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 23.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 27 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £140,000 is 16.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£134/sq ft) was about 56.7% 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Oct 2023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
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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.
£140,000
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
+9.6%over 4 years29 June 2017
£109,500
-10.7%29 June 2017
£122,652
+119.0%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 £991
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 68 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.6 t/year
Street avg 3.4 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
1/mo
Steady 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







