Cambridgeshire has become a centre of technological enterprise in the UK in recent years and indeed has even been called “Silicon Fen” As such, many tech minded people flock to the county to live and work here.
There have been 3,273 sales in Cambridgeshire in the last 12 months (as at December 2020) with an average price of £303,105. In this article we will look at the 5 most expensive places to buy property in the county.
Burwell
Coming in at number 5 on our list is the village of Burwell, where the average property price is £341,000 from 40 sales made.
The village is infamous for a tragic event in 1727, where 78 people including 51 children died in a barn fire. They were watching a puppet show and the organisers had locked the barn doors because of overcrowding to stop others coming in.
Burwell is 10 miles north of Cambridge, having a regular bus route to the same, although the village does not have a railway station. It has schools up to the age of 11, but after that pupils need to travel to nearby towns for their secondary education.
Kimbolton
The fourth most expensive place in Cambridgeshire is Kimbolton, which has an average price of £381,000 from 4 sales made in the last 12 months.
The village has an array of shops, but not its own train station. It is 9 miles from Huntingdon and is known for Kimbolton Castle, which is in fact a Tudor manor house now forming part of an independent school in the village. Katherine of Aragon, who was Henry VIII’s first wife, died here in 1536.
Buckden
Third on our countdown of most expensive places in Cambridgeshire is the popular village of Buckden, where the average property price is £414,000 from 16 sales made.
Buckden lies 3.5 miles from Huntingdon which is where the nearest railway station is located. It contains Buckden Towers which dates back to the twelfth century and was the former home of the Bishop of Lincoln.
Cambridge
The second most expensive place is Cambridge, which has an average price of £414,000. This is from 1,212 sales made in the last year.
Obviously when people think of the town, they think of the one of the most famous universities in the world which is based here. It is indeed a town with a rich history and contains lots of historical buildings and museums.
It is firmly within the commuter belt as only takes 45 minutes to get into London St Pancras. But because of the tech hub in and around Cambridge, employment in and around the town is high so there is less need to travel to the capital.
Great Shelford
And the most expensive place to buy property in Cambridgeshire in Great Shelford, where a property on average will cost you £616,000 based on 26 purchased in the last year.
The village is 4 miles south of Cambridge and has a population of 4,233 (in 2011). The village shares Shelford train station with Little Shelford which runs to Cambridge and London. It has a variety of shops in the village and also 2 pubs and 2 restaurants.