2 Carleton Drive, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0QT
About 2 Carleton Drive
2 Carleton Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Penwortham, Preston, Preston (PR1 0QT). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 4-band jump.
At 85 m² it's 16.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 18 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2023–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 50% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£328/sq ft) was about 80.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2024 for £300,000.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Outside
- DrivewayYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
2 Carleton Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
2 Carleton Drive 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
2 Carleton Drive changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£294,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 50.0% per year over 1 year.
£300,000
Growth on file: 50.0% per year over 1 year.
Sales timeline
12 January 2024Most recent
£300,000
+50.0%over 11 months24 February 2023
£200,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR1 0QT: £220,000 (2022–2019).
Nearby sales in PR1 0QT
24 Carleton Drive, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0QT
Sold Oct 2022
£327,00031 Carleton Drive, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0QT
Sold Aug 2022
£275,2005 Carleton Drive, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0QT
Sold Nov 2019
£202,5009 Carleton Drive, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0QT
Sold Jul 2019
£215,00014 Carleton Drive, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0QT
Sold Sept 2018
£222,222
Versus other Carleton Drive homes
2 Carleton Drive outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,529
Street avg £2,080
Floor Area
85 m²
Street avg 104 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.2 t/year
Street avg 5.0 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
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Carleton Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Whitefield Primary School. 20 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
49.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB







