20 Besant Close, BB1 2RG
20 Besant Close, in BB1, is a leasehold detached house on Besant Close. It last sold for £139,000 in 2004 — its 2nd recorded sale, up 31% on its first recorded sale of £105,950 in 2002.
What this home is
The physical record — from its EPC assessments, HM Land Registry and the VOA.
EPC data © Crown copyright; bedrooms are the register's estimate, not a survey. Tenure from HM Land Registry.
What is it worth now?
An indicative projection from its own sale record — the report's valuation prices it against individual comparable sales.
Across Blackburn with Darwen, the official average home value is £165,813 — +5% in a year, +35% over five.
Covers the whole Blackburn with Darwen area, not this postcode.
A point estimate with likely and wide ranges, built from individual comparable sales nearby — each listed with address, date, size and adjusted price.
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Indicative range projected from HM Land Registry sold prices; not a formal valuation, survey or appraisal.
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Sale history
Every transaction HM Land Registry records for 20 Besant Close, newest first.
2 recorded sales since 2002, up 31% from first to latest.
This home's recorded sales joined up, with the change between each — against BB1's yearly median.
What a home of this era typically means
- Insulated cavity walls and double glazing become the norm, so thermal performance is markedly better than pre-war stock.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset. Rows marked non-standard are "additional price paid" entries (repossessions, bulk purchases, right-to-buy) — listed for completeness, excluded from the change figures.
How it compares on Besant Close
Against the 29 homes HM Land Registry and the EPC register know on this street.
Besant Close sold prices & full street profile →
Street medians from recorded sales in the last 8 years and EPC floor areas; a street's unsold homes are invisible to price medians.
Energy & running costs
What 20 Besant Close's Energy Performance Certificate says about efficiency, cost and construction.
Every fabric element as the assessor described it — walls, roof, floor, windows, hot water and heating construction with its efficiency rating — plus glazing detail and itemised running costs.
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EPC data © Crown copyright, from the domestic EPC register. Certificates describe the home as assessed on their date.
The practical file
The running costs and everyday infrastructure a viewing can't show you.
Council tax band D (≈£2,455/yr) · gigabit broadband reaches 0% of premises.
The full amenity list by category with names and distances — supermarkets to GPs to gyms — plus parks with sizes and every connectivity measure in full.
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VOA council-tax band with the authority's current rates; Ofcom broadband coverage; amenities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); EV charging from the National Chargepoint Registry; hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency.
The neighbourhood
Who lives here and how the area ranks — the Blackburn with Darwen 011F neighbourhood, from the Census and the Indices of Deprivation.
IMD decile 3/10 — more deprived than most of England; household income about 22% below the national average; shared/rented housing low.
In plain terms: housing & access score well, but a weaker health.
22% below the national average.
The dark tick on each bar marks the England & Wales average.
ONS Census 2021 and the English Indices of Deprivation, at neighbourhood (LSOA/MSOA) level — the immediate pocket, not the whole postcode district.
The street and the area
Where 20 Besant Close sits in its local market.
20 Besant Close: quick answers
From HM Land Registry, EPC, VOA, Police.uk, DfE and Environment Agency records.
20 Besant Close last sold for £139,000 on 19 Apr 2004, according to HM Land Registry.
HM Land Registry records 2 sales for 20 Besant Close between 2002 and 2004. Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.
Its most recent Energy Performance Certificate records 86 m² of floor area.
20 Besant Close is in council tax band D, costing about £2,455 a year (Blackburn with Darwen UA).
Its most recent EPC rates it D (score 65). Its recommended improvements would take it to B.
Top available download speed is around 0 Mbps. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 0% of premises in this postcode. (Source: Ofcom)
Other homes at BB1 2RG
Recorded sales for the other addresses sharing this postcode on Besant Close.
All homes at this postcode, with sales counts & floor areas (28)
| Address | Last sold | Price | Sales | Floor area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Besant Close | 2003 | £140,000 | 1 | 200 m² |
| 2 Besant Close | 2002 | £77,950 | 1 | — |
| 3 Besant Close | 2002 | £77,950 | 1 | 84 m² |
| 4 Besant Close | 2024 | £160,000 | 3 | 77 m² |
| 5 Besant Close | 2004 | £112,500 | 2 | — |
| 6 Besant Close | 2019 | £120,000 | 3 | — |
| 7 Besant Close | 2006 | £158,500 | 3 | — |
| 8 Besant Close | 2023 | £209,000 | 3 | 78 m² |
| 9 Besant Close | 2005 | £152,500 | 2 | — |
| 10 Besant Close | 2017 | £162,000 | 3 | 82 m² |
| 11 Besant Close | 2007 | £158,500 | 1 | 105 m² |
| 12 Besant Close | 2002 | £116,950 | 2 | 150 m² |
| 14 Besant Close | 2002 | £97,950 | 1 | 84 m² |
| 15 Besant Close | 2021 | £163,000 | 3 | 110 m² |
| 16 Besant Close | 2021 | £247,000 | 2 | 152 m² |
| 17 Besant Close | 2002 | £99,950 | 1 | — |
| 18 Besant Close | 2002 | £105,950 | 1 | 87 m² |
| 19 Besant Close | 2003 | £110,950 | 1 | 125 m² |
| 21 Besant Close | 2025 | £190,000 | 2 | 112 m² |
| 22 Besant Close | 2011 | £145,000 | 2 | — |
| 23 Besant Close | 2014 | £128,000 | 2 | 120 m² |
| 24 Besant Close | 2021 | £234,000 | 3 | 123 m² |
| 25 Besant Close | 2018 | £132,000 | 3 | 104 m² |
| 27 Besant Close | 2019 | £144,000 | 1 | 100 m² |
| 29 Besant Close | 2003 | £114,950 | 1 | — |
| 31 Besant Close | 2022 | £200,000 | 4 | — |
| 33 Besant Close | 2004 | £147,500 | 2 | 127 m² |
| 35 Besant Close | 2003 | £84,950 | 1 | 76 m² |
- Last sold
- 2003
- Price
- £140,000
- Sales
- 1
- Floor area
- 200 m²
- Last sold
- 2002
- Price
- £77,950
- Sales
- 1
- Last sold
- 2002
- Price
- £77,950
- Sales
- 1
- Floor area
- 84 m²
- Last sold
- 2024
- Price
- £160,000
- Sales
- 3
- Floor area
- 77 m²
- Last sold
- 2004
- Price
- £112,500
- Sales
- 2
- Last sold
- 2019
- Price
- £120,000
- Sales
- 3
- Last sold
- 2006
- Price
- £158,500
- Sales
- 3
- Last sold
- 2023
- Price
- £209,000
- Sales
- 3
- Floor area
- 78 m²
- Last sold
- 2005
- Price
- £152,500
- Sales
- 2
- Last sold
- 2017
- Price
- £162,000
- Sales
- 3
- Floor area
- 82 m²
- Last sold
- 2007
- Price
- £158,500
- Sales
- 1
- Floor area
- 105 m²
- Last sold
- 2002
- Price
- £116,950
- Sales
- 2
- Floor area
- 150 m²
- Last sold
- 2002
- Price
- £97,950
- Sales
- 1
- Floor area
- 84 m²
- Last sold
- 2021
- Price
- £163,000
- Sales
- 3
- Floor area
- 110 m²
- Last sold
- 2021
- Price
- £247,000
- Sales
- 2
- Floor area
- 152 m²
- Last sold
- 2002
- Price
- £99,950
- Sales
- 1
- Last sold
- 2002
- Price
- £105,950
- Sales
- 1
- Floor area
- 87 m²
- Last sold
- 2003
- Price
- £110,950
- Sales
- 1
- Floor area
- 125 m²
- Last sold
- 2025
- Price
- £190,000
- Sales
- 2
- Floor area
- 112 m²
- Last sold
- 2011
- Price
- £145,000
- Sales
- 2
- Last sold
- 2014
- Price
- £128,000
- Sales
- 2
- Floor area
- 120 m²
- Last sold
- 2021
- Price
- £234,000
- Sales
- 3
- Floor area
- 123 m²
- Last sold
- 2018
- Price
- £132,000
- Sales
- 3
- Floor area
- 104 m²
- Last sold
- 2019
- Price
- £144,000
- Sales
- 1
- Floor area
- 100 m²
- Last sold
- 2003
- Price
- £114,950
- Sales
- 1
- Last sold
- 2022
- Price
- £200,000
- Sales
- 4
- Last sold
- 2004
- Price
- £147,500
- Sales
- 2
- Floor area
- 127 m²
- Last sold
- 2003
- Price
- £84,950
- Sales
- 1
- Floor area
- 76 m²
HM Land Registry last recorded sale per address; unsold homes show no price.
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Contains public-sector data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where applicable. Amenity data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset. Figures describe recorded data and are not a survey or valuation of this home; the indicative range is a projection, not an appraisal. marks detail included in the £5 report.