Peebles Close Ashton-in-Makerfield, St. Helens
19 addresses across 1 postcode (WN4), about 100 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 37501490.
- Sales: 17 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £225,000 across 3 sales.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in St. Helens cost £186,445 in August 2026 (+5.1% on a year); private rents averaged £811 a month.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (C: 4, D: 4, E: 4).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: Its postcode is in a coal mining high risk area; ask for a coal mining search.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road - Battery Energy Storage, is 2 km (1.2 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in St. Helens costs £2,403 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Garswood, about 600 m (0.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Doorstep Greens, is about 470 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 82 to 84 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 19 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Billinge Medical Practice, about 600 m (0.4 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 98% of households owned their home and 28% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 7 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often public order.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | £225,000 | £184,135 | £325,000 |
| 2024 | 2 | £284,000 | £283,000 | £285,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £290,000 | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £155,000 | £155,000 | £155,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £138,000 | £138,000 | £138,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £180,000 | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £140,000 | £140,000 | £140,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £139,000 | £139,000 | £139,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £85,000 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| 1999 | 2 | £64,000 | £60,000 | £68,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £60,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Apr 2024 | 3 WN4 0SP | Other | £875 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 12 May 2023 | 3 WN4 0SP | Semi-detached | £290,000 | Leasehold. |
| 2 Apr 2012 | 3 WN4 0SP | Semi-detached | £180,000 | Leasehold. |
| 2 Nov 2001 | 3 WN4 0SP | Semi-detached | £85,000 | Leasehold. |
| 26 Nov 1999 | 3 WN4 0SP | Semi-detached | £60,000 | Leasehold. |
| 17 Aug 2006 | 4 WN4 0SP | Semi-detached | £139,000 | Leasehold. |
| 8 Jan 2016 | 5 WN4 0SP | Semi-detached | £155,000 | Leasehold. |
| 9 Sep 2025 | 10 WN4 0SP | Semi-detached | £325,000 | Leasehold. |
| 11 Dec 1998 | 10 WN4 0SP | Semi-detached | £60,000 | Leasehold. |
| 23 Feb 2024 | 11 WN4 0SP | Semi-detached | £285,000 | Leasehold. |
| 8 Jul 2024 | 12 WN4 0SP | Semi-detached | £283,000 | Leasehold. |
| 1 Apr 1999 | 12 WN4 0SP | Semi-detached | £68,000 | Leasehold. |
| 31 Oct 1996 | 12 WN4 0SP | Semi-detached | £55,000 | Leasehold. |
| 29 May 2025 | 14 WN4 0SP | Detached | £184,135 | Leasehold. |
| 7 Oct 2009 | 15 WN4 0SP | Semi-detached | £140,000 | Leasehold. |
| 14 Aug 2015 | 16 WN4 0SP | Semi-detached | £138,000 | Leasehold. |
| 7 Mar 2025 | 18 WN4 0SP | Semi-detached | £225,000 | Leasehold. |
House prices and rents in St. Helens
A typical home in St. Helens cost £186,445 in August 2026, 5.1% more than a year before. That is 28% more than five years earlier and 65% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £305,687 |
| Semi-detached | £201,418 |
| Terraced | £155,878 |
| Flat or maisonette | £98,994 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £169,943 |
Private renters in St. Helens paid £811 a month on average in September 2026, 6.9% more than a year before. That is 44% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £596 |
| Two bedrooms | £742 |
| Three bedrooms | £907 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,307 |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 102 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (12). Built: 1967-1975 (10); 1976-1982 (1); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (11).
Each home's certificates and sales (12 addresses)
- 1 Peebles Close, Ashton-In-Makerfield
- 3 Peebles Close, Ashton-In-Makerfield
- 4 Peebles Close, Ashton-In-Makerfield
- 5, Peebles Close, Ashton-in-Makerfield
- 7, Peebles Close, Ashton-in-Makerfield
- 10 Peebles Close, Ashton-In-Makerfield
- 11 Peebles Close, Ashton-In-Makerfield
- 12 Peebles Close, Ashton-In-Makerfield
- 14 Peebles Close, Ashton-In-Makerfield
- 15, Peebles Close, Ashton-in-Makerfield
- 16, Peebles Close, Ashton-in-Makerfield
- 18, Peebles Close, Ashton-in-Makerfield
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 10,291 kWh of it on average in 2024, 5% less than the district's 10,882 kWh, and 2,358 kWh of electricity, 23% less than the district's 3,045 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is WN4.
Council tax
What each band costs in St. Helens in 2026-27: Band D £2,403 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,602 | £1,869 | £2,136 | £2,403 | £2,937 | £3,472 | £4,006 | £4,807 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (62% of about 610 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Flying Horse Inn, Ashbourne Road, Leek: up to 5 homes, permissioned (840 m (0.5 miles))
Energy projects nearby
3 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road - Battery Energy Storage Wigan A/23/96568/MAJOR | Battery storage | 70 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Feb 2025 | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill Scheme | Landfill Gas | 1 MW | Operational Apr 1998 | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| PROMISED LAND FARM St. Helens P/2013/0373 | Wind 2 turbines | 1 MW | Operational Oct 2014 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
This postcode is in a coal mining high risk area, where coal mining features at or near the surface, such as shallow workings or old mine shafts, are recorded or likely and could affect the ground.
Ask your conveyancer for a coal mining search (CON29M) on the home: it says what is recorded beneath and near it, and whether there have been claims for subsidence damage.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 19 addresses are between 82 m and 84 m above sea level (83 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN4 0SP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Garswood 136,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bryn 105,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | |
| Pemberton 49,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 27 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Smock Lane Garswood | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Earlestown Bus Station | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | Fastned Charging Station | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 21.2 km (13 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Billinge Medical Practice Good Dec 2024 | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Garswood Pharmacy | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Downall Green Road (Dental Surgery) | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Fairfield Hospital Good Jan 2017 | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ashton Cross Good Oct 2026 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Police station | Ashton in Makerfield Police Station | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | Payzone | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Doorstep Greens 5,120 m² | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 8,500 m² | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 240 m² | 280 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.9 ha | 90 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,210 m² | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 1.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Clough | Valley | 680 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Tithe Barn Hillock | Hill | 890 m (0.6 miles) south |
| Weathercock Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) west |
| Torpen Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Long Covert | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Carr Mill Dam | Lake or reservoir | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 14 | 19 |
5 of the street's 19 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for St. Helens: see them on the St. Helens page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garswood Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 4–11 | 370 m | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Exceptional; Safeguarding standards: Met | 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 72% in 2024 and 77% in 2023) |
| Rectory CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 650 m (0.4 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 27% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 29% in 2024 and 39% in 2023) |
| Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 76% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 52% in 2024 and 65% in 2023) |
| Cansfield High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 41.7 (44.4 in 2025 and 41.5 in 2024); 36.3% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| R L Hughes Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection | 78% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 68% in 2024 and 64% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 40 childminders and 4 home childcarers (nannies) in St Helens. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OneStop Hamilton Road WN4 0SF | Retailers - other | 320 m | 5 Very good | 20 Nov 2025 |
| The Turpin View WN4 0XJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 330 m | 5 Very good | 23 Jan 2026 |
| Garswood Primary School WN4 0SF | School/college/university | 350 m | 5 Very good | 14 Oct 2025 |
| Tesco Express Garswood WN4 0SD | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 500 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 27 Feb 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Public order | 2 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Drugs | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Falkland Drive (2); On or near Thornhill Road (2); On or near Dunblane Close (1); On or near Argyll Close (1); On or near Oban Drive (1).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 61 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 8% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 41% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 98% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 72% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | under 1% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 42% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 41% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 66% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 28% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 12% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- WN4 0SP: 19 addresses
Nearby streets
Thornhill Road · Oban Drive · Falkland Drive · Smock Lane · Dunblane Close · Girvan Crescent · Selkirk Avenue · Stirling Drive · Argyll Close · Hamilton Road · Langholm Road · Darvel Avenue
All the streets in WN4 and across St. Helens.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.