Cotton End Road, Wilstead, MK45
- Land size
- 3 acres
- Bedrooms
- 5
- Bathrooms
- 3
Key Features
- Approx 3 acres, with excellent equestrian, business and lifestyle appeal.
- Spacious 5–6 bedroom home with 3 reception rooms and flexible living space.
- Formerly licensed cattery business offering strong income potential.
- Historic, unlisted, 1850s barn with hayloft, plus tack room currently used as a bar.
- Private landscaped garden with extensive decking, hot tub, lawn and mature planting.
- Three garages and multiple outbuildings in a sought-after village with excellent local amenities.
Description
Set within around three acres, this impressive and highly adaptable property offers a rare blend of lifestyle appeal and genuine business potential. The house and outbuildings sit on a plot of around one acre, including a paddock, with an adjoining two-acre field to the west.
The main house provides substantial and versatile accommodation, featuring five to six bedrooms alongside three well-proportioned reception rooms. The layout works particularly well for modern family living, easily accommodating larger households, multi-generational arrangements, or those requiring dedicated space for home working. For equestrian buyers, the property is equally well suited, with extensive paddock land and a selection of outbuildings that lend themselves to stabling, storage, or future enhancement (subject to any necessary consents).
The grounds support a strong rural lifestyle with practical functionality throughout. Additional character is provided by an unlisted 1850s barn with hayloft, complemented by an adjoining tack room currently used as a bar. The gardens are private and enclosed, designed for outdoor enjoyment with extensive decking, lawned areas, mature planting, and a hot tub, making them ideal for entertaining.
Further benefits include multiple outbuildings and three garages, providing excellent storage, workshop space, or conversion potential, depending on requirements. A rare feature is the cattery premises, already established on site along with kitchen and storage. Whilst no longer being operated as a business, the cattery was fully licensed and presents a well-structured income opportunity for those looking to operate a home-based business. It offers a solid foundation for continued use or further development, subject to requirements.
In summary, this is a rare opportunity combining spacious family living, established business use, and equestrian facilities, all set within a desirable village location offering local amenities including two pubs, a post office, pharmacy, and primary school.
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Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
- G
- Date Posted
- 2026-06-03
Market Value Analysis
Compared with 1,165 Homes with Land listings in East Anglia (1+ acres).
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
- Mains
- Water
- Mains
- Heating
- Gas Central Heating
- Broadband
- Full Fibre (FTTP)
- Sewerage
- Mains
Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
- Parking Available
- Garden
- Garden
Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
1.8 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
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
- Wilstead Primary School0.6 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Type
- Academy converter
- Cotton End Forest School1.1 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 435
- Type
- Community school
- Lakeview School1.3 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 436
- Type
- Academy converter
- Wixams Tree Primary Academy1.5 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 559
- Type
- Free schools
- Willow Grove Primary School1.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 104
- Type
- Free schools
Secondary
- Wixams Academy1.6 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Pupils
- 903
- Type
- Free schools
- Bedford Academy2.7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,480
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Daubeney Academy3.1 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 576
- Type
- Academy converter
- Marston Vale Middle School3.5 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 9 to 13
- Pupils
- 563
- Type
- Academy converter
- Bedford Free School3.8 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 536
- Type
- Free schools
* 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
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
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Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
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
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Rivers and the sea
Surface water
The detail behind these bandings
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- 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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The Old School House 66 Bedford Street Ampthill MK45 2NB
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