Property market | £222,532 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is London Stansted (40.2 miles) | |
Broadband | 59.6mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 95.9% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 4.1% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 477 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 250 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (North East Cambridgeshire level) | |
Community | Median age is 45.0 | Population of 2,432 | Happiness is Below Average for Cambridgeshire, Low for UK | |
Crime | 4.0 burglaries per 1k people (Fenland) | |
Commute (approx) | - Cambridge (30 mins) - Kings Cross (82 mins) | |
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£222,532 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is London Stansted (40.2 miles) | |
59.6mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 45.0 | 2,432 | Happiness is Below Average for Cambridgeshire, Low for UK | |
Ranked 477 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 250 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (North East Cambridgeshire level) | |
4.0 burglaries per 1k people (Fenland) | |
- Cambridge (30 mins) - Kings Cross (82 mins) | |
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Birch has a few stores nearby for groceries, including: Aldi Chatteris, Jacks Chatteris. There are a few pubs and bars nearby, including: The Honest John, The Ship. Regarding restaurants and other types of eateries, there are a few nearby, including: Spice Lounge, The Potting Shed. There are a few cafes and coffee shops nearby, including: Ambers Cafe, Buster's Emporium And Cafe, The Green Welly Motel And Cafe.
The property market in Birch has had a steep increase over the last few years and accelerating growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £330,360, which is up 0.9% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £222,532 (up 0.9% on last year) , a terraced house £167,393 (down -0.5% on last year) and a flat £97,410. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £605 per month. Property prices in Birch are slightly lower than the average property prices across Cambridgeshire and are slightly lower compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Birch, prices have risen much more quickly than the annual average price change seen across the Cambridgeshire region.
Property data is based on Fenland level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Birch, or click here to browse the longer list of Birch property transactions from 2023.
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Birch has a few schools nearby to choose from. There are a mix of both primary and secondary schools nearby, including Cromwell Community College (Academy) which is both a primary and secondary school and is based in Wenny Road, Chatteris. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Cromwell Community College Save school | Primary & Secondary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (9/28/2016) | 103 submissions 87.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Chatteris |
Kingsfield Primary School Save school | Primary Academy sponsor led - Mixed | 2: Good (7/1/2022) | 49 submissions 78.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Chatteris |
Glebelands Primary Academy Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (5/9/2014) | Ofsted Report Link | Chatteris |
School | Type |
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Cromwell Community College Ofsted report Save school | Primary & Secondary Latest rating - 2: Good (9/28/2016) 103 submissions 87.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Kingsfield Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (7/1/2022) 49 submissions 78.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Glebelands Primary Academy Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (5/9/2014) |
Station | Distance from Birch | Commute options |
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Manea A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +0% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- Cambridge (33 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 96 mins - Hull Trains) View details - London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 110 mins - Thameslink) View details - York (1 change(s) - 113 mins - Grand Central) View details - London Liverpool Street (1 change(s) - 118 mins - Greater Anglia) View details - Stratford (London) (1 change(s) - 120 mins - Greater Anglia) View details - London Bridge (1 change(s) - 125 mins - Thameslink) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 134 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 139 mins - Thameslink) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 153 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
March A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -5% from the previous year. | 9 miles |
- Cambridge (38 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 82 mins - Hull Trains - £666 monthly fare) View details - York (1 change(s) - 99 mins - Grand Central) View details - London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 112 mins - Thameslink - £666 monthly fare) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 120 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - London Liverpool Street (1 change(s) - 123 mins - Greater Anglia - £666 monthly fare) View details - London Bridge (1 change(s) - 127 mins - Thameslink - £666 monthly fare) View details - Stratford (London) (1 change(s) - 127 mins - Greater Anglia - £666 monthly fare) View details - Birmingham New Street (133 mins - CrossCountry) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 142 mins - Thameslink - £666 monthly fare) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 178 mins - Avanti West Coast - £666 monthly fare) View details |
Whittlesea A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +10% from the previous year. | 13 miles |
