Croftside, Kings Yard, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0QP
About Croftside
Croftside is a detached house in Hawkshead, Ambleside, Ambleside (LA22 0QP). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
At 112 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2016.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2016Tree WorksTreesIn report
Crown reduce 1 rowan by 60cm
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- T/2016/0139
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Croftside has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£434,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA22 0QP: £320,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in LA22 0QP
15 Kings Yard, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0QP
Sold Jan 2025
£282,0006 Kings Yard, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0QP
Sold Nov 2022
£485,00013 Kings Yard, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0QP
Sold May 2022
£452,0002 Croft Barn, Kings Yard, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0QP
Sold Mar 2021
£320,00014 Kings Yard, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0QP
Sold Mar 2017
£280,000
Everything we know about Croftside, 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 other Kings Yard homes
Floor Area for Croftside runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
67 (D)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
112 m²
Street avg 75 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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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.
Closest school
0.3 km
Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB