Willow Dene is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Longridge, Preston, Preston (PR3 2DB). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2017) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
Sale prices here have outpaced Preston HPI: 2.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £340,000 sits 100% above the 2017 sale of £170,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£136/sq ft) was about 21.3% below the postcode norm. At 116 m² it sits well below the postcode median (185 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On the market in June 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Willow Dene has no planning applications on record.
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Willow Dene's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£340,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.6% per year over 21 years.
£170,000
Growth on file: 2.6% per year over 21 years.
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Floor Area for Willow Dene lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,466
Street avg £2,151
Floor Area
116 m²
Street avg 188 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
8 June 2017Most recent
£170,000
+73.5%over 21 years25 April 1996
£98,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 2DB: £450,000 (2025–2019).
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Sold Feb 2025
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Sold Feb 2023
Ashfield Inglewhite Road Longridge Preston
Sold Dec 2021
Pine View Inglewhite Road Longridge Preston
Sold Aug 2020
Thornlea Inglewhite Road Longridge Preston
Sold Aug 2019

CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 7.0 t/year
PR3 2AB
Alston Arms — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Barnacre Road Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.8dB