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Isleham, Fordham & Chippenham
What it's like at CB8 7WL: every home that has sold on the street 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.
Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
The nearest station is Kennett, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 54k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Cambridge.
The nearest bus stop is The Close, 350 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 16, 16A); 2 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 97 minutes away by public transport (31 by car).
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Kennett Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 55% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
For secondary school: Soham Village College (5.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 2.5 km away, with Kentford Village Stores closer still (1.5 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Reynard Surgery (2.5 km), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.6 km).
For a haircut, Cutting Edge is 2.6 km away.
The nearest full A&E is West Suffolk Hospital, 22 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 80% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 65% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 11 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Wildtracks Diner is the closest café or restaurant (1.4 km), and The Bell Inn the nearest pub (1.3 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 60 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 108 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 50% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
Bungalow country: 22% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 504 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Chippenham Village Recreation Ground, 3.7 km away; for exercise, Red Lodge Karting (1.5 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Stansted is 49 km away.
Most households own their home, 15% rent privately.
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.
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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| School House the School | 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%.
14 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 CB8 7WL →
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 5.0% | 4.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 76.5% | 73.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 14.6% | 15.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.5% | 6.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
Nearest: Felixstowe North · about 60 min
Nearest: Mid-Suffolk Light Railway · about 46 min
Nearest: Linton Zoo · about 32 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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