2 Dickson Close, Widnes WA8 6NF

End-Terrace house · Built 1983-1990 · 71 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £9,500 · £9,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£3950+ yrs+4.8 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£4250+ yrs+5.2 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£3250+ yrs+4.0 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

£944
per year at grade C
£831
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £81 a year — a 0.9% annual return on £9,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £790 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

7 August 2025£143,000
23 May 2022£110,000

Estimated today: £142,492 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Dickson Close: 22 sales since 1995 · £100,775 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Kingsway Primary Academy SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St Bede's Catholic Junior SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St Bede's Catholic Infant SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Wade Deacon High SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.17 · average (2023/24)
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.61 · well below average (2023/24)
Ormiston Chadwick AcademySecondary1.3 miProgress 8 -0.23 · below 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.

68.3
crimes a month
751
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 32% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01012367, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Dickson Close

How this home sits against its street.

27
graded homes
71.7
average score
C
most common grade
+1.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.