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On The Herons, in Cottenham
What it's like at CB24 8XX: every home that has sold on The Herons 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 The Herons; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 20 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, The HeronsDetached | Dec 2000 | £62,950 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, The HeronsDetached | Nov 2009 | £285,000 | 113 m² | £2,522/m² | 2 |
| 3, The HeronsTerraced | Oct 2013 | £189,995 | 60 m² | £3,167/m² | 3 |
| 4, The HeronsDetached | Feb 2020 | £415,000 | 106 m² | £3,915/m² | 4 |
| 5, The HeronsTerraced | Apr 2010 | £171,500 | 60 m² | £2,858/m² | 4 |
| 6, The HeronsTerraced | Jun 2001 | £124,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, The HeronsTerraced | Mar 2019 | £258,000 | 60 m² | £4,300/m² | 3 |
| 8, The HeronsTerraced | Jun 2020 | £337,500 | 100 m² | £3,375/m² | 5 |
| 9, The HeronsDetached | Aug 2007 | £287,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, The HeronsTerraced | Oct 2011 | £224,000 | 101 m² | £2,218/m² | 4 |
| 11, The HeronsDetached | Sept 2004 | £249,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 12, The HeronsTerraced | Aug 2023 | £325,000 | 91 m² | £3,571/m² | 5 |
| 13, The HeronsDetached | Jun 2001 | £196,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, The HeronsDetached | Jun 2001 | £191,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, The HeronsDetached | Apr 2004 | £290,000 | 146 m² | £1,986/m² | 2 |
| 19, The HeronsTerraced | Jun 2018 | £275,000 | 60 m² | £4,583/m² | 4 |
| 21, The HeronsTerraced | Jun 2001 | £108,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, The HeronsTerraced | Jun 2001 | £108,950 | 59 m² | £1,847/m² | 1 |
| 25, The HeronsTerraced | May 2019 | £259,000 | 61 m² | £4,246/m² | 5 |
| 27, The HeronsTerraced | Apr 2013 | £185,000 | 60 m² | £3,083/m² | 3 |
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 (5.8 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 (350 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, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 52 · 18.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Co-Operative Retail Services, 400 m away, with Les Ward closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Cottenham Medical Practice (100 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Sarah Jane Hairdressing is 350 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 (300 m), and The Hop Bind 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 The Moat, 250 m away; for exercise, Cottenham Sports Centre (850 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.
33 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abletts House | II | 90 m |
| 188, High Street | II | 90 m |
| 191 and 193, High Street | II | 110 m |
| Wall, Gates and Gatepiers Number 185 | II | 120 m |
| 214, High Street | II | 150 m |
| Mitchell House | II | 150 m |
| Pelham House | II | 170 m |
| 219 and 221, High Street | II | 190 m |
| 218, High Street | II | 190 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 8XX →
On this street: 0 of 13 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% | 4.0% | 1.1% |
| 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.
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 20 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Rutland Water Sykes Lane · about 61 min
Nearest: Nene Valley Railway · about 45 min
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