Highdene, Toll Bar, Distington, Workington CA14 4PD

Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 126 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EA for £23,580 · £5,895 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£400£1632.4 yrs+6.5 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£30£83.6 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£1913.7 yrs+7.6 pts
Heating controls£450£706.5 yrs+2.8 pts
Cavity wall insulation£1,500 – £500£1437.0 yrs+5.7 pts · reaches C
Band A condensing boiler£3,000 – £0£11812.8 yrs+4.7 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£14820.2 yrs+5.9 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£17722.6 yrs+7.1 pts
Wind turbine£25,000 – £0£15950+ yrs+6.3 pts · reaches A

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£2,508
per year at grade E
£1,331
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £1,177 a year — a 5.0% annual return on £23,580.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,736 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

10 August 2001£75,000

Estimated today: £245,697 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Toll Bar: 3 sales since 1995 · £145,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Distington Community SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Beckstone Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
Energy Coast UTCSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -1.60 · well below average (2023/24)
St Josephs Catholic High School, WorkingtonSecondary2.6 miProgress 8 -0.63 · well below average (2023/24)
Workington AcademySecondary2.7 miProgress 8 -0.19 · average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

5.5
crimes a month
44
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 41% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019269, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Toll Bar

How this home sits against its street.

4
graded homes
46.5
average score
E
most common grade
+3.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.