CB7 4TJ

Last sold £198,500 in November 2006

1, Birch Close, Ely

Property type: Detached
Tenure: Freehold

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Price history in context

Date	Price	Change	Base rate at sale	vs UK market
Today	Show me today's estimate
November 2006	£198,500	+5.0%	5.0%	+3 pts
July 2006	£189,000		4.5%

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Nov 2006 — £198,500 · +5.0% · 3 pts ahead of the UK market
Jul 2006 — £189,000

paid well below the local norm at the time

vs 163 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km

The life around it

Spring Meadow Infant School 413m
Highfield Ely Academy 1.1km
Ely station 1.6km
Pingle Wood 23.4km
The coast (coastline) 8.4km
Roswell Pits 305m
Pond 682m
Canal 3.5km
River Great Ouse 716m
Ely Common 79m
Playing Field 204m
New Barns Convenience Store 337m
The Chestnuts (Opp) 10.5km

Broadband

Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises

Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data

Commute by train

From Ely, 1.6km away

15 min Cambridge
80 min London
102 min Nottingham

Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.

Schools nearby

1 Spring Meadow Infant School · Primary 0.3 miles State Ofsted Good
2 Ely St Mary's CofE Junior School · Primary · Church of England 0.3 miles State Ofsted Good
3 Highfield Ely Academy 0.7 miles State
4 Isle of Ely Primary School · Primary 0.7 miles State
5 Active Learning Trust Linc 19 - 25 0.7 miles State
6 Lantern Community Primary School · Primary 0.7 miles State
7 King's Ely · Church of England 0.7 miles Independent
8 Ely College · Secondary 0.8 miles State Attainment 8: 52.3 — top 20% nationally (2023)
9 Ely St John's Community Primary School · Primary 1.4 miles State
10 Downham Feoffees Primary Academy · Primary 2.6 miles State Ofsted Good

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Crime

Around average for England & Wales — 71 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

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Nearby sold homes

10, Birch Close, Ely £130,000 · 2007
5, Birch Close, Ely £158,000 · 2010
6, Birch Close, Ely £122,000 · 2011
16, Birch Close, Ely £325,000 · 2021
12, Birch Close, Ely £102,000 · 2006
11, Birch Close, Ely £129,950 · 2007

Planning activity nearby

Permitted T43 Sycamore - Crown reduce by up to 3m T44 Robinia - Crown reduce by up to 3m Jul 2026 source
Undecided Single storey extension to the front of the property. New timber framed porch to the… Jun 2026 source
Permitted Garage conversion Jun 2026 source
Undecided Detached double garage Jun 2026 source
Permitted T5 & T6 Sycamore trees - fell to combat subsidence damage to 30 New Barnes Road, Ely CB7… Jul 2026 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.

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