Last sold £260,000 in July 2015

Price history in context

• Show me today's estimate
• Jul 2015 — £260,000 · +57.6% · 27 pts behind the UK market
• May 2002 — £165,000 · +26.9% · 5 pts behind the UK market
• Dec 1999 — £129,995

The life around it

• The Cranbourne Primary School 1.8km
• St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3-min walk
• St Margarets station 9-min walk
• Woodland 1.3km
• The coast (coastline) 25.7km
• Lake 219m
• Pond 467m
• Rye House Power Station Dock (Disused) 3.4km
• Stanstead Mill Stream 84m
• Public Park 220m
• Play Area 220m
• Co-Op Food 331m
• Abbotts Court (Opp) 181m

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 St Margarets, 610m away

• 44 min London
• 79 min Cambridge
• 117 min Brighton
• 119 min Oxford

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 60–64 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a busy road within earshot.

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

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,610 hours a year — sunnier than 70% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: on a gentle west-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 8% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Planning

• In the Stanstead Abbotts conservation area — external changes usually need consent.

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

Crime

Around average for England & Wales — 89 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: approximate (postcode)

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Nearby sold homes

• 43, Cappell Lane, Ware £160,000 · 1999
• 17, Cappell Lane, Ware £213,500 · 2004
• 14, Cappell Lane, Ware £268,750 · 2006
• 32, Cappell Lane, Ware £299,995 · 2006
• 19, Cappell Lane, Ware £410,000 · 2008
• 35, Cappell Lane, Ware £249,995 · 2011

Planning activity nearby

• Conditions Conversion of ground floor sash window into doorway located in modern (1992) extension on… Mar 2026 source
• Conditions Conversion of ground floor sash window into doorway located in modern (1992) extension on… Mar 2026 source
• Undecided Demolition of existing double garage and erection of a single storey side extension and… May 2026 source
• Undecided Creation of driveway with dropped kerb and vehicular crossover. May 2026 source
• Withdrawn Change of use from restaurant premises class E (b) to two x 1 bedroom self-contained… Nov 2025 source

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