1 Bracken Fell, Outgate, Ambleside, LA22 0NH
About 1 Bracken Fell
1 Bracken Fell is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Outgate, Ambleside, Ambleside (LA22 0NH). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £367,000 is 34.9% above the 2020 sale price. Most recent transfer: January 2020 at £272,000.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingAllocated
Building
- Heating systemGas
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2002Change of UseFullIn report
Change of use of guest house and three self catering cottages to six residential units
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 7/2002/5318
- Dec 2000Change of UseFullIn report
Change of use of guest house to smaller guest house and three self catering cottages
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 7/2000/5558
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 1 Bracken Fell
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Bracken Fell's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£367,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.6% per year over 15 years.
£272,000
Growth on file: 0.6% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
31 January 2020Most recent
£272,000
+9.0%over 14 years7 February 2005
£249,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA22 0NH: £725,000 (2023–2019).
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Sold Mar 2021
£1,130,000Birkwray Farm, Outgate, Ambleside, LA22 0NH
Sold Mar 2021
£725,0004 Bracken Fell, Outgate, Ambleside, LA22 0NH
Sold Jan 2019
£285,000
Everything we know about 1 Bracken Fell, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus the street
EPC Rating for 1 Bracken Fell runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,532
Street avg £4,544
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.1 t/year
Street avg 7.0 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.6 km
Wrey Castle Ferry Terminal — ferry terminal.
Closest school
2.0 km
Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB