East Cambridgeshire
CB8 house prices in East Cambridgeshire
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for East Cambridgeshire, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£295,000
Range £179,950–£586,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Dec 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in CB8: the typical (median) sold price is £295,000, above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). CB8 is an active market, with about 30 recorded sales a month. By property type, 34% were terraced homes (typically £240,000) and 29% were detached homes (typically £505,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,485 a year: East Cambridgeshire's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, East Cambridgeshire, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on CB8: steady sales, so price from the evidence
Roughly 30 homes a month change hands in CB8, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
If you are thinking of selling, a spread from £179,950 to £586,000 makes £295,000 a poor guide to any one home, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, CB8 sits above the UK average for typical prices, so compare any asking price with sold homes of the same type before you commit.
On any CB8 home we would check what has been applied for nearby (147 applications on record within 500 m), long-term flood risk and council tax (Band D is £2,485 a year), and ask a conveyancer to read the title.
With averages this broad, the free CB8 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning and council tax from the official sources.
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At a glance
CB8 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£295,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
29.8
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,485
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in CB8
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in CB8 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £505,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £177,500.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 71 | £505,000 | £335,000–£800,000 |
| Semi-detached | 64 | £295,000 | £223,750–£415,000 |
| Terraced | 83 | £240,000 | £186,000–£335,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 26 | £177,500 | £111,000–£320,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Dec 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in CB8
The quarterly typical price fell 19.1%, from £370,000 in Q4 2025 (30 sales) to £299,500 in Q3 2026 (54 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £370,000 | 30 |
| Q1 2026 | £278,000 | 85 |
| Q2 2026 | £300,000 | 81 |
| Q3 2026 | £299,500 | 54 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Dec 2025 and 24 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of CB8 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most CB8 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £179,950 and £586,000, around a typical £295,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Dec 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in CB8
Terraced homes were 34% of recorded sales (83 of 244). 88% of sales were freehold and 12% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached29%
- Semi-detached26%
- Terraced34%
- Flat / maisonette11%
Tenure
- Freehold88%
- Leasehold12%
See the figures
221 freehold (88%) and 29 leasehold (12%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in CB8, including 1 new-build sale. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Dec 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where CB8 sits in East Cambridgeshire
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in CB8
69, CHEVELEY ROAD, NEWMARKET
Terraced · Freehold · 24 Aug 2026
£160,000
119, PARKERS WALK, NEWMARKET
Terraced · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£212,000
15, ST ALBANS, NEWMARKET
Detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£495,000
120, PARKERS WALK, NEWMARKET
Terraced · Freehold · 13 Aug 2026
£215,000
41, THE STREET, NEWMARKET
Detached · Freehold · 11 Aug 2026
£600,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). CB8 includes the Balsham ward.
In plain English
What the East Cambridgeshire (CB8) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £505,000 against £177,500 for flats: about 2.8 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £179,950 and £586,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- This is an active district: about 30 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 12 December 2025 and 24 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on CB8
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in CB8
£2,485
Band D a year in East Cambridgeshire, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,657 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,933 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,209 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,485 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,037 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,590 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,142 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,970 |
These are East Cambridgeshire's charges for 2026-27, the authority CB8 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for East Cambridgeshire · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near CB8
6
open schools within 3 km, nearest Ditton Lodge Primary School.
All schools
Ditton Lodge Primary School
Primary · Academies · CB8 8BL
1.5 km
Good · 2015
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Newmarket
Primary · Academies · CB8 8JE
1.8 km
Good · 2022
Cheveley CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · CB8 9DF
2.4 km
Good · 2013
Fairstead House
Independent schools · CB8 7AA
2.5 km
Not graded
St Louis Catholic Academy
Primary · Academies · CB8 7AA
2.5 km
Good · 2010
Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy
Primary · Academies · CB8 0PU
2.7 km
Good · 2019
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the CB8 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 6 open schools within 3 km, 5 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near CB8
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around CB8
147
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 22 October 2026.
