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Five Miles From Anywhere Pub & Restaurant Old School Lane, Upware, CB7

Land size
3 acres

Key Features

  • Beautiful location on the banks of the River Cam
  • Thriving year round trade
  • Extensive site of approx 3 acres
  • 250 Internal covers, 150 external
  • Private function room
  • 4 main trade areas
  • Visitor moorings
  • 3 bed private accommodation
  • 2026 turnover c£1.1 million
  • Potential summer sales c £40,000 per week

Description

Main front entrance leads to main bar with large servery. Leading round to the Sports Bar (with separate servery) and Restaurant to the other side, To the rear is an extensive conservatory area with views across the garden and the River Cam.

All areas can seat approximately 250 customers. Stairs by the entrance to 1st floor provides access to a function room with prep kitchen. The room can seat approx 60 covers or 150 standing.

Extensive and fully equipped trade kitchen with separate prep area and several storage areas for chest freezers, walk in fridge and dry store.

External areas consist of split car park for approx 50 cars. Spacious garden laid to grass, with outside bar and covered seating building. Currently able to seat 150 customers on picnic style bench seating.

There are several guest moorings available on the River Cam for paying customers. Our clients also own land further to the South, which has 4/5 permanent mooring at an income of approx £4,000 per annum.

They also own the strip of vacant land on the other side of the river, directly opposite the pub. This land is included in the sale price.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
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Date Posted
2026-08-08

Utilities & Restrictions

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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Parking
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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 · available to 86% of premises

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

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

  • Stretham Community Primary School3.2 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    185
    Type
    Community school
  • Waterbeach Community Primary School3.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    521
    Type
    Community school
  • Burwell Village College (Primary)3.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    374
    Type
    Community school
  • Little Thetford CofE Primary School3.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    78
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St Andrew's CofE Primary School3.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    461
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Soham Village College3.9 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,436
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Cottenham Village College5.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    860
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Bottisham Village College5.7 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,396
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Witchford Village College6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    804
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Ely College6.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,635
    Type
    Academy converter

* 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 Waterbeach, Waterbeach3.4 miles
Co-op Burwell, Burwell, Cambridgeshire3.6 miles
Asda Burwell Express Petrol, Burwell, Cambridgeshire3.8 miles

GP surgery

Waterbeach And Cottenham Surgeries3.6 miles

Pharmacy

Waterbeach Pharmacy3.9 miles

Hospital

Princess Of Wales Hospital7.3 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden133 metres

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

Soham3.6 miles

Nearest bus stop

Old School Lane92 metres

Typical drive times

Soham16 min · 6.8 miles
Newmarket25 min · 13 miles
Ely (city)20 min · 10 miles
Mildenhall28 min · 14 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 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

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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