8 Bowles Road, Swindon, SN25 4ZN
About 8 Bowles Road
8 Bowles Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Swindon (SN25 4ZN). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Last sale on file: £462,000 in July 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 137 m² it's 19.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (115 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£313/sq ft) was about 90.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
8 Bowles Road 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 8 Bowles Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£494,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.3% per year over 22 years.
£462,000
Growth on file: 4.3% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
24 July 2022Most recent
£462,000
+67.4%over 15 years22 December 2006
£276,000
+49.2%over 5 years30 May 2001
£185,000
+2.8%over 1 year24 March 2000
£179,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SN25 4ZN: £375,000 (2024–2022).
Versus other Bowles Road homes
8 Bowles Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,372
Street avg £2,773
Floor Area
137 m²
Street avg 116 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Avebury Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Catherine Wayte Primary School. 29 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
46.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.9dB







