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Rookery Drive, Rainford, St Helens

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House prices, sold prices and local information for WA11 8BA, WA11 8BB.

Average price (last 12 months)
£246,500
2 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£189,886
28 sales
Price range
£115k – £280k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
7 Apr 2026
WA11 8BB

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At a glance

House prices£247k average23% above the St Helens average CrimeLower than averageLower crime than about 70% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 9 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station29 min walkRainford station SchoolsNo recent Good/Outstanding gradesMany schools now get report cards instead Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold61% leaseholdAcross 33 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

28 property sales on Rookery Drive, Rainford, St Helens have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 2 homes sold here for an average of £246,500. Most sales here are semi-detached homes, which have sold for an average of £189,886. That is 23% above the St Helens average of £200,790 over the same period. 5 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 5 of them sold for more the second time. Recorded sale prices on Rookery Drive range from £115,000 to £280,000. 39% of homes sold here were freehold and 61% leasehold. Of 277 streets in St Helens with at least two sales in the last year, Rookery Drive ranks 54th for average price.

House prices on Rookery Drive compared

Rookery Drive£246,500
WA11 postcode area£210,547
St Helens£200,790
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all WA11 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £156,750 (2 sales)2016£157k2017: £143,317 (3 sales)2017£143k2018: £164,317 (3 sales)2018£164k2019: £177,983 (6 sales)2019£178k2020: £179,500 (2 sales)2020£180k2021: £225,000 (1 sales)2021£225k2022: £280,000 (1 sales)2022£280k2023: £235,000 (1 sales)2023£235k2024: £203,167 (3 sales)2024£203k2025: £207,800 (5 sales)2025£208k2026: £265,000 (1 sales)2026£265k

Tenure: 39% freehold and 61% leasehold across 33 recorded sales. Lease extension calculator.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Semi-detached28£189,8867 Apr 2026

Sold prices on Rookery Drive

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
20, Rookery Drive WA11 8BB 7 Apr 2026£265,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
31, Rookery Drive WA11 8BB 24 Nov 2025£228,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
69, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 19 Sep 2025£211,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
7, Rookery Drive WA11 8BB 18 Aug 2025£250,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
11A, Rookery Drive WA11 8BB 30 May 2025£150,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
8, Rookery Drive WA11 8BB 13 Mar 2025£200,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
51, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 2 Sep 2024£260,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
25, Rookery Drive WA11 8BB 8 Aug 2024£181,500 Semi-detachedLeasehold
31, Rookery Drive WA11 8BB 20 Jun 2024£168,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
51, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 26 Jul 2023£235,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
50, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 7 Feb 2022£280,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
65, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 12 Oct 2021£225,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
35, Rookery Drive WA11 8BB 17 Dec 2020£144,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
40, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 27 Nov 2020£215,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
55, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 8 Nov 2019£145,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
4, Rookery Drive WA11 8BB 31 Oct 2019£243,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
50, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 27 Sep 2019£175,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
57, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 28 Feb 2019£149,950 Semi-detachedLeasehold
57, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 28 Feb 2019£149,950 Semi-detachedFreehold
36, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 30 Jan 2019£205,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
77, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 30 Nov 2018£157,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
51, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 8 Aug 2018£139,500 Semi-detachedLeasehold
18, Rookery Drive WA11 8BB 25 May 2018£189,950 Semi-detachedFreehold
36, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 5 Feb 2018£145,500 Semi-detachedLeasehold
16, Rookery Drive WA11 8BB 2 Oct 2017£149,950 Semi-detachedLeasehold
44, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 25 Aug 2017£164,000 OtherFreehold
44, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 25 Aug 2017£164,000 OtherLeasehold
77, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 16 Aug 2017£115,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
71, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 31 Jan 2017£165,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
43, Rookery Drive WA11 8BB 9 Dec 2016£156,500 OtherFreehold
43, Rookery Drive WA11 8BB 9 Dec 2016£156,500 OtherLeasehold
49, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 22 Nov 2016£176,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
22, Rookery Drive WA11 8BA 25 May 2016£137,500 Semi-detachedLeasehold

