8 Barway Road, Barway, Ely, CB7 5UA
About 8 Barway Road
8 Barway Road is a semi-detached house in Barway, Ely, Ely (CB7 5UA). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2017) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil.
Held since November 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 1998–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £319,000 sits 61.9% above the 2007 sale of £197,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£193/sq ft) was about 15.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 95 m² it sits well below the postcode median (171 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
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Planning history
8 Barway Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
8applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 8 Barway Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1998 starting point.
£319,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 16.1% per year over 9 years.
£197,000
Growth on file: 16.1% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
23 November 2007Most recent
£197,000
+54.5%over 3 years26 May 2004
£127,500
+165.6%over 5 years18 June 1998
£48,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB7 5UA: £595,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in CB7 5UA
5d, Barway Road, Barway, Ely, CB7 5UA
Sold Aug 2024
£1,050,000Pond View, Barway Road, Barway, Ely, CB7 5UA
Sold Jan 2024
£1,320,000Lake View, Barway Road, Barway, Ely, CB7 5UA
Sold Dec 2021
£75,0004 Barway Road, Barway, Ely, CB7 5UA
Sold Jun 2021
£230,00015 Barway Road, Barway, Ely, CB7 5UA
Sold May 2021
£595,000
Everything we know about 8 Barway Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Barway Road homes
8 Barway Road outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,074
Street avg £1,887
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 224 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.3 t/year
Street avg 4.8 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
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.8 km
Little Thetford CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.2dB