Pathways, Blackpool Road, Newton, Preston PR4 3RJ

Detached bungalow · Built 1976-1982 · 227 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £4,400 · £2,200 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£1192.5 yrs+3.7 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1397.2 yrs+4.4 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1049.6 yrs+3.3 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£19210.9 yrs+6.0 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£3,500 – £5,500£12934.9 yrs+4.0 pts
Wind turbine(optional, beyond B)£15,000 – £25,000£11550+ yrs+3.6 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

£2,769
per year at grade D
£1,970
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £555 a year — a 12.6% annual return on £4,400.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £1,667 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

24 January 2025£676,000
24 September 2004£475,000

Estimated today: £695,782 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Blackpool Road: 35 sales since 1995 · £428,192 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Newton Bluecoat Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Kirkham St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
Strike Lane Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Carr Hill High SchoolSecondary1.0 miAttainment 8 43.5 · no Progress 8 published
Ashton Community Science CollegeSecondary4.0 miProgress 8 -0.07 · average (2023/24)
Hutton Church of England Grammar SchoolSecondary4.4 miProgress 8 +0.13 · 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.

7.4
crimes a month
74
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01025015, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Blackpool Road

How this home sits against its street.

28
graded homes
63.9
average score
B
most common grade
+2.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.