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Newmarket Road, Cambridge

Key Features

  • RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY IN PRIME CENTRAL CAMBRIDGE LOCATION
  • Providing 35 one and two bedroom apartments
  • One to one car parking with an option to secure more
  • Premium specification including quartz worktops and full suite of kitchen appliances
  • Gas combi boilers for heating and hot water
  • Wood effect vinyl flooring throughout
  • Anticipated completion 2027
  • Further investment detail available and viewing by appointment

Description

*** INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY ***

A superb opportunity to acquire a residential investment opportunity in a prime central Cambridge location.

Duke's Court provides 35 one and two bedroom apartments along with basement car parking.

This conversion of an office building is underway, with completion anticipated spring 2027.

The apartments are being finished to a superb standard and will include:
* Secure gated basement parking
* New double glazed windows and doors
* Audio/visual entry systems to most apartments
* CCTV to common areas
* Bosch oven, hob, microwave; Indesit integrated fridge/freezer, washer/dryer, dishwasher
* Quartz worktops
* Contemporary bathrooms
* Wood-effect vinyl flooring
* Gas combi boilers for heating and hot water
* Full fibre BT broadband
* 10 year ICW warranty

LOCATION
Duke's Court, int he heart of Cambridge, occupies a strategic position on Newmarket Road, forming the north-eastern gateway to Cambridge city centre.

* 10 minute walk to the historic core, River Cam, Midsummer Common and Jesus Green
* Excellent access to the A14 and M11
* 15 minute walk to Cambridge Central railway station
* On the Park & Ride bus route (every 10-15 mins)
* Adjacent to the Chisholm Trail, a major traffic-free cycle route linking key employment hubs

WHY INVEST IN CAMBRIDGE?
Cambridge is Europe's largest technology cluster and one of the UK's most resilient rental markets. Key indicators include:
* 6.4% annual growth in knowledge-intensive jobs over the past six years
* 627 life sciences companies
* 308.7 patent applications per 100,000 people - the highest in the UK
* Over 800 high-tech manufacturing companies

MARKET DRIVERS AND TENANT DEMAND
Cambridge continues to experience exceptional rental demand, driven by:

1: Home ownership affordability - affordability pressures and economic uncertainty are expected to push more residents into the rental market through 2026/2027.
2: Expansion of Cambridge's knowledge economy - The Cambridge Cluster - now includes 26,000 companies generating £47bn turnover, with major contributions from life sciences, healthcare, IT and advanced manufacturing. More than 5,300 knowledge-intensive firms employing around 68,000 people.
3: Student Demand - with several Cambridge Colleges within walking distance and with an open residential planning consent, this scheme would attract student overspill for those who can't secure College accommodation or do not wish to live on campus.
4: Major regeneration at the Grafton Centre - located directly behind Duke's Court - is undergoing transformation into a mixed retail and science/technology hub, delivering:
- new lab and office space
- over 2,000 new jobs
- revitalised retail and leisure environment
- new public square (Fitzroy Square)

This regeneration will significantly strengthen rental demand for residential accommodation from professionals and researchers.

*** CONTACT BIDWELLS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR YOUR EARLY OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW ***

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Property details

Tenure
Leasehold
Council Tax Band
TBC
Date Posted
2026-09-04

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

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

5.5 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.

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

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • St Matthew's Primary School446 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    628
    Type
    Community school
  • Park Street CofE Primary School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    116
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Milton Road Primary School0.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    424
    Type
    Community school
  • St Alban's Catholic Primary School0.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    205
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School0.9 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    198
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Parkside Community College723 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    667
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Chesterton Community College0.9 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,126
    Type
    Academy converter
  • North Cambridge Academy1.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    687
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Coleridge Community College1.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    553
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Bede's Inter-Church School1.6 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    943
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England/Roman Catholic

* 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

Tesco East Rd Express, Cambridge428 metres
Little Waitrose Fitzroy Street Cambridge, Cambridge525 metres
Tesco Cambridge Superstore, Cambridge554 metres

GP surgery

Cambridge Access Surgery130 metres

Pharmacy

Boots295 metres

Hospital

Cuh At Brookfields Hospital1 mile

Green space

Public Park Or Garden135 metres

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

Cambridge Rail Station1 mile

Nearest bus stop

Elizabeth Way145 metres

Typical drive times

St Ives25 min · 17 miles
Newmarket20 min · 12 miles
Godmanchester25 min · 18 miles
Cambridge (city)5 min · 1.6 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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