Finding postcode…
These only choose where you start. Every page and every lens is still one tap away.
Sign in to keep them on every device →Finding postcode…
On Whitwell Way, in Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester
What it's like at CB23 7PW: every home that has sold on Whitwell Way 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.
Street View and the aerial view come from Google, which receives your IP address and may set cookies once you choose them. We'll remember your choice on this device.
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
7 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Whitwell Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 29 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Whitwell WayDetached | Aug 2022 | £1,477,000 | 264 m² | £5,595/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7, Whitwell WayDetached | Aug 2017 | £625,000 | 137 m² | £4,562/m² | 1 |
| 9, Whitwell WayDetached | Sept 2009 | £425,000 | 158 m² | £2,690/m² | 2 |
| 21, Whitwell WaySemi-detached | Jul 2005 | £305,000 | 194 m² | £1,572/m² | 1 |
| 23, Whitwell WayDetached | Apr 2003 | £230,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Whitwell WayDetached | Nov 2004 | £271,500 | 96 m² | £2,828/m² | 2 |
| 27, Whitwell WaySemi-detached | Jul 2020 | £450,000 | 92 m² | £4,891/m² | 2 |
| 29, Whitwell WaySemi-detached | Aug 2018 | £295,000 | 66 m² | £4,470/m² | 1 |
| 33, Whitwell WaySemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £505,000 | 99 m² | £5,101/m² | 5 |
| 35, Whitwell WaySemi-detached | Jul 2002 | £145,000 | 198 m² | £732/m² | 1 |
| 37, Whitwell WaySemi-detached | May 2026 | £745,000 | 180 m² | £4,139/m² | 2 |
| 47, Whitwell WaySemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £365,000 | 74 m² | £4,932/m² | 1 |
| 51, Whitwell WaySemi-detached | Oct 2013 | £286,000 | 91 m² | £3,143/m² | 1 |
| 55, Whitwell WaySemi-detached | Jul 2009 | £212,000 | 84 m² | £2,524/m² | 4 |
| 57, Whitwell WaySemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £470,000 | 83 m² | £5,663/m² | 1 |
| 61, Whitwell WaySemi-detached | Nov 2006 | £82,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 63, Whitwell WaySemi-detached | Jan 2022 | £410,000 | 79 m² | £5,190/m² | 2 |
| 73, Whitwell WaySemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £428,000 | 87 m² | £4,920/m² | 5 |
| 75, Whitwell WaySemi-detached | Feb 2011 | £222,000 | 87 m² | £2,552/m² | 1 |
| 79, Whitwell WayDetached | Mar 2004 | £312,050 | – | – | 1 |
| 81, Whitwell WayDetached | Feb 2005 | £390,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 85, Whitwell WaySemi-detached | Aug 2019 | £578,000 | 212 m² | £2,726/m² | 1 |
| 87, Whitwell WaySemi-detached | Aug 1995 | £175,000 | 174 m² | £1,006/m² | 1 |
| 89, Whitwell WayTerraced | Oct 2018 | £418,500 | 82 m² | £5,104/m² | 2 |
| 91a, Whitwell WayDetached | Nov 2019 | £1,350,000 | 282 m² | £4,787/m² | 3 |
| 91b, Whitwell WayDetached | Sept 2020 | £1,300,000 | 300 m² | £4,333/m² | 3 |
| 93, Whitwell WaySemi-detached | Nov 2025 | £480,000 | 67 m² | £7,164/m² | 2 |
| 95, Whitwell WayDetached | Jul 2017 | £642,000 | 130 m² | £4,938/m² | 1 |
| 97, Whitwell WayDetached | Aug 2023 | £825,000 | 245 m² | £3,367/m² | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 48% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Cambridge South, a drive away (6.5 km).
The nearest bus stop is Silverdale Avenue, under 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 8).
The nearest primary school is Coton Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 43% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Comberton Village College, 4.0 km away; Attainment 8: 55.7 · 26.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Parkside Community College (5.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 2.5 km away, with Walter Smith Fine Foods closer still (950 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Comberton Surgery (3.2 km), with Jank Nk (Chemist) the closest pharmacy (4.0 km).
For a haircut, No.5 The Skin Clinic is 2.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Addenbrooke's and the Rosie Hospitals, 8.5 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: 13 restaurants and cafés, 14 pubs and bars.
Coton Orchard Cafe and Shop is the closest café or restaurant (950 m), and The Plough the nearest pub (800 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 59 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 121 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 41% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 650 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Brook Leys, 2.2 km away; for exercise, University of Cambridge Sports Centre (2.1 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Stansted is 40 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 51% of adults have a degree.
3 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%.
3 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 CB23 7PW →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in South Cambridgeshire since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 29 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 1 of 25 homes with certificates have solar panels, 3 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.1% | 1.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.7% | 3.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 73.0% | 74.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 10.8% | 14.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.8% | 5.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 7.5% | 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.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 51 min
Nearest: Nene Valley Railway · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.