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Shaftesbury Avenue, New Longton, Preston

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House prices, sold prices and local information for PR4 4ZE, PR4 4YA.

Average price (last 12 months)
£260,000
1 sale
Average price (since 2016)
£209,064
22 sales
Price range
£129k – £378k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
19 Jan 2026
PR4 4YA

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At a glance

House prices£209k averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeLower than averageLower crime than about 90% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 9 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station49 min walkLostock Hall station Schools1 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles, 1 Outstanding Ultrafast broadband0% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll freeholdAcross 23 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

22 property sales on Shaftesbury Avenue, New Longton, Preston have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 1 home sold here for an average of £260,000. Most sales here are semi-detached homes, which have sold for an average of £199,669. 6 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 6 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 73% semi-detached, 14% detached, 14% terraced. Recorded sale prices on Shaftesbury Avenue range from £128,750 to £378,000. Every home sold here was sold freehold.

House prices on Shaftesbury Avenue compared

PR4 postcode area£286,907
Preston£248,590
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Shaftesbury Avenue has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all PR4 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £170,000 (1 sales)2016£170k2017: £131,875 (2 sales)2017£132k2018: £159,000 (1 sales)2018£159k2019: £161,667 (3 sales)2019£162k2020: £246,000 (1 sales)2020£246k2022: £196,825 (6 sales)2022£197k2023: £237,667 (3 sales)2023£238k2024: £196,850 (2 sales)2024£197k2025: £364,000 (2 sales)2025£364k2026: £260,000 (1 sales)2026£260k

Tenure: 100% freehold and 0% leasehold across 23 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Semi-detached16£199,66919 Jan 2026
Detached3£241,23327 Jun 2025
Terraced3£227,00010 Nov 2022

Sold prices on Shaftesbury Avenue

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
16, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4YA 19 Jan 2026£260,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
46, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4ZE 5 Sep 2025£378,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
52, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4ZE 27 Jun 2025£350,000 DetachedFreehold
34, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4ZE 11 Dec 2024£233,700 DetachedFreehold
46, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4ZE 8 Jan 2024£160,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
22, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4YA 20 Dec 2023£342,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
44, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4ZE 30 Aug 2023£194,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
28, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4ZE 5 May 2023£177,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
3, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4YA 10 Nov 2022£195,000 TerracedFreehold
16, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4YA 12 Jul 2022£203,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
42, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4ZE 6 Jun 2022£179,950 Semi-detachedFreehold
30, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4ZE 7 Apr 2022£185,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
28, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4ZE 25 Feb 2022£178,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
7, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4YA 16 Feb 2022£240,000 TerracedFreehold
9, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4YA 20 Nov 2020£246,000 TerracedFreehold
3, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4YA 20 Jan 2020£141,000 TerracedFreehold
28, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4ZE 20 Nov 2019£152,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
19, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4YA 4 Oct 2019£193,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
52, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4ZE 30 May 2019£140,000 DetachedFreehold
28, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4ZE 19 Oct 2018£159,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
28, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4ZE 19 May 2017£128,750 Semi-detachedFreehold
13, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4YA 23 Feb 2017£135,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
22, Shaftesbury Avenue PR4 4YA 23 Aug 2016£170,000 Semi-detachedFreehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

AddressSalesChange
16, Shaftesbury Avenue £203,000 (Jul 2022) → £260,000 (Jan 2026) +28%
over 4 yrs
46, Shaftesbury Avenue £160,000 (Jan 2024) → £378,000 (Sep 2025) +136%
over 2 yrs
52, Shaftesbury Avenue £140,000 (May 2019) → £350,000 (Jun 2025) +150%
over 6 yrs
22, Shaftesbury Avenue £170,000 (Aug 2016) → £342,000 (Dec 2023) +101%
over 7 yrs
28, Shaftesbury Avenue £128,750 (May 2017) → £159,000 (Oct 2018) → £152,000 (Nov 2019) → £178,000 (Feb 2022) → £177,000 (May 2023) +37%
over 6 yrs
3, Shaftesbury Avenue £141,000 (Jan 2020) → £195,000 (Nov 2022) +38%
over 3 yrs

