6 Central Drive, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8DE
About 6 Central Drive
6 Central Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Rainford, St. Helens, St Helens (WA11 8DE). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 109 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 9 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 £320,000 is 14.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£239/sq ft) was about 47.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £280,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageIntegral
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
Energy performance
6 Central Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
6 Central Drive has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 6 Central Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£320,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£280,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
31 May 2022Most recent
£280,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WA11 8DE: £157,000 (2024–2015).
Nearby sales in WA11 8DE
18 Central Drive, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8DE
Sold Jul 2024
£195,00012 Central Drive, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8DE
Sold Nov 2021
£170,00020 Central Drive, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8DE
Sold Jan 2017
£130,00013 Central Drive, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8DE
Sold Aug 2015
£132,0009 Central Drive, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8DE
Sold Jul 2014
£139,950
Everything we know about 6 Central Drive, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Central Drive homes
Price per m² for 6 Central Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,569
Street avg £1,864
Floor Area
109 m²
Street avg 83 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Moss Brow — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.6dB