Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5
Description
*** INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY ***
A superb opportunity to acquire a residential investment opportunity in a prime central Cambridge location.
Duke's Court provides 35 one and two bedroom apartments along with basement car parking.
This conversion of an office building is underway, with completion anticipated spring 2027.
The apartments are being finished to a superb standard and will include:
* Secure gated basement parking
* New double glazed windows and doors
* Audio/visual entry systems to most apartments
* CCTV to common areas
* Bosch oven, hob, microwave; Indesit integrated fridge/freezer, washer/dryer, dishwasher
* Quartz worktops
* Contemporary bathrooms
* Wood-effect vinyl flooring
* Gas combi boilers for heating and hot water
* Full fibre BT broadband
* 10 year ICW warranty
LOCATION
Duke's Court, int he heart of Cambridge, occupies a strategic position on Newmarket Road, forming the north-eastern gateway to Cambridge city centre.
* 10 minute walk to the historic core, River Cam, Midsummer Common and Jesus Green
* Excellent access to the A14 and M11
* 15 minute walk to Cambridge Central railway station
* On the Park & Ride bus route (every 10-15 mins)
* Adjacent to the Chisholm Trail, a major traffic-free cycle route linking key employment hubs
WHY INVEST IN CAMBRIDGE?
Cambridge is Europe's largest technology cluster and one of the UK's most resilient rental markets. Key indicators include:
* 6.4% annual growth in knowledge-intensive jobs over the past six years
* 627 life sciences companies
* 308.7 patent applications per 100,000 people - the highest in the UK
* Over 800 high-tech manufacturing companies
MARKET DRIVERS AND TENANT DEMAND
Cambridge continues to experience exceptional rental demand, driven by:
1: Home ownership affordability - affordability pressures and economic uncertainty are expected to push more residents into the rental market through 2026/2027.
2: Expansion of Cambridge's knowledge economy - The Cambridge Cluster - now includes 26,000 companies generating £47bn turnover, with major contributions from life sciences, healthcare, IT and advanced manufacturing. More than 5,300 knowledge-intensive firms employing around 68,000 people.
3: Student Demand - with several Cambridge Colleges within walking distance and with an open residential planning consent, this scheme would attract student overspill for those who can't secure College accommodation or do not wish to live on campus.
4: Major regeneration at the Grafton Centre - located directly behind Duke's Court - is undergoing transformation into a mixed retail and science/technology hub, delivering:
- new lab and office space
- over 2,000 new jobs
- revitalised retail and leisure environment
- new public square (Fitzroy Square)
This regeneration will significantly strengthen rental demand for residential accommodation from professionals and researchers.
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Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- Council Tax Band
- TBC
- Date Posted
- 2026-09-04
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
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- Parking
- Parking Available
- 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
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
- St Matthew's Primary School446 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 628
- Type
- Community school
- Park Street CofE Primary School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 116
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Milton Road Primary School0.8 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 424
- Type
- Community school
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School0.8 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 205
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- 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
Secondary
- Parkside Community College723 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 667
- Type
- Academy converter
- Chesterton Community College0.9 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,126
- Type
- Academy converter
- North Cambridge Academy1.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 687
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Coleridge Community College1.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 553
- Type
- Academy converter
- St Bede's Inter-Church School1.6 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 943
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England/Roman Catholic
* 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. 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
Not at the pin: mapped about 10 metres away.
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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