Cherry Drive Ely, East Cambridgeshire

26 addresses across 2 postcodes (CB6), about 330 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 12004310.

56 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £475,000 across 2 sales. 25 homes have an energy certificate (A: 3, B: 22). 2 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in East Cambridgeshire costs £2,485 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. 25 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
20252£475,000£375,000£575,000
20242£482,500£390,000£575,000
202311£480,000£470,000£650,000
202215£500,000£370,000£895,000
202116£376,250£345,000£500,000
202010£490,000£359,995£650,000
Most recent sales (56)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
5 Dec 20259 CB6 2FPTerraced£575,000
25 Jun 202544 CB6 2FPTerraced£375,000
27 Sep 20248 CB6 2FPDetached£575,000
22 Aug 202447 CB6 2FPDetached£390,000
19 Jun 202327 CB6 2FPDetached£470,000
30 Mar 202317 CB6 2FPTerraced£480,000New build.
17 Mar 20237 CB6 2FPDetached£485,000New build.
17 Mar 202315 CB6 2FPTerraced£475,000New build.
10 Mar 20238 CB6 2FPDetached£525,000New build.
10 Mar 20239 CB6 2FPTerraced£495,000New build.
3 Mar 20235 CB6 2FPTerraced£495,000New build.
17 Feb 20233 CB6 2FPDetached£650,000New build.
27 Jan 202319 CB6 2FPSemi-detached£475,000New build.
20 Jan 202313 CB6 2FPTerraced£475,000New build.
18 Jan 202321 CB6 2FPTerraced£480,000New build.
2 Dec 202211 CB6 2FPTerraced£485,000New build.
2 Dec 202227 CB6 2FPDetached£445,000New build.
7 Oct 202229 CB6 2FPTerraced£435,000New build.
26 Sep 202223 CB6 2FPSemi-detached£525,000New build.
2 Sep 202225 CB6 2FPSemi-detached£515,000New build.
5 Aug 20224 CB6 2FPSemi-detached£515,000New build.
29 Apr 202210 CB6 2FPDetached£525,000New build.
28 Apr 20221 CB6 2FPDetached£895,000New build.
28 Apr 202212 CB6 2FPDetached£515,000New build.
22 Apr 202214 CB6 2FPDetached£515,000New build.
22 Apr 202216 CB6 2FPSemi-detached£410,000New build.
7 Apr 20226 CB6 2FPDetached£500,000New build.
1 Apr 202218 CB6 2FPSemi-detached£395,000New build.
11 Mar 20222 CB6 2FPDetached£500,000New build.
25 Feb 202250 CB6 2FPSemi-detached£370,000New build.
5 Nov 202120 CB6 2FPDetached£500,000New build.
5 Nov 202122 CB6 2FPSemi-detached£380,000New build.
29 Oct 202126 CB6 2FPDetached£500,000New build.
29 Oct 202124 CB6 2FPSemi-detached£380,000New build.
24 Sep 202132 CB6 2FPSemi-detached£380,000New build.
17 Sep 202130 CB6 2FPDetached£375,000New build.
10 Sep 202128 CB6 2FPDetached£415,000New build.
25 Aug 202142 CB6 2FPTerraced£350,000New build.
18 Aug 202138 CB6 2FPSemi-detached£350,000New build.
30 Jul 202146 CB6 2FPTerraced£365,000New build.
25 Jun 202140 CB6 2FPSemi-detached£355,000New build.
18 Jun 202144 CB6 2FPTerraced£345,000New build.
14 May 202134 CB6 2FPSemi-detached£377,500New build.
7 May 202136 CB6 2FPSemi-detached£375,000New build.
19 Mar 202148 CB6 2FPSemi-detached£365,000New build.
22 Jan 202156 CB6 2FPDetached£495,000New build.
18 Dec 202054 CB6 2FPDetached£530,000New build.
30 Nov 202055 CB6 2FPDetached£490,000New build.
20 Nov 202052 CB6 2FPDetached£650,000New build.
30 Oct 202058 CB6 2FPDetached£650,000New build.

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 dates from August 2019 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

25 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 100 m². Most common: House, detached (13); House, semi-detached (8); Flat (2). Built: 2021 (9); 2017 (6); 2022 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).

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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (25% of about 1,880 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the 2 neighbourhoods (census areas of about 700 homes each) 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: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
  • 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.

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

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.

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, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 11 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
CB6 2FPnot in 2 or 3 2 / 0 / 11 unlikely
CB6 2WYnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely

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
CB6 2FP100%100%100%0%
CB6 2WY100%100%100%0%

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 30 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
Isle of Ely Primary SchoolPrimary3–11250 m No published inspection
Lantern Community Primary SchoolPrimary3–11590 m No published inspection
Spring Meadow Infant SchoolPrimary4–7660 m Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework)
Ely St Mary's CofE Junior School Church of EnglandPrimary7–11690 m Good (Apr 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Ely CollegeSecondary11–18770 m No published inspection

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 30 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
Taylorshaw @ Isle Of Ely Primary School CB6 2FGSchool/college/university260 m5 Very good7 Nov 2024
Premier Wraparound Club At Isle Of Ely Primary School CB6 2FGHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises260 m1 Major improvement necessary29 Sep 2026
Nature Gnomes CB6 2FGMobile caterer260 mAwaiting inspection
The Orchards CB6 2FUHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises300 m5 Very good14 Jul 2026
Clarence House Day Nursery Ely CB7 4RJHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises450 m5 Very good17 Jun 2026
Lily House CB6 1DEHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises490 m5 Very good21 Nov 2025

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.

25 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences14
Anti-social behaviour4
Criminal damage and arson2
Possession of weapons2
Other theft1
Burglary1
Public order1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Tayberry Close (7); On or near Cherry Drive (6); On or near Wensum Way (4); On or near Elderberry Close (2); On or near Bentham Way (2).

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.

  • CB6 2FP: 25 addresses of 63 in the postcode
  • CB6 2WY: 1 address of 27 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Firethorn Court · School Road · Cam Drive · Elderberry Close · Wensum Way · Tayberry Close · Sloe Gardens · Bentham Way · Philippa Close · Lynton Close · Abbot Thurston Avenue · Buckingham Drive

All the streets in CB6 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.