8 Eccles Close, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3DB
About 8 Eccles Close
8 Eccles Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Sawston, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB22 3DB). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2012) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. The home occupies a corner plot.
At 75 m² it's 20.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (94 m² median across 13 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £345,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£427/sq ft) was about 54.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- DrivewayYes
- LandYes
- Corner plotYes
Energy performance
8 Eccles Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Jul 2022
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 9 July 2022
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Planning history
8 Eccles Close has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
8 Eccles Close has changed hands more often than typical for the area.
£373,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 17 years.
£345,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
17 December 2021Most recent
£345,000
+21.1%over 6 years1 September 2015
£285,000
+28.1%over 2 years4 October 2012
£222,500
+23.6%over 7 years26 April 2005
£180,000
+2.9%over 8 months25 August 2004
£175,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB22 3DB: £385,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in CB22 3DB
30 Eccles Close, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3DB
Sold Sept 2024
£407,50032 Eccles Close, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3DB
Sold Oct 2021
£441,00026 Eccles Close, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3DB
Sold Apr 2021
£385,00022 Eccles Close, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3DB
Sold Jul 2020
£380,00018 Eccles Close, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3DB
Sold Jul 2020
£355,000
Versus other Eccles Close homes
EPC Rating for 8 Eccles Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,600
Street avg £3,840
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.7 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
82/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.6 km
Whittlesford Parkway Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.4 km
Sawston Village College. 6 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB







