42 Arkwright Road, Preston PR1 6BX

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 65 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £8,700 · £8,700 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£900 – £1,500£4924.5 yrs+2.4 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£6650+ yrs+3.2 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£7,500 – £11,000£7150+ yrs+3.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £10,000£6150+ yrs+3.0 pts

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

£1,246
per year at grade D
£1,000
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £114 a year — a 1.3% annual return on £8,700.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2026, states £1,140 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

8 May 2026£105,000
19 February 2004£64,950

Estimated today: £107,195 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Arkwright Road: 73 sales since 1995 · £86,833 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, PrestonPrimary0.3 mi
St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, PrestonPrimary0.4 mi
Deepdale Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Moor Park High School and Sixth FormSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.19 · average (2023/24)
Preston Muslim Girls High SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +1.06 · well above average (2023/24)
Archbishop Temple Church of England High SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.22 · above 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.

30.2
crimes a month
332
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 36% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01025275, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Arkwright Road

How this home sits against its street.

47
graded homes
56.6
average score
D
most common grade
+7.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.