1 Birdling Drive, Southport, PR8 5BW
About 1 Birdling Drive
1 Birdling Drive is a detached house in Southport (PR8 5BW). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2018. The latest certificate (November 2021) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94).
At 139 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £372,000 is 20% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£207/sq ft) was about 20.4% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £310,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Planning history
1 Birdling Drive 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.
£372,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£310,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
10 December 2021Most recent
£310,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR8 5BW: £307,995 (2024–2023).
Nearby sales in PR8 5BW
Versus other Birdling Drive homes
Years Held for 1 Birdling Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,230
Street avg £2,408
Floor Area
139 m²
Street avg 96 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.9 t/year
Street avg 1.5 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 3 years
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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
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Moss Gardens — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Kew Woods Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
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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
47.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.2dB







