Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0The median home in Cottenham sells for £415,000
That is the middle of 315 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 6.3 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
Half of Cottenham’s sales are detached houses
315 homes sold in three years: 156 detached houses, 89 semi-detached houses, 64 terraced houses and 6 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 156 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £458K–£610K
- Last 12 months
- £486K44 sold
- New build
- £555K
median sale · 89 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £320K–£415K
- Last 12 months
- £337K21 sold
- New build
- £412K
median sale · 64 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £275K–£335K
- Last 12 months
- £295K20 sold
- New build
- £335K
Flats and maisonettes: 6 sold, median £164K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Half of Cottenham’s homes sold for between £325K and £550K
One sale in ten was under £280K and one in ten over £630K. 7% sold for under £250K.
The median, £415,000, sits in the £400–500K band
315 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 6.3 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £65,000 in 1995 to £410,000 in the last 12 months (£320,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
86 sales in the last 12 months, against 248 in 2000, the busiest year, and 52 in 2008. Sales fell by 34% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 27% more sales than 2020.
Cottenham costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Cottenham, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £102K | £175K | £240K | £320K | £421K | £450K | £486K |
| Semi-detached houses | £60K | £118K | £172K | £205K | £285K | £321K | £337K |
| Terraced houses | £60K | £100K | £153K | £176K | £250K | £267K | £295K |
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
Hardly any new homes: 2.3% of sales in the last 12 months
724 new homes have been sold in Cottenham since 1995; the share peaked at 53% in 2000.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £528,500
against £400,000 for a home sold on, 32% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
4% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.3% sold leasehold in Cottenham. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
High Street is Cottenham’s busiest street, with 30 sales in three years
24 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 9 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
| # | Street | Postcode area | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | High Street | CB24 | 30 | £417,500 | Mixed |
| 2 | Peacock Close | CB24 | 26 | £545,000 | Mixed · new builds |
| 3 | Groves Way | CB24 | 24 | £450,000 | Mixed · new builds |
| 4 | Nicholas Way | CB24 | 16 | £577,500 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 5 | Rooks Street | CB24 | 13 | £380,000 | Mixed |
| 6 | Lambs Lane | CB24 | 12 | £432,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 7 | Rampton Road | CB24 | 11 | £465,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 8 | Clarke Close | CB24 | 10 | £395,000 | Mixed |
| 9 | Coolidge Gardens | CB24 | 10 | £297,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 10 | Telegraph Street | CB24 | 8 | £500,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 11 | Pelham Way | CB24 | 7 | £438,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 12 | Brenda Gautrey Way | CB24 | 7 | £345,000 | Mixed |
| 13 | Jubilee Drive | CB24 | 6 | £548,975 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 14 | Histon Road | CB24 | 6 | £482,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 15 | Margett Street | CB24 | 6 | £482,500 | Mostly detached houses |
Dunstal Field: £650,000
Coolidge Gardens: £297,000
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.2 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Cottenham is the 9th most expensive of 51 towns in Cambridgeshire
Cottenham is one of Cambridgeshire’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Cambridgeshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Cottenham’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottenham | — | £415K | 86 | +36% |
| Histon and Impington | 2.7 | £450K | 72 | +13% |
| Oakington | 2.8 | £390K | 15 | +4% |
| Willingham | 3.2 | £374K | 44 | +32% |
| Waterbeach | 3.2 | £387K | 65 | +11% |
| Longstanton and Northstowe | 3.2 | £378K | 55 | +13% |
| Milton | 3.4 | £420K | 48 | +27% |
| Girton | 4 | £600K | 47 | +37% |
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Cottenham
What is the average house price in Cottenham?
The median home in Cottenham sold for £415,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 315 standard sales (£410,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £537,500, semi-detached houses £370,000, terraced houses £302,500 and flats and maisonettes £163,750.
Are house prices going up in Cottenham?
The median was £410,000 in 2025, down 4% on 2024 (£425,000), and £410,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Cottenham each year?
86 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 103 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Cottenham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Dunstal Field (CB24, £650,000), Nicholas Way (CB24, £577,500) and Hawking Way (CB24, £575,000).
How much does a new build cost in Cottenham?
New homes sold for a median £528,500 over three years, against £400,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 22% of sales.
Is Cottenham expensive for Cambridgeshire?
Cottenham is the 9th most expensive of 51 towns of 2,500 or more in Cambridgeshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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