4 Castle Walk, Southport, PR8 2AR
About 4 Castle Walk
4 Castle Walk is a mid-terrace house in Southport (PR8 2AR). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a G (score 8), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 172 m² the property is well over the postcode median (36 m² across 47 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £227,000 is 37.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£89/sq ft) was about 51.4% below the postcode norm. Sold March 2022 for £165,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
4 Castle Walk sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Apr 2024
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 16 April 2024
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property was built before 1919 and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
4 Castle Walk has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
2 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£227,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£165,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
15 March 2022Most recent
£165,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR8 2AR: £260,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in PR8 2AR
Versus other Castle Walk homes
EPC Rating for 4 Castle Walk lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£959
Street avg £2,450
Floor Area
172 m²
Street avg 173 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
16.0 t/year
Street avg 14.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
347/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Westcliffe Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Linaker Primary School. 14 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
52.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.8dB







