Back Hill Ely, East Cambridgeshire

1 address across 1 postcode (CB7), about 270 m long, classed as a minor road. USRN 12000463.

34 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £325,000 across 1 sale. No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in East Cambridgeshire costs £2,485 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. 51 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20251£325,000£325,000£325,000
20221£495,000£495,000£495,000
20211£1,000,000£1,000,000£1,000,000
20191£389,950£389,950£389,950
20153£295,000£257,250£410,000
20111£235,000£235,000£235,000
20102£263,500£242,000£285,000
20091£233,000£233,000£233,000
20071£202,500£202,500£202,500
20062£154,475£119,950£189,000
20054£209,250£164,000£215,000
20042£164,975£154,950£175,000
Most recent sales (34)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
24 Mar 202517 CB7 4DADetached£325,000
2 Oct 20237 CB7 4DAOther£435,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
11 May 202225 CB7 4DATerraced£495,000
16 Apr 202139 CB7 4DADetached£1,000,000
5 Sep 201935 CB7 4DATerraced£389,950
29 Sep 201531 CB7 4DATerraced£295,000
27 May 201523 CB7 4DATerraced£410,000
10 Apr 201535 CB7 4DATerraced£257,250
16 Feb 20115 CB7 4DASemi-detached£235,000
26 Aug 201027 CB7 4DASemi-detached£242,000
11 Aug 201025 CB7 4DATerraced£285,000
23 Oct 20095 CB7 4DASemi-detached£233,000
21 Aug 200733 CB7 4DASemi-detached£202,500
12 Dec 200633 CB7 4DASemi-detached£189,000
15 May 200641 CB7 4DASemi-detached£119,950
29 Sep 200523 CB7 4DASemi-detached£210,000
15 Jul 200525 CB7 4DATerraced£215,000
17 Jun 200523 CB7 4DASemi-detached£208,500
22 Apr 20059 CB7 4DADetached£164,000
30 Apr 200423 CB7 4DASemi-detached£175,000
30 Apr 200431 CB7 4DATerraced£154,950
22 Dec 200327 CB7 4DASemi-detached£172,000
27 Nov 200219 CB7 4DASemi-detached£113,000
20 Sep 200243 CB7 4DASemi-detached£85,500
15 Aug 200217 CB7 4DADetached£119,000
31 May 200233 CB7 4DASemi-detached£130,000
7 Sep 20015 CB7 4DASemi-detached£127,000
31 May 200117 CB7 4DADetached£95,000
1 Nov 200011 CB7 4DADetached£119,950
11 Feb 200031 CB7 4DATerraced£79,000
21 Aug 199841 CB7 4DASemi-detached£20,000
8 Dec 199525 CB7 4DATerraced£76,500
30 Oct 199537 CB7 4DATerraced£51,000
12 Oct 199531 CB7 4DATerraced£50,000

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 13 October 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

No certificates found for addresses on this street.

Council tax

What each band costs in East Cambridgeshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,485 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,657£1,933£2,209£2,485£3,037£3,590£4,142£4,970

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (36% of about 840 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: yes, Ely (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
  • Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Green belt: no.

Listed buildings

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

Finished in the last three months

  • 11 August 2026 to 12 August 2026: CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the footway (major works)

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
CB7 4DA100%100%100%0%

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 31 October 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
Ely St John's Community Primary SchoolPrimary4–111.2 km No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good
Ely CollegeSecondary11–181.4 km No published inspection
Lantern Community Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.4 km No published inspection
Spring Meadow Infant SchoolPrimary4–71.7 km Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework)
Ely St Mary's CofE Junior School Church of EnglandPrimary7–111.8 km Good (Apr 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Isle of Ely Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.8 km No published inspection

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 31 October 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Khai Bangladeshi Restaurant CB7 4BERestaurant/Cafe/Canteen180 mAwaiting inspection
Ely Food Station CB7 4BSRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen230 m5 Very good13 Aug 2026
Locoespresso CB7 4BSRetailers - other230 m3 Generally satisfactory9 Mar 2026
L A Golden Bean CB7 4BSRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen230 m5 Very good14 Feb 2024
Alan Fish Bar CB7 4BDTakeaway/sandwich shop240 m5 Very good5 May 2026
The Cutter CB7 4BNPub/bar/nightclub290 m5 Very good15 Oct 2025
Riverside Inn CB7 4BNHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house290 m2 Improvement necessary17 Apr 2025
Urban Fresh Ely CB7 4BNRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen330 m5 Very good29 Apr 2026
The Fountain CB7 4JFPub/bar/nightclub340 m4 Good25 Nov 2022
Ely Masonic Hall CB7 4JFOther catering premises340 mExempt
The Prince Albert CB7 4JFPub/bar/nightclub340 m4 Good22 Apr 2026
King's Ely CB7 4DLSchool/college/university350 m5 Very good9 Jun 2026
Indian Edge CB7 4AJRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen360 m5 Very good3 Dec 2025
Ely Oriental Groceries CB7 4AJRetailers - other360 m5 Very good5 Apr 2022
The Maltings Day Nursery CB7 4BBHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises360 m5 Very good16 Apr 2026

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

51 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences15
Anti-social behaviour14
Public order5
Criminal damage and arson5
Vehicle crime4
Other theft3
Burglary3
Other crime1
Bicycle theft1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Victoria Street (9); On or near Back Hill (8); On or near Jubilee Terrace (7); On or near Barton Mews (6); On or near Angel Square (6).

What has changed

Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • CB7 4DA: 1 address of 29 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Broad Street · Potter's Lane · Dovehouse Close · Silver Street · Station Road · Castlehythe · Gas Lane · Barton Mews · Charles Graven Court · Barton Mews · Victoria Street · Annesdale

All the streets in CB7 and across East Cambridgeshire.

What this page cannot tell you

  • Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
  • What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
  • How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
  • Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
  • Anything about planning applications, roadworks, noise, air quality or council tax yet.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.