CB1 9JB

Last sold £179,950 in October 1997

2, Forest Road, Cambridge

Property type: Detached
Tenure: Freehold

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Price history in context

Date	Price	Change	Base rate at sale	Position
Today	Show me today's estimate
October 1997	£179,950		7.0%

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Oct 1997 — £179,950

paid well above the local norm at the time

vs 98 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km

The life around it

Queen Emma Primary School 501m
Holme Court School 306m
Cambridge station 2.4km
Madingley Wood 8.7km
The coast (coastline) 20.0km
Lake 538m
Pond 115m
Canal 3.6km
Hobson's Conduit 2.9km
Public Park 80m
Cherry Hinton Recreation Ground 241m
Cambridge Indian Supermarket 190m
The Kings Head (O/S) 13.7km

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 Cambridge, 2.4km away

55 min London

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

1 Holme Court School 0.2 miles State Attainment 8: 23.3 (2023)
2 Cambridge International School 0.2 miles Independent
3 Colville Primary School · Primary 0.3 miles State
4 Queen Emma Primary School · Primary 0.3 miles State Ofsted Good
5 The Spinney Primary School · Primary 0.4 miles State
6 The Netherhall School · Secondary 0.4 miles State Attainment 8: 50.2 — top 40% nationally (2023)
7 St Bede's Inter-Church School · Secondary · Church of England/Roman Catholic 0.5 miles State Ofsted Outstanding Attainment 8: 64.8 — top 20% nationally (2023)
8 Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.5 miles State Ofsted Good
9 Bewick Bridge Community Primary School · Primary 0.7 miles State
10 Queen Edith Primary School · Primary 0.7 miles State Ofsted Good

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Crime

Around average for England & Wales — 120 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

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Nearby sold homes

38, Forest Road, Cambridge £130,000 · 1998
16, Forest Road, Cambridge £195,000 · 2002
6, Forest Road, Cambridge £269,000 · 2003
26, Forest Road, Cambridge £214,500 · 2004
4a, Forest Road, Cambridge £238,500 · 2006
18, Forest Road, Cambridge £396,000 · 2013

Planning activity nearby

Permitted Certificate of lawfulness under S192 for a proposed garden room. Apr 2026 source
Undecided Single storey rear/side extension and rear patio following demolition of existing garage… May 2026 source
Permitted Permission has been granted to fell this tree due its dangerous condition and risk to the… Jul 2026 source
Undecided Part single, part two storey rear extension and single storey side extension following… May 2026 source
Permitted Non material amendment on application 24/04634/HFUL for: -External brickwork on the… Jun 2026 source

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

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