Hello everyone,
DH and I are getting ready to start our house search. We have a DD who will be starting school this September. Cannot really afford Cambridge itself as I don't think we will get much for our budget which is around £350k. Basically, we're looking at North/North East/East parts of Cambridgeshire and places which would allow us to commute to Cambridge for work (DH wants to drive and works in Science Park, I work in the centre of Cambridge). We don't really want any doer upper properties, just a 3 bedroom place with a garden that we can move into and not have to do major things with :D
So far we visited Ely and St Ives and loved both (we are aware both are a commuting pain!), went to Soham as well but not too sure about it. As the house market doesn't seem super vibrant we are keen to consider smaller villages nearby Ely/St Ives or Cambridge and of course we're looking for friendly places with good amenities (or at least close to a bigger town) and schools. We are also planning another DC so somewhere with lots of baby groups etc would be great. A lot of the threads here concentrate on areas south of Cambridge which probably wouldn't work for us.
Would you be able to recommend other places for a recon? We were considering Witchford (it seems basically a stone's throw from Ely though there doesn't seem to be much there, but we've only driven through it so might be wrong!) and maybe Littleport, but I'm not sure I liked the look of it (again, might be wrong and happy to be corrected! 
Many many thanks in advance!