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Newmarket Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB5

Land size
1.82 acres

Key Features

  • Prominent industrial / retail site of 1.82 acres
  • Showroom, industrial and hard standing
  • 2 miles from City Centre
  • Freehold with vacant possession, or new lease.

Description

Substantial industrial / retail site of 1.82 acres prominently located on Newmarket Road, one of Cambridge's main arterial routes, approximately 2 miles east of the City Centre. Comprises showroom, industrial units and hardstanding. Potential for development, subject to planning. Freehold with vacant possession, or new lease.

Map Location

Property details

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Date Posted
2026-05-29

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
Private Parking
Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

5.5 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

OutdoorsIndoorsEE Good LimitedO2 Good LimitedThree Good LimitedVodafone Good Good

Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • The Galfrid School574 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    211
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Chesterton Primary School0.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    173
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School0.9 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    198
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Shirley Community Primary School0.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    303
    Type
    Community school
  • Fen Ditton Primary School1 mileNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    119
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • Parkside Community College1.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    667
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Coleridge Community College1.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    553
    Type
    Academy converter
  • North Cambridge Academy1.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    687
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • St Bede's Inter-Church School1.6 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    943
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England/Roman Catholic
  • Chesterton Community College1.6 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,126
    Type
    Academy converter

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Spar - Barnwell Road, Cambridge417 metres
Aldi Newmarket Road, Cambridge729 metres
Lidl Cambridge Retail Park, Cambridge913 metres

GP surgery

East Barnwell Health Centre668 metres

Pharmacy

Ditton Pharmacy834 metres

Hospital

Brookfields Hospital1.1 miles

Green space

Play Space159 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Cambridge North Rail Station0.8 miles

Nearest bus stop

Ditton Walk126 metres

Typical drive times

Soham23 min · 17 miles
Newmarket17 min · 11 miles
Huntingdon25 min · 20 miles
Cambridge (city)7 min · 2.5 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Very low risk

Planning map: Flood Zone 1.

Surface water

Very low risk

These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.

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