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
31, Rookery Drive £168,000 (Jun 2024) → £228,000 (Nov 2025) +36%
over 1 yr
51, Rookery Drive £139,500 (Aug 2018) → £235,000 (Jul 2023) → £260,000 (Sep 2024) +86%
over 6 yrs
50, Rookery Drive £175,000 (Sep 2019) → £280,000 (Feb 2022) +60%
over 2 yrs
36, Rookery Drive £145,500 (Feb 2018) → £205,000 (Jan 2019) +41%
over under a year
77, Rookery Drive £115,000 (Aug 2017) → £157,500 (Nov 2018) +37%
over 1 yr

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Schools near Rookery Drive

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Rainford CofE Primary School 230 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Report 0.5 mi
Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School 217 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.8 mi
Rainford High School 1,646 pupils Secondary 11–18 Report 0.8 mi
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School 127 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 3–11 Report 0.8 mi
A.R.T.S. Education 22 pupils Other independent special school 11–17 Report 0.9 mi
Crawford Village Primary School 79 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 1.9 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

  • Rainford station 1.4 mi · 29 min walk
  • Upholland station 2.6 mi · 53 min walk
  • St Helens Central station 3.6 mi · 1 hr 13 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Derby Drive (NW-bound, Derby Drive) 1 min walk
  • Derby Drive (SE-bound, Derby Drive) 1 min walk
  • Rookery Lane (adj, Higher Lane) 2 min walk
  • Rookery Drive (adj, Rookery Lane) 2 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Rainford Health Centre
    17 Higher Lane, Rainford, St Helens · 0.3 mi
  • Kenneth Macrae Med Centre
    32 Church Road, Rainford, St. Helens · 0.4 mi
  • Windermere Medical Centre
    Windermere Avenue, St. Helens · 2.5 mi
  • Excel Primary Care
    Birleywood Health Centre, Birleywood, Skelmersdale · 2.9 mi

Supermarkets

  • The Co-operative Food Co-op Rainford · 0.5 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Windle Island Express · 2.0 mi
  • Morrisons Daily Morrisons Daily St Helens Millbrook · 2.6 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco St Helens Express · 2.7 mi

Pharmacies

  • Well · 0.4 mi
  • Well · 0.5 mi
  • Heaton's Pharmacy · 2.4 mi

Dentists

  • Rainford Dental Surgery Ltd · 0.3 mi
  • Rainford Orthodontic Practice · 0.5 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 2.5 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
Employment8 of 10
Education and skills10 of 10
Health and disability6 of 10
Crime8 of 10
Access to housing and services6 of 10
Living environment8 of 10

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

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned93.0%62.5%
Private rented2.4%20.3%
Social rented4.6%17.1%
Households503

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1513.7%17.4%
Aged 15–6452.2%64.1%
Aged 65+34.1%18.6%
Residents1,179

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)100%80%
Gigabit-capable100%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 networks91%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks95%92%

Share of homes across St. Helens 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 Rookery Drive

Ethnic group

HereSt Helens
White97.4%96.5%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.5%1.4%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%0.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.5%1.1%
Other ethnic group0.1%0.6%

Religion

HereSt Helens
Christian75.5%62.3%
No religion18.1%31.2%
Not answered5.1%4.7%
Other religion0.6%0.4%
Hindu0.3%0.3%
Muslim0.3%0.7%
Buddhist0.1%0.3%
Sikh0.1%–

Country of birth

HereSt Helens
Born in the UK97.5%95%
Born outside the UK2.5%5%

Highest qualification

HereSt Helens
Level 4 qualifications and above41.9%27.2%
Level 3 qualifications14.3%17.4%
Level 2 qualifications13.4%14.7%
No qualifications12.9%21.4%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.3%10.4%
Apprenticeship6%6.5%
Other qualifications2.3%2.6%

General health

HereSt Helens
Very good health49.4%45.2%
Good health33.8%32.7%
Fair health12.7%14.6%
Bad health3.7%5.8%
Very bad health0.4%1.7%

Cars or vans per household

HereSt Helens
1 car or van in household37.6%42.3%
2 cars or vans in household35.8%27.1%
3 or more cars or vans in household14.7%7.4%
No cars or vans in household11.9%23.2%

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 St Helens.

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