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On Railway Close, in Duxford, Whittlesford & the Abingtons
What it's like at CB22 3FY: every home that has sold on Railway Close since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Sales and extensions on Railway Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 33 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Railway CloseFlat | Oct 2022 | £354,950 | 81 m² | £4,382/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Railway CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £389,950 | 80 m² | £4,874/m² | 1 |
| 6, Railway CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £379,950 | 80 m² | £4,749/m² | 1 |
| 8, Railway CloseTerraced | Oct 2022 | £299,950 | 67 m² | £4,477/m² | 1 |
| 10, Railway CloseTerraced | Sept 2022 | £469,950 | 93 m² | £5,053/m² | 1 |
| 12, Railway CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £479,950 | 93 m² | £5,161/m² | 1 |
| 14, Railway CloseDetached | Jun 2022 | £499,950 | 92 m² | £5,434/m² | 1 |
| 16, Railway CloseDetached | Aug 2022 | £399,950 | 80 m² | £4,999/m² | 1 |
| 18, Railway CloseTerraced | Aug 2022 | £299,950 | 67 m² | £4,477/m² | 1 |
| 20, Railway CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £459,950 | 93 m² | £4,946/m² | 1 |
| 22, Railway CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £509,950 | 126 m² | £4,047/m² | 1 |
| 24, Railway CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2022 | £459,950 | 93 m² | £4,946/m² | 1 |
| 26, Railway CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2022 | £454,950 | 93 m² | £4,892/m² | 1 |
| 28, Railway CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £409,950 | 93 m² | £4,408/m² | 1 |
| 30, Railway CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £459,950 | 93 m² | £4,946/m² | 1 |
| 32, Railway CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2026 | £438,250 | 93 m² | £4,712/m² | 2 |
| 34, Railway CloseSemi-detached | Apr 2023 | £470,000 | 93 m² | £5,054/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Whittlesford Parkway, a drive away (3.1 km), with 454k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
Central London is 69 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is The Icknield Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 59% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Sawston Village College, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 55.5 · 24.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 3.8 km away, with Londis Sawston closer still (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Granta Medical Practices (1.8 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, Peachy is 1.1 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Addenbrooke's and the Rosie Hospitals, 8.2 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 54% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 24 restaurants and cafés, 12 pubs and bars.
Smalltown is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Kings Head the nearest pub (1.1 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 53 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 302 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 45% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 239 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Mill Lane Park, 1.4 km away; for exercise, Fitness Suite (3.1 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Stansted is 25 km away.
Most households own their home, 13% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 48% of adults have a degree.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
5 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
South Cambridgeshire constituency: Pippa Heylings MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 10,641 (19.4%), turnout 71%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 47%, Conservative 27%, Labour 11%, Reform UK 9%.
6 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near CB22 3FY →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Railway Close in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 61 min
Nearest: Epping Ongar Railway · about 36 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 33 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.2% | 1.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 8.4% | 3.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 54.4% | 74.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 26.6% | 14.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.0% | 5.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.8% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.