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On Lyles Road, in Cottenham
What it's like at CB24 8QR: every home that has sold on Lyles Road 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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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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Lyles Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 30 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Lyles RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2025 | £315,000 | 92 m² | £3,424/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Lyles RoadTerraced | Dec 2024 | £405,000 | 92 m² | £4,402/m² | 4 |
| 4, Lyles RoadDetached | Jun 2022 | £360,000 | 118 m² | £3,051/m² | 3 |
| 6, Lyles RoadSemi-detached | May 2022 | £420,000 | 126 m² | £3,333/m² | 1 |
| 9, Lyles RoadDetached | Oct 2019 | £364,798 | 95 m² | £3,840/m² | 1 |
| 10, Lyles RoadDetached | Jun 2006 | £240,950 | – | – | 3 |
| 11, Lyles RoadDetached | Jan 2020 | £345,000 | 104 m² | £3,317/m² | 1 |
| 14, Lyles RoadDetached | Nov 2021 | £467,000 | 124 m² | £3,766/m² | 3 |
| 15a, Lyles RoadDetached | May 2014 | £425,000 | 148 m² | £2,872/m² | 1 |
| 17, Lyles RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2006 | £230,000 | 156 m² | £1,474/m² | 1 |
| 18, Lyles RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2002 | £165,000 | 94 m² | £1,755/m² | 2 |
| 20, Lyles RoadDetached | Sept 2014 | £263,250 | 113 m² | £2,330/m² | 2 |
| 22, Lyles RoadSemi-detached | May 2024 | £360,000 | 113 m² | £3,186/m² | 1 |
| 24, Lyles RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2020 | £415,000 | 130 m² | £3,192/m² | 2 |
| 26, Lyles RoadDetached | Dec 1996 | £20,000 | 128 m² | £156/m² | 1 |
| 27, Lyles RoadSemi-detached | May 2012 | £85,000 | 98 m² | £867/m² | 2 |
| 29, Lyles RoadTerraced | Jul 2001 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 34, Lyles RoadSemi-detached | Apr 1999 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 36, Lyles RoadDetached | Feb 2023 | £385,000 | 100 m² | £3,850/m² | 1 |
| 38, Lyles RoadDetached | Nov 2005 | £222,500 | 112 m² | £1,987/m² | 1 |
| 42, Lyles RoadDetached | Sept 2000 | £130,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 50, Lyles RoadDetached | May 2021 | £339,500 | 95 m² | £3,574/m² | 1 |
| 56, Lyles RoadDetached | Oct 2025 | £455,000 | 95 m² | £4,789/m² | 2 |
| 58, Lyles RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2024 | £496,000 | 144 m² | £3,444/m² | 4 |
| 60, Lyles RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2000 | £137,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 64, Lyles RoadDetached | Jan 2002 | £171,000 | 125 m² | £1,368/m² | 1 |
| 66, Lyles RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2011 | £267,500 | 133 m² | £2,011/m² | 1 |
| 68, Lyles RoadDetached | Apr 2009 | £285,000 | 169 m² | £1,686/m² | 2 |
| 72, Lyles RoadDetached | Nov 2001 | £175,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 74, Lyles RoadSemi-detached | Sept 1999 | £119,950 | – | – | 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: 45% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Waterbeach, a drive away (5.7 km), with 372k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Cambridge.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 43 minutes away by public transport (19 by car).
The nearest primary school is Cottenham Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 61% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Cottenham Village College, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 52 · 18.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Co-Operative Retail Services, 200 m away; Premier Express - Cottenham (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Telegraph Street Surgery (300 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Cottenham Cutz is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Addenbrooke's and the Rosie Hospitals, 13 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: 6 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Baked Coffee shop is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Chequers the nearest pub (150 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 70 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 76 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 44% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 284 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Milenium Gardens, 450 m away; for exercise, Cottenham Sports Centre (500 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Stansted is 46 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 40% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 43% 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.
38 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 284, High Street | II | 140 m |
| War Memorial | II | 160 m |
| 226 and 228, High Street | II | 160 m |
| 290, High Street | II | 160 m |
| Chequers Public House | II | 160 m |
| 279, High Street | II | 170 m |
| 307, High Street | II | 180 m |
| Gothic House | II | 180 m |
| 309, High Street | II | 190 m |
| 218, High Street | II | 200 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency: Charlotte Cane MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 495 (0.9%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 33%, Conservative 32%, Labour 18%, Reform UK 12%.
13 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 CB24 8QR →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Lyles Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 3 of 23 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 | 1.8% | 1.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.6% | 3.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 88.0% | 74.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 5.7% | 14.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.5% | 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.
Nearest: Rutland Water Sykes Lane · about 61 min
Nearest: Nene Valley Railway · about 45 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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