1 Rays Drive
Last sold
£55,100
May 1995
Previous sales
Every sale of this address since 1995, newest first.
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What is around it
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Broadband
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As of July 2025, for the whole postcode. What you can actually get depends on the provider.
Schools nearby
The nearest primary and secondary schools, as the crow flies, with their latest Ofsted inspection.
Primary schools
Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary and Nursery School Ages 3 to 11 · 220 pupils · Church of England
Good, 2023
0.5 miles
Moorside Primary School Ages 5 to 11 · 570 pupils
No grade
0.7 miles
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Lancaster Ages 4 to 11 · 207 pupils · Roman Catholic
Outstanding, 2024
0.7 miles
Secondary schools
Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy Ages 11 to 18 · 1,755 pupils · Church of England
Outstanding, 2022
1.0 miles
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School Ages 11 to 18 · 1,038 pupils
Good, 2022
1.5 miles
Lancaster Royal Grammar School Ages 11 to 18 · 1,294 pupils · Christian
Report card, 2026
1.6 miles
Distance is a straight line, not the walk. Being close is not a promise of a place: each school has its own admissions rules.
What’s nearby
Shops, places to eat, things to do and getting about.
Supermarkets
Within a 15-minute walk
0
Restaurants
0
Cafés
2
Pubs and bars
Boot and Shoe, The Wobbly Cobbler
3
Takeaways
Evergreens, Mr Wang, Scrumptious
Everyday
Things to do
Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA
Football · 1.9 miGiant Axe
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Golf · 1.4 miLancaster Golf Club
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Getting about
Distances are as the crow flies; walking times are rough, by the streets.
Recently sold nearby
Sold prices, from the area on the map, last two years.
Move or zoom the map to change what is listed below. Dots show the middle of a postcode, not a front door, and a sale counts as on the map by that middle — so one near the edge may fall either side of it.
30 Claughton Drive
August 2026
£332,000
14 Whinfell Drive
July 2026
£279,000
16 Lawnswood Avenue
July 2026
£390,000
6 Toll Bar Crescent
June 2026
£317,500
18 Claughton Drive
March 2026
£240,000
134 Scotforth Road
February 2026
£220,000
1 Harewood Avenue
February 2026
£275,000
39 Toll Bar Crescent
January 2026
£336,000
2 Lawnswood Avenue
December 2025
£340,000
17 Elmwood Gardens
December 2025
£190,000
36 Cockersand Drive
December 2025
£120,000
19 Harewood Avenue
November 2025
£320,000
205 Scotforth Road
November 2025
£455,000
9 Toll Bar Crescent
November 2025
£243,500
6 Rays Drive
November 2025
£250,000
126 Scotforth Road
October 2025
£192,500
10 Hala Crescent
September 2025
£245,000
17 Comhar Close
August 2025
£206,880
18 Dropple End
August 2025
£535,000
20 Claughton Drive
July 2025
£280,000
5 Comhar Close
June 2025
£353,010
10 Comhar Close
June 2025
£515,680
15 Dropple End
June 2025
£260,920
14 Dropple End
June 2025
£369,774
16 Claughton Drive
May 2025
£230,000
183 Scotforth Road
January 2025
£310,000
1 Rays Court, Rays Drive
January 2025
£180,000
13 Rays Drive
December 2024
£250,000
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Places on the map that were bought, done up and sold on.
Move or zoom the map to change what is listed below. Dots show the middle of a postcode, not a front door, and a sale counts as on the map by that middle — so one near the edge may fall either side of it.
A gap between two sale prices does not prove work was done, and a planning application near a sale does not prove the two are connected. Map OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles, data from OpenStreetMap.
How this area has changed
Typical prices for detached houses, now and in years gone by. The twelve months to September 2026 against the same twelve months back then.
| Area | Now | 5 years ago | 10 years ago | 15 years ago | 20 years ago |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rays Drive | – | Not enough sales | Not enough sales | Not enough sales | Not enough sales |
| Postcode sector LA1 4 | £405,000 | £310,000 +31% since | £247,250 +64% since | £220,000 +84% since | £230,000 +76% since |
| Lancaster | £360,000 | £310,000 +16% since | £250,000 +44% since | £220,000 +64% since | £223,000 +61% since |
The typical price is the middle sale of the twelve months, not the average, so one very dear or very cheap sale cannot pull it about. Standard sales only. A figure needs at least 15 sales behind it; with fewer, it says so.
How homes change hands in LA1 4, over the last five years (973 sales):
- What sells: 37% semi-detached, 35% terraced, 15% detached, 10% flats, 2% other.
- 12% sold leasehold, and 4% were new builds.
- 173 sales in the last twelve months, against 324 in the same twelve months five years ago.
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