16 Ascroft Avenue, Wigan, WN6 8PA
About 16 Ascroft Avenue
16 Ascroft Avenue is a mid-terrace house in Wigan (WN6 8PA). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 90). The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Last sale on file: £120,000 in June 2022. Across the public record there are 6 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 83 m² it's 18.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 29 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 72% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £134,000 is 11.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£134/sq ft) was about 53.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
16 Ascroft Avenue's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Oct 2023
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 13 October 2023
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Planning history
16 Ascroft Avenue has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 16 Ascroft Avenue was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£134,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.4% per year over 25 years.
£120,000
Growth on file: 5.4% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
23 June 2022Most recent
£120,000
-2.2%over 4 years29 June 2017
£122,652
+12.0%29 June 2017
£109,500
+95.5%4 April 2017
£56,000
+41.8%over 3 years31 March 2014
£39,500
+19.7%over 16 years13 November 1997
£33,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WN6 8PA: £75,600 (2025–2017).
Versus other Ascroft Avenue homes
On price per m², 16 Ascroft Avenue stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£1,446
Street avg £999
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 69 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.6 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
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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
11/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Thicknesse Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St John Fisher Catholic High School. 23 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
49.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB







