Tower View Close Ormskirk, West Lancashire

23 addresses across 2 postcodes (L40), about 120 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 43301757.

28 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £275,000 across 3 sales. 22 homes have an energy certificate (B: 22). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in West Lancashire costs £2,456 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. 18 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20253£275,000£101,000£325,000
20241£282,500£282,500£282,500
20231£248,000£248,000£248,000
20221£320,000£320,000£320,000
202116£248,995£213,995£344,995
Most recent sales (28)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
9 May 20254 L40 7ANSemi-detached£275,000
17 Mar 20258 L40 7ANDetached£325,000
28 Feb 202518 L40 7ANFlat or maisonette£101,000Leasehold.
10 Jul 202417 L40 7ANSemi-detached£282,500
21 Apr 202325 L40 7ANSemi-detached£248,000
29 Nov 20227 L40 7ANDetached£320,000
25 Jun 20219 L40 7ANSemi-detached£218,995New build.
18 Jun 202111 L40 7ANSemi-detached£213,995New build.
28 May 202115 L40 7ANDetached£285,995New build.
28 May 202123 L40 7ANSemi-detached£217,995New build.
27 May 202117 L40 7ANSemi-detached£250,995New build.
20 May 202121 L40 7ANDetached£292,995New build.
14 May 202119 L40 7ANSemi-detached£250,995New build.
10 May 202125 L40 7ANSemi-detached£217,995New build.
7 May 202116 L40 7ANTerraced£90,300New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
30 Apr 20218 L40 7ANDetached£312,995New build.
30 Apr 20217 L40 7ANDetached£263,995New build.
30 Apr 20213 L40 7ANSemi-detached£246,995New build.
30 Apr 20215 L40 7ANSemi-detached£245,995New build.
30 Apr 202120 L40 7ANTerraced£90,300New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
30 Apr 202114 L40 7ANTerraced£90,300New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
30 Apr 202118 L40 7ANTerraced£72,846New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
30 Apr 202112 L40 7ANTerraced£63,900New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
6 Apr 20211 L40 7ANDetached£344,995New build.
1 Apr 202110 L40 7ANTerraced£64,500New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
26 Mar 20216 L40 7ANSemi-detached£245,995New build.
17 Mar 20214 L40 7ANSemi-detached£245,995New build.
12 Mar 20212 L40 7ANDetached£284,995New build.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 13 October 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from January 2021 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

22 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 94 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (10); House, detached (6); House, end-terrace (4). Built: 2016 (17); 2021 (5). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (18).

Council tax

What each band costs in West Lancashire in 2026-27: Band D £2,456 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,637£1,910£2,183£2,456£3,002£3,548£4,094£4,912

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (42% of about 1,000 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

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 1.0 km

  • The Bath House, 130 Burscough Street, Ormskirk, permissioned (1.0 km)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
L40 7ANnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
L40 7ADnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
L40 7AD100%100%100%0%
L40 7AN100%100%100%0%

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 31 October 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
Ormskirk Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary4–11800 m No published inspection
Ormskirk West End SchoolPrimary5–111.0 km No published inspection
Ormskirk SchoolSecondary11–181.3 km No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good
Ormskirk Asmall Primary SchoolPrimary4–111.6 km No published inspection
Moorgate Nursery SchoolNursery3–51.7 km Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Ormskirk St Anne's Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary4–111.9 km Good (Dec 2019, overall grade under the previous framework)

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 31 October 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Ormskirk Mini Mart L39 1PPRetailers - other500 m4 Good10 Aug 2026

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

18 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences8
Criminal damage and arson4
Anti-social behaviour3
Vehicle crime1
Other crime1
Public order1

Most of these are attached to: On or near High Lane (8); On or near Folly View Grove (3); On or near Bath Wood Close (2); On or near Turnpike Crescent (2); On or near Dunning Grove (2).

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.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

Nearby streets

Dunning Grove · Derby Way · Countess Close · Lodge View Crescent · Turnpike Crescent · High Grove Park · Bath Wood Close · Folly View Grove · Sephton Drive · Mawdsley Terrace · Pine Avenue

All the streets in L40 and across West Lancashire.

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.
  • Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
  • Anything about planning applications, noise or air quality yet.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.