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Schools near Shaftesbury Avenue

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
New Longton All Saints CofE Primary School 217 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Report 0.3 mi
Ashbridge Independent School 127 pupils Other independent school 4–11 Report 0.7 mi
Hutton Church of England Grammar School 807 pupils Secondary Church of England 11–18 Report 0.9 mi
Howick Church Endowed Primary School 103 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Report 0.9 mi
All Hallows Catholic High School 911 pupils Secondary Roman Catholic 11–16 Outstanding Report 0.9 mi
Penwortham Broad Oak Primary School 195 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 1.1 mi
Whitefield Primary School 338 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 1.2 mi
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Longton 246 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 4–11 Report 1.3 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train stations

  • Lostock Hall station 2.4 mi · 49 min walk
  • Preston station 2.7 mi · 53 min walk
  • Leyland station 3.1 mi · 1 hr 2 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Boundary Close (opp, Chapel Lane) 1 min walk
  • Boundary Close (by, Station Road) 1 min walk
  • All Saints Church (adj, Station Road) 2 min walk
  • All Saints Church (opp, Station Road) 2 min walk

GP surgeries

  • New Longton Surgery
    The Village Surgery, 2 Churchside, Preston · 0.2 mi
  • Kingsfold Medical Centre
    Woodcroft Close, Penwortham, Preston · 1.2 mi
  • Longton Health Centre
    Liverpool Road, Longton, Preston · 1.4 mi
  • St. Mary's Health Centre
    Cop Lane, Penwortham, Preston · 1.7 mi

Supermarkets

  • Spar Spar - Millbrook · 1.0 mi
  • Booths Booths Penwortham · 1.0 mi
  • Sainsburys Local Sainsburys Penwortham · 1.1 mi
  • The Co-operative Food Co-op Pope Lane · 1.4 mi

Pharmacies

  • Village Pharmacy · 0.1 mi
  • Kingsfold Pharmacy · 1.4 mi
  • Facer Pharmacy · 1.4 mi

Dentists

  • Dental Surgery · 1.3 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 1.4 mi
  • 46 - 48 Liverpool Road · 1.8 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 9 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income9 of 10
Employment10 of 10
Education and skills10 of 10
Health and disability9 of 10
Crime10 of 10
Access to housing and services3 of 10
Living environment7 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned84.0%62.5%
Private rented6.9%20.3%
Social rented9.2%17.1%
Households524

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1517.3%17.4%
Aged 15–6454.9%64.1%
Aged 65+27.8%18.6%
Residents1,302

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)0%80%
Gigabit-capable0%80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks94%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks98%92%

Share of homes across South Ribble with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around Shaftesbury Avenue

Ethnic group

HereSouth Ribble
White96.7%95.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%1.7%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.2%2.1%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%0.5%
Other ethnic group0.1%0.3%

Religion

HereSouth Ribble
Christian70.2%61.8%
No religion23.7%30.8%
Not answered3.9%5%
Muslim0.8%0.9%
Other religion0.7%0.3%
Buddhist0.3%0.2%
Hindu0.3%0.7%
Jewish0%0.1%

Country of birth

HereSouth Ribble
Born in the UK96.2%95%
Born outside the UK3.8%5%

Highest qualification

HereSouth Ribble
Level 4 qualifications and above42.1%31.9%
Level 3 qualifications18%19%
No qualifications13.3%15.7%
Level 2 qualifications11.5%14.1%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.7%9.6%
Apprenticeship6.5%7.3%
Other qualifications1.9%2.3%

General health

HereSouth Ribble
Very good health54.6%47.9%
Good health29.6%34.1%
Fair health11.1%13.1%
Bad health3.3%3.9%
Very bad health1.5%1.1%

Cars or vans per household

HereSouth Ribble
2 cars or vans in household43.4%32.7%
1 car or van in household33.3%42.7%
3 or more cars or vans in household15.9%10.3%
No cars or vans in household7.5%14.3%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of South Ribble.

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