Durrant Close Cambridge
5 addresses across 2 postcodes (CB5), about 50 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 5403385.
- Sales: 1 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £260,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (B: 4).
- Flood: 8 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 C; Band D in Cambridge costs £2,467 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Cambridge North, about 950 m (0.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Stourbridge Common, is about 330 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 7 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is East Barnwell Health Centre, about 630 m (0.4 miles) away, with 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 450 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 38% of households owned their home and 51% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 80 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £260,000 | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Feb 2025 | 4 CB5 8JS | Semi-detached | £260,000 | Leasehold. |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 94 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (4). Built: 2019 (4).
Council tax
What each band costs in Cambridge in 2026-27: Band D £2,467 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,645 | £1,919 | £2,193 | £2,467 | £3,015 | £3,563 | £4,112 | £4,934 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (48% of about 830 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 km (0.6 miles)
- Camfields Resource Centre and Oil Depot 137-139 Ditton Walk: up to 35 homes, not permissioned (150 m)
- Chartwell House 620 - 622 Newmarket Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8LP: up to 11 homes, permissioned (460 m (0.3 miles))
- 71 - 73 Fen Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1UN: up to 10 homes, permissioned (580 m (0.4 miles))
- 636-656 Newmarket Road, Holy Cross Church Hall, East Barnwell Community Centre and Meadowlands, Newmarket Road: up to 75 homes, not permissioned (630 m (0.4 miles))
- The Black House, Chesterton Fen Road, MILTON, CB4 1UN, permissioned (840 m (0.5 miles))
- 207, Green End Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 1RJ: up to 5 homes, permissioned (910 m (0.6 miles))
- 196 Green End Road Cambridge CB4 1RL: up to 7 homes, permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
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, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 5 at medium risk and 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CB5 8JS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CB5 8QE | not in 2 or 3 | 3 / 5 / 12 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 7 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB5 8JS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CB5 8QE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Cambridge North 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 950 m (0.6 miles) |
| Cambridge 11 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) | |
| Waterbeach 372,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 31 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Keynes Road Cambridge | 300 m |
| Bus or coach station | Drummer St Bus Station Cambridge | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Car parks | Cambridge North Station Car Park | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 37.2 km (23 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest East Barnwell Health Centre | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ditton Pharmacy | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Cheddars Lane Dental Surgery | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Brookfields Hospital | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Police station | Parkside Police Station | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Payzone | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Stourbridge Common 18 ha | 330 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Coldham's Common 46 ha | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,710 m² | 150 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 13 ha | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Elfleda Road Allotments 3.8 ha | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 65 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Chapel of St Mary Magdalene Stourbridge Chapel, a listed building (Grade I), 460 m (0.3 miles) south-west. 17 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Chapel of St Mary Magdalene Stourbridge Chapel | Listed building, Grade I | 460 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Ditton Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 850 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Barn to North West of Ditton Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 870 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Parish Church of St Mary Virgin | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Cambridge Museum Of Technology (formerly Cheddars Lane Sewage Pumping Station) | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Chesterton Abbey | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Mill Road Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Emmanuel College | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Long Reach | Lake or reservoir | 710 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Chesterton Fen | Wetland | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| Greenhouse Plantation | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) east |
| Dickerson's Pit | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 3 km (1.9 miles) west |
| Giants Grave | Valley | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 5 | 5 |
None of the street's 5 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 Cambridge: see them on the Cambridge page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Galfrid School | Primary | 4–11 | 850 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| The Fields Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 920 m (0.6 miles) | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Chesterton Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Shirley Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Fen Ditton Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Marleigh Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Brunswick Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Chile Ltd CB5 8PX | Mobile caterer | 210 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Kerb Kollective Specialty Coffee CB5 8QD | Retailers - other | 260 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Bottisham Community Sports And Social Club CB5 9DD | Pub/bar/nightclub | 310 m | 5 Very good | 13 Mar 2018 |
| Burwell House CB5 0BA | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 310 m | 5 Very good | 7 Feb 2025 |
| The Prospects Trust CB5 0HZ | Retailers - other | 310 m | 4 Good | 28 Oct 2025 |
| Pipasha Restaurant CB5 8PA | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 390 m | 5 Very good | 17 Jun 2025 |
| The Grill Brothers CB5 8PA | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 390 m | 4 Good | 24 Jan 2026 |
| New market road store CB5 8PA | Retailers - other | 390 m | 5 Very good | 8 Aug 2024 |
| Autumn House CB5 8LP | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 30 Aug 2023 |
| McDonald's CB5 8WL | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 12 Mar 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 43 |
| Vehicle crime | 6 |
| Drugs | 6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 5 |
| Other theft | 4 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Other crime | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Possession of weapons | 2 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Ditton Fields (35); On or near Ten Acre Place (13); On or near Durrant Close (13); On or near Abbey Gardens (10); On or near Maltings Close (7).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 7% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 38% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 15% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 33% | 17% |
| Private rented | 27% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 73% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 9% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 28% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 30% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 84% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 51% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 82% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 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
Ditton Fields · Century Close · Ferndale Rise · Fairfield End · Maltings Close · Abbey Gardens · Ditton Walk · Headford Close · Wadloes Road · Howard Close · Gillies Close · Keynes Road
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.