Willow Croft, Preston
Willow Croft, Preston
Description & Estimates







Willow Croft, Preston is recorded publicly as an early-century freehold house across 1,442 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 1,352 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 4 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of Willow Croft, Preston is £567,057 and its rental estimate is £1,798 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Gill Lane, Longton, Preston, PR4 falls within the PR4 postal district, in the borough of South Ribble.
Our Data Sources
Willow Croft, Preston has 2 entries in the Land Registry , most recently in May 2024 and a single entry in the EPC database dated June 2019.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 1 out of 5 and is considered of low accuracy.
Price Range & Condition
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For Willow Croft, Preston, we estimate a market value of £595,410 and a rental value of £1,888 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £527,363 and £1,672 per month respectively.
Recent Market Change
Over the last year, Willow Croft, Preston has seen its estimated sale value move down by £3,407 (0.6%) and its estimated rental value increase by £36 per month (2.0%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 3.8%.
Plot Size
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for Willow Croft, Preston as measuring 1,352 m2.
That makes it the 6th largest plot in the postcode, where 12 of the 16 other houses have recorded plot data.
Energy Efficiency
Willow Croft, Preston has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of E. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 25 Jun 2019.
The property is not connected to mains gas and has fully double glazed windows. It is heated using Boiler and underfloor heating, LPG, Boiler and radiators, LPG.
Sold Prices
The most recent sale of Willow Croft, Preston completed on 31st May 2024 at £575,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 the property has sold twice.
Values of comparable properties have dropped by 4.5% over the period since May 2024.
- Sold May 2024£575,000
- Sold Sep 2011£245,000
Similar Properties Sold Nearby
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to Willow Croft, Preston have sold within a radius of 1.9 kilometres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 12th May 2023, was Beech House, Brownhill Lane, Preston, PR4 4SJ, a freehold house which sold for £775,000.
Read more about house prices in PR4.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
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Location Comparison
Of the 52 addresses on Gill Lane, Longton, Preston, PR4, Willow Croft, Preston comes out as the 27th largest and the 7th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £280k more expensive than the average property across the PR4 district.
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Schools Nearby
- 1.3kmLittle Hoole Primary School
- 1.6kmSt Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Longton
- 1.9kmNew Longton All Saints CofE Primary School
- 2.3kmHutton Church of England Grammar School
- 3.5kmAll Hallows Catholic High School
- 4.1kmAcademy@Worden
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Public Transport Nearby
From Willow Croft, Preston, the nearest station is Croston, 5.0 kilometres away.
- 5.0kmCroston
- 5.4kmLostock Hall
- 5.4kmLeyland
Available Internet Speeds
Internet coverage here is poor, based on recent Ofcom data, and connectivity may be weak or unavailable.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Slow/none broadband is available in the area.
Risk of Flooding
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.