Recent applications
EastCambridgeshire/26/00986/TPOUndecided
122 m
T1 SYCAMORE x 19ms tall with split from main fork at 10ms down into centre of main trunk for 5ms - see photo 2, supporting large heavy crown - Fell tree and replace
Received 2026-09-15
EastCambridgeshire/26/00569/TPOPermitted
127 m
T1 Beech - Reduce height and spread on all sides by 2m, reduce over-extended limb above garden on east side by 4m to reduce risk of structural failure, remove deadwood in crown Significant cavity and decay at the point of historical limb removal, increased risk of failure adjacent to the highway
Received 2026-05-27 · decided 2026-07-09
EastCambridgeshire/26/00504/TPOPermitted
185 m
T12 Common Beech - The upper crown has previously failed with mid canopy growth now dominating and filling as the upper crown. The Crown is in good physiological with no major deadwood. Area of previous failure has some decay and hollowing. Unions close to decay are expected to be weakened with further growth. Request permission to reduce height by approximately 3m, and reduce lateral spread over residential property by 1.5m. Aim of works to mitigate risk of failure by reducing sail and wind loading of high traffic area below. What3Words location: ///motivations.tramps.obtain
Received 2026-05-11 · decided 2026-07-03
EastCambridgeshire/26/00326/TPOPermitted
126 m
T4 Elm in neighbouring property x 14ms in height - Reduce canopy overhanging Beech Lodge by 3.5ms back to natural unions T5 Elm in neighbouring property x 8ms in height (misshapen) - Reduce 2 low lateral limbs back to the boundary, equating to a reduction of 6 and 3ms
Received 2026-03-18 · decided 2026-05-08
EastCambridgeshire/26/00318/TPOPermitted
92 m
T2 Beech x 20ms in height - Remove 2 low limbs to facilitate garage development T3 Sycamore x 16ms in height - Remove 2 low limbs to facilitate garage development
Received 2026-03-18 · decided 2026-05-08
EastCambridgeshire/26/00073/TPOPermitted
141 m
T1 Beech - Reduce crown spread on all sides by up to 3m due to previous limb loss and altered wind loading
Received 2026-01-22 · decided 2026-02-13
Applications are matched within 500 m of the CB8 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for CB8 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 147 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 22 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for CB8
Decile 7 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled CB8 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 6 to decile 10, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
CB8 8AD, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 7 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so CB8 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in CB8: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in CB8, band by band
East Cambridgeshire's council tax for 2026-27 set against the CB8 median sold price of £295,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearEast Cambridgeshire | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £295,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,657 | £138 | 0.56% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,933 | £161 | 0.66% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,209 | £184 | 0.75% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,485 | £207 | 0.84% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,037 | £253 | 1.03% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,590 | £299 | 1.22% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,142 | £345 | 1.40% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,970 | £414 | 1.68% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the CB8 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, East Cambridgeshire, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in CB8 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 249 distinct addresses in the records we hold for CB8. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
69, CHEVELEY ROAD, NEWMARKET
CB8 8AD · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£160,000
2026-08-24
119, PARKERS WALK, NEWMARKET
CB8 7AP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£212,000
2026-08-14
15, ST ALBANS, NEWMARKET
CB8 7AJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£495,000
2026-08-14
120, PARKERS WALK, NEWMARKET
CB8 7AP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£215,000
2026-08-13
41, THE STREET, NEWMARKET
CB8 9RS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£600,000
2026-08-11
23, ELLIOTT CLOSE, NEWMARKET
CB8 7SE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-08-07
SURREY COTTAGE, RAYES LANE, NEWMARKET
CB8 7AB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£775,000
2026-08-05
11, CHAPEL ROW, NEWMARKET
CB8 9ED · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£575,000
2026-08-04
BADMONDISFIELD END COTTAGE, NEWMARKET
CB8 8TT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,050,000
2026-08-04
4, MILL REEF, NEWMARKET
CB8 7FB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£725,000
2026-08-04
23, NEWMARKET ROAD, NEWMARKET
CB8 9EQ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£775,000
2026-08-03
378, AUREOLE WALK, NEWMARKET
CB8 7AZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-08-03
20, ARMSTRONG CLOSE, NEWMARKET
CB8 8HD · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£334,000
2026-08-03
7, ARDROSS COURT, NEWMARKET
CB8 0XH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£195,000
2026-07-31
10, LARNACH DRIVE, NEWMARKET
CB8 7RF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£445,000
2026-07-31
489, AUREOLE WALK, NEWMARKET
CB8 7BQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£225,000
2026-07-30
14, TITHE CLOSE, NEWMARKET
CB8 8RS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£325,000
2026-07-29
22, ST MARYS ROAD, NEWMARKET
CB8 7FY · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£499,995
2026-07-28
35, PORTLAND ROAD, NEWMARKET
CB8 0NP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£142,500
2026-07-27
15, DUCHESS DRIVE, NEWMARKET
CB8 8AG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£404,000
2026-07-24
39, PARK LANE, NEWMARKET
CB8 8AZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£325,000
2026-07-23
383, AUREOLE WALK, NEWMARKET
CB8 7AZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£282,000
2026-07-21
20, CARSON WALK, NEWMARKET
CB8 0DR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£155,000
2026-07-21
58, STANLEY ROAD, NEWMARKET
CB8 8AF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£185,000
2026-07-21
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Data sources
Every CB8 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.