5 Lock Road, Paddington, Warrington, WA1 3NG
About 5 Lock Road
5 Lock Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Paddington, Warrington, Warrington (WA1 3NG). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).
Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £193,250. Across the public record there are 5 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £230,000 is 19% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£310/sq ft) was about 53.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 58 m² it's 18.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (71 m² median across 12 EPCs).
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Lock Road has an approved single-storey side and rear extension on the planning record.
- Jan 2023PorchFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Householder - Proposed single storey ground level side, rear and front porch extension.
Extension- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 2022/40783
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Sales history & valuation
5 Lock Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£230,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 25 years.
£193,250
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
12 August 2021Most recent
£193,250
+58.4%over 17 years22 July 2004
£122,000
+112.2%over 3 years24 August 2000
£57,500
+17.3%over 1 year14 June 1999
£49,000
+16.0%over 2 years29 November 1996
£42,250
Median price across the last 5 sales in WA1 3NG: £245,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in WA1 3NG
18 Lock Road, Paddington, Warrington, WA1 3NG
Sold Mar 2025
£199,0009 Lock Road, Paddington, Warrington, WA1 3NG
Sold Oct 2024
£325,0006 Lock Road, Paddington, Warrington, WA1 3NG
Sold Dec 2022
£250,0008 Lock Road, Paddington, Warrington, WA1 3NG
Sold Jul 2021
£245,00017 Lock Road, Paddington, Warrington, WA1 3NG
Sold Jun 2021
£205,000
Versus other Lock Road homes
5 Lock Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,332
Street avg £2,554
Floor Area
58 m²
Street avg 80 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.6 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Greenway — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Bruche Primary School Academy. 37 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.2dB







