Auction: Wednesday 18 November 2026 at 1pm
Land at Reach Road, Burwell, Cambridge CB25
- Land size
- 5 acres
Key Features
- FOR SALE BY CONNECT UK AUCTIONS
- • Prime 5-Acre Commercial Development Opportunity
- • Allocated Employment Land – Strategic growth location
- • Versatile Use Potential – Suitable for Class B2 (General Industrial), B8 (Storage & Distribution), and Class E (Commercial, Business & Service
- • Established Access Provision. Historic planning permission for direct bell-mouth access off Reach Road
- • Adjacent to Meadow View Industrial Estate – Prominent position within an established commercial hub
- • Freehold Title Sale (CB282598) – Unconditional & Subject to Planning (STP)
Description
:
An exceptional opportunity to acquire a strategic 5-acre freehold commercial development site situated on Reach Road in the thriving village of Burwell, Cambridgeshire.
Broadly triangular in shape with a generally level topography, this highly versatile parcel is allocated for employment land, presenting immediate potential for developers, owner-occupiers, and investors looking to deliver industrial units, warehousing, trade counters, or business park schemes (Subject to Planning).
Site Overview & Masterplan Potential. Prime location for renewables due to the close proximity to the National Grid sub stations BURW4, BURW1/ UKPN.
ACCOMMODATION:
Circa 5 Acre / 20234.3 Square Metres / 217800 Square Feet
LOCATION:
Burwell is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, some 10 miles north-east of Cambridge. It lies on the south-east edge of the Fens. Westward drainage is improved by Cambridgeshire lodes, including Burwell Lode, a growth factor in the village. Wikipedia
TENURE:
Freehold.
VIEWINGS:
Please view at your own leisure, during daylight hours.
AUCTION DATE:
Connect Realtime® Bidding commences at 12pm with closing bids at 1pm, Wednesday 18th November 2026.
The Lot is for sale via Traditional Auction. This is a timed auction, which requires both parties to complete the transaction within the completion date as per the auction legal pack. The buyer, is required to register, with Connect UK Land Auctions, in order to participate and will be required to go through, identification verification process. The auction Legal Pack, is available by request. You are required to complete your own due diligence prior to bidding. The Lot is subject to an undisclosed Reserve Price. The Reserve Price and Starting Bid being subject to change.
UNCONDITIONAL LOT:
Auction Fees apply, upon the fall of the gavel, as per the auction legal pack. The purchaser is legally bound to buy and the vendor is legally bound to sell the Property/Lot. The auction conditions require a full legal completion 28 or 42 days following the day of auction (unless otherwise stated in the legal pack). Delayed completion available, please request further details if required.
For enquiries, please speak with Dixie Smith.
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Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-10-23
Market Value Analysis
Compared with 48 Development Land listings in East Anglia (5+ acres).
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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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
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- Garden
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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
1.8 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 44% of premises
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; 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
- Burwell Village College (Primary)0.7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 374
- Type
- Community school
- Swaffham Prior Church of England Primary School1.5 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 97
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Faith
- Church of England
- Exning Primary School2.1 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 223
- Type
- Academy converter
- Swaffham Bulbeck Church of England Primary School2.8 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 77
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- Laureate Community Academy3 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 239
- Type
- Academy converter
Secondary
- Newmarket Academy3.5 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 797
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Bottisham Village College4.1 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,396
- Type
- Academy converter
- Soham Village College4.3 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,436
- Type
- Academy converter
- Cottenham Village College8.3 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 860
- Type
- Academy converter
- North Cambridge Academy8.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 687
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
* 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.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
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
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Not at the pin: mapped about 80 metres away.
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
Not at the pin: mapped about 30 metres away.
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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