- Cambridge (46 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 73 mins - Hull Trains - £674 monthly fare) View details - York (1 change(s) - 90 mins - Grand Central) View details - London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 103 mins - Thameslink - £674 monthly fare) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 111 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - London Bridge (1 change(s) - 118 mins - Thameslink - £674 monthly fare) View details - Birmingham New Street (123 mins - CrossCountry) View details - London Liverpool Street (1 change(s) - 130 mins - Greater Anglia - £674 monthly fare) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 133 mins - Thameslink - £674 monthly fare) View details - Stratford (London) (1 change(s) - 135 mins - Greater Anglia - £674 monthly fare) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 166 mins - Avanti West Coast - £674 monthly fare) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Fenland) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Fenland residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 95.9% | 81.7% |
Mixed | 1.4% | 2.9% |
Asian | 1.2% | 9.3% |
Black | 0.8% | 4.0% |
Other | 0.7% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the North East Cambridgeshire consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 11.6% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 11.7% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 8.4% | 477 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 17.1% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 7.1% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 13.7% | |
Routine occupations | 18.2% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 8.3% | 250 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 3.9% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Cambridgeshire is fast (74mbps). Birch is slower than this, with average download speeds of 59.6mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the North East Cambridgeshire level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 59.6 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 94.0% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.5% |
Crime stats were found at the Fenland level:
Type | Fenland | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 80 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 4 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 9 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 1 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 31 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Birch.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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East Anglia | Great Ouse | Middle Level, including Pondersbridge, Ramsey St Mary's, Benwick and Welney |
East Anglia | Middle Level Drains | Middle level including: Pondersbridge, Ramsey St Marys, Benwick, Turves, Westry, Christchurch, Upwell and Outwell |
East Anglia | Great Ouse, Lodes | River Great Ouse and the Cambridgeshire Lodes |
East Anglia | Old Bedford River, New Bedford River, Hundred Foot Drain, River Delph | Hundred Foot Washes, also known as the Ouse Washes, including the causeways at Earith, Sutton Gault and Welney |
East Anglia | Delph | Benwick, Ramsey, Earith, Chatteris, Doddington, Wimblington, March, Welches Dam, Purls Bridge and Manea |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Birch, Cambridgeshire Affordability: Average Hot property market | Semi-detached: £222,532 Detached: £330,360 | 80 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 | 8.4% residents in higher managerial positions 8.3% residents long-term unemployed |
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local John Lewis Local M&S | Semi-detached: £621,893 Detached: £1,059,215 | 113 | Primary: 20Secondary: 18 | 23.7% residents in higher managerial positions 4.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £409,914 Detached: £643,144 | 47 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 23.7% residents in higher managerial positions 4.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Bourn, Cambridgeshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £409,914 Detached: £643,144 | 47 | Primary: Secondary: | 23.7% residents in higher managerial positions 4.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Grantchester, Cambridgeshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £409,914 Detached: £643,144 | 47 | Primary: 4Secondary: 1 | 23.7% residents in higher managerial positions 4.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Linton, Cambridgeshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £409,914 Detached: £643,144 | 47 | Primary: 3Secondary: 2 | 19.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Ramsey, Cambridgeshire Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £306,064 Detached: £498,559 | 59 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 | 14.0% residents in higher managerial positions 6.1% residents long-term unemployed |
Ely, Cambridgeshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £320,235 Detached: £482,384 | 45 | Primary: 7Secondary: 3 | 19.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Birch, Cambridgeshire Affordability: Average Hot property market | Semi-detached: £222,532 Detached: £330,360 | 80 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 |
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local John Lewis Local M&S | Semi-detached: £621,893 Detached: £1,059,215 | 113 | Primary: 20Secondary: 18 |
Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £409,914 Detached: £643,144 | 47 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Bourn, Cambridgeshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £409,914 Detached: £643,144 | 47 | Primary: Secondary: |
Grantchester, Cambridgeshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £409,914 Detached: £643,144 | 47 | Primary: 4Secondary: 1 |
Linton, Cambridgeshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £409,914 Detached: £643,144 | 47 | Primary: 3Secondary: 2 |
Ramsey, Cambridgeshire Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £306,064 Detached: £498,559 | 59 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 |
Ely, Cambridgeshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £320,235 Detached: £482,384 | 45 | Primary: 7Secondary: 3 |
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