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Thornton Road, Great Sankey, Warrington

MyStreetCheck free street report: Thornton Road, Great Sankey, Warrington · 30 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/warrington-warrington/thornton-road/

House prices, sold prices and local information for WA5 2SZ.

Average price (last 12 months)
£345,000
2 sales
Average price (since 2017)
£254,948
20 sales
Price range
£169k – £360k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
15 Dec 2025
WA5 2SZ

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At a glance

House prices£345k average16% above the Warrington average CrimeLower than averageLower crime than about 80% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 10 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskIn a flood warning areaCheck the GOV.UK long-term risk Nearest station13 min walkWarrington West station Schools2 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold86% freeholdAcross 22 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

20 property sales on Thornton Road, Great Sankey, Warrington have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2017. In the last 12 months 2 homes sold here for an average of £345,000. Most sales here are semi-detached homes, which have sold for an average of £240,723. Average sale prices rose from £197,500 in 2017 to £328,333 in 2025 (+66%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. That is 16% above the Warrington average of £297,976 over the same period. 5 homes here have sold more than once since 2017; 5 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 55% semi-detached, 45% detached. Recorded sale prices on Thornton Road range from £169,000 to £360,000. 86% of homes sold here were freehold and 14% leasehold. Of 470 streets in Warrington with at least two sales in the last year, Thornton Road ranks 127th for average price.

House prices on Thornton Road compared

Thornton Road£345,000
WA5 postcode area£277,787
Warrington£297,976
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all WA5 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2017: £197,500 (2 sales)2017£198k2018: £236,667 (3 sales)2018£237k2019: £250,488 (4 sales)2019£250k2020: £172,000 (2 sales)2020£172k2021: £241,667 (3 sales)2021£242k2022: £268,000 (1 sales)2022£268k2024: £335,000 (2 sales)2024£335k2025: £328,333 (3 sales)2025£328k

Tenure: 86% freehold and 14% leasehold across 22 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Semi-detached11£240,72315 Dec 2025
Detached9£272,33331 Jul 2025

Sold prices on Thornton Road

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
12, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 15 Dec 2025£345,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
12, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 15 Dec 2025£345,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
31, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 31 Jul 2025£295,000 DetachedFreehold
18, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 23 Jul 2024£360,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
37, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 17 Jun 2024£310,000 DetachedFreehold
37, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 2 Mar 2022£268,000 DetachedFreehold
8, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 29 Oct 2021£172,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
24, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 23 Jul 2021£272,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
45, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 4 Jun 2021£281,000 DetachedFreehold
26, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 12 Nov 2020£175,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
24, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 30 Jun 2020£145,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
26, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 25 Feb 2020£146,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
20, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 24 Jan 2020£169,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
41, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 22 Nov 2019£282,000 DetachedFreehold
35, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 8 Nov 2019£300,000 DetachedFreehold
16, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 12 Sep 2019£249,950 Semi-detachedFreehold
12, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 29 Mar 2019£170,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
47, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 3 Dec 2018£215,000 DetachedFreehold
33, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 16 Nov 2018£300,000 DetachedFreehold
2, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 19 Jul 2018£195,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
22, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 15 Aug 2017£200,000 DetachedFreehold
18, Thornton Road WA5 2SZ 26 May 2017£195,000 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
12, Thornton Road £170,000 (Mar 2019) → £345,000 (Dec 2025) +103%
over 7 yrs
18, Thornton Road £195,000 (May 2017) → £360,000 (Jul 2024) +85%
over 7 yrs
37, Thornton Road £268,000 (Mar 2022) → £310,000 (Jun 2024) +16%
over 2 yrs
24, Thornton Road £145,000 (Jun 2020) → £272,000 (Jul 2021) +88%
over 1 yr
26, Thornton Road £146,000 (Feb 2020) → £175,000 (Nov 2020) +20%
over under a year

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Crime and flood risk near Thornton Road

Crime

66 crimes were reported within about a mile of Thornton Road in August 2026.

Crime level compared with the rest of England (10 = lowest crime):

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Lower crime than about 80% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Violence & sexual offences31
Anti-social behaviour11
Public order9
Criminal damage & arson5
Other theft4
Vehicle crime2

Source: data.police.uk. Locations are approximate and cover the surrounding area, not just this street.

