CB6 1AG
Last sold £132,000 in August 2004
5, Downham Road, Ely
- Property type
- Terraced
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 20m — higher than about 80% of homes in Ely
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Price history in context
- Aug 2004 — £132,000 · +35.4% · 21 pts behind the UK market
- Apr 2001 — £97,500
What this home might be worth today
£256,000
Estimate range £243,000–£269,000
+93.8% since August 2004 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 200 nearby sales within a year · terraced within 1 km
The life around it
- Spring Meadow Infant School 22-min walk
- King's Ely 7-min walk
- Ely station 16-min walk
- Pingle Wood 22.3km
- The coast (coastline) 7.8km
- Lake 866m
- Pond 191m
- Canal 4.5km
- River Great Ouse 880m
- Palace Green 114m
- Play Area 572m
- Little Europe Mini Market 257m
- The Chestnuts (Opp) 11.6km
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 Ely, 1.1km 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 1,540 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
- In the Ely 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 — 181 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 1a, Downham Road, Ely £235,000 · 2007
- 5b, Downham Road, Ely £323,000 · 2015
- 5a, Downham Road, Ely £520,000 · 2017
- 3, Downham Road, Ely £130,000 · 2001
- 1, Downham Road, Ely £305,000 · 2007
- Century House, 4, Downham Road, Ely £430,000 · 2006
Planning activity nearby
- Conditions To discharge Condition 5 (Tree Protection Plan) and Condition 6 (Tree Protection… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Timber repairs to the North and East facing elevations and associated works Jun 2026 source
- Permitted T1 Large Conifer in the back garden - Remove to ground level May 2026 source
- Permitted T1 Robinia - Re-pollard by approximately 3.5m back to the previous points May 2026 source
- Undecided T1 Holly - Fell T2 Viburnum tinus - Fell T3 Hazel - Fell due to leaning on shed We would… Jul 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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