rielty

CB6 3UW

Last sold £175,000 in May 2026

1, Lester Drive, Ely

Property type
Terraced
Bedrooms
2 (est.)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
506 sq ft / 47 sq m
Plot area
about 0 sq ft / 0 sq m
EPC rating
D
Elevation
About 25m — higher than about 90% of homes in Ely

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Price history in context

  • May 2026 — £175,000 · +4.5%
  • Jan 2024 — £167,500 · +31.9% · 4 pts behind the UK market
  • Nov 2015 — £127,000 · +30.3% · 3 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Feb 2006 — £97,500 · +12.1% · 1 pts behind the UK market
  • Apr 2004 — £86,950 · +24.2% · 11 pts behind the UK market
  • Mar 2002 — £70,000 · +22.8% · 14 pts ahead of the UK market
  • May 2001 — £57,000 · +67.6% · 19 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Aug 1997 — £34,000
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £175,000 £34,000 1997 2026

The life around it

  • Wilburton CofE Primary School 2.1km
  • Robert Arkenstall Primary School 6-min walk
  • Ely station 9.3km
  • Pingle Wood 16.0km
  • The coast (coastline) 5.4km
  • Lake 1.2km
  • Pond 539m
  • Canal 3.4km
  • New Cut Drain 942m
  • Public Park 348m
  • Playing Field 336m
  • Spar 522m
  • Dennis Terrace (Opp) 17.5km

Broadband

  • Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
  • Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
  • Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises

Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data

Commute by train

From Ely, 9.3km away

  • 15 min Cambridge
  • 80 min London
  • 102 min Nottingham

Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.

Schools nearby

Flood risk

Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map

Noise

Road noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.

Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,550 hours a year — sunnier than 40% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: no hills shade it. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Planning

From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.

Crime

Among the lowest for England & Wales — 61 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

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Planning activity nearby

  • Conditions To discharge the Biodiversity Net Gain Condition in relation to decision dated 11… Jul 2026 source
  • Conditions To discharge Conditions 4(d) (archaeological programme and timetable), 11 (soft… May 2026 source
  • Undecided Single storey extension, addition of porch to front and alterations to boundary wall May 2026 source
  • Permitted T1 Silver Birch - Remove, as it is now too large for the location in close proximity to… May 2026 source
  • Undecided Reserved matters for access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of previously… Apr 2026 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.

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