Flood risk

Thornton Road is in or near 6 Environment Agency flood areas:

  • Sankey Brook around areas of Gemini, Dallam, Bewsey, Longford, Orford, Great Sankey and Penketh Flood warning area
  • River Sankey catchment with St Helens and Warrington Flood alert area
  • Lower River Mersey including Warrington, Runcorn and Lymm areas Flood alert area
  • River Ditton catchment including areas around Huyton-with-Roby and Widnes Flood alert area
  • Mersey Estuary at Warrington Flood alert area

Flood warning areas cover places at risk from rivers and the sea. Surface water risk isn't included. Check the long-term flood risk for a postcode on GOV.UK.

Schools near Thornton Road

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Great Sankey Primary School 350 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.4 mi
Penketh High School 1,058 pupils Secondary 11–16 Good Report 0.5 mi
Sankey Valley St James Church of England Primary School 214 pupils Primary Church of England 2–11 Report 0.6 mi
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School 131 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 3–11 Report 0.7 mi
Penketh South Community Primary School 230 pupils Primary 2–11 Report 0.7 mi
Chapelford Village Primary School 638 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 0.8 mi
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 214 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 4–11 Report 0.9 mi
St Gregory's Catholic High School 1,214 pupils Secondary Roman Catholic 11–16 Good 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

  • Warrington West station 0.7 mi · 13 min walk
  • Sankey for Penketh station 0.7 mi · 14 min walk
  • Warrington Bank Quay station 1.5 mi · 30 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Brookside Avenue (SW-bound, Penketh Road) 3 min walk
  • Brookside Avenue (E-bound, Penketh Road) 3 min walk
  • Penketh Lane Ends (NW-bound, Liverpool Road) 3 min walk
  • Penketh Lane Ends (SE-bound, Liverpool Road) 3 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Penketh Health Centre
    Honiton Way, Penketh, Warrington · 0.7 mi
  • Chapelford Primary Care Centre
    Santa Rosa Boulevard, Great Sankey, Warrington · 0.8 mi
  • Guardian Street Med/Ctr
    Guardian Street, Warrington · 1.5 mi
  • Folly Lane Medical Centre
    Folly Lane, Bewsey, Warrington · 1.6 mi

Supermarkets

  • Tesco Express Tesco Penketh Express · 0.3 mi
  • The Co-operative Food Co-op Hawthorne Avenue · 0.7 mi
  • Spar Spar - Penketh · 0.7 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Hood Manor Express · 0.7 mi

Pharmacies

  • Aston Pharmacy · 0.7 mi
  • Hood Manor Pharmacy · 0.7 mi
  • Penketh Pharmacy · 0.7 mi

Dentists

  • Petrie Tucker And Partners Ltd · 0.3 mi
  • Lovely Lane Dental Surgery · 1.3 mi
  • Lingley Road (dental Surgery) · 1.3 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 10 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
Employment9 of 10
Education and skills8 of 10
Health and disability7 of 10
Crime9 of 10
Access to housing and services9 of 10
Living environment9 of 10

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

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned82.9%62.5%
Private rented16.1%20.3%
Social rented0.9%17.1%
Households644

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1516.7%17.4%
Aged 15–6469.7%64.1%
Aged 65+13.6%18.6%
Residents1,600

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 networks95%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks96%92%

Share of homes across Warrington 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 Thornton Road

Ethnic group

HereWarrington
White95.1%93.5%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.2%3.3%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%1.6%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%0.7%
Other ethnic group0.6%0.9%

Religion

HereWarrington
Christian60.3%56.7%
No religion33%34.6%
Not answered4.1%5.2%
Muslim1.8%1.7%
Hindu0.4%0.7%
Buddhist0.2%0.3%
Sikh0.2%0.2%
Jewish0.1%–

Country of birth

HereWarrington
Born in the UK93.8%90.6%
Born outside the UK6.2%9.4%

Highest qualification

HereWarrington
Level 4 qualifications and above32.6%33%
Level 3 qualifications21.5%17.3%
Level 2 qualifications17.3%14.8%
No qualifications11.6%16.5%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.6%10%
Apprenticeship5.5%6%
Other qualifications2.9%2.6%

General health

HereWarrington
Very good health56.2%50.1%
Good health31.6%32.8%
Fair health9.7%12.1%
Bad health2.1%3.9%
Very bad health0.4%1.1%

Cars or vans per household

HereWarrington
1 car or van in household38.8%41.3%
2 cars or vans in household38%31.7%
3 or more cars or vans in household14.4%9.6%
No cars or vans in household8.8%17.4%

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 Warrington.

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