8 Forbes Close
Last sold
£540,000
March 2026
Previous sales
Every sale of this address since 1995, newest first.
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What is around it
Size, energy rating, walls and flood risk.
Broadband
Every home in this postcode can get gigabit broadband (full fibre or cable): 1,000 Mb or more.
As of July 2025, for the whole postcode. What you can actually get depends on the provider.
Schools nearby
The nearest primary and secondary schools, as the crow flies, with their latest Ofsted inspection.
Primary schools
Fawcett Primary School Ages 3 to 11 · 356 pupils
Report card, 2026
0.2 miles
Trumpington Park Primary School Ages 4 to 11 · 415 pupils
Report card, 2026
0.5 miles
Trumpington Meadows Primary School Ages 4 to 11 · 244 pupils
No grade
1.0 miles
Secondary schools
Trumpington Community College Ages 11 to 16 · 613 pupils
Good, 2023
0.2 miles
Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology Ages 13 to 19 · 455 pupils
No grade
0.9 miles
Coleridge Community College Ages 11 to 16 · 553 pupils
No grade
1.6 miles
Distance is a straight line, not the walk. Being close is not a promise of a place: each school has its own admissions rules.
What’s nearby
Shops, places to eat, things to do and getting about.
Supermarkets
Within a 15-minute walk
2
Restaurants
O'Vesuvio Pizza, sole & duck
2
Cafés
Dao Cafe, Royal Voluntary Service Cafe
2
Pubs and bars
Green Man, Hudson's Ale House
1
Takeaways
Rumbles Fish Bar
Everyday
Things to do
Photo: Peter Trimming · CC BY-SA
Family · 5.7 miShepreth Wildlife Park
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Football · 4.5 miHiston Football Club
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Getting about
Distances are as the crow flies; walking times are rough, by the streets.
Recently sold nearby
Sold prices, from the area on the map, last two years.
Move or zoom the map to change what is listed below. Dots show the middle of a postcode, not a front door, and a sale counts as on the map by that middle — so one near the edge may fall either side of it.
8 Seekings Close
July 2026
£400,000
29 Northrop Road
July 2026
£848,000
33 Northrop Road
May 2026
£975,000
21 Plantation Avenue
May 2026
£900,000
14 Whitelocks Drive
April 2026
£975,000
11 Plantation Avenue
March 2026
£980,000
8 Forbes Close
March 2026
£540,000
16 Windmill Drive
February 2026
£840,000
9 Forbes Close
January 2026
£325,000
18 Seekings Close
December 2025
£530,000
43 Seekings Close
October 2025
£610,000
39 Clay Farm Drive
September 2025
£720,000
6 Whitelocks Drive
September 2025
£820,000
53 Clay Farm Drive
July 2025
£1,230,000
13 Windmill Drive
July 2025
£885,000
10 Seekings Close
June 2025
£430,000
45 Clay Farm Drive
June 2025
£1,243,500
63 Clay Farm Drive
June 2025
£1,200,000
The Aura Building, 10 Northrop Road
June 2025
£500,000
6 Willers Lane
April 2025
£750,000
28 Windmill Drive
March 2025
£1,355,000
Northcroft House, 6 Nine Wells Road
March 2025
£154,000
19 Plantation Avenue
March 2025
£770,000
8 Clay Farm Drive
February 2025
£526,000
11 Brook End Close
February 2025
£950,000
38 Whitelocks Drive
January 2025
£800,000
2 Woodpecker Way
January 2025
£17,955
18 Willers Lane
December 2024
£620,000
19 Forbes Close
December 2024
£197,500
51 Clay Farm Drive
December 2024
£1,045,000
1 Clay Farm Drive
December 2024
£730,000
39 Woodpecker Way
December 2024
£217,000
Map OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles, data from OpenStreetMap.
Flipometer
Places on the map that were bought, done up and sold on.
Move or zoom the map to change what is listed below. Dots show the middle of a postcode, not a front door, and a sale counts as on the map by that middle — so one near the edge may fall either side of it.
A gap between two sale prices does not prove work was done, and a planning application near a sale does not prove the two are connected. Map OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles, data from OpenStreetMap.
How this area has changed
Typical prices for terraced houses, now and in years gone by. The twelve months to August 2026 against the same twelve months back then.
| Area | Now | 5 years ago | 10 years ago | 15 years ago | 20 years ago |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forbes Close | – | Not enough sales | Not enough sales | Not enough sales | Not enough sales |
| Postcode sector CB2 9 | £660,000 | £550,275 +20% since | £527,472 +25% since | £232,000 +184% since | £185,497 +256% since |
| Cambridge | £492,500 | £490,000 +1% since | £478,000 +3% since | £270,000 +82% since | £230,000 +114% since |
The typical price is the middle sale of the twelve months, not the average, so one very dear or very cheap sale cannot pull it about. Standard sales only. A figure needs at least 15 sales behind it; with fewer, it says so.
How homes change hands in CB2 9, over the last five years (889 sales):
- What sells: 42% flats, 25% terraced, 16% detached, 14% semi-detached, 2% other.
- 46% sold leasehold, and 19% were new builds.
- 110 sales in the last twelve months, against 297 in the same twelve months five years ago.
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