Wiles Close Cambridge
17 addresses across 2 postcodes (CB4), about 60 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 5400914.
- Sales: 8 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £420,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (B: 3, C: 7, D: 2).
- Flood: 2 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 1.6 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 520 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 11 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 17 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Arbury Road Surgery, about 830 m (0.5 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 55% of households owned their home and 31% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 202 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | £420,000 | £420,000 | £420,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £301,000 | £301,000 | £301,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | £188,500 | £174,000 | £203,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £178,000 | £178,000 | £178,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £195,000 | £195,000 | £195,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £168,000 | £168,000 | £168,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £93,000 | £93,000 | £93,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Oct 2022 | 10 CB4 2PZ | Terraced | £420,000 | |
| 8 Nov 2019 | 3 CB4 2PZ | Terraced | £301,000 | |
| 30 Sep 2011 | 10 CB4 2PZ | Terraced | £203,000 | |
| 13 Jun 2011 | 11 CB4 2PZ | Terraced | £174,000 | |
| 6 Jun 2008 | 10 CB4 2PZ | Terraced | £178,000 | |
| 22 Mar 2007 | 9 CB4 2PZ | Terraced | £195,000 | |
| 4 Nov 2005 | 5 CB4 2PZ | Terraced | £168,000 | |
| 8 Jun 2000 | 10 CB4 2PZ | Terraced | £93,000 |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 84 m². Most common: House, end-terrace (5); House, mid-terrace (4); House, semi-detached (2). Built: 1950-1966 (5); 1967-1975 (4); 2018 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4); rented (social) (3); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
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 (65% of about 520 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)
- Jenny Wren, St. Kilda Avenue, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 2QA: up to 9 homes, permissioned (130 m)
- Jenny Wren, St. Kilda Avenue, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 2QA: up to 9 homes, permissioned (130 m)
- Garage Block 1-20, Cameron Road and Land Adjacent to Nos. 33 And 45 Nuns Way, permissioned (410 m (0.3 miles))
- 379-381 Milton Road, not permissioned (560 m (0.3 miles))
- Housing allocation at, 379--381 Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4: up to 95 homes, not permissioned (600 m (0.4 miles))
- 339, Milton Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 1XL: up to 4 homes, permissioned (620 m (0.4 miles))
- Land At Aragon Close And Sackville Close Cambridge Cambridgeshire: up to 14 homes, permissioned (740 m (0.5 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, 1 address is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CB4 2PZ | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| CB4 2PP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 11 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB4 2PP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CB4 2PZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Cambridge North 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Cambridge 11 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Waterbeach 372,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.4 km (3.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 12 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 36 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest St Kilda Avenue Kings Hedges | 170 m |
| Bus or coach station | Drummer St Bus Station Cambridge | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| Car parks | Cambridge North Station Car Park | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Building 406, Cambridge Science Park | 350 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 39 km (24 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Arbury Road Surgery | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Allied Pharmacy Arbury | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Cavendish House Dental Care | 910 m (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Police station | Histon Police Station | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 120 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,770 m² | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 5,780 m² | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 470 m² | 130 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.4 ha | 150 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 930 m² | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 1.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Chesterton Abbey, a scheduled monument, 1.5 km (1 mile) south. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Chesterton Abbey | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (1 mile) south |
| Histon Road Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
| Christ's College | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Arbury Orchard | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Todd's Pit | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Chesterton Fen | Wetland | 2 km (1.3 miles) east |
| Long Reach | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
| Dickerson's Pit | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) east |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 6 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 11 | 17 |
6 of the street's 17 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 Cambridge: see them on the Cambridge page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Grove Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 480 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Cambridge Regional College | 16 plus | 14–99 | 510 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| Kings Hedges Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 540 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| King's Hedges Nursery School | Nursery | 2–4 | 540 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| North Cambridge Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 720 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection |
| Colleges Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 760 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (Jul 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Shirley Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Laurence Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Chesterton Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Arbury Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Orchard Park Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (Jul 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Urgent improvement; Achievement: Urgent improvement; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Urgent improvement; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Not met |
| Milton Road Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No overall grade (Jul 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesco CB4 2NF | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 100 m | 4 Good | 18 Sep 2023 |
| the kings hedges family support project CB4 2ZH | Other catering premises | 190 m | 5 Very good | 27 Nov 2024 |
| Bright Horizons Cambridge Science Park Day Nursery and Preschool CB4 0WG | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 300 m | 5 Very good | 11 Jun 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 83 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 36 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 22 |
| Public order | 13 |
| Shoplifting | 11 |
| Other crime | 8 |
| Vehicle crime | 8 |
| Other theft | 7 |
| Bicycle theft | 6 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Drugs | 3 |
| Possession of weapons | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Blackberry Way (41); On or near Lavender Road (39); On or near Garry Drive (32); On or near Markham Close (20); On or near Woodhouse Way (17).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 39 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 18% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 55% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 28% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 31% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 18% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 42% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 25% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 87% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 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 8 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
St Kilda Avenue · Lawrence Way · Lavender Road · Livermore Close · Blackberry Way · Blackberry Way · Beales Way · Markham Close · Nuns Way · Woodhouse Way · Campkin Road · Garry Drive
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.