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£900,000

The Walled Garden, Townsend Way, Christleton, Cheshire, CH3

Land size
1.2 acres

Key Features

  • Comprises 1.2 Acres of flat land within a beautiful and historic walled garden
  • Rare opportunity to deliver a large high-quality self-build residential dwelling

Description

Building plot 1.2 Acres (0.49 Hectares) - A rare opportunity to deliver a high-quality self-build residential dwelling in the heart of Christleton village.

The property is in receipt of a Notice of Permission in Principal for the construction of 1 self-build dwelling. This permission was granted in October 2024.

Freehold - Offers in the region of £900,000

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
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Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-01-29

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 15 Building Plots listings in North West England (1+ acres).

This Property£750,000 / acre
Building Plots Average (1+ acres) £368,687 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Listed Property
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Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Christleton Primary School380 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    220
    Type
    Community school
  • Boughton Heath Academy0.8 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    225
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Oldfield Primary School1 mileNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    207
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Cherry Grove Primary School1 mileNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    274
    Type
    Community school
  • Hoole Church of England Primary School1.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    395
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Christleton High School714 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,382
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School1 mileOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,253
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Chester International School1.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    14 to 19
    Pupils
    229
    Type
    Studio schools
  • Queen's Park High School1.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    792
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • The Catholic High School, Chester2.1 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    797
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Sainsburys Chester, Chester860 metres
Lidl Caldy Valley Rd, Chester976 metres
Spar - Vicars Cross, Chester0.9 miles

GP surgery

Heath Lane Medical Centre0.9 miles

Pharmacy

Heath Lane Pharmacy0.9 miles

Hospital

Grosvenor Nuffield Hospital2.3 miles

Green space

Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces525 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Chester Rail Station1.7 miles

Nearest bus stop

Old Trooper Inn116 metres

Typical drive times

Bwcle17 min · 12 miles
Shotton17 min · 13 miles
Chester (city)8 min · 3 miles
Ellesmere Port12 min · 8.7 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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