CB4 3DG
Last sold £936,042 in May 2016
38, Alpha Road, Cambridge
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Bedrooms
- 3 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,464 sq ft / 136 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
- Elevation
- About 11m — higher than about 30% of homes in Cambridge
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Price history in context
- May 2016 — £936,042
What this home might be worth today
£1,302,000
Estimate range £1,237,000–£1,367,000
+39.1% since May 2016 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 31 nearby sales within a year · 3-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Park Street CofE Primary School 10-min walk
- Chesterton Community College 10-min walk
- Cambridge station 2.6km
- Madingley Wood 4.5km
- The coast (coastline) 15.5km
- Lake 180m
- Pond 159m
- Canal 1.4km
- River Cam 198m
- Alexandra Gardens 13m
- Shelly Row Play Area 397m
- Castle Food And Wine 334m
- Station Turn (W-Bound) 17.6km
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, 2.6km 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
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2 Chesterton Community College · Secondary 0.3 miles State Attainment 8: 62.4 — top 20% nationally (2023)
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3 St Luke's CofE Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.3 miles State Ofsted Requires improvement
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,530 hours a year — sunnier than 30% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 4% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Planning
- In the Castle And Victoria Road conservation area — external changes usually need consent.
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Crime
Above average for England & Wales — 105 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 6, Alpha Road, Cambridge £143,000 · 1999
- 36, Alpha Road, Cambridge £300,000 · 2003
- 26, Alpha Road, Cambridge £422,500 · 2004
- 58, Alpha Road, Cambridge £285,000 · 2004
- 56, Alpha Road, Cambridge £585,000 · 2009
- 2, Alpha Road, Cambridge £500,000 · 2011
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Erection of 1no 3bed self-build/custom build detached dwelling on land adjacent to 52… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Replacement of single glazed timber windows with double glazed aluminium units. Apr 2026 source
- Permitted Single storey rear extension including solar panels, alter existing rear pitched roof to… Jun 2026 source
- Undecided Submission of details required by condition 1 (details of the covered secure bike… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted T1 - Box Maple (in garden of No.6 Holland St) - Reduce 2.5m laterally over garden of No.7 Apr 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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