8 Gale How Park, Ambleside, LA22 0BW
About 8 Gale How Park
8 Gale How Park is a detached house in Ambleside (LA22 0BW). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).
5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £834,000 is 33.4% above the 2019 sale price. Sold July 2019 for £625,000.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
8 Gale How Park's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
2 x Beech trees (listed as T19 and T21 in TPO: 247) - Crown thin by up to 20%. Prune by approx. 1 m to rebalance the crown. 1 x Ash tree (listed as T18 in TPO: 247) - Crown thin by up to 20%. Prune by approx. 1 m to rebalance the crown.
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- T/2024/0119
- Mar 2023Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Sycamore to fell and replant
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- T/2023/0005
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 8 Gale How Park was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£834,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£625,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
31 July 2019Most recent
£625,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA22 0BW: £465,000 (2009–2003).
Nearby sales in LA22 0BW
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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- Larger development activity nearby

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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
1.3 km
Ambleside Waterhead Ferry Landing — ferry terminal.
Closest school
0.5 km
Ambleside CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB