26 Railway Street, Newhey, Rochdale, OL16 3RN
About 26 Railway Street
26 Railway Street is a four-bedroom detached house in Newhey, Rochdale, Rochdale (OL16 3RN). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 135 m² the property is well over the postcode median (45 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £481,000 is 26.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£262/sq ft) was about 151% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £380,000 in May 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
26 Railway Street's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Feb 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
26 Railway Street has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 26 Railway Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£481,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£380,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 May 2021Most recent
£380,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL16 3RN: £129,000 (2020–2016).
Nearby sales in OL16 3RN
30 Railway Street, Newhey, Rochdale, OL16 3RN
Sold Mar 2020
£195,00053 Railway Street, Newhey, Rochdale, OL16 3RN
Sold Aug 2019
£120,50057 Railway Street, Newhey, Rochdale, OL16 3RN
Sold Dec 2018
£144,00059 Railway Street, Newhey, Rochdale, OL16 3RN
Sold Nov 2018
£129,00025 Railway Street, Newhey, Rochdale, OL16 3RN
Sold Jun 2016
£118,500
Versus other Railway Street homes
26 Railway Street outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,815
Street avg £1,436
Floor Area
135 m²
Street avg 62 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Newhey (Manchester Metrolink) — subway entrance.
Closest school
0.1 km
St Thomas' Church of England Primary School. 15 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
50.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.1dB







