Comberton Road Toft, South Cambridgeshire
4 addresses across 2 postcodes (CB23), about 30 m long. USRN 35305107.
- Sales: 24 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £1,247,500 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 1).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in South Cambridgeshire costs £2,536 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Shepreth, about 8.5 km (5.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 35 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 4 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Comberton Surgery, about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away.
- People: About 320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 92% of households owned their home and 51% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 11 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | £1,247,500 | £1,095,000 | £1,400,000 |
| 2023 | 2 | £1,125,000 | £1,000,000 | £1,250,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £242,500 | £242,500 | £242,500 |
| 2020 | 1 | £865,000 | £865,000 | £865,000 |
| 2017 | 3 | £960,000 | £551,000 | £1,000,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | £792,500 | £750,000 | £835,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £175,000 | £175,000 | £175,000 |
| 2008 | 2 | £727,500 | £680,000 | £775,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £790,000 | £790,000 | £790,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £275,000 | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| 1998 | 2 | £382,500 | £265,000 | £500,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Apr 2026 | ORCHARD FARMHOUSE, 56 CB23 2RY | Detached | £1,095,000 | |
| 19 Mar 2026 | 79 CB23 2RY | Detached | £1,400,000 | |
| 11 Jul 2024 | 1, MEADOW VIEW CB23 2RY | Other | £375,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 29 Dec 2023 | HOME MEADOW CB23 2RY | Other | £4,900,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 29 Sep 2023 | THE OLD FARM HOUSE CB23 2RY | Detached | £1,000,000 | |
| 10 Mar 2023 | ORCHARD GATE, 50 CB23 2RY | Detached | £1,250,000 | |
| 25 Feb 2021 | 12 CB23 2RY | Detached | £242,500 | |
| 3 Nov 2020 | MERIDIAN HOUSE CB23 2RY | Detached | £865,000 | |
| 21 Jan 2020 | THE BLACK BARN, MERIDIAN COURT CB23 2RY | Other | £1,500,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 2 May 2019 | THE BLACK BARN, MERIDIAN COURT CB23 2RY | Other | £174,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 26 Oct 2017 | ORCHARD GATE, 50 CB23 2RY | Detached | £960,000 | |
| 28 Sep 2017 | 21 CB23 2RY | Detached | £551,000 | |
| 25 Jul 2017 | 72 CB23 2RY | Detached | £1,000,000 | |
| 14 Oct 2016 | THE OLD FARM HOUSE CB23 2RY | Detached | £835,000 | |
| 24 Aug 2016 | COMPASS HOUSE, 68 CB23 2RY | Detached | £750,000 | |
| 21 Nov 2014 | UNIT 2, OLD HORSE YARD CB23 2RY | Detached | £175,000 | |
| 23 May 2014 | THE BLACK BARN, MERIDIAN COURT CB23 2RY | Other | £800,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 7 Aug 2008 | THE OLD FARM HOUSE CB23 2RY | Detached | £680,000 | |
| 10 Jan 2008 | ORCHARD FARMHOUSE, 56 CB23 2RY | Detached | £775,000 | |
| 21 Nov 2002 | 79 CB23 2RY | Detached | £790,000 | |
| 28 Sep 2000 | 21 CB23 2RY | Detached | £275,000 | |
| 18 Aug 1998 | 15 CB23 2RY | Detached | £500,000 | |
| 5 Jun 1998 | 79 CB23 2RY | Detached | £265,000 | |
| 27 Nov 1997 | THE OLD FARM HOUSE CB23 2RY | Detached | £300,000 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 181 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (1); House, semi-detached (1). Built: 1996-2002 (1); 2003-2006 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in South Cambridgeshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,536 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,691 | £1,973 | £2,254 | £2,536 | £3,100 | £3,663 | £4,227 | £5,073 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (23% of about 1,360 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Toft (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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
- OLD FARM FARMHOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 0 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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| CB23 2WH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CB23 2RY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 35 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB23 2RY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CB23 2WH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Shepreth 110,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
| Foxton 99,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) | |
| Cambridge 11 million journeys in 2024–25 | 10.1 km (6.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Church Road Toft | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | The Busway Trumpington Park-and-Ride | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 37.5 km (23 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Comberton Surgery | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Jardines Pharmacy | 5.4 km (3.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Appletree Dental Practice | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Nuffeild Health Cambridge Hospital | 9.1 km (5.7 miles) |
| Police station | Parkside Police Station | 9.7 km (6 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 4,200 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,710 m² | 380 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.8 ha | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,020 m² | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Dovecote 50m north east of Manor Farm House, a scheduled monument, 90 m north. 17 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Dovecote 50m north east of Manor Farm House | Scheduled monument | 90 m north |
| Parish Church of St Andrew | Listed building, Grade II* | 340 m south |
| Moated site at Moat House Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Claypit Hill | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) south |
| Toft Plantation | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| Hardwick Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Mitchel's Wood | Wood | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north-west |
| Stinnage's Wood | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-west |
| Sirius Lake | Lake or reservoir | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 3 | 4 |
1 of the street's 4 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for South Cambridgeshire: see them on the South Cambridgeshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comberton Village College | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Meadow CB23 2RY | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 110 m | 5 Very good | 20 Jun 2026 |
| The Schoolroom Community Cafe CB23 2RE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 150 m | 5 Very good | 10 Nov 2021 |
| Meridian Park Leisure Ltd CB23 2RY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 240 m | 5 Very good | 27 Jul 2025 |
| Toft Village Store CB23 2RL | Retailers - other | 270 m | 5 Very good | 14 May 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Comberton Road (5); On or near Glebe Close (4); On or near Mill Lane (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 61 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 45% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 92% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 64% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 5% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 42% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 45% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 43% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 51% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
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.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Farmer's End · Canners Close · Church Road · St Andrews Cottages · Glebe Close · Mill Lane · West Street · The Mount · Eversden Close · Preston Close · Green Lane · Beldam's Close
All the streets in CB23 and across South 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.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.