Mill Lane Barrington, South Cambridgeshire
20 addresses across 2 postcodes (CB22), about 220 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 35301241.
- Sales: 13 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £525,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (D: 4, E: 1, F: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 South Cambridgeshire costs £2,536 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 8% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Shepreth, about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Barrington Green, is about 130 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 14 to 20 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 20 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Harston Surgery, about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away.
- People: About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 87% of households owned their home and 56% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 5 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 | £525,000 | £525,000 | £525,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £685,000 | £685,000 | £685,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £540,000 | £540,000 | £540,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £385,000 | £385,000 | £385,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £487,500 | £487,500 | £487,500 |
| 2012 | 1 | £420,000 | £420,000 | £420,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £340,000 | £340,000 | £340,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £371,500 | £371,500 | £371,500 |
| 2004 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | £157,500 | £90,000 | £225,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul 2025 | 1B CB22 7QY | Detached | £525,000 | |
| 18 Oct 2023 | 2 CB22 7QY | Semi-detached | £685,000 | |
| 19 Mar 2021 | 2 CB22 7QY | Semi-detached | £540,000 | |
| 26 Oct 2018 | ORCHARD COTTAGE CB22 7QY | Detached | £385,000 | |
| 2 Oct 2015 | MEADOW COTTAGE, 1 CB22 7QY | Detached | £487,500 | |
| 18 Oct 2012 | 1C CB22 7QY | Detached | £420,000 | |
| 27 Oct 2011 | MEADOW COTTAGE, 1 CB22 7QY | Detached | £340,000 | |
| 16 Jun 2006 | 1 CB22 7QY | Detached | £371,500 | |
| 19 Aug 2004 | 5 CB22 7QY | Semi-detached | £250,000 | |
| 24 Apr 2001 | 1C CB22 7QY | Detached | £125,000 | |
| 25 Jul 2000 | 2 CB22 7QY | Semi-detached | £225,000 | |
| 25 Feb 2000 | 7 CB22 7QY | Detached | £90,000 | |
| 23 May 1997 | 11 CB22 7QY | Detached | £250,000 |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 127 m². Most common: House, detached (2); House, semi-detached (2); Bungalow, detached (2). Built: before 1900 (2); 1996-2002 (2); 2007-2011 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
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 C (26% of about 1,330 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- 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
- BULBECK MILL HOUSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 7 Back Lane Barrington Cambridgeshire CB22 7RF, permissioned (210 m)
- Former CEMEX Cement Works, Barrington Cement Plant, Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7RQ, pending decision (700 m (0.4 miles))
- Barrington Cement Plant, Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7RQ: up to 220 homes, permissioned (940 m (0.6 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 20 addresses are between 14 m and 20 m above sea level (18 m on average); the ground rises about 6 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB22 7QY | 100% | 8% | 8% | 0% |
| CB22 7RB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Shepreth 110,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Foxton 99,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | |
| Meldreth 246,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 12 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Mill Lane Barrington | 130 m |
| Bus or coach station | The Busway Trumpington Park-and-Ride | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | BE.EV Charging Station | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 30.2 km (19 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Harston Surgery | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Well | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Royal Papworth Hospital (Papworth Everard) | 8.6 km (5.4 miles) |
| Police station | Sawston Police Station | 9.1 km (5.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | MFG - Harston, Harston Cashzone | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Barrington Green 6,940 m² | 130 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 110 m² | 340 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9,170 m² | 230 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,100 m² | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Newlyn, a listed building (Grade II*), 340 m north-west. 49 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Newlyn | Listed building, Grade II* | 340 m north-west |
| Royal Oak Inn | Listed building, Grade II* | 440 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade I | 480 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Roman site N of Brown Spinney | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Moated site known as Hall Yards, 150m north west of Tyrell's Hall | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Rockyjoint Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Cracknow Hill | Hill | 1.7 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Brown Spinney | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Long Plantation | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Fowlmere | Wetland | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) south |
| Riddy Island | Island | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 17 | 20 |
3 of the street's 20 addresses are 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington CofE VC Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 590 m (0.4 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington Stores CB22 7QX | Retailers - other | 100 m | 5 Very good | 12 Oct 2023 |
| The Royal Oak Barrington CB22 7RZ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 440 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 27 May 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Mill Lane (2); On or near Slid Lane (2); On or near High Street (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 57% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 6% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 33% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 54% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 38% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 40% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 56% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 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
Mill Lane · Hayzen Close · Boot Lane · High Street · West Green · Back Lane · West Green · West Green
All the streets in CB22 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.