PLEASE help me find the perfect Cambs village to live in!

[ButterScotch00]

Hi,

So after much hanging about and deliberating, we've finally decided to get on the market and move.

We're already in Cambridgeshire, but would like to be closer to Cambridge centre.

I can't seem to find anywhere that ticks most of the boxes within our budget, so wondering if I'm missing some hidden gems.

Budget, we think is around 850k, but probably more comfortable at 800k. We need 4 beds, 2 reception rooms, detached, decent sized garden. Ideally a pretty, characterful village with at least one good pub/restaurant. We don't really want a project, a new build or a thatch - as pretty as they are!

Villages like Madingley, Grantchester and Coton are probably ideal in terms of area, but hardly anything comes on near our budget or actually, at all!

Any suggestions? I'm pretty much living on Rightmove these days and my head's spinning tbh! 🥴

TIA

I think Swaffham Prior, Lode and Swaffham Bulbeck are all lovely and undervalued.

Dry Drayton is nice. It's ten minutes drive from the city centre. It used to be cheaper because the road links to the city were bad, but they just built a beautiful new road that goes straight to the city. Not sure if that has affected the prices.

Barrington is very quiet. Even for south Cambridgeshire. Very little going on and if you have pre teens or teens you’ll be doing a LOT of driving them around.

my DS had a girlfriend who lived in melbourn and there was more going on there and the train station means teens can get into Cambridge and travel a bit more independently.

That’s been an ongoing issue for at least seven years and no sign of anything so far.

What about Duxford? It might be slightly further than the 7 miles, but not much depending on exactly where you need to get to. There’s a couple on at the moment on rightmove

Histon?

Comberton - my husband was able to cycle into work and back for a decade, only about 5 miles. The village is great, schools are very good, in general people are very nice here.