What type of property is 26 Heron Road, CB24 1AR?

26 Heron Road, CB24 1AR is a 4-bedroom detached house.

What did 26 Heron Road, CB24 1AR sell for?

26 Heron Road, CB24 1AR last sold for £406,000 in October 2021, around 5 years ago. Before that, it sold for £369,995 in January 2019, so prices have been rising over 3 years on record. Source: HM Land Registry.

How has the value of 26 Heron Road, CB24 1AR changed over time?

Across 2 sales between January 2019 and October 2021, 26 Heron Road, CB24 1AR rose from £369,995 to £406,000, a change of £36,005. That works out to roughly +3.4% per year compounded over 3 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does 26 Heron Road, CB24 1AR have?

The current EPC rating for 26 Heron Road, CB24 1AR is B with a score of 84 out of 100, lodged in November 2018. The assessor estimates the property could reach a A. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 26 Heron Road, CB24 1AR?

26 Heron Road, CB24 1AR has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (1,259 sq ft), around 29 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 24% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in CB24 1AR. Source: EPC Register.

How is 26 Heron Road, CB24 1AR heated?

The latest EPC at 26 Heron Road, CB24 1AR records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Where is 26 Heron Road, CB24 1AR located?

26 Heron Road, CB24 1AR sits in Northstowe, Cambridge, Cambridge. It falls within the CB24 postcode district in Cambridgeshire.

What is crime like near 26 Heron Road, CB24 1AR?

Police records around 26 Heron Road, CB24 1AR show an average of 2 reported crimes per month over the last 5 months. Burglary makes up roughly 18% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 26 Heron Road, CB24 1AR?

The closest primary school to 26 Heron Road, CB24 1AR is Pathfinder CofE Primary School (505m), one of 4 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Northstowe Learning Community (1.0km).

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26 Heron Road, Northstowe, Cambridge, CB24 1AR

EPC B

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

117 m²

1259 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 84

Overview

About 26 Heron Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

26 Heron Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Northstowe, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 1AR). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft). The latest certificate (November 2018) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 93).

At 117 m² it's 24.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (94 m² median across 31 EPCs). Across 2019–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £459,000 is 13.1% above the 2021 sale price. Most recent transfer: October 2021 at £406,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms4
Bathrooms4
EnsuiteYes

Outside

Private gardenRear
GarageSingle

Building

RefurbishedYes

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Rating

B84

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Very Good

CO2 Emissions

1.8 t/year

Occupancy

—

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 26 Heron Road, Northstowe, Cambridge, CB24 1AR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

26 Heron Road has no planning applications on record.

The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£459,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.4% per year over 3 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£406,000

Growth on file: 3.4% per year over 3 years.

Sales timeline

21 October 2021Most recent
£406,000
+9.7%over 2 years
7 January 2019
£369,995

Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 1AR: £540,000 (2024–2022).

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Versus other Heron Road homes

Four headline reads against 31 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

CO₂ Emissions for 26 Heron Road lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£3,470

Street avg £3,479

On par

Floor Area

117 m²

Street avg 107 m²

Above

CO₂ Emissions

1.8 t/year

Street avg 1.4 t/year

Below

Years Held

5 years

Street avg 6 years

On par

Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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Full Cambridge report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Closest school

0.5 km

Pathfinder CofE Primary School. 5 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CB24 1AR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

45.8dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for CB24 1AR

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

37.3dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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