Property market | £273,093 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Manchester (33.7 miles) | |
Broadband | 62.4mbps average broadband speeds (fast broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 96.2% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 3.8% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 145 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 469 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Ribble Valley level) | |
Community | Median age is 48.1 | Happiness is Above Average for Lancashire, Average for UK | |
Crime | 3.0 burglaries per 1k people (Ribble Valley) | |
Commute (approx) | - Manchester Piccadilly (69 mins) - Leeds (83 mins) | |
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£273,093 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Manchester (33.7 miles) | |
62.4mbps average broadband speeds (fast broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 48.1 | Happiness is Above Average for Lancashire, Average for UK | |
Ranked 145 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 469 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Ribble Valley level) | |
3.0 burglaries per 1k people (Ribble Valley) | |
- Manchester Piccadilly (69 mins) - Leeds (83 mins) | |
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Alston Hey has a few stores nearby for groceries, including: Aldi Longridge, Sainsburys Longridge. There are a few pubs and bars nearby, including: The Old Oak, White Bull at Alston. Regarding restaurants and other types of eateries, there are a few nearby, including: Franco's Pizzeria, The Bridge, The Potting Shed. Alston Hey has a range of train stations and schools nearby, as shown in the map below.
The property market in Alston Hey has had a steep increase over the last few years and accelerating growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £452,557, which is up 9.9% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £273,093 (up 7.4% on last year) , a terraced house £202,678 (up 4.8% on last year) and a flat £168,858. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £576 per month. Property prices in Alston Hey are a little higher than the average property prices across Lancashire and are slightly lower compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Alston Hey, prices have risen much more quickly than the annual average price change seen across the Lancashire region.
Property data is based on Ribble Valley level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Alston Hey, or click here to browse the longer list of Alston Hey property transactions from 2023.
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Alston Hey has a healthy number of schools nearby to choose from. There are a mix of both primary and secondary schools nearby, including Hillside Specialist School and College (Special school) which is both a primary and secondary school and is based in Ribchester Road, Preston. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
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School | Type | Outstanding? |
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Longridge Church of England Primary School | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | No |
Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | No |
Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | No |
Longridge High School | Secondary school Community school - Mixed | No |
St Cecilia's RC High School | Secondary school Voluntary aided school - Mixed | No |
Barnacre Road Primary School | Primary Foundation school - Mixed | No |
Hillside Specialist School and College | Primary & Secondary Community special school - Mixed | No |
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Hillside Specialist School and College Save school | Primary & Secondary Community special school - Mixed | 2: Good (2/8/2018) | Ofsted Report Link | Preston | |
Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 2: Good (4/24/2013) | 34 submissions 100.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Preston |
Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 2: Good (10/17/2012) | Ofsted Report Link | Preston | |
Longridge Church of England Primary School Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 2: Good (2/24/2012) | 31 submissions 93.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Preston |
St Cecilia's RC High School Save school | Secondary school Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 2: Good (1/13/2016) | Ofsted Report Link | Preston | |
Barnacre Road Primary School Save school | Primary Foundation school - Mixed | 2: Good (3/8/2013) | Ofsted Report Link | Preston | |
Longridge High School Save school | Secondary school Community school - Mixed | 3: Requires Improvement (9/22/2021) | Ofsted Report Link | Preston |
School | Type |
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Hillside Specialist School and College Ofsted report Save school | Primary & Secondary Latest rating - 2: Good (2/8/2018) |
Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (4/24/2013) 34 submissions 100.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (10/17/2012) |
Longridge Church of England Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (2/24/2012) 31 submissions 93.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
St Cecilia's RC High School Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school Latest rating - 2: Good (1/13/2016) |
Barnacre Road Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (3/8/2013) |
Longridge High School Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school Latest rating - 3: Requires Improvement (9/22/2021) |
Station | Distance from Alston Hey | Commute options |
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Pleasington A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +55% from the previous year. | 7 miles |
- Leeds (1 change(s) - 107 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 110 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 141 mins - Northern Trains) View details |
Bamber Bridge A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +26% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 99 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 115 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 149 mins - Northern Trains) View details |
Cherry Tree A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +38% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- Leeds (1 change(s) - 104 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 113 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 138 mins - Northern Trains) View details |
Mill Hill (Lancs) A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +29% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- Leeds (1 change(s) - 101 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 107 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 135 mins - Northern Trains) View details |
Lostock Hall A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +24% from the previous year. | 9 miles |
- Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 96 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 118 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 152 mins - Northern Trains) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Ribble Valley) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Ribble Valley residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 96.2% | 81.7% |
Asian | 2.1% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 1.2% | 2.9% |
Other | 0.3% | 2.1% |
Black | 0.2% | 4.0% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Ribble Valley consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 12.9% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 11.7% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 14.5% | 145 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 23.6% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 6.1% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 10.3% | |
Routine occupations | 10.2% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 5.8% | 469 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 4.9% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Lancashire is average (67mbps). Alston Hey is consistent with this, with average download speeds of 62.4mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Ribble Valley level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 62.4 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 93.4% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.5% |
Crime stats were found at the Ribble Valley level:
Type | Ribble Valley | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 40 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 3 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 3 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 0 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 16 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Alston Hey.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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Cumbria and Lancashire | River Ribble, River Darwen | River Ribble from Samlesbury and the River Darwen from Darwen including Blackburn, Preston, Walton-Le-Dale, Pleasington and Higher Walton |
Cumbria and Lancashire | River Ribble | Rivers Ribble, Hodder and other watercourses, from Settle to Samlesbury including Clitheroe, Gisburn, Sawley, Waddington and Ribchester |
Cumbria and Lancashire | River Wyre | Rivers Wyre, Calder and Brock and other watercourses from Abbeystead to Catterall including Scorton, Garstang, Bilsborrow, Ainspool and Churchtown |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Alston Hey, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Low Crime Hot property market | Semi-detached: £273,093 Detached: £452,557 | 40 | Primary: 2Secondary: 3 | 14.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Clitheroe, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Low Crime Hot property market | Semi-detached: £273,093 Detached: £452,557 | 40 | Primary: 7Secondary: 3 | 14.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Lancaster, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £222,692 Detached: £362,841 | 78 | Primary: 13Secondary: 7 | 9.4% residents in higher managerial positions 8.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Penwortham, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £200,211 Detached: £327,899 | 89 | Primary: 16Secondary: 7 | 13.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.6% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Alston Hey, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Low Crime Hot property market | Semi-detached: £273,093 Detached: £452,557 | 40 | Primary: 2Secondary: 3 |
Clitheroe, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Low Crime Hot property market | Semi-detached: £273,093 Detached: £452,557 | 40 | Primary: 7Secondary: 3 |
Lancaster, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £222,692 Detached: £362,841 | 78 | Primary: 13Secondary: 7 |
Penwortham, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £200,211 Detached: £327,899 | 89 | Primary: 16Secondary: 7 |
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