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On Howard Road, in East Barnwell & Abbey
What it's like at CB5 8QP: every home that has sold on Howard 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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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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Howard Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 76 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Howard RoadSemi-detached | May 2006 | £177,500 | 69 m² | £2,572/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2008 | £212,000 | 86 m² | £2,465/m² | 3 |
| 10, Howard RoadSemi-detached | May 2012 | £220,000 | 105 m² | £2,095/m² | 1 |
| 20, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Jul 1998 | £75,000 | 81 m² | £926/m² | 1 |
| 24, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £380,000 | 99 m² | £3,838/m² | 1 |
| 26, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2011 | £234,000 | 85 m² | £2,753/m² | 2 |
| 30, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £365,000 | 96 m² | £3,802/m² | 2 |
| 34, Howard RoadTerraced | Feb 2022 | £435,000 | 93 m² | £4,677/m² | 2 |
| 34a, Howard RoadTerraced | Jan 2017 | £420,000 | 101 m² | £4,158/m² | 2 |
| 36, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2004 | £165,000 | 94 m² | £1,755/m² | 1 |
| 38, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Jan 1998 | £77,000 | 129 m² | £597/m² | 1 |
| 40, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2016 | £330,000 | 100 m² | £3,300/m² | 3 |
| 44, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2003 | £155,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 48, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2014 | £276,500 | 84 m² | £3,292/m² | 1 |
| 54, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2015 | £330,000 | 117 m² | £2,821/m² | 1 |
| 56, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2021 | £435,000 | 131 m² | £3,321/m² | 3 |
| 76, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2014 | £285,000 | 84 m² | £3,393/m² | 1 |
| 78, Howard RoadTerraced | Apr 2025 | £412,821 | 104 m² | £3,969/m² | 1 |
| 80, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Sept 1999 | £81,500 | 105 m² | £776/m² | 1 |
| 84, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2009 | £183,000 | 69 m² | £2,652/m² | 2 |
| 94, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2000 | £89,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 98, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2006 | £197,000 | 90 m² | £2,189/m² | 1 |
| 100, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2023 | £460,000 | 88 m² | £5,227/m² | 2 |
| 106, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2009 | £195,000 | 85 m² | £2,294/m² | 1 |
| 108, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2025 | £550,000 | 118 m² | £4,661/m² | 1 |
| 110, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2018 | £505,000 | 80 m² | £6,313/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Cambridge North, about a 10-minute walk (900 m), with 1.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Kings Cross.
The nearest bus stop is Fison Road, 400 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 100).
The nearest primary school is Fen Ditton Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (950 m); 63% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is North Cambridge Academy, 2.5 km away; Attainment 8: 43.9 · 10.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Parkside Community College (2.1 km) and St Bede's Inter-Church School (2.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi Store, 1.4 km away, with One Stop closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is East Barnwell Health Centre (450 m), with Ditton Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Barnwell Barbers is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Addenbrooke's and the Rosie Hospitals, 4.3 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: 17 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
McDonald's is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Bottisham Community Sports And Social Club the nearest pub (400 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 139 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 12 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 35% flats and 4% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Dudley Road recreation ground, 200 m away; for exercise, Rainbow Rocket North (550 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Stansted is 37 km away.
Most households own their home, 27% rent privately.
It's young: 23% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 47% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of Cambridge, 3.6 km away (TEF Gold).
22 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.
Cambridge constituency: Daniel Zeichner MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,078 (26.3%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Labour 47%, Liberal Democrat 20%, Green Party 16%, Conservative 12%.
32 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 CB5 8QP →
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.
Nearest: Rutland Water Sykes Lane · about 60 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.
On this street: 2 of 51 homes with certificates have solar panels, 2 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 81.4% | 82.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.8% | 10.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 4.2% | 5.5% | 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.
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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 76 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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