Corner Close Prickwillow, East Cambridgeshire
6 addresses across 2 postcodes (CB7), about 30 m long. USRN 12000617.
- Sales: 7 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £275,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, D: 2, E: 1).
- Flood: 9 addresses on its postcodes are 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 A; Band D in East Cambridgeshire costs £2,485 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Shippea Hill, about 5.2 km away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 0 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 6 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Cathedral Medical Centre, about 4.4 km away.
- People: About 390 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 72% of households owned their home and 30% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £275,000 | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £250,500 | £250,500 | £250,500 |
| 2017 | 1 | £279,950 | £279,950 | £279,950 |
| 2003 | 1 | £174,000 | £174,000 | £174,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £88,000 | £88,000 | £88,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £84,000 | £84,000 | £84,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £78,000 | £78,000 | £78,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Dec 2024 | 5 CB7 4UY | Detached | £275,000 | |
| 1 Feb 2019 | 4 CB7 4UY | Detached | £250,500 | |
| 9 Jan 2017 | 2 CB7 4UY | Detached | £279,950 | |
| 5 Aug 2003 | 2 CB7 4UY | Detached | £174,000 | |
| 14 Dec 2000 | 3 CB7 4UY | Detached | £88,000 | |
| 30 Sep 1999 | 3 CB7 4UY | Detached | £84,000 | |
| 23 Jun 1997 | 2 CB7 4UY | Detached | £78,000 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 78 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (4). Built: 1976-1982 (1); 1950-1966 (1); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
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.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £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 A (34% of about 620 homes).
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
- 1-4 Riverside Close Prickwillow Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4UW: up to 5 homes, permissioned (530 m)
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, 9 at medium risk and 7 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 15 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 8 medium, 7 low and 0 very low.
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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| CB7 4UY | zone 3 | 0 / 0 / 4 | unlikely |
| CB7 4UU | zone 3 | 0 / 9 / 3 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 0 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB7 4UU | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CB7 4UY | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Shippea Hill 80 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km |
| Littleport 252,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.6 km | |
| Ely 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m, 4 within 800 m; nearest Short Drove Prickwillow | 100 m |
| EV charging points | Shell Recharge Charging Station | 5.2 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 59.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Cathedral Medical Centre | 4.4 km |
| Pharmacies | Wellbeing Pharmacy | 4.4 km |
| NHS dentists | Lynn Road (Dental Surgery) | 4.4 km |
| Hospital | Princess Of Wales Hospital | 4.4 km |
| Police station | Ely Police Station | 5.4 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 840 m² | 380 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,840 m² | 240 m |
Landmarks
3 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Stonehorse Plantation | Wood | 2.8 km north-east |
| Cowground Plantation | Wood | 3.2 km north-east |
| Quanea Hill | Hill | 3.2 km south-west |
| Thorney Hill | Hill | 3.3 km south-west |
| Brick Hill | Hill | 3.4 km north-west |
| Roswell Pits | Lake or reservoir | 4.0 km west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 6 |
4 of the street's 6 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2.0 km.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiams Sports & Social Club CB7 4UU | Other catering premises | 400 m | 4 Good | 18 Nov 2021 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 5 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Old Bank (12); On or near Kingdon Avenue (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 41 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 17% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 72% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 35% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 25% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 66% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 19% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 41% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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
Kingdon Avenue · Main Street · Old Bank
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.
- 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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.