DE24 9FJ
Sold Sept 2021
£160,00049 Woodthorne Avenue, Shelton Lock, Derby, DE24 9FJ
Sold Sept 2020
£280,00041 Woodthorne Avenue, Shelton Lock, Derby, DE24 9FJ
Sold Feb 2020
£204,000
Versus other Woodthorne Avenue homes
On floor area, 3 Woodthorne Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,230
Street avg £2,339
Floor Area
74 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 5.4 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
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Carlton Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Noel-Baker Academy. 23 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
48.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.3dB







