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On Pond Lane, in Little Downham & Sutton
What it's like at CB6 2TW: every home that has sold on Pond Lane 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 Pond Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 8 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Pond LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2004 | £155,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a, Pond LaneDetached | Jul 2025 | £275,000 | 94 m² | £2,926/m² | 3 |
| 6, Pond LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2011 | £137,500 | 109 m² | £1,261/m² | 2 |
| 9, Pond LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £320,000 | 137 m² | £2,336/m² | 2 |
| 10, Pond LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £460,000 | 190 m² | £2,421/m² | 2 |
| Lavender Cottage, 1, Pond LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £255,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Pond Cottage, Pond LaneDetached | Nov 2016 | £230,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Pond Cottage, 12, Pond LaneDetached | Oct 2017 | £475,000 | 201 m² | £2,363/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Ely, a drive away (4.8 km), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Cambridge.
The nearest bus stop is Hurst Lane, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 10); 3 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 81 minutes away by public transport (36 by car).
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Downham Feoffees Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 61% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ely College, 2.4 km away; Attainment 8: 49.7 · 12.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 3.9 km away, with Budgens closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Cathedral Medical Centre (3.1 km), with Wellbeing Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (3.1 km).
For a haircut, Uppercutz Hairdressers is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Hinchingbrooke Hospital, 26 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 61% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 4 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Greggs Ely is the closest café or restaurant (2.0 km), and Little Downham Anchor the nearest pub (100 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 71 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 52% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
Bungalow country: 26% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 170 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Cherry Hill, 4.3 km away; for exercise, The Hive Leisure Centre (2.8 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Stansted is 59 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
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.
11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 27, Main Street | II | 110 m |
| 41, Main Street | II | 150 m |
| 17, Main Street | II | 150 m |
| Bury House | II | 180 m |
| Village Centre | 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%.
1 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 CB6 2TW →
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 5 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 4.4% | 4.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 69.8% | 73.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 19.2% | 15.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.2% | 6.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 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 8 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Heacham · about 63 min
Nearest: Jesus Green Lido · about 37 min
Nearest: Nene Valley Railway · about 51 min
Nearest: Hamerton Zoo Park · about 46 min
Nearest: Abbey Stadium · about 37 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.