The Aviary, Plot 1, Chrishall Road, Fowlmere, Royston, Cambridgeshire
Key Features
- Rare opportunity to design and build your own home
- Excellent connections to Cambridge and London
Description
Detailed Description
Nestled on the southern edge of Fowlmere, The Aviary is an exclusive opportunity to create your own countryside home on one of just five fully serviced plots. with outline planning permission secured for five generous detached houses. Each plot offers the freedom to design and build a home that perfectly reflects your lifestyle.
The CGI images provide an indicative overview of The Aviary, with the site layout overlaid for context. It is designed to help appreciate the scale, setting, and orientation of the plots within their natural surroundings.
Please note: The CGI provide a visual guide only. The exact plot boundaries, landscaping, and features may be subject to change as the development progresses.
Location
Fowlmere is a well regarded South Cambridgeshire village, offering the best of rural life while being just 8 miles from Cambridge. Surrounded by countryside and home to the renowned RSPB Nature Reserve, the village also benefits from excellent transport links, restaurants, pub and primary school ideal for families, professionals, or
downsizers seeking peace, privacy, and connectivity.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-08-11
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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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
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- 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
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- 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
1 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
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
- Fowlmere Primary School910 metresOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 73
- Type
- Community school
- Thriplow CofE Primary School1.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 105
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- Foxton Primary School2.1 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 79
- Type
- Community school
- Melbourn Primary School2.3 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 357
- Type
- Community school
- Meldreth Primary School2.8 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 194
- Type
- Community school
Secondary
- Melbourn Village College2.3 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 559
- Type
- Academy converter
- King James Academy Royston4.2 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 9 to 18
- Pupils
- 947
- Type
- Academy converter
- Sawston Village College4.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,198
- Type
- Academy converter
- Bassingbourn Village College5.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 652
- Type
- Academy converter
- Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology6.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 13 to 19
- Pupils
- 455
- Type
- University technical college
* 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
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
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
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
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
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
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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