1 Merrick Avenue, PR1 5TL
Semi-detached house · Freehold · Preston, North West
The full report on this property
A 5 page dossier for 1 Merrick Avenue: every comparable sale within 400m with price per square metre, five years of planning applications around the address, crime trend, schools and stations, and the red flags worth raising before you offer.
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Sale history
- £170,000-8%(−£14,500)-3.7%/yr18 December 2024 · Semi-detached house
- £184,5001 November 2022 · Semi-detached house
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright). Completions appear roughly 7 weeks after the event.
Planning history at this property
No planning applications matched to this exact address in the records Praesago holds.
Address-matched planning coverage begins mid-2026; older applications are recorded by postcode only, so an empty history is not proof that nothing was ever filed here.
Around 1 Merrick Avenue
Amber pins are planning applications from the last two years. Train and school icons show the nearest rail links and schools. Tap anything for details.
Local intelligence
Crime within 500 metres, nearest stations, schools and deprivation context around this address.
Crime within 500m
15offences in 12 months
- violence and sexual offences7
- anti social behaviour3
- other theft1
- shoplifting1
Rail links
No national rail station within 3km.
Schools within 1km
3within walking distance
- Brockholes Wood Community Primary School and Nursery377m
- Fishwick Primary School662m
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Preston662m
Dot = Ofsted rating: green good or outstanding, amber requires improvement
Deprivation (IMD)
4of 10
More deprived nationally
Area context
District-level figures for PR1, not specific to this address.
Deprivation by domain across PR1
Decile 1 = most deprived 10% of England nationally · Decile 10 = least deprived. This breakdown covers the whole district; the decile 4 figure above is for this address’s immediate neighbourhood specifically, so the two can differ.
Sources: Environment Agency flood risk, Ofcom Connected Nations, Defra air quality, English Indices of Deprivation 2025. District averages, not a per-address assessment.
This property’s energy certificate
EPC rating
certified June 2022
Source: MHCLG EPC register, matched to this address. Habitable rooms count bedrooms and receptions together. Certificates last up to 10 years, so details reflect the property at certification.
Property specs
Room count from this address’s EPC certificate, plus what’s currently listed on this street.
5habitable rooms
Bedrooms and receptions combined; EPC does not split them out.
The area: Preston (PR1)
Whether this address is a good buy depends on where Preston is heading. Praesago tracks prices, crime, planning, schools and 30+ official sources for PR1, updated monthly.
Recent sales near 1 Merrick Avenue
| 21 Merrick Avenue | £165,000 | Apr 2026 |
| 18 Merrick Avenue | £199,950 | Mar 2026 |
| 23 Merrick Avenue | £231,650 | Sept 2024 |
| 14 Merrick Avenue | £172,000 | Jul 2024 |
1 Merrick Avenue common questions
When did 1 Merrick Avenue last sell and for how much?
1 Merrick Avenue, PR1 5TL last sold for £170,000 on 18 December 2024, according to HM Land Registry.
How many times has 1 Merrick Avenue been sold?
HM Land Registry records 2 sales at this address since 1995, from £184,500 in 2022 to £170,000 in 2024.
Is Preston a good area?
Praesago scores Preston (PR1) 55 out of 100 for area trajectory, based on 30+ official data sources covering prices, crime, planning and more. See the full Preston area page for the breakdown.
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