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Guide Price£550,000

The Aviary, Plot 1, Chrishall Road, Fowlmere, Royston, Cambridgeshire

Key Features

  • Rare opportunity to design and build your own home
  • Excellent connections to Cambridge and London

Description

Detailed Description

Nestled on the southern edge of Fowlmere, The Aviary is an exclusive opportunity to create your own countryside home on one of just five fully serviced plots. with outline planning permission secured for five generous detached houses. Each plot offers the freedom to design and build a home that perfectly reflects your lifestyle.

The CGI images provide an indicative overview of The Aviary, with the site layout overlaid for context. It is designed to help appreciate the scale, setting, and orientation of the plots within their natural surroundings.

Please note: The CGI provide a visual guide only. The exact plot boundaries, landscaping, and features may be subject to change as the development progresses.

Location

Fowlmere is a well regarded South Cambridgeshire village, offering the best of rural life while being just 8 miles from Cambridge. Surrounded by countryside and home to the renowned RSPB Nature Reserve, the village also benefits from excellent transport links, restaurants, pub and primary school ideal for families, professionals, or
downsizers seeking peace, privacy, and connectivity.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
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Date Posted
2026-08-11

Utilities & Restrictions

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Rights & Restrictions

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Property Features

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Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

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

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.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Fowlmere Primary School910 metresOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    73
    Type
    Community school
  • Thriplow CofE Primary School1.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    105
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Foxton Primary School2.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    79
    Type
    Community school
  • Melbourn Primary School2.3 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    357
    Type
    Community school
  • Meldreth Primary School2.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    194
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • Melbourn Village College2.3 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    559
    Type
    Academy converter
  • King James Academy Royston4.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    9 to 18
    Pupils
    947
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Sawston Village College4.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,198
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Bassingbourn Village College5.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    652
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology6.7 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.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Melbourn, Melbourn2.4 miles
M&S Whittlesford Cambridge BP, Whittlesford4.5 miles
Morrisons Daily Royston Queens Road, Royston, Hertfordshire4.8 miles

GP surgery

Orchard Surgery,Melbourn2.3 miles

Pharmacy

Well2.4 miles

Hospital

Royston Hospital5.1 miles

Green space

Play Space93 metres

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

Getting Around

Nearest station

Foxton Rail Station2.4 miles

Nearest bus stop

Chrishall Road237 metres

Typical drive times

Baldock20 min · 15 miles
Royston9 min · 5.5 miles
Buntingford21 min · 13 miles
Saffron Walden20 min · 12 miles
Cambridge (city)21 min · 12 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.

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

A 1 in 100 to 1 in 1000 chance each yearMedium to low risk

The detail behind these bandings, including exact zones and annual chances, any recorded past flooding, plus planning, heritage, nature and ground checks, is in the .

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