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On Butts Lane, in Meldreth, Melbourn & Great Chishill
What it's like at SG8 7SL: every home that has sold on Butts 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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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 Butts Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
| Archways, Butts LaneDetached | Mar 2024 | £625,000 | 210 m² | £2,976/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Buc 2, Butts LaneOther | Apr 2023 | £645,000 | 108 m² | £5,972/m² | 1 |
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 Foxton, a drive away (3.1 km), with 99k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Cambridge.
The nearest bus stop is The Butts, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 17); 2 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 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 Fowlmere Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 25% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Melbourn Village College, 3.5 km away; Attainment 8: 42.3 · 10.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Co-Operative Retail Services, 3.7 km away, with Thriplow Village Stores closer still (2.1 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Orchard Surgery,Melbourn (3.6 km), with Well the closest pharmacy (3.7 km).
For a haircut, Aldo&Noel Barber Shop is 3.8 km 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.
Cafe Amigo is the closest café or restaurant (800 m), and The Chequers the nearest pub (300 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 Old School Field, 3.1 km away; for exercise, Aweswim (2.3 km).
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.
7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fowlmere School and School House | II | 150 m |
| the Old Manor House | II | 200 m |
| the Queen'S Head Public House | 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.
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 7SL →
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" Butts Lane in the last 12 months.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.0% | 1.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.9% | 3.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 71.8% | 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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