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Balfour Road, Southport

MyStreetCheck free street report: Balfour Road, Southport · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/southport-merseyside/balfour-road/

House prices, sold prices and local information for PR8 6LE.

Average price (last 12 months)
£295,000
1 sale
Average price (since 2016)
£363,870
23 sales
Price range
£75k – £554k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
10 Apr 2026
PR8 6LE

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At a glance

House prices£364k averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeAbout averageLower crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 7 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station11 min walkMeols Cop station Schools2 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold92% freeholdAcross 25 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

23 property sales on Balfour Road, Southport have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 1 home sold here for an average of £295,000. Most sales here are detached homes, which have sold for an average of £402,722. 5 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 5 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 78% detached, 17% semi-detached, 4% flat. Recorded sale prices on Balfour Road range from £75,000 to £554,000. 92% of homes sold here were freehold and 8% leasehold.

House prices on Balfour Road compared

PR8 postcode area£268,786
Southport£249,388
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Balfour Road has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all PR8 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £330,000 (2 sales)2016£330k2017: £282,500 (2 sales)2017£283k2018: £405,000 (1 sales)2018£405k2019: £278,000 (4 sales)2019£278k2020: £430,000 (3 sales)2020£430k2021: £269,000 (2 sales)2021£269k2022: £492,000 (2 sales)2022£492k2023: £390,000 (2 sales)2023£390k2024: £430,000 (3 sales)2024£430k2025: £450,000 (1 sales)2025£450k2026: £295,000 (1 sales)2026£295k

Tenure: 92% freehold and 8% leasehold across 25 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Detached18£402,72226 Jun 2025
Semi-detached4£261,25010 Apr 2026
Flat1£75,00026 Feb 2019

Sold prices on Balfour Road

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
48, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 10 Apr 2026£295,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
1, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 5 Dec 2025£16,326,432 OtherFreehold
28, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 26 Jun 2025£450,000 DetachedFreehold
17, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 20 Jun 2024£465,000 DetachedFreehold
36, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 11 Apr 2024£415,000 DetachedFreehold
11, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 27 Mar 2024£410,000 DetachedFreehold
22, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 23 Aug 2023£440,000 DetachedFreehold
45, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 28 Jul 2023£340,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
19, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 27 May 2022£554,000 DetachedFreehold
29, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 25 Feb 2022£430,000 DetachedFreehold
18, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 13 Oct 2021£365,000 DetachedFreehold
3, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 25 May 2021£173,000 DetachedFreehold
10, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 11 Nov 2020£530,000 DetachedFreehold
19, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 1 Oct 2020£445,000 DetachedFreehold
4, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 6 Jan 2020£315,000 DetachedFreehold
10, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 17 Dec 2019£250,000 DetachedFreehold
17, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 10 Jul 2019£420,000 DetachedFreehold
45, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 22 Mar 2019£255,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
Flat 3, 40, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 26 Feb 2019£75,000 FlatLeasehold
33, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 20 Feb 2019£362,000 DetachedFreehold
34, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 18 Oct 2018£405,000 DetachedFreehold
5, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 1 Dec 2017£410,000 DetachedFreehold
47, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 2 May 2017£155,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
24, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 20 Jul 2016£320,000 DetachedFreehold
34, Balfour Road PR8 6LE 13 Jul 2016£340,000 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
17, Balfour Road £420,000 (Jul 2019) → £465,000 (Jun 2024) +11%
over 5 yrs
45, Balfour Road £255,000 (Mar 2019) → £340,000 (Jul 2023) +33%
over 4 yrs
19, Balfour Road £445,000 (Oct 2020) → £554,000 (May 2022) +24%
over 2 yrs
10, Balfour Road £250,000 (Dec 2019) → £530,000 (Nov 2020) +112%
over under a year
34, Balfour Road £340,000 (Jul 2016) → £405,000 (Oct 2018) +19%
over 2 yrs

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Schools near Balfour Road

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Meols Cop High School 916 pupils Secondary 11–16 Good Report 0.3 mi
Educ8 Southport 12 pupils Other independent special school 13–16 Report 0.3 mi
St Philip's Church of England Primary School 207 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Report 0.5 mi
Kew Woods Primary School 426 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.6 mi
Norwood Primary School 621 pupils Primary 5–11 Report 0.7 mi
Holy Family Catholic Primary School 188 pupils Primary Catholic 4–11 Good Report 0.7 mi
Linaker Primary School 359 pupils Primary 3–11 Requires improvement Report 0.8 mi
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport 207 pupils Primary Church of England 5–11 Report 0.9 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

  • Meols Cop station 0.6 mi · 11 min walk
  • Southport station 1.0 mi · 19 min walk
  • Birkdale station 1.4 mi · 27 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Beatty Road (adj, Forest Road) 1 min walk
  • Curzon Road (adj, Forest Road) 2 min walk
  • Scarisbrick New Road (adj, Haig Avenue) 3 min walk
  • Forest Road (opp, Haig Avenue) 3 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Christiana Hartley Medical Practice
    5 Curzon Road, Southport · 0.1 mi
  • Cumberland House Surgery
    58 Scarisbrick New Road, Southport · 0.3 mi
  • Kew Surgery
    85 Town Lane, Southport · 0.5 mi
  • St Marks Medical Centre (Tcg Medical)
    42 Derby Road, Southport · 0.8 mi

Supermarkets

  • Morrisons Daily Morrisons Daily Southport · 0.3 mi
  • Sainsburys Sainsburys Southport Meols Cop · 0.6 mi
  • Aldi Aldi Meols Cop Southport · 0.6 mi
  • Morrisons Daily Morrisons Daily Southport Portland Street · 0.7 mi

Pharmacies

  • Pharmacy First · 0.3 mi
  • Tesco Instore Pharmacy · 0.6 mi
  • Bispham Road Pharmacy · 0.7 mi

Dentists

  • Dental Surgery · 0.2 mi
  • Kew Dental Surgery · 0.5 mi
  • Ten Dental · 0.7 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 7 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.

Income7 of 10
Employment6 of 10
Education and skills9 of 10
Health and disability4 of 10
Crime6 of 10
Access to housing and services9 of 10
Living environment4 of 10

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

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned85.6%62.5%
Private rented12.5%20.3%
Social rented1.9%17.1%
Households514

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1514.5%17.4%
Aged 15–6463.9%64.1%
Aged 65+21.7%18.6%
Residents1,342

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)100%80%
Gigabit-capable97%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 networks87%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks93%92%

Share of homes across Sefton 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 Balfour Road

Ethnic group

HereSefton
White93.1%95.8%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.4%1.5%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.5%1.5%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.8%0.5%
Other ethnic group0.2%0.7%

Religion

HereSefton
Christian62.2%64.4%
No religion29.5%28.6%
Not answered5.1%5%
Hindu1.7%0.4%
Buddhist0.7%0.2%
Other religion0.6%0.4%
Muslim0.2%0.8%
Jewish0%0.1%

Country of birth

HereSefton
Born in the UK92.2%93.6%
Born outside the UK7.8%6.4%

Highest qualification

HereSefton
Level 4 qualifications and above42.6%29.9%
Level 3 qualifications18%17.5%
Level 2 qualifications14.2%14.1%
No qualifications12.2%19.7%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.6%10.3%
Apprenticeship4.3%5.9%
Other qualifications1%2.6%

General health

HereSefton
Very good health52%46.4%
Good health33.2%32.3%
Fair health10.7%14.3%
Bad health3.5%5.4%
Very bad health0.7%1.7%

Cars or vans per household

HereSefton
1 car or van in household36%42.7%
2 cars or vans in household36%24.1%
3 or more cars or vans in household14.6%6.8%
No cars or vans in household13.4%26.4%

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 Sefton.

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