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Guide Price£11,500,000

Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire

Land size: 942.56 acres
Bedrooms: 4

Description

A rare opportunity to acquire a large, commercial arable farm generating significant commercial income located in the sought-after village of Fowlmere, a short distance from Cambridge.

Fowlmere is situated between Cambridge and Royston and Manor and Field Farms benefit from excellent transport links via the A10 and A505 which connects to the M11, A11 and A1(M).

The property comprises high yielding arable farmland, a farmhouse, a private airfield, a commercial portfolio and has significant potential for alternative uses (subject to planning).

In all approximately 942.56 acres.

The farmland is all Grade 2 and comprises 824.76 acres of arable land, 32.31 acres of woodland and 27.27 acres of pasture. Typical cropping of the arable land has been first and second wheats, winter and spring barley, sugar beet, peas, oil seed and spring oats.

A further 28.25 acres is aerodrome grass, including the air strip. This airfield is home to Modern Air and British Aerobatic Society. The airfield has a long and illustrious history having been originally home to the Royal Flying Corps when it was constructed in 1918. During WW2 it was a satellite airfield for RAF Duxford and in 1944 was handed over to the USAAF.

There are two sets of buildings. Manor Farm Buildings include a grain store and farm store. Some buildings are occupied in connection with the aerodrome and further buildings are let to tenants. The buildings at Field Farm are let out.

The farmhouse is a four-bedroom property which has recently been refurbished. It has previously been let out but is currently vacant.

Manor and Field Farms is available as a whole.

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Property details

Tenure: Ask Agent
Council Tax Band: TBC
Date Posted: 2026-04-25

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 4 Farmland & Pasture listings in East Anglia (250+ acres).

This Property£12,201 / acre

Farmland & Pasture Average (250+ acres) £10,101 / acre

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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Rights & Restrictions

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Private Rights of Way: Ask Agent
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility: Ask Agent
Parking: Ask Agent
Garden: Ask Agent

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

5 Mbps

Under 10 Mbps here

Suitable for

Basic browsing & email

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

Fowlmere Primary School0.9 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
Ages
4 to 11
Pupils
73
Type
Community school
Melbourn Primary School1.8 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
Ages
4 to 11
Pupils
357
Type
Community school
Thriplow CofE Primary School2.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
Ages
4 to 11
Pupils
105
Type
Academy converter
Faith
Church of England
Foxton Primary School2.3 milesOfsted: Good
Ages
5 to 11
Pupils
79
Type
Community school
Meldreth Primary School2.3 milesOfsted: Good *
Ages
4 to 11
Pupils
194
Type
Community school

Secondary

Melbourn Village College1.8 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
Ages
11 to 16
Pupils
559
Type
Academy converter
King James Academy Royston3.6 milesOfsted: Good
Ages
9 to 18
Pupils
947
Type
Academy converter
Bassingbourn Village College5.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
Ages
11 to 16
Pupils
652
Type
Academy converter
Sawston Village College5.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
Ages
11 to 16
Pupils
1,198
Type
Academy converter
Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology7.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
Ages
13 to 19
Pupils
455
Type
University technical college

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Melbourn, Melbourn1.9 miles

Morrisons Daily Royston Queens Road, Royston, Hertfordshire4.2 miles

Tesco Royston Extra, Royston, Hertfordshire4.3 miles

GP surgery

Orchard Surgery,Melbourn1.7 miles

Pharmacy

Well1.9 miles

Hospital

Royston Hospital4.5 miles

Green space

Play Space0.7 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Meldreth Rail Station2.3 miles

Nearest bus stop

Chrishall Road0.7 miles

Typical drive times

Baldock22 min · 16 miles

Royston11 min · 6.3 miles

Buntingford23 min · 13 miles

Cambridge (city)22 min · 10 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 3Higher risk

Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.

Surface water

A 1 in 30 or greater chance each yearHigher risk

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The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
Ground risks (included in the full report)
Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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