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On Mortlock Street, in Meldreth, Melbourn & Great Chishill
What it's like at SG8 6DB: every home that has sold on Mortlock 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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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.
Sales and extensions on Mortlock Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 11 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Mortlock StreetTerraced | Dec 2024 | £265,000 | 73 m² | £3,630/m² | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Mortlock StreetDetached | Nov 2009 | £350,000 | 165 m² | £2,121/m² | 1 |
| 4, Mortlock StreetTerraced | May 2020 | £153,000 | 43 m² | £3,558/m² | 1 |
| 5, Mortlock StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2018 | £408,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 6, Mortlock StreetSemi-detached | Sept 2003 | £137,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 10 - 12, Mortlock StreetDetached | Dec 2021 | £410,000 | – | – | 5 |
| 16, Mortlock StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £490,000 | 110 m² | £4,455/m² | 4 |
| 20, Mortlock StreetTerraced | Jun 2015 | £265,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 22, Mortlock StreetTerraced | Oct 1997 | £59,950 | – | – | 1 |
| The Chimes, Mortlock StreetDetached | Nov 2017 | £340,000 | 63 m² | £5,397/m² | 2 |
| The Sandhams, Mortlock StreetDetached | Jun 2017 | £345,000 | 62 m² | £5,565/m² | 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: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Meldreth, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 246k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Cambridge.
The nearest bus stop is Church, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 17); 4 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 53 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
Central London is 65 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Melbourn Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 62% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Melbourn Village College, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 42.3 · 10.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Co-Operative Retail Services, 100 m away; Well Pharmacy (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Orchard Road Community Health Centre (150 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Aldo&Noel Barber Shop is 100 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: 12 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Sheene Mill is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Dolphin the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 53 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 257 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 44% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 154 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Melwood, 1.5 km away; for exercise, OVRLOAD Strength & Conditioning (750 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Stansted is 26 km away.
31 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 10, 12, Mortlock Street | II | 0 m |
| 9 and 11, Little Lane | II | 10 m |
| Melcam | II | 20 m |
| 15, Little Lane | II | 20 m |
| Old Hall House | II | 30 m |
| 6, Little Lane | II | 40 m |
| Crossways | II | 100 m |
| the Maltings | II | 100 m |
| Manor Cottage | II | 110 m |
| the Manor House | II* | 110 m |
| 59, High Street | II | 120 m |
| 60 High Street and 2 Rose Lane | II | 130 m |
Nearest 12 shown. 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.
South Cambridgeshire constituency: Pippa Heylings MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 10,641 (19.4%), turnout 71%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 47%, Conservative 27%, Labour 11%, Reform UK 9%.
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 SG8 6DB →
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Mortlock Street in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 6 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 | 2.0% | 1.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.9% | 4.0% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 71.9% | 74.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 19.2% | 14.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.0% | 5.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.4% | 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 66 min
Nearest: Epping Ongar Railway · about 